While there has been a lot of attention on Cebu Pacific’s recent long-haul expansion, the carrier is also boosting its fleet of Airbus A320s to improve its short-haul network.
Russia’s Transaero Airline will launch 4X-weekly Boeing 737 Moscow-Tbilisi services from Dec. 1, less than three months after Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, announced scheduled flights could resume between the countries.
Indonesia’s Lion Group has taken delivery of its first three Airbus aircraft from a March 2013 order for 234 A320 family aircraft, comprising 109 A320neos, 65 A321neos and 60 A320ceos.
Abu Dhabi’s Falcon Aviation Services has confirmed an order for three Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprops. Bombardier said the aircraft form part of a letter of intent for five Q400 NextGens signed by Falcon at last July’s Farnborough Airshow.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) must become more “flexible, efficient and competitive,” CEO Harry Hohmeister told ATW on the sidelines of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) summit in Istanbul.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is considering more wet-lease contracts for Lufthansa Group member airlines, CEO Jaan Albrecht told ATW in Vienna.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted third-quarter net income of $27.6 million, up 11.5% from the $23.7 million net profit the company reported in the year-ago quarter.
Long-haul, low-cost airline AirAsia X (AAX) said it is succeeding in keeping its aircraft relatively full despite weakening demand and a dramatic increase in capacity.
Russia’s state-owned Rostec Corp. and Aviation Corp. of China (AVIC) have reached a strategic agreement to implement joint projects in aircraft, helicopter and engine manufacturing.
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines has more than doubled its third-quarter net profit to TL252 million ($111 million) compared to TL115 million in the year-ago period.
SMBC Aviation Capital has placed an order for 80 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, valued at more than $8.5 billion at list prices, making this the largest single order for 737 MAXs from a leasing company.
Economic growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) would be improved if stronger cooperation between its constituent governments and airlines resulted in more business-friendly legislation, according to the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA).
Korean flag carrier Korean Air plunged to a steep net loss in the third quarter, mainly due to unfavorable currency shifts that outweighed gains from lower fuel prices.
Regional carrier South African Airlink will dispose of its remaining fleet of British Aerospace Jetstream J41 turboprops as it focuses on larger types.
Air China and Air Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand their existing partnership and form a revenue-sharing joint venture to stimulate traffic growth between the two countries.
The overall on-time arrival performance for US domestic scheduled flights in September was 81.1%, improving on August by 3.4 points, but falling below last September 2013’s on-time performance by 2.7 points, according to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
