Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines Group CEO Doug Parker expressed optimism that the integration of American Airlines and US Airways, which closed their mega-merger in December, will move forward smoothly as the carriers explore numerous opportunities for revenue, cost and operational synergies.

Boeing posted a net profit of $4.59 billion for 2013, up 18% over net income of $3.9 billion in 2012, on a 6% rise in revenue to $86.62 billion.

TAP Portugal will add two Airbus A330s and four A320 family aircraft in 2014, and is evaluating further fleet growth for 2015 and beyond.

Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings posted a 2013 net income of $51.9 million, down 2.6% from a net income of $53.2 million for 2012.

JetBlue Airways reported net income of $168 million for 2013, up 31.3% over a net profit of $128 million in 2012.

French air accident authority BEA has launched an investigation after a Saab 2000 operated by Swiss regional Darwin Airline lost its nose wheel on landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Jan. 28.

Malaysia Airlines is suspending operations to the US when it withdraws Kuala Lumpur (KL)-Los Angeles service at the end of April.

An EVA Airways Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) has been certified to Level D, the highest FFS standard, by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Taiwan Civil Aviation Authority.

Air France will progressively equip its Airbus A320 family aircraft fleet with noise reduction kits by 2015.

Ukraine International Airlines will launch nonstop Boeing 767-300 Kiev Boryspil International-New York JFK services on April 25.

Source: Airports Council International

Source: Airports Council International

Indonesia’s Lion Group is in talks with Boeing about potentially swapping its order for five 787-8 Dreamliners to Next-Generation 737s.

American Airlines Group, the parent of merger partners American Airlines and US Airways, reported a 2013 net profit of $1.9 billion on an adjusted basis that excludes special charges and combines the full-year results of American and US Airways.

A US airline lobbying group has said it will continue to protest the opening of a new customs and immigration preclearance facility in Abu Dhabi.

Air France has agreed to help Air Mauritius in its bid to join SkyTeam under a renewed and extended partnership between the two carriers.

UK-based flight training provider CTC Aviation Group has signed a cooperation agreement with Phoenix, Ariz.-based Airline Training Center Arizona (ATCA) to use its facilities for pilot training.

Jazeera Airways recorded a record net profit of KD16.7 million ($59.1 million) for 2013, up 19.6% on 2012’s figure of KD13.9 million, it said Tuesday.

Airline Routes

Airlines are ranked by 2013 baggage fee revenue, in US $ thousands. Data is current as of Sept. 30, 2013 tbd: to be determined NA: no data available

Gilbert Speed spent more than 60 years in the aviation industry, beginning as a student apprentice in 1952 at The Bristol Aeroplane Company, now part of BAE SYSTEMS.

Airlines are ranked by 2013 reservation cancellation/change fee revenue, in US$ thousands. Data is current as of Sept. 30, 2013 tbd: to be determined NA: no data available

1. January-June 2013. 2. January-May 2013. * Includes Regional operations. Source: ATW Research, direct airline reports.

The Indian government said Monday it was lifting restrictions on Airbus A380 flights into the country. The decision will allow airlines like Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Lufthansa to start using the aircraft on their India routes.

The dispatch reliability of Norwegian Air Shuttle’s three Boeing 787s is improving, but still some way short of where the airline and the manufacturer want it to be.