Singapore-based no-frills carrier Tigerair reported a loss after tax of SGD118.5 million ($93 million) for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 2013, compared to a profit after tax of SGD2 million in the year-ago quarter.
Southwest Airlines will start service to Montego Bay in Jamaica, Nassau in the Bahamas and Aruba from July 1, marking the launch of international operations for the low-cost carrier (LCC) that has long focused on the US domestic market.
Indonesia’s Lion Group today has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 60 Airbus A320ceo aircraft it ordered in March for low-cost carrier Lion Air.
Footnotes: * International only. 1. January - June. 2. January - May. 3. Includes Regional operations. 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection. 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. 6. YTD 02013 from 4/26/13
Through the vision of Richard Anderson’s leadership team, Delta Air Lines is a values-based company that is strategically and creatively reengineering the airline business model.
In a path of fortune that echoes that of Southwest, Spring has become the most profitable LCC in China and it has maintained consecutive profitability since it launched service in July 2005, including in 2008 when the international financial crisis hit the global airline industry.
Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan is not planning a major ATR order, despite there being three ATR operators in the network and having just bought into Darwin Airline, which needs to expand its regional fleet.
Mexico’s new carrier, Regional Air Transport, or TAR, will launch March 3 with a fleet of three Embraer E-145s out of its home base of Puebla into Monterrey and Guadalajara.
Whether it’s with aircraft or customer service, in the air or on the ground, cutting edge technology is a hallmark of this year’s winner of the ATW Airline Technology Leadership award.
When regional airframe manufacturers want to validate their newest jet aircraft, there is one airline above all others from which they seek approval. If an aircraft is not good enough for ATW’s Regional Airline of the Year, it is likely going to be quite a hard sell to the rest of the world’s regional carriers.
At the company headquarters of WestJet, ATW’s Value Airline of the Year, mid-level workers are positioned close to large windows, providing plenty of natural light and a view of the Rocky Mountains in the distance. Senior executives, including CEO Gregg Saretsky, work in modern but modest offices within the building’s interior with no window view.
In November, US airlines reported 11 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and four international flights reporting tarmac delays exceeding four hours, according to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The rising profile of the Latin American/Caribbean region’s airlines is thanks in no small part to this year’s recipient of the ATW Decade of Excellence Award, Alex de Gunten.
