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.
2013 was a milestone year for the ATW Market Leadership award winner, a year in which it came of age not only as a commercially-focused, profitable business but in which its innovative strategies led to change across the industry.
ATW is proud to recognize standout performers in its 40th Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards and 50th anniversary of Air Transport World magazine.
It’s a new year, but the same old stone-throwing has begun. No sooner did 2014 roll in than Airbus and Boeing were back to accusing each other of taking subsidies.
Air Transport World announced Thursday that Delta Air Lines is the recipient of its 2014 Airline of the Year Award—the first time the honor has gone to a US carrier in a decade.
Southwest Airlines reported a 2013 net profit of $754 million, up 79.1% over net income of $421 million in 2012 and its 41st consecutive full-year net profit.
United Continental Holdings (UCH), parent of United Airlines, is reporting fourth-quarter 2013 earned net income of $140 million, reversing a $620 million net loss posted during the fourth-quarter of 2012.
LOT Polish Airlines, which is aiming to return to profitability by 2015, has postponed its next tranche of public aid and detailed plans to lease out its sixth Boeing 787.
Despite an increase in revenue, passenger numbers and capacity, as well as a slight improvement in load factor for the first quarter of the financial year ended Dec. 30, 2013, easyJet said it still expects to record a first-half loss.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR increased revenue 13% to $1.64 billion in 2013 and the Franco-Italian company anticipates reaching the $2 billion mark in two years, according to CEO Filippo Bagnato.
