Russia’s Saratov-based Saravia Airlines has taken delivery of its first of two leased Embraer E-195s from GE Capital Aviation Services, becoming the first E-Jet operator in Russia.
International air freight volumes are expected to grow 17% during 2013-2017, expanding at a five-year 3.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2013-17.
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
American Airlines Group has signed a firm purchase agreement for 60 Embraer E-175 jets with options for another 90 E-175s, as well as a firm order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets with options for 40 more aircraft.
Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air is looking to lease eight ATR 72-500s or -600s from February next year under a tender, which is due to close Dec. 30.
Leisure carrier Monarch Airlines reported an 11.7% increase in gross turnover for the financial year ended Oct. 31, up to £763.2 million ($1.3 billion) from £683.5 million the previous year.
Delta Air Lines is poised to report a $2.6 billion pre-tax profit for 2013, a 70% increase year-over-year, CEO Richard Anderson said at the company’s investor day conference in New York Wednesday.
Air Seychelles, which halted all services to Europe two years ago, will return to the continent with plans to beef up its regional network as part of what it describes as a “significant expansion” of its international schedules.
In an article in the Dec. 11 issue of the ATW Daily News regarding a European Commission investigation into state-aid allegations against Ryanair, we said the case stems from Frankfurt operator FFH’s business practices between 2002 and 2005, which the European Union found constituted state aid.
The pilot at the controls of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 when it crashed in July at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has admitted to investigators he was “very concerned” about his ability to perform a visual approach landing on SFO’s runway 28L.
Executives from Emirates and Qantas will meet this month to review their partnership and evaluate whether to extend it to include low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways.
British Airways (BA) plans to deploy its Airbus A380s on its London Heathrow-Washington service from next year, while its Boeing 787s will be rolled out on Calgary, Chengdu, Hyderabad and Philadelphia routes.
LOT Polish Airlines is expecting to report a loss of PLN20 million ($6.6 million) at the end of 2013, showing a marked improvement over the results assumed in the carrier’s restructuring plan, which forecast a loss of PLN142 million for the full year.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which is rapidly scaling up Indian connections, could begin to eat into traffic at India’s popular Middle Eastern hub at Dubai.
US-based Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is taking a 25% stake in Gothenburg-based West Atlantic Group, paving the way for a strategic partnership between the two freight specialists.
IATA is predicting airlines will carry 3.91 billion passengers by 2017, a 31.2% increase over the 2.98 billion passengers carried in 2012, according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2013-2017.
