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Stories Collection
- Congress approved $3.5 billion in aid for US airlines including approximately $2.2 b...
- CAE signed an agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 20 CAE Simfinity maintenance...
- "It is better to be unsure of where you are and know it than be certain of wher...
- Plans for Republic Airlines will move forward despite a vote by Chautauqua Airlines ...
- Colombia's Avianca and its US affiliate Avianca Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
- BAE Systems Controls and Hispano-Suiza received a contract to develop the FADEC for ...
- Air France postponed deliveries of seven A320-family aircraft, reportedly including ...
- Northwest Airlines implemented a 12% seat capacity reduction beginning last month an...
- Air France and British Airways will close the door on the era of supersonic airline ...
- Even in the airline industry, appearances can be deceiving. Observe tiny but profita...
- Atlantic Coast Airlines' recent decision to furlough 87 pilots is in line with an on...
- Cathay Pacific signed a three-year, multimillion-dollar Smartsourcing contract with ...
- Air Lib's 44,528 annual slots at Paris Orly were distributed among 15 different airl...
- Lufthansa CFO Karl-Ludwig Kley said LH attributed weekly losses of [euro]50 million ...
- Continental Airlines trimmed its planned summer capacity by 2% and may lay off addit...
- The emergence of a mysterious new pneumonia-like disease in early March dealt a doub...
- Korean Air reported a $93 million profit on revenues exceeding $5.2 billion fur 2002...
- AeroMexico will take delivery of 15 winglet-equipped CFM56-powered 737-700s via a se...
- Campaign of the Year CFM
From left are Steve Okun, UPS, Nabutaka Ishikure, JAL,...
- When airport authorities began contemplating a fifth runway for Amsterdam Airport Sc...
- Mesa Air Group will operate as a United Express codeshare partner in Denver under a ...
- Montreal-Dorval opened a 17-gate concourse dedicated to transborder services. Two ad...
- US Airways' Chapter 11 reorganization plan was accepted by creditors and cleared by ...
- Virgin Express and French shipping company GMA-CGM said they may bid for some assets...
- Singapore Airlines issued a request for proposals to replace its A3lOs on regional r...
- The European Commission adopted a package of measures Feb. 26 to "create a lega...
- EasyJet terminated its option to acquire dba--formerly Deutsche BA--from British Air...
- ATW INDUSTRY AWARDS CEREMONY SPONSOR
It is a pleasure to have the opportunity t...
- At a time when single-type aircraft fleets are all the rage in the successful low-co...
- A judge has denied a request by Atlantic Coast Airlines to force United Airlines to ...
- Rolls-Royce entered into a Total Care services agreement worth approximately $95 mil...
- Rolls-Royce signed a TotalCare agreement with Dragonair coveting the Trent 700s powe...
- Air France said it will postpone delivery of two A330s and four A320s, along with tw...
- Thai International posted a net profit of 3.51 billion baht ($81.42 million) fur the...
- Acknowledging that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing at American Airlines may come &quo...
- US MAJOR CARRIERS
System traffic * -- January-September 2002
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- Jet Fuel Prices
Spot cash markets (average)
cents per gallon
Sept. ...
- When Boeing finally announced last December that it had shelved the Sonic Cruiser in...
- US Majors Traffic
February 2003
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- Lockheed Martin was selected by the US Transportation Security Administration to dev...
- Sabena Technics signed a three-year contract with a two-year extension option with D...
- Lufthansa and the ver.di trade union agreed to accept a mediator's proposal for a th...
- China Southern Airlines reported net income of 576 million yuan ($69.6 million) fur ...
- United Airlines on March 17 asked the US Bankruptcy Court to void its union agreemen...
- Arrow Air Holdings agreed to acquire the assets of Air Global International. Price w...
- US NATIONAL CARRIERS
System traffic * -- January-September 2002
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- AIRPORT TRAFFIC
Nov. 2002
Cargo
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- Exchange Rate
Currency units per US dollar
Country/Currency 2/...
- Will scandinavian Airlines be one of the European majors or one of the European mino...
- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings CEO Richard Shuyler resigned and has been replaced temp...
- Heico Aerospace and Delta entered into a five-year supply and development agreement ...
- Lufthansa Technik and Rolls-Royce will form a 50-50 joint venture named N3 Engine Ov...
- Austrian Airlines Group surged back to profitability in 2002 with provisional net ea...
- Air New Zealand reported net income of NZ$93.9 million ($53.1 million) for the six m...
- Economic damage inflicted by a war with Iraq could be so severe that "there is ...
- US REGIONAL & SPECIALTY CARRIERS
Traffic--January-September 2002
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- AIRCRAFT DATA
A321-200 757-200 737-800 737-90...
- Top 20 Airlines
Feb. 2003
Airline RPKs (000)
1 American ...
- One man's name keeps popping up in the story of the Wright Brothers invention of the...
- An Air Algerie 737-200 crashed March 7 shortly after tilting off from an airport in ...
- Messier-Bugatti and Tracer Repair and Overhaul formed Messier-Bugatti-Tracer, a 60/4...
- MTU Aero Engines and GE Aircraft Engines signed an agreement that assigns MTU a 10% ...
- TAP Air Portugal reported a net loss of [euro]6 million ($6.6 million) for the year ...
- Qantas lifted its net earnings by 129.6% to A$352.5 million ($210.9 million) fur the...
- Our ability to describe adequately what is going on in the airline industry, partic...
- Malaysia Airlines announced an operating profit of 32.3 million ringgit ($8.5 millio...
- NON-US AIRLINE TRAFFIC-2003
Pass. 03/02 RPKs 03/02 ...
- AIRCRAFT VALUES
Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** 2013 ** 2018 **
A32...
- When it comes to the above question, the easy answer these days--and one that applie...
- Menzies World Cargo named Chris Beale to head the MW9 freight center at Heathrow in ...
- El Al reduced its net loss in 2002 to $23.7 million from $85.2 million in 2001 despi...
- Goodrich Corp. and Precision Conversions signed a 757-200 passenger-to-freighter con...
- European Airline Traffic
February 2003
...
- Ryanair plans to eliminate 400 of 600 positions at buzz and suspend operations for a...
- Cathay Pacific Airways reported a profit attributable to shareholders of HK$3.98 bil...
- While airlines are reducing their costs to survive the current environment, they mus...
- Bombardier Aerospace is reducing its workforce by another 3,000 employees as it cont...
- NON-US AIRLINE TRAFFIC--2002
Pass. 02/01 RPKs 02/01 ...
- The Cessna 402 cuts through the fog off Cape Cod, breaks through to the pale blue sk...
- As big airlines continue to reduce their fleets, delay deliveries of many new plane...
- April 1-2 Aviation Finance Training Seminar, Transactional Support & Risk Manage...
- Varig and TAM implemented their first codeshare program, comprising 113 weekly fligh...
- Boeing said it resumed development of the 777-200LR after a 16-month hiatus followin...
- EADS Co-Chairman Jean-Luc Lagardere died March 14 at the age of 75. The self-made Fr...
- SAS Group warned March 7 that further restructuring efforts are necessary "to e...
- Japan Airlines System Corp., the new holding company that will oversee the merger of...
- Citing the "enduringly gloomy economic climate and deep crisis" in the glo...
- US FUEL COST AND CONSUMPTION
Dec. 2002
Total ...
- Nobody promised James Hogan a rose garden when he took over as president and CEO of ...
- It's one thing to lend money to someone who offers up a building as collateral, or t...
- CAE's Simfinity Integrated Procedures Trainer received its Level 4 qualification fro...
- Cintra, the holding company of AeroMexico and Mexicana and affiliated companies, pos...
- Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Airlines, said it is in discussions with...
- KLM completed its first commercial flight in Europe using SITA's VHF Digital Link Ai...
- British Airways is planning a further [pounds sterling]450 million ($711.6 million) ...
- All Nippon Airways in late Feb. said that it will eliminate 1,200 jobs and cut its r...
- US FUEL COST AND CONSUMPTION
Nov. 2002
Total ...
- In the country that is known for inventing risky lifestyle sports such as bungee jum...
- While a number of Major airlines struggle financially, the Regional industry continu...
- A China Airlines 747-400 completed the first roundtrip flight from Taiwan to China i...
- DBA, operating as dba, scrapped a total of 500 flights in Feb. and March--the equiva...
- British Airways Chairman Colin Marshall cited "significant cost reduction initi...
- Midwest Express Holdings, parent of the airline and its Skyway Regional partner, rep...
- Emirates intends to launch four new routes and add capacity to existing destinations...
- AIRPORT TRAFFIC
Oct. 2002
Cargo
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- For a company that has become Italy's second-largest carrier in only six years, with...
- Mesa Air Group took delivery of its first 80-seat CRJ900 that will be operated tinde...
- EVA Air reported pre-tax profits of NT$2.41 billion ($69.5 million) for the year end...
- EasyJet reached a tentative agreement with its pilots, who had threatened strike act...
- US Majors Traffic
January 2003
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- AirTran Airways reported net income of $7.5 million for the Dec. quarter compared wi...
- AIRCRAFT DATA
CRJ-200ER ERJ-145ER 328Jet
MT...
- Air Canada President and CEO Robert Milton is in a race with time. His mission: To t...
- Indian Airlines will lease five IAE V2500-A1 -powered A320s from debis AirFinance an...
- Cathay Pacific's and Dragonair's wrangle over Cathay's application for flights into ...
- LOT Polish Airlines reported net income of Pln109.3 million ($28.4 million) for 2002...
- Universal Air Travel Plan announced the successful launch of its pilot program permi...
- Calgary-based WestJet cited the impact of rising fuel prices and a drop in demand fo...
- AIRCRAFT VALUES
Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** 2013 ** 2018 **
CRJ...
- Roll control through wing war ping is one of the most famous inventions of the Wrigh...
- Virgin Blue ordered 10 firm 737-800s and 40 options over the next 10 years in an ord...
- JAL Group, parent of Japan Airlines and Japan Air System, plans to retire 16 aircraf...
- Alitalia said it will report a positive net result for 2002 "taking into accoun...
- Goodrich Aviation Technical Service received a contract from Precision Conversions L...
- Air Canada's flight attendants rejected President and CEO Robert Milton's call fur C...
- Air Gabon regarded as a financial basket case for most of its quarter century of exi...
- TSA chose Vice Adm. John E. Shkor as COO & associate administrator, Kimberly Hub...
- Cathay Pacific Cargo, Japan Airlines Cargo, Qantas Freight and Singapore Airlines Ca...
- European Airline Traffic
January 2003
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- Swissair post-mortem raised again the possibility of legal action against former lea...
- Delta Technical Operations will provide integrated MRO support services for codeshar...
- Boeing on Jan. 29 said it has designated its proposed midsize "super-efficient&...
- Unbelievable as it seems, the 10 largest US airlines as a group lost more money in 2...
- Boeing chose Michael B. Bair as senior VP-7E7 program; Walter B. Gillette as head of...
- Air Canada Cargo, Northwest Airlines Cargo, United Airlines Cargo and Unisys Corp an...
- SR Technics said that LTU contracted for maintenance of 22 PW4168 powerplants for it...
- Iberia Group credited tight cost controls as it reported annual income of [euro]159....
- The GE90-115B for the 777-300ER and 777-200 set a new thrust record, achieving 127,9...
- Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines intend to implement the...
- A bit of commercial aviation history was made on Jan. 15 when passengers onboard a L...
- American Airlines announced the retirement of Anne McNamara as senior VP & gener...
- El Al's on-again, off-again privatization reportedly is back on the front burner, wi...
- MTU Maintenance Hannover contracted in a five-year pact worth $25 million to overhau...
- SAS Group, driven by a "weak business climate," reported a net loss of Sek...
- Alaska Air Group board of directors said Willlam Ayer will sueceed John Kelly as cha...
- US Airways expects to complete its bankruptcy reorganization by March 31 after the U...
- Jet Fuel Prices
Spot cash markets (average)
cents per gallon
Aug. ...
- JetBlue CEO David Neeleman said his airline welcomes competition from Delta's new lo...
- Smiths Aerospace was selected by Airbus to supply its Concentrator and Multiplexer f...
- While most of the aviation world was strapping down the lid of the cash chest as tig...
- March 3-4 RATS 2003, Hyatt Regency, Orlando International Airport, Fla., USA. Contac...
- American International Group will invest $26 million for up to a 20% stake in Brazil...
- Lufthansa Flight Training launched an onboard "multifunction laptop" produ...
- Lufthansa's contract dispute with trade union ver.di will be arbitrated after direct...
- America West Airlines will eliminate hub operations at Columbus, Ohio, this spring a...
- Delta Air Lines' new subsidiary Song hopes to move low-fare competition into a highe...
- Exchange Rate
Currency units per US dollar
Country/Currency 1/...
- SkyWest Airlines, a Delta Connection carrier, added a daily flight between Salt Lake...
- NON-US AIRLINE TRAFFIC--2003
Pass. 03/02 RPKs 03/02 ...
- Dynamic packaging--creation of multielement trips online in real time and within a c...
- FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive calling for operators of Beech 1900,...
- Varig and TAM will combine services in a new corporate holding structure under an ag...
- Virgin Express and Aircraft Management Technologies signed an agreement to implement...
- KLM posted a net loss of [euro]66 million ($70.6 million) for its fiscal third quart...
- Northwest Airlines will furlough 60 pilots in April-May, its pilots union said. Incl...
- As Europe's flag carriers defy calls for consolidation, the low-fare sector continue...
- Top 20 Airlines
Jan. 2003
Airline RPKs (000)
1 American ...
- American Airlines' flight attendant and pilot unions agreed to meet to discuss a man...
- NON-US AIRLINE TRAFFIC--2002
Pass. 02/01 RPKs 02/0...
- Sometime in the not-too-distant future, the US air cargo industry is likely to come ...
- Embraer confirmed that it received 10 firm orders with 11 options from LOT Polish Ai...
- Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd. signed an ACMI agreement worth more than $10 m...
- SITA said DG John Watson will retire effective July 1. Watson has been with the comp...
- Air France Group eked out a tiny but noteworthy profit for its fiscal third quarter ...
- Frontier Airlines lost $6.2 million in its fiscal third quarter to Dec. 31 compared ...
- Like the character on the Seinfeld TV series who complained that her first name made...
- Martinair Cargo will upgrade its cargo management systems to SITA's WorldTrading pla...
- China Northern Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines adopted China Southern Airlines' CZ tw...
- Lockheed Martin will provide its SkyLine automated air traffic management system to ...
- SITA said five airlines chose AerOnline, its pre-configured ERP solution based on th...
- Finally, after two years of watching low-cost airlines grab market share, US network...
- Pluna took delivery of a 767-300ER on lease from Ansett Worldwide, replacing a 767-2...
- As expected, Boeing laid to rest the company's proposed near-supersonic transport, a...
- FedEx Corp. reported net income of $245 million for its fiscal second quarter ended ...
- Cathay Pacific will begin code-sharing with fellow oneworld member American Airlines...
- Goodrich Corp. President and COO Marshall Lirsen will be named CEO in April succeedi...
- Lufthansa Technik Malta, a joint venture between Air Malta and Lufthansa Technik, la...
- Airlines have been hacking away at distribution costs--one of their few "contro...
- Arkia Israeli Airlines conducted a sale/leaseback with Delta Air lines covering thre...
- US Airways moved closer to emerging from bankruptcy after reaching consensual deals ...
- Airline of the Year Southwest Airlines
Thirty consecutive years of profit is a ...
- EasyJet finalized its contract with Airbus, subject to approval by easyjet sharehold...
- Boeing contracted Israel Aircraft Industries' civil aviation division to provide for...
- Virgin Blue will launch double-daily flights between Sydney and Canberra, Australia'...
- Air Transport Assn. of America board of directors named James May as president and C...
- Lufthansa Commercial Holding will sell its 66% stake in the Start Amadeus travel sal...
- The terrorist bombs that tore through the Bali nightclub district last Oct. 12 were ...
- French government appointed a court mediator in an 11th-hour attempt to teach a comp...
- TRENDS
Top 25 Airlines
Jan.--Dec. 2002
Airline RPKs (000)
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