Stories Collection

  1. Japan Airlines ordered seven more CF6-80C2B7F-powered 767-300ERs that will take its ...
  2. Southern Winds and Lafsa signed a business cooperation agreement under which the Arg...
  3. US Airways Group said that Goldman Sachs will join two other investment groups in a ...
  4. Virgin Express reported a slim net profit of 100,000 [euro] ($108,637) for the secon...
  5. Rockwell Collins will provide avionics and IFE systems to Virgin Blue for 10 737NGs ...
  6. United Airlines said it intends to launch its still unnamed "low-cost operation...
  7. The honeymoon appears to be over for Virgin Blue. After a dream ride to the No. 2 sp...
  8. AirAsia announced that it will start two daily services Oct. 11 between Kuala Lumpur...
  9. American Airlines' furloughed pilots will not get the captain's seat automatically o...
  10. Airborne said the acquisition of its ground operations by DHL was completed Aug. 15....
  11. Aces of Colombia was liquidated following its grounding Aug. 20. The small airline, ...
  12. American Airlines, United Airlines, Boeing and the Port Authority of New York and Ne...
  13. LOT Polish Airlines' alliance aspirations were dealt an embarrassing blow after US F...
  14. Air-India's plan to purchase 35 aircraft was vetoed by a commit tee set up to examin...
  15. The US in early Sept. ratified the 1999 Montreal Convention overhauling the rules go...
  16. Great Plains Airlines is scheduled to begin service this month to Mid-America St. Lo...
  17. Goodrich Corp. was selected by Airbus to provide cabin attendant and cockpit seats f...
  18. Boullioun Aviation Services delivered two 737-300s on medium-term lease to Shandong ...
  19. [GRAPHICS OMITTED] AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** ...
  20. Honeywell signed a maintenance agreement valued at $60 million with ExpressJet. The ...
  21. Austrian Airlines Group reported a 28.6 million [euro] ($32.5 million) pre-tax loss ...
  22. SIA Engineering Co. Ltd. signed an agreement with PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta to provide...
  23. Five years ago in ATW: Privately owned airlines reacted strongly to a decision by th...
  24. American Airlines intends to shrink its hub at St. Louis effective Nov. 1 to focus o...
  25. Deutsche Post World Net reported a "dramatic rise" in consolidated group p...
  26. After several years of uncertainty linked in part to the recently resolved political...
  27. ExpressJet Holdings, parent of ExpressJet, completed the private placement of $125 m...
  28. Aer Lingus maintained its turnaround momentum in the half-year to June 30, reporting...
  29. Goodrich Corp. inked a five-year contract valued at more than $4 million with Air Ne...
  30. Japan Airlines System reported a massive [yen] 77.28 billion ($642.3 million) loss f...
  31. Calgary-based WestJet reported its 26th consecutive quarter of profit for the three ...
  32. El Al has sold back to North American Airlines for $8.7 million its 24.9% stake in t...
  33. Perhaps money can't buy happiness, but sometimes it can turn an ugly duckling into a...
  34. Atlantic Coast Airlines, which has prospered as a codesharing partner with United Ai...
  35. Ryanair posted net income of 40.5 million [euro] ($45.9 million) for the June quarte...
  36. CMC Electronics received orders to supply its high-gain satcom antenna system to EVA...
  37. L-3 Communications said it acquired substantially all the assets of Flight Systems E...
  38. Air Canada, battered by the SARS outbreak in Toronto, the war in Iraq and expenses a...
  39. TAM-Varig merger plans were thrown into uncertainty following the unexpected resigna...
  40. When it comes to speaking up for airlines, Mike Ambrose, director general of the Eur...
  41. LTU International Airways has taken over for an unspecified sum 100% of Leisure Carg...
  42. Iberia Group reported 52.6 million [euro] ($59.7 million) in net earnings for the se...
  43. Vietnam and Canada concluded their first agreement providing for scheduled air servi...
  44. Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd., will acquire UPS Aviation Technologies,...
  45. Delta Air Lines' pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Assn., rejected manageme...
  46. Malaysia Airlines chose B/E Aerospace to supply lie-flat seats as well as new lights...
  47. Three years ago, then-Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey warned that taxiing...
  48. Cintra, the holding company of AeroMexico and Mexicana, posted a 699 million peso ($...
  49. When FlyBE CEO Jim French extolled the virtues of the Q400 turboprop and questioned ...
  50. US Airways named Eilif Serck-Hanssen VP-finance & treasurer, Jeffrey A. McDougle...
  51. United Airlines contracted Swissport USA's Swissport Cargo Services unit to handle 7...
  52. SAS Group warned that it expects to suffer a 2003 consolidated loss of about Sek2 bi...
  53. ValuAir, the proposed Singapore-based low-cost airline being created by former SIA e...
  54. Boeing lost $192 million on revenues of $12.8 billion for the second quarter, down f...
  55. Boeing expected to complete testing this month of a fuel tank inerting system that i...
  56. Berlin Brandenburg Flughafen Holding, which runs the German capital's three airports...
  57. The war in Iraq having stabilized at a level of low-grade internal guerrilla/terror ...
  58. JetBlue Airways tapped Tom Anderson as senior VP-technical operations & aircraft...
  59. Airborne credited increased domestic shipments and improved operating efficiencies f...
  60. KLM Group, already anticipating a full-year net loss, posted a deficit of 54 million...
  61. Asiana reported an operating loss of $50.1 million in the first half of 2003, compar...
  62. US Majors Traffic July 2003 RPMs % chg. AS...
  63. After a year of-decline followed by two years of stagnation, world airline industry ...
  64. European Airline Traffic July 2003 ...
  65. With a 93-gate terminal custom-designed to be a US Airways hub, "You're darn ri...
  66. Delta Air Lines announced the retirement of General Counsel Robert S. Harkey, who wa...
  67. LanChile earned $4.1 million in the quarter ended June 30, reversing a $9.3 million ...
  68. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: China Eastern recently took delivery of its fir...
  69. Air New Zealand is extending its "no-frills" domestic operation to service...
  70. World Airways posted net income of $6.4 million for the second quarter, up from $2 m...
  71. US Dept. of Justice closed its review of Orbitz by concluding that the online travel...
  72. Air Lib's former CEO Jean-Charles Charles Corbet is the subject of formal legal proc...
  73. FAA's explanation for a delay of three or more years in rolling out the Controller-P...
  74. AStar Air Cargo said Executive VP Steven A. Rossum will assume additional financial ...
  75. Duo, a fledgling UK carrier created through a management buyout of Maersk Air Ltd. i...
  76. Deutsche Lufthansa AG posted a net loss of 34 million [euro] ($38.5 million) in the ...
  77. Cathay Pacific Airways' strong first quarter helped to mitigate the damage inflicted...
  78. Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Airlines and Skyway Airlines, earned $6....
  79. Southwest Airlines became the largest US domestic carrier in terms of passenger enpl...
  80. Frontier Airlines signed a letter of intent with Airbus to acquire 15 additional A31...
  81. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Air Botnia will take delivery of the last four ...
  82. On Nov. 28 last year, al-Qaida terrorists fired two Russian-made Strela-2M missiles ...
  83. American Airlines promoted Laura L. Curtis to VP-flight service, Bella D. Goren to V...
  84. TAP Air Portugal cut net losses in the first half to 35.7 million [million] ($41 mil...
  85. British Airways reported a net loss of 63 million [pounds sterling] ($101.8 million)...
  86. All Nippon Airways Group lost [yen] 18.32 billion ($152.2 million) in the first quar...
  87. JetBlue reported net income of $38 million, including $11.5 million net of tax in go...
  88. Ever since some caveman had the idea to tie his meager belongings into an animal-ski...
  89. EADS reported a 66 million [euro] ($75.9 million) net loss for the first half, signi...
  90. If life were a fairy tale, then US Airways Group and its 28,000 remaining employees ...
  91. Like an elephant, the global aviation industry is refusing to forget the lashing it ...
  92. Swiss International Air Lines and Swissport signed an MOU that envisages Swissport t...
  93. After three weeks of flying the 1902 glider with wings of their own design and fixed...
  94. Sept. 7-9 Routes 9th World Route Development Forum, Edinburgh International Conventi...
  95. Virgin Atlantic Group reported a final pre-tax profit of 15.7 million [euro] ($25.3 ...
  96. Singapore Airlines Group reported an unprecedented net loss of S$312.3 million ($177...
  97. Swiss International Air Lines will operate 27% fewer ASKs in its winter schedule eff...
  98. Returning home after the crushing disappointment of the 1901 glider, the Wright Brot...
  99. A Sudan Airways 737-200 crashed July 8 while attempting to return to Port Sudan Airp...
  100. Virgin Blue received approval from the Australian International Air Services Commiss...
  101. EVA Airways reported that its full-year profit will be down by an estimated 94% to j...
  102. American Airlines parent AMR Corp. said reduced costs and improved unit revenues ena...
  103. Sabena Technics signed an agreement with Rotable Asset Management for maintenance of...
  104. MyTravel, in a historic first, is seeking damages of 500 million [pounds sterling] (...
  105. Qatar Airways placed orders, options and leases for 34 Airbus aircraft worth $5.1 bi...
  106. Aug. 2-3 Kardla Airshow 2003, Kardla Airport, Estonia. E-mail stass@airport.hiiumaa....
  107. Proposed startup Transgulf Express will lease six A320s to support the launch of low...
  108. Qantas and British Airways secured a short-term extension of their "kangaroo ro...
  109. Singapore Airlines Group, severely stung by the SARS-related travel downturn, ordere...
  110. Five ago in ATW: Following two years of scrutiny; the European Union's competition c...
  111. Lufthansa Technik signed a long-term Total Technical Support contract to cover Priva...
  112. Scandinavian Airlines contracted with Connexion by Boeing for an undisclosed sum to ...
  113. Deutsche BA's new boss, German entrepreneur Hans Rudolf Woehrl, said in July that &q...
  114. In the strongest signal yet of its unhappiness with Atlantic Coast Airlines, United ...
  115. Cabot Aviation was appointed by KLM as its exclusive remarketing agent for the airli...
  116. US Majors Traffic June 2003 RPMs % chg. ...
  117. Munich Airport inaugurated its new 1.5 billion [euro] ($1.72 billion) Terminal 2 at ...
  118. Grand Chamber on July 8 reversed an earlier ruling that could have led to a ban on n...
  119. Air France Group shareholders on July 10 approved resolutions that will permit the F...
  120. Continental Airlines said it is deferring 36 firm 737s scheduled for delivery in 200...
  121. A federal judge has given a group of Comair pilots a green light in their lawsuit ag...
  122. Debis AirFinance completed the purchase of four new CFM56-powered A321-200s and plac...
  123. Alcoa at the Paris Air Show unveiled a new initiative dubbed Alcoa 20-20 intended to...
  124. United Airlines parent UAL Corp. reported a loss from operations of $155 million dur...
  125. ATW Senior Editor Geoffrey Thomas was honored at the Aerospace Journalist of the Yea...
  126. British Airways rejected a 5 million [pounds sterling] ($8.4 million) bid from Virgi...
  127. AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** 2013 ** 2018 ** MD...
  128. Over the past few years, the star in the Regional airline industry has been the popu...
  129. Qantas sold A$450 million ($301 million) of 10-year unsecured senior notes, priced 1...
  130. AAR Aircraft Services-Oklahoma will provide installation support for Aviation Partne...
  131. A US federal court last month slammed the door on a second attempt by the US Dept. o...
  132. European Airline Traffic June 2003 RPKs % chg. ASKs ...
  133. Airlines continued to restore services to, from and within the Asia/Pacific region d...
  134. Korean Air signed MOUs for eight A380s (five firm) as well as seven 777-300ERs and t...
  135. The 45th return of the Paris Air Show--and the first of the line to have that exact ...
  136. AirAsia completed a private equity placement representing 26% of the company to thre...
  137. By next year, Air France, one of the world's pioneering carriers, will return to its...
  138. Mesa Air Group signed an MOU with United Airlines to operate as a United Express car...
  139. Qatar Airways signed a financing mandate with Credit Lyoanais for long-term financin...
  140. US FAA commissioned the Wide Area Augmentation System for instrument use, marking th...
  141. ARINC was selected by Eurocontrol to introduce controller pilot data link communicat...
  142. European Parliament passed a draft bill in July doubling what airlines must pay pass...
  143. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines completed the sale of thei...
  144. Star Alliance contracted with SITA to establish what it terms "the first common...
  145. Emirates Group announced broad changes in management structure and job tides effecti...
  146. WestJet inked a deal with LiveTV, a subsidiary of JetBlue, to put the satellite-base...
  147. When Vladislav Filiov was elected general director of Sibir--Siberia Airlines--in Fe...
  148. AirTran Airways placed an order for up to 100 CFM56-7B-powered 737-700s mad dash 800...
  149. Lineas Aereas Federales is the new state-owned domestic airline incorporated by the ...
  150. Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Airlines and Skyway, said its unions rat...
  151. SAS Component and FADS Sogerma Services broadened their cooperation agreement to inc...
  152. Uzbekistan Airways put into operation last month on an inaugural flight between Bukh...
  153. Air Canada moved closer to completing its financial restructuring last month with th...
  154. The new powerplants being developed for the 7E7 program will so elevate performance ...
  155. One of the first things US Airways did when it emerged from bankruptcy was to declar...
  156. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, said it is co...
  157. The planned merger of TAM and Varig was dealt a legal setback recently after Gilbert...
  158. United will become the first Z US airline to offer inflight e-mall service on all of...
  159. FLS Aerospace was selected by Aegean Airlines to provide heavy maintenance and compo...
  160. LOT Polish Airlines' supervisory boared elected interim chief executive Marek Grabek...
  161. The European Commission said it reached an agreement with the US "to begin comp...
  162. The Americas * AAR Aircraft Services-Oklahoma Parent: AAR Corp. 661...
  163. As large network airlines in Europe and North America try desperately to adapt to th...
  164. Investment group led by Chairman and CEO John Dasburg completed the acquisition of D...
  165. Thai Airways International will offer 300 million new shares and 100 million governm...
  166. Alaska Airlines began discussions with leaders of its five unions as it looks to she...
  167. Goodrich Corp. entered into a 10-year agreement with easyJet to provide nacelle and ...
  168. Alitalia Chairman Giuseppe Bonomi said the airline intends to reduce staff costs by ...
  169. A popular topic of conversation at the Paris Air Show just past was the shape of the...
  170. In a region of the world notable for the vast distances separating major centers of ...
  171. FedEx Corp. reported net income of $830 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, up...
  172. China Southern Airlines completed a share offering in July as investors applied for ...
  173. JetBlue Airways will provide 2 in. more legroom for most customers by taking out one...
  174. B/E Aerospace was chosen by easy Jet to supply passenger oxygen systems for its 120 ...
  175. Thomas Cook Group, the travel company jointly owned by Lufthansa and German retail g...
  176. Airline Traffic [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Jet Fuel Prices Spot cash markets (aver...
  177. 39 years ago in ATW: Latest sales pitches by Boeing and Douglas involve "stretc...
  178. Investigation team examining the midair breakup of a China Air- lines 747-200 on May...
  179. FACTS & FIGURES AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** 2013...
  180. ATW's World Airline Report The World's Top 50 Airports January-December 2002 vs...
  181. Pilots at Chautauqua Airlines will take a strike vote, claiming management "pos...
  182. Sigma Aircraft Management arranged the lease of on SAS MD-83 to Allegiant Air. Sigma...
  183. Alitalia was forced to cancel hundreds of flights during four consecutive days in Ju...
  184. Alianza Summa on May 20 celebrated its first full year of operation amidst an ongoin...
  185. Delta Air Lines on June 4 unveiled details of its $2.5 billion "profit improvem...
  186. Qantas and Air New Zealand offered to introduce a five-year price cap on some fares ...
  187. World Airline Fleets 2002 Summary fleet data is for the entire world airline indus...
  188. ATW's World Airline Report World Airline Financial Results--2002 ...
  189. Emirates ordered 21 A380s as well as 18 A340-600s in a new high-gross-weight version...
  190. Timco Aviation Services subsidiary Brice Manufacturing inked deals with Lufthansa an...
  191. Fernando Conte replaced Xavier de Irala as president of Iberia at the close of the g...
  192. World Airline Traffic Results--2002 Airline Pass. % ...
  193. US Majors Traffic May 2003 ...
  194. American Airlines will eliminate its More Room Throughout Coach program on its 34 A3...
  195. Singapore Airlines advised the Singapore Stock Exchange in mid-June that it is evalu...
  196. ATW's World Airlines Report Fleet Summary As of May 14, 2003 JETS ...
  197. The World's Top 25 Airlines In Operating Revenue Op...
  198. FedEx Corp. will offer early retirement and severance programs during FY04 to certai...
  199. SITA unveiled AirportConnect, which enables airports and airlines to link technology...