Stories Collection

  1. Deutsche BA will be taken over July 1 by former board member and entrepreneur Hans R...
  2. Boeing said that more than 20 systems suppliers have been named to develop technolog...
  3. US Dept. of Transportation on May 30 gave final approval for the codeshare arrangeme...
  4. El Al's historic initial public offering on June 10 ignited a verbal dogfight over f...
  5. ALLEGHENY AIRLINES: Based in Harrisburg, Pa., Allegheny is a wholly owned subsidiary...
  6. The optimistic among us had hoped that as 2002 progressed it would turn into a time ...
  7. European Airline Traffic May 2003 ...
  8. Lufthansa contracted with Connexion by Boeing to become the first airline to commit ...
  9. Lufthansa, in the wake of severe first-quarter losses (see World Airline Report begi...
  10. NAV Canada will increase its air navigation service charges by an average of 6.9% be...
  11. US Airways was approved formally to join the Star Alliance by a unanimous vote of th...
  12. Air Canada reached tentative cost-cutting agreements in May and June with union nego...
  13. AIRTRAN: It was another year of growth and expansion for AirTran Airways in 2002 as ...
  14. Flush with the thrill of success with the 1900 glider, their first attempt to build ...
  15. Varig Engineering & Maintenance signed a contract with Thai Airways valued at in...
  16. Plans to redevelop outlying, shopworn Berlin-Schoenefeld into Berlin-Brandenburg Int...
  17. Ryanair reported a [euro]239.4 million ($280.9 million) profit after tax for the fis...
  18. FAA has "indefinitely" deferred deployment of the controller pilot data li...
  19. Australian government provided a boost to the hard-pressed aviation and tourism indu...
  20. The European Commission received its long-sought mandate for negotiating a Transatla...
  21. ALASKA AIRLINES: The main subsidiary of Seattle-based Alaska Air Group resumed the g...
  22. Republic Airlines selected Alex P. Olseger. as dir.-flight operations, Mark Musial a...
  23. TAM reported a net loss of 87.7 million reais ($29.8 million) on revenues of 820.5 m...
  24. Virgin Express posted a "seasonal" net loss of [euro]11.7 million ($10.4 m...
  25. Aviation Partners Boeing will install blended winglet technology on WestJet's fleet ...
  26. Hawaiian Airlines is being managed by former Liberty Group President and CEO John Mo...
  27. Goodrich Corp. will provide landing gear overhaul services for Thai Airways' fleet o...
  28. Reflecting the crippling impact of SAPS on traffic to, from and within the Asia/Paci...
  29. AERO CONTINENTE CHILE: The offshoot of the Peruvian carrier had its operating licens...
  30. Messier-Dowty chose Bryan Teed as VP-program management, Tins Whittier as dir.-marke...
  31. The Argentine government may form a state-owned domestic airline under a decree sign...
  32. Transavia Airlines reported a net profit of [euro]11 million ($13.1 million) for its...
  33. Emirates will rake up competition against Qantas and Air New Zealand on transtasman ...
  34. AER LINGUS: The Irish national carrier made an unexpected recovery in 2002 and repor...
  35. Air Transat reached a tentative agreement with its pilots and flight engineers, repr...
  36. Unisys Corp. won a contract to provide a passenger baggage reconciliation system for...
  37. The world's airlines lost $11.56 billion after taxes last year, improved compared to...
  38. AIR CANADA: Declaring that "the business model is broken and it must be fixed w...
  39. Aloha Airlines tapped Annette Murphy as senior VP-passenger sales & services, St...
  40. Frontier Airlines said it reached agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services to lea...
  41. TAP Air Portugal and Continental Airlines signed a marketing agreement that includes...
  42. Swiss International Air Lines said it intends to spin off its Regional airline opera...
  43. Northwest Airlines intends to furlough a further 150 pilots and close its Honolulu 7...
  44. Qantas selected Sabre's AirFlite suite of products to develop its flight schedules. ...
  45. Two recent news items caught our attention as being illustrative of the handicaps un...
  46. AIR ASIA: Billing itself as one of Asia's first low-fare, no-frills carriers, Malays...
  47. Mesaba Airlines pilots are suing management for conduct that they claim "breach...
  48. Focus Aviation confirmed the delivery to Dart Group of two of six 737-300s formerly ...
  49. SN Brussels Airlines and Sobelair commissioned Arthur Little "to analyze the si...
  50. Swiss International Air Lines warned May 27 that weak passenger business will compel...
  51. United Airlines is closing its Las Vegas and Philadelphia flight attendant domiciles...
  52. Air Pacific reported an after-tax profit of FJ$16.5 million ($8.8 million) for the f...
  53. TRENDS Top 20 Airlines Jan.-May 2003 Airline RPKs (000) ...
  54. EGYPTAIR: In mid-2002 Egyptian Aviation Minister Ahmed Shafiq announced the formatio...
  55. United Airlines received a restraining order to prevent its Regional partner, Atlant...
  56. Air Atlanta Icelandic bought six 747-200s, four from Cathay Pacific Aircraft Trading...
  57. Swiss International Air Lines continues to ply a turbulent flightpath more than a y...
  58. Facts & Figures. AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** 201...
  59. Nothing about the office building at 118-29 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, N.Y., hints ...
  60. Saab Aircraft, which developed the Saab 340 Terrain Awareness and Warning System mod...
  61. The Brazilian domestic market contracted by 2.4% in terms of passenger boardings in ...
  62. Former American Airlines Vice Chairman Robert Baker died of lung cancer April 20. He...
  63. Bankrupt Air Canada upped its labor cost savings target by 18% to G$770 million ($53...
  64. Lufthansa Technik acquired a 50% stake in Airfoil Services from MTU Aero Engines. A ...
  65. United's labor cost savings * Annual Work gro...
  66. Here comes the Greyhound bus," joked Jim Reynolds as he spotted the JetBlue A32...
  67. The Wright Brothers' 1903 trip to Kitty Hawk was relatively uneventful, their experi...
  68. SkyWest Airlines hopes to strike a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines to ...
  69. Varig Roberto Macedo president replacing Manuel Guedes, who resigned in April after ...
  70. World Airways had net income of $6.6 million in the first quarter, up 34.2% over net...
  71. EVA Airways reported a NT$406.6 million ($11.6 million) net profit for the first qua...
  72. European Court of Justice ruled against the UK holding a so-called "golden shar...
  73. US Airways' long-anticipated mega order for regional jets turned out to be a boon fo...
  74. The many insiders who expected Sabena Technics to follow Sabena's example and go out...
  75. Tiny Air Caraibes, hitherto little known outside the islands of the French Caribbean...
  76. Triumph Group named Jeffry D. Frisby president-Aerospace Systems Group, William J. H...
  77. European Regional carrier FlyBE, formerly known as British European, never can be ac...
  78. LanChile earned $21.6 million in the first quarter ended March 31, up 26.6% over net...
  79. Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Airlines and Skyway Airlines, lost $11.8...
  80. Thai International, despite the weak state of the industry in Asia, will proceed wit...
  81. Luxair reported a net profit of [euro]29.6 million ($34.1 million) for the 2002 fina...
  82. United Airlines closed its Indianapolis and Oakland maintenance bases last month and...
  83. Qantas indicated that earnings for the current fiscal year to June 30 may fall up to...
  84. The last time the industry met at Le Bourget for an air show, it was of record-break...
  85. Ask Gemini Air Cargo CEO Thomas Corcoran how the Washington Dulles-based company has...
  86. DHL Airways named Vicki Bretthauer president & COO, Ray Lutz VP-business develop...
  87. Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 23 jets in the first quarter ended March 31...
  88. US Majors Traffi April 2003 ...
  89. AirTran Holdings, parent of AirTran Airways, had net income of $2 million for the fi...
  90. China Eastern had a net loss of 171.5 million yuan ($20.8 million) for the first qua...
  91. Aeroflot earned $101.9 million in 2002, up from $45 million in 2001. Operating reven...
  92. Lufthansa AG posted a massive first-quarter loss from operations of [euro]415 millio...
  93. JetBlue ordered 65 IAE V2500-powered A320s. The new order comprises conversion of 26...
  94. Defying a market outlook that makes "Angela's Ashes" read like "Winni...
  95. The 10 US Major airlines collectively lost $1.94 billion in the first quarter ended ...
  96. June 1-3 IATA 59th Annual General Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA. Contact William Ga...
  97. The ability of US Major airlines to achieve significantly lower labor costs spells b...
  98. Messier-Bugatti-Tracer was awarded a five-year contract to provide wheel and brake o...
  99. Calgary-based WestJet reported net earnings of C$778,000 ($542,939) for the first qu...
  100. China Airlines' net profit fell by almost 50% to NT$456.9 million ($13.2 million) fo...
  101. Iberia confirmed that Chairman Xabier de Irala will leave the company after the June...
  102. Whatever slim hope remained for a swift recovery from the devastating impact of the ...
  103. DHL Airways' new Chairman and CEO John Dasburg is in negotiations to acquire the air...
  104. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." That oftquoted line from Frankl...
  105. The current financial condition of the airline industry has increased pressures to k...
  106. Thirty-nine years ago, Air Transport World began a journey of discovery to learn abo...
  107. China announced an order for 30 aircraft comprising four A330s, 16 A319s and 10A 320...
  108. Boeing reported a net loss 0f $478 million for the first quarter compared to a net l...
  109. Northwest Airlines will cut pay and benefits for US-based nonunion employees by 5%-1...
  110. Cathay Pacific won a victory in its campaign to resume service to mainland China whe...
  111. EasyJet lost [pounds sterling]46.9 million ($74.9 million) in the six months ended M...
  112. In this airline business we tend to take it as a basic tenet of faith that the abili...
  113. ANA Group posted a consoildated net loss of [yen]28.2 billion ($234.5 million) for t...
  114. Everyone knows that irregular operations cost airlines money. There are direct opera...
  115. Air Omega, a German cargo carrier, reached an agreement to purchase two Fairchild Do...
  116. Gulf Air, in the midst of a three-year restructuring strategy under President and CE...
  117. US Transportation Security Administration said it will reduce its screener workforce...
  118. America West Airlines in midApril eliminated 250 management, professional and admini...
  119. Air New Zealand at the end of April scaled down its expected full-year profit by NZ$...
  120. Bmi british midland had a pretax loss of [pounds sterling]19.6 million ($30.8 millio...
  121. Chief Executive Peter Davies doesn't speak of it publicly, but behind closed doors h...
  122. Regional Airline Holdings, a proposed startup, signed a letter of intent with Bombar...
  123. LanEcuador launched operations between the US and Ecuador in May. The affiliate of L...
  124. FAA awarded a three-phase Local Area Augmentation System contract to Honeywell. The ...
  125. US Airways laid off 261 flight attendants in May and another 629 were to be let go i...
  126. The proposed alliance between Qantas and Air New Zealand got a boost in May after Au...
  127. Austrian Airlines Group posted a pre-tax loss of [euro]53.3 million ($60.6 million) ...
  128. Emirates Group achieved a 74% increase in net profits to Dhs1.05 billion ($285.7 mil...
  129. Twelve years after its first 767 took to the air in 1991, EVA Air quietly has pushed...
  130. Mesaba Holdings announced that it will cut capacity 5% at its subsidiary Regional ai...
  131. Cintra, the government-owned parent of Mexicana and AeroMexico, posted a 1.06 billio...
  132. Alaska Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assa., which represents the car...
  133. Delta Air Lines' pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Assn., received a propos...
  134. European Airline Traffic April 2003 ...
  135. SAS Group reported an after-tax loss of Sek1.6 billion ($201 million) for the quarte...
  136. "While the US carriers have made use of subsidies after 9111 in order to fill s...
  137. The new US system for evaluating whether or not an airline passenger poses a terrori...
  138. Bombardier Inc. will sell its recreational products division, issue new stock and cu...
  139. China Eastern Airlines reported after-tax profits of 86.4 million yuan ($10.5 millio...
  140. Icelandair parent Flugleidir reported pre-rax profits of Isk3.3 billion ($36.9 milli...
  141. British Airways brought forward its manpower reduction target of 13,000 to Sept. fro...
  142. Delta Air Lines said it would cut its network capacity by approximately 12% and post...
  143. What an extraordinary time to be in the airline business! Ten weeks ago, industry at...
  144. Establishing a person's identity with a high degree of certainty is the point of the...
  145. Rockwell Collins was selected by Royal Air Maroc to provide in-flight entertainment ...
  146. There used to be a saying among seasoned Regional airline insiders regarding the pit...
  147. Precision Conversions LLC signed a launch order for two 757 passenger-to-freighter c...
  148. Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand are adamant that they will persevere in their bid...
  149. Virgin Express reported a net profit of [euro]410,000 ($438,125) for 2002, much impr...
  150. SAS Group said April 10 that it will lay off an additional 4,000 employees--almost 1...
  151. United's new agreement with its pilots union permits the carrier to go forward with ...
  152. Jet Fuel Prices Spot cash markets (average) Mar. 21, 2003 New York 87....
  153. A smile in the airline business is a pretty rare commodity these days. But when you ...
  154. The old joke that "If it weren't for bad luck, doubly applicable to the airline...
  155. Atlas Air laid off approximately 30% of its ground staff leading to savings of $ 14 ...
  156. Emirates signed a 12-year, $160 million financing package far two new A330-200s usin...
  157. SN Brussels Airlines reported a net loss of [euro]36.8 million ($39.2 million) for 2...
  158. EU Council of Transport Ministers declined to take a position at its March meeting o...
  159. US Airways Group emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on schedule March 31 ...
  160. Swiss International Air Lines President and CEO Andre Dose, declaring that the carri...
  161. Learning the art of flying was high on the Wright Brothers' list of goals. The impor...
  162. Lufthansa Cargo racked up its best annual results since becoming a separate entity i...
  163. NATS, the UK's financially strapped air traffic services provider, was to receive a ...
  164. Finnair will reduce its workforce by 1,200 jobs through 2005 as it attempts to cut c...
  165. US National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that US scheduled airlines suffere...
  166. DHL will acquire all of Airborne's operations except ABX Air, its airline unit, at a...
  167. GB Airways' headquarters at London Gatwick has nothing of the opulence of its franch...
  168. May 4-6 11th International Airline CEO Conference, Biltmore, Coral Gables, Fla., USA...
  169. FedEx Corp. reported net income of $ 147 million for the fiscal third quarter ended ...
  170. Air France Industries and Alitalia Engineering & Maintenance signed a cooperatio...
  171. Ryanair completed its acquisition of Buzz last month at a price of [euro]20.1 millio...
  172. US Majors Traffic March 2003 ...
  173. American Airlines was expected to withdraw plans to file for Chapter ii bankruptcy r...
  174. US Airways completed the restructuring of its Airbus order book, swapping contracts ...
  175. Austrian Airlines Group, citing "dramatic falls in passenger business" att...
  176. Continental Airlines announced the retirement of Executive VP & COO C.D. McLean,...
  177. Editor: The March 2003 article entitled "How Safe is Safe Enough" does a d...
  178. El Al faces possible closure if privatization plans for the state-owned company falt...
  179. Pratt & Whitney was awarded a seven-year contract worth around $37 million by TU...
  180. Aer Lingus reported a net profit of [euro]35.3 million ($37.3 million) for 2002 afte...
  181. Transportation Safety Board of Canada's final report on the Sept. 2, 1998, crash of ...
  182. United Airlines reached consensual agreements with all of its organized workgroups b...
  183. Smiths Aerospace was selected by Hamilton Sundstrand to provide actuators for the A3...
  184. Iberia formalized a previously announced agreement with Airbus covering orders for n...
  185. FACTS & FIGURES AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2003 * 2008 ** 20...
  186. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings selected John Blue to succeed Richard Shuyler as CEO, J...
  187. Austrian Regional Styrian Spirit launched CRJ services from its hub in Graz to Stutt...
  188. Varig and TAM expanded their codesharing agreement to cover 252 weekly services in 1...
  189. European Airline Traffic March 2003 ...
  190. Alitalia Group posted a net profit of [euro]93 million ($101.6 million) for 2002 owi...
  191. Hawaiian Airlines sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, stating the move became n...
  192. Declaring that "the business model is broken and it must be fixed without burni...
  193. Airbus has teamed with aircraft lessor and financier CIT Group, Credit Agricale Indo...
  194. There is no Regional airline any more," proclaims aviation analyst Michael Boyd...
  195. Taking a page from Boeing's full-service playbook, Montreal-based CAE Inc. has gone ...
  196. United Airlines' tentative agreement with its pilots union will permit Regional part...
  197. LanEcuador expected to launch international operations on April 28 with service from...
  198. Lufthansa Technik and SAS Component signed a 15-year contract with Scandinavian Airl...
  199. KLM said it will implement "far-reaching measures" designed to improve res...