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Stories Collection

- Air Arabia, which touts itself as the Middle East's first no-frills airline, inaugur...
- 7 Group was selected by the Montpellier Commercial Court to acquire Air Littoral. Th...
- British Airways retired its Concorde fleet Oct. 24 with a flourish as three of the a...
- Jeppesen announced an agreement with United Airlines under which it will convert UA'...
- United Airlines' new low-fare operation will be named Ted after the carrier's last t...
- Korean Air and IBM announced a 10-year, $120 million outsourcing contract to shift t...
- FAA last month released its long-awaited ETOPS NPRM creating regulations "gover...
- Air Midwest rapped Stephen Tillotson as VP-flight operations, Robert Ramirez as VP-m...
- Gulf Air reported a third-quarter loss of 20 million dinars ($5.4 million), down 50%...
- Aero Lloyd, the biggest independent German charter carrier with 12% of the market, s...
- Jet Airways contracted Lufthansa Technik to assume responsibility over seven years f...
- Boeing Commercial Aviation Services and Singapore Technologies Aerospace's SASCO sub...
- DaimlerChrysler is negotiating divestment of its profitable MTU Aero Engines subsidi...
- Dec. 3-4 Airport Security Expo Europe '03, Wiesbaden, Germany. Contact Gillian Patti...
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Top 20 Airlines
January-October 2003
1 American ...
- Mesa Air Group's battle to take over Atlantic Coast Airlines continued through Novem...
- South African Airways restructured its upper management to add six executive VPs and...
- Austrian Airlines Group reported nine-month we-tax losses of 19 million [euro] ($21....
- Thai Airways International announced it will sell 385 million shares of its stock co...
- Boeing had third-quarter net income of $256 million, down 31.2% from income of $372 ...
- Boeing announced that production of the 757 will end in late 2004, 22 years after th...
- SAS Group reiterated that it expects to suffer a Sek2 billion operating loss before ...
- Pilots at Mesaba Airlines, a Regional affiliate of Northwest Airlines, voted to auth...
- Aerolineas Argentinas is to float up to 25% of its stock on the Buenos Aires stock e...
- EasyJet's next European base will be at outlying Berlin-Schoenefeld Airport, from wh...
- Virgin Blue plans to acquire further aircraft and undertake a major expansionary dri...
- WestJet reported net income of C$32.3 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, ...
- Air New Zealand's hopes of securing an alliance with Qantas appear to be all but dea...
- Five years ago in ATW: The EU filed a long-threatened suit in the European Court of ...
- After generally strong traffic results in 2002, rising tensions in the Middle East d...
- Embraer confirmed that financially beleaguered Swiss International Air Lines has ask...
- Varig plans to introduce three MD-11s and two new 777s as part of its ongoing restru...
- Thomas Cook CEO Stefan Pichler and CFO Norbert Kickum resigned Nov. 7 from the trave...
- Cathay Pacific commences services to Beijing from Dec. 2, operating three return ser...
- Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Airlines and Skyway Airlines, lost $3.6 ...
- Air Canada selected Trinity Time Investments, controlled by wealthy Hong Kong busine...
- After hemorrhaging red ink for almost three years, the 10 US Major airlines in aggre...
- Bombardier delivered two CRJ700s to Shandong Airlines, marking the debut of the firs...
- LanChile, in what it called the best third quarter in its history, reported net inco...
- Alitalia will be privatized under a government decree issued last month, although it...
- China Eastern Airlines bounced back into profit for the third quarter ended Sept. 30...
- Frontier Airlines earned $2 million in its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30, gre...
- Lufthansa Group unveiled major changes to its European network strategy as it report...
- "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can ...
- An air of guarded economic optimism enveloped the 47th annual Assembly of Presidents...
- A two-year struggle by financially troubled Midway Airlines came to an end when the ...
- Mexicana will become the first Star member to exit the alliance voluntarily after th...
- European Airline Traffic
October 2003
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- Valuair, Singapore's first low-cost airline, said it will lease two new A320s from S...
- AirTran Holdings, parent of the airline, had third-quarter net income of $19.6 milli...
- Here's how the story begins: Bryan Bedford becomes CEO of Chautauqua Airlines in the...
- China Aviation Supply Co. ordered 30 737NGs on behalf of five Chinese airlines: Air ...
- SAS Flight Academy next Aug. will open its third training center, a facility taking ...
- KLM reported a net profit or 89 million [euro] ($105 million) for its fiscal second ...
- Qantas in Oct. said its as-yet-unnamed low-cost domestic airline will take to the sk...
- JetBlue Airways' third-quarter net income more than doubled to $29 million from $12....
- Sabre Airline Solutions acquired the EDS axsResource Airport Resource Management Sol...
- CAE completed a 20-year sale-leaseback transaction for approximately C$94 million ($...
- Passengers who intend to board a commercial airline flight in the US endure at least...
- Mesa Air Group is expanding a recently signed codeshare agreement with United Airlin...
- FedEx will become the first US airline to operate commercial air transport aircraft ...
- Air New Zealand unveiled a new four-year strategic business plan that it expects to ...
- Rockwell Collins in partnership with Innovative Media Solutions will provide Delta A...
- US Airways, which threatened to shut down its Pittsburgh hub operation if its airpor...
- Air France Industries and Boeing formed a worldwide 777 Component Services Program t...
- Boeing Commercial Aviation Services and Bedek Aviation within weeks of one another a...
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- "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.&...
- BAE Systems Regional Aircraft signed an agreement with West Air Sweden for the long-...
- Lufthansa Cargo, in a major fleet overhaul, intends to dispose of its entire 747-200...
- Debis AirFinance completed its second Japanese Operating Lease transaction with Cred...
- ARINC was selected by easyJet to be the airline's air/ground communications service ...
- Five years ago in ATW: The latest round of bilateral negotiations between the US and...
- European Airline Traffic
September 2003
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- IAC/InterActiveCorp. entered into an agreement to acquire US discount travel website...
- Tracer: Unlike other Internet exchanges that broker parts, Tracer brokers and sells ...
- Fueled by continued weak demand and excess capacity in the air transport sector, pro...
- Saab Aircraft AB will become an authorized service center for Embraer regional jets ...
- Copa Airlines, newest 737,700 is also the first 737 in the Americas to be equipped w...
- Focus Aviation was appointed to manage and remarket an MD-82 and an MO-83 on behalf ...
- United Services and Hawker Pacific Aerospace signed an agreement for "a strateg...
- United Airlines will seek waivers from the US Internal Revenue Service to permit it ...
- UK's National Air Traffic Services will resume work on the new Prestwick Center in S...
- In a response largely to unhappiness over the level of government aid given to US ai...
- PartsBase.com: The now-downsized neutral Internet exchange, which boasts of 40 milli...
- In the late 1990s, Malaysia Airlines was ravaged by a conflict between privatization...
- The Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation's decision in change landing requirement...
- Middle East Airlines selected MCC to implement Revenue Integrity automated agents to...
- Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Airlines, said it reached a tentative ag...
- US Majors Traffic
September 2003
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- Delta Air Lines will sell 11 737-800s scheduled for delivery in 2005 to an unnamed t...
- Greece and Turkey set aside their centuries-old enmity in order to permit a redesign...
- Swiss International Air Lines rebuffed a Lufthansa offer for a merger and entrance i...
- Inventory Locator Service: This standalone division of Aviall lists 10,000 customers...
- After the Wrights rebuilt and enlarged their camp at Kill Devil Hill, they assembled...
- Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, signed a 12-year agreement with Front...
- Qatar Airways became the first airline to commit to a safety audit under a new progr...
- Frontier Airlines netted approximately $81.1 million from a public offering of 4.7 m...
- Boeing is proposing a 24-seat stretch of the 717 in a typical two-class configuratio...
- Air Canada was expected to name an equity investor for its financial reorganization ...
- Aeris, France's third-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection at the Commer...
- Air France and KLM expected to take their proposed consolidation agreement to the Eu...
- China Southern Airlines signed a purchase agreement for four new Trent 700 powered, ...
- Aeroxchange: In April, this Dallas-based online marketplace completed the integratio...
- FAA Management Advisory Council welcomed as new members Angela Gittens, director, Mi...
- London City Airport was recognized as Airport of the Year by ERAA. The Docklands air...
- ARINC commissioned a new HF voice station at Viru Viru International Airport in Sant...
- Emirates will lease eight ex-Singapore Airlines A340-300s on nine-year leases to mee...
- US Transportation Security Administration in late Sept. awarded reimbursement grants...
- Nordam Europe will expand its European manufacturing facility in Wales and double it...
- Bankrupt Air Littoral attracted nine takeover bids but the majority of suitors are i...
- After many false starts, it looks as if the long-anticipated consolidation among Eur...
- Remember way back in the late 1990s when aviation e-marketplaces were going to revol...
- Continental Airlines promoted Rebecca Cox to senior VP-government affairs, Mark Mora...
- For the third year in a row, ERAA honored Iberia partner Air Nostrum as the European...
- Brazil's domestic airline industry posted an 11.6% decrease in ASKs for the first ni...
- Qantas and Air New Zealand, as expected, lodged an appeal with the Australian Compet...
- Air Transport Assn. asked the US Dept. of Homeland Security to reinstate two program...
- LSR Sky Chefs will acquire the assets of airline catering operator Abela at London G...
- British Airways' 12,000 administrative workers accepted a 3% pay increase and the us...
- Top 20 Airlines
January-September 2003
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- As they confront continued erosion of business-fare travel, along with growing compe...
- American Airlines selected Mark L. Hettermann as VP-flight, Susan Garcia as VP. real...
- The European Regions Airline Assn. unveiled a special report charging the EU with di...
- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. announced Oct. 7 that its aerospace unit, Si...
- Qantas unveiled its A$385 million ($261.2 million) International Business Class that...
- Hawaiian Airlines said it is the subject of a formal investigation by the US SEC rel...
- Amadeus and IBM formed a strategic relationship under which they will offer a packag...
- Ryanair halted service on its Strasbourg-London Stansted route after the Nancy Court...
- Exostar: The OEM-driven, Herndon, Va.-based online consortium is still in business a...
- In Tokyo
* How has the JAL/JAS merger changed ANA's competitive environment? ...
- Editor: While Geoffrey Thomas's article ("When Low Fares are Not Enough," ...
- Aer Lingus will acquire 17 CFM56-powered A320s with options for a further 10. Of the...
- Japan Air System awarded a three-year contract to Japan Turbine Technologies for mai...
- Australian and Singapore transport ministers signed an MOU in late Sept. that provid...
- JetBlue will take its low-fare operation into Boston early next year with the launch...
- Sky West Airlines has finalized an 11-year, fixed-rate-adjustment contract with Unit...
- US Dept. of Transportation finalized its tentative selection of six airlines to oper...
- EADS Aeroframe Services named Francois Amat president and CEO of the Lake Charles, l...
- Rolls-Royce Sept. 9 said it signed an MOU with Boeing to cooperate on "further ...
- TAP Air Portugal said it generated operating profits of 15.1 million [euro] ($16.4 m...
- China Eastern Airlines reported a 1.25 billion yuan ($151.4 million) net loss for th...
- Qantas and Air New Zealand said they intend to appeal last month's decision by the A...
- While it suffered from more than its share of organizational and logistical hiccups,...
- The Great Falls, Mont., Development Authority is touting its airport's intercontinen...
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- Atlantic Coast Airlines, which recently announced plans to become an independent low...
- Six airlines have been allocated landing slots by the US-led Coalition Provisional A...
- Lockheed Martin said it achieved US government acceptance of Build 1 of the Advanced...
- CFM56-5C/P for the A340 was certified by US FAA and the French DGAC, paving the way ...
- Alitalia reported a net loss of 315 million [euro] ($353 million) for the first half...
- United Airlines and Air China announced a marketing alliance that includes codeshari...
- When rulemakers change the rules, they should take special pains to make themselves ...
- At first glance, Hollis Harris and World Airways make an unlikely match. The courtly...
- The Americas
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- Honeywell has been selected by AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Co. of China to develop, p...
- South African Airways, coping with "an environment of rapidly falling demand as...
- Orbitz filed an amended registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange C...
- CSA Czech Airlines' supervisory board dismissed President and CEO Miroslav Kula and ...
- Swiss International Air Lines narrowed its fiscal first-half net loss to Sfr333 mill...
- Singapore Airlines, citing the "rapidly changing aviation environment," la...
- Top 20 Airlines
Jan.-Aug. 2003
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- Stronger-than-anticipated revenue growth this past July and August--unit revenues ro...
- Olympic Airways will be restructured and reborn as streamlined, debt-free Olympic Ai...
- After a year marked by dreary financial results and disappointing certification dela...
- Qatar Airways signed on agreement with Standard Chartered Bank in Doha for a $736 mi...
- US Majors Traffic
August 2003
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- Alaska Airlines said it will become the first carrier to offer passengers the APS di...
- Condor Flugdienst, battling a sharp downturn in the package-tour business, is reduci...
- Air France squeaked by with a net profit of 4 million [euro] ($4.3 million) in the f...
- "While it may be true that terrorists had not before deliberately flown airplan...
- Unpretentious, personable Pete Franke may speak softly, but the CEO of Lufthansa Sys...
- Korean Air will take over Daewoo Industries' stake in Korea Aerospace Industries. As...
- 'We had already before leaving Kitty Hawk about decided on many of the points of con...
- CAE finalized a letter of intent with JerBlue Airways for four A320 and two Embraer ...
- Israel Aircraft Industries received $1.4 million in government funding to test and c...
- Southwest Airlines requested federal mediators to help it negotiate a new contract w...
- SAS Group signed an agreement with Maersk Air A/S to acquire Maersk's 49% stake in T...
- The European Union and the US remain far apart on the issue of passenger data sharin...
- Boeing's historic Dash 80 left its home in Seattle at the end of Aug. to become a pe...
- Simplicity is not the word usually associated with information technology systems, b...
- Gulf Air chose Lesley Britton as marketing communications mgr., Mark Senior as desti...
- ILFC selected GE-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance GP7270s for up to 14 new A380s....
- El At, reporting its first financial results since becoming a publicly traded compan...
- ATA Holdings Corp. said it reached a tentative agreement with Boeing to defer delive...
- Five years ago in ATW: Cathay Pacific Airways and Japan Airlines reportedly are mull...
- Cathay Pacific Airways implemented Ultramain on its A340-600 fleet in the second pha...
- Air New Zealand broke a four-year cycle of losses with a NZ$165.7 million ($94.4 mil...
- For a single airline with a lot of legacy software and IT systems, getting all the s...
- CAE signed a contract valued at C$4 million ($2.9 million) with Southwest Airlines f...
- Sept. 28-0ct. 1 Worldwide Airlines Customer Relations Conference, Swissotel, Atlanta...
- Shanghai Airlines ordered five PW2037-powered 757-200s valued at $410 million at lis...
- Cerial Sur, a consortium established by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, Milan Malpensa m...
- America West Airlines, which returned to profit in the second quarter, said it inten...
- European Airline Traffic
August 2003
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- All Nippon Airways signed a letter of intent with Boeing to install the Connexion by...
- Qantas reported a net profit of A$343.5 million ($224.7 million) for the fiscal year...
- Arming US commercial airline pilots with lethal weapons may be legal now, but answer...
- Fraport AG last month submitted to local authorities the required zoning-procedure d...
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