JetBlue Airways has reported that its traffic in April increased 9.0% from April 2014, on a capacity increase of 6.6%. Load factor for April 2015 was 85.7%, an increase of 1.8 points from April 2014. ...
Southwest Airlines has stated that it expects to see capacity growth of 7% in 2015 and 6% to 7% in 2016. The airline says it can afford to invest to add capacity and new aircraft even after factoring ...
London‐based aviation finance specialist Magi Partners is pleased to announce that Neil Lewis has joined the company as Commercial Director. Neil originally specialised in aircraft finance in Freshfie...
The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding commitments offered by Air France/KLM, Alitalia and Delta, members of the SkyTeam airline alliance, to lower barriers to ent...
Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has awarded Lufthansa Technik a 12-year agreement for component support for the new aircraft type. This is Finnair’s first ...
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered one new A321 aircraft to Air China. The aircraft is part of GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus. Air China is a longstanding GECAS customer. ...
TUI Group has finalized an order for one 787-9 Dreamliner with an option for one further 787-9. The order is valued at $257 million at current list prices. TUI Group also announced that it will substi...
Airline Economics would like to clarify that AWAS is not currently up for sale as indicated in our post yesterday. AWAS has clarified that Ray Sisson’s comments at the event in Singapore indicated tha...
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) posted revenue of $1.51b compared to $1.55b a year ago for the first quarter of 2015. Quarterly Profit before tax (PBT) for the Group was $150.5m, ...
China Eastern Airlines Wuhan has applied to the CAAC Central and Southern Regional Administration for permission to expanding its business license to open regional and international routes. The applic...
China Southern has approved Xiamen Airlines to provide a loan of 3.5 billion yuan to Hebei Airlines (NS) from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Hebei Airlines is currently running at a loss. ...
In order to support the flight testing of its new regional jet, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. plans to establish an engineering center in Seattle. MRJ flight testing in the US will be based at Grant Count...
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