Stories Collection

  1. Cathay Pacific plans to park six 747-400s-more than a quarter of its dash 400 fleet....
  2. NTSB as part of its continuing investigation into the Nov. 12 crash of American Airl...
  3. Sun Country Airlines suspended scheduled flights last month, returning to its charte...
  4. UK government okayed construction of Terminal 5 at London Heathrow. However, approva...
  5. New DAT's future is looking increasingly bleak after a critical piece of its jigsaw-...
  6. The project to revive bankrupt Swissair aims "to create and develop a new inter...
  7. GB Airways agreed to lease four new A320s from Lombard Aviation Capitol under a seve...
  8. The rollout of a new aircraft type always is cause for celebration. Following on the...
  9. Express Airlines I plans to transition to an all-jet fleet by early 2003. The Northw...
  10. The revived version of Ansett began selling tickers to five Australian cities Dec. 1...
  11. US DOT said it expects to rule on the American Airlines/British Airways antitrust ex...
  12. Rolls-Royce said that FiatAvio, Goodrich, Hamilton Sundstrand and Honeywell will bec...
  13. Alitalia's board of directors in late Nov. approved a plan to cut about 2,500 jobs a...
  14. Air Canada is delaying the launch of its low-cost carrier to allow more planning and...
  15. In the Arabian Gulf region, arguably populated by too many bite-size airlines to mak...
  16. Government bailouts to bolster the liquidity of shell-shocked US airlines triggered ...
  17. The anticipated shakeout among regional jet manufacturers has begun with the announc...
  18. Qantas's new low-cost international carrier, Australian Airlines, will be launched i...
  19. Air Canada reported a third-quarter net loss of C$598 million ($374 million) after c...
  20. Sabena Technics said in late Nov. that it will regroup its departments and reduce it...
  21. KLM and seven unions representing Netherlands-based employees agreed to postpone a s...
  22. AECMA elected Snecma President & CEO Jean-Paul Bechat as president for 2001-02. ...
  23. AIRCRAFT OPERATING COSTS US passenger carriers All items in US$ per block hour,...
  24. Know your enemy's weakness is the first maxim of any good commander; know where he c...
  25. The first production version of Bombardier's CRJ900 made its inaugural flight Oct. 2...
  26. Aerolineas Argentinas, under the new management of major shareholders Air Comet and ...
  27. Midwest Express Holdings, which operates Midwest Express and Skyway Airlines, lost $...
  28. British Air Line Pilots Assn. has struck a job-sharing deal with bmi british midland...
  29. Lufthansa Group said earnings for the nine months ended Sept. 30 fell 90.3% to [euro...
  30. SIA Group warned of a bleak second-half outlook after its fiscal first-half profit p...
  31. Top 25 Airlines January--August 2001 Airline RPKs (000) 1 Unit...
  32. AIRCRAFT DATA BAe 146-200 BAe 146-300 ATR 72 ...
  33. The final stage of US government post-Sept. 11 recovery assistance to the airline in...
  34. Shuttle America has become a US Airways Express carrier and is offering nonstop serv...
  35. AITAL, the Latin American air transport assn., sent letters to US Secretary of Stare...
  36. AirTran Holdings, parent of AirTran Airways, lost $10.6 million in the third quarter...
  37. Virgin Express posted a pre-tax profit of [euro]2.96 million ($2.7 million) in the t...
  38. British Airways posted an 84.8% drop in profit for the second quarter ended Sept. 30...
  39. The EU announced that agreement has been reached in principle with the US that the E...
  40. AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2001 (*) 2006 (**) 2011 (**) 2016 (**)...
  41. Aer Lingus elevated Willie Walsh to CEO. AirSphere introduced Peter A. Pappas a...
  42. British Airways is to merge its two Regional subsidiaries into CitiExpress, creating...
  43. The Brazilian airline industry posted an 8.5% increase in domestic RPKs in Oct. comp...
  44. Northwest Airlines on Nov. 5 unveiled a revamped leisure fare structure and made cha...
  45. Thomas Cook AG, formerly C&N Touristic, will lay off 2,600 employees or 10% of i...
  46. Crossair Chairman Mortiz Surer this month will depart the airline he founded and bui...
  47. Emirates announced its largest-ever aircraft order, for 51 aircraft valued at $15 bi...
  48. World Airline financial Results Oper...
  49. Tyco Capital Aerospace inked a sole/leaseback deal with China Southern Airlines for ...
  50. Officials at Northwest Airlink affiliate Express Airlines I are asking FAA, the Air ...
  51. LanChile lost $4.9 million in the third quarter, versus a $5.9 million profit a year...
  52. Canada 3000 was placed in bankruptcy Nov. 11, terminating its 4,800 workers. Deloitt...
  53. Newly appointed Aer Lingus CEO Willie Walsh intends to move forward on previously an...
  54. US and Sri Lanka reached an open-skies agreement, with most provisions effective imm...
  55. UAL Corp. Chairman and CEO James Goodwin resigned Oct. 28 and was replaced by John C...
  56. The third quarter lived down to expectations as the US Major airlines as a group pos...
  57. US Majors Traffic October 2001 ...
  58. United Airlines switched a number of routes in its network to United Express service...
  59. Cordiem and Aerospace Hardware Exchange reached an agreement that allows Cordiem to ...
  60. Delta Air Lines said only about 2,000 of its planned 13,000 job cuts will be through...
  61. Swissair Group's 49.9% stake in charter airline LTU will go to German savings bank S...
  62. Air-India has scaled back by 15% its revenue forecast for the second half of the fis...
  63. British Airways is talking to KLM and other airlines about ways to "work togeth...
  64. US MAJOR CARRIERS System traffic (*) -- January-July 2001. ...
  65. This was proving to be an awkward year for airlines long before Osama Bin Laden inte...
  66. European Airline Traffic October 2001 ...
  67. Delta Air Lines sold its entire holding in SkyWest Airlines, a total of 6.2 million ...
  68. Heico Aerospace bought Avitech Engineering, a repair station located near San Franci...
  69. Air Canada reported a preliminary third-quarter pre-tax loss of C$160 million ($100 ...
  70. Ryanair earned [euro]64.8 million ($58.5 million) in the fiscal second quarter ended...
  71. A new-look Ansett may return to Australia's mainstream routes with a fleet of 29 new...
  72. DAT, formerly Sabena's Regional carrier, began flying independently over the weekend...
  73. US NATIONAL CARRIERS System traffic (*)--January--July 2001. ...
  74. Although air travelers were in fear of another terrorist attack in the days after Se...
  75. Bombardier's new Q400 has been approved by Europe's Joint Airworthiness Authorities ...
  76. Embraer announced a new addition to its family of regional aircraft at the rollout o...
  77. Boeing warned that it might end production of its slow-selling 717 as it reshapes it...
  78. All US airport baggage screeners will become federal employees under a new law signe...
  79. Iberia said it had consolidated net income of [euro]135 million ($121 million) for t...
  80. Air New Zealand plunged further into the red in the fiscal first quarter ended Sept....
  81. Japan Airlines and Japan Air System will merge under an agreement announced Nov. 12,...
  82. US FUEL COST AND CONSUMPTION August 2001 Total ...
  83. Quiet confidence is the best way to describe the spirit that pervades the air at Fai...
  84. Delta Connection carriers Atlantic Coast, Atlantic Southeast, SkyWest and Comair are...
  85. Qantas ordered 15 737-800s with blended winglets and took options on 60 more. Firm j...
  86. US NTSB ruled that the probable cause of the June 1, 1999, crash landing of American...
  87. Investigators into the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 Nov. 12 had all but rul...
  88. Alitalia Group said that consolidated profit before extraordinary items and taxes fu...
  89. Korean Air will cut 1,000 workers including senior executives, or 6% of its workforc...
  90. A new round of consolidation is here. So many airlines are in so much trouble with s...
  91. US REGIONAL & SPECIALTY CARRIERS Traffic--January--July 2001. ...
  92. Pre- or post-Sept. 11; good, weak or had economy: The growing imbalance in costs, re...
  93. Air Wisconsin is cutting 300 from its workforce of 3,000 through layoffs and elimina...
  94. Airborne posted a third-quarter profit of $1.7 million versus a loss of $5.5 million...
  95. US Air Transport Assn. called for federally issued voluntary air traveler identifica...
  96. US and France reached agreement Oct. 19 on an open skies pact that replaces a 1998 a...
  97. SAS on Nov. 6 announced plans to lay off an additional 2,500 workers, bringing total...
  98. Qantas said it is cutting 1,500-2,000 jobs, further trimming flight schedules and re...
  99. Jet Fuel Prices Spot cash markets (average) cents per gallon May 7...
  100. WORLD AIRLINE TRAFFIC -- 2001 Pass. 01/00 RPKs...
  101. The dramatic drop in passenger traffic and revenues since the terrorist attacks of S...
  102. Horizon Air said it is nearing the end of the first phase of its fleet-modernization...
  103. Consumer confidence must be restored. We are a global industry and these are all ver...
  104. Mesaba Aviation, which operates as Northwest Jet Airlink and Northwest Airlink, is r...
  105. AmTran, parent of American Trans Air, cancelled the going-private transaction under ...
  106. Japan Airlines parent JAL Group warned that it expects to post a loss of [yen]40 bil...
  107. The head of the Russian commission investigating the Oct 4 crash of a Sibir Airlines...
  108. An SAS MD-87 collided with a Cessna Citation II during takeoff at Milan's Linate Air...
  109. Several US Major airlines led by American and TWA have stopped serving meals in the ...
  110. Air Canada, which has been hemorrhaging cash for a year, was in extremely difficult ...
  111. Air Atlanta Icelandic elevated Hafthor Hafsteinsson to president & CEO, Arnar Th...
  112. The collapse of Ansett and near-fall of Air New Zealand illustrate the perils accomp...
  113. Midwest Express Holdings reached a settlement in its pending arbitration over cancel...
  114. China Aviation Supplies Import & Export, acting on behalf of five mainland airli...
  115. Air Europa chose Pratt & Whitney Aftermarket Services to perform engine maintena...
  116. Air France reported it will not meet profit targets in its second fiscal quarter end...
  117. KLM, which now expects to post an operating loss in the year to March 31, cut capaci...
  118. Southwest Airlines will continue to hire flight attendants and pilots to maintain &q...
  119. Sabena was left with no choice but to file for creditor protection Oct. 3 following ...
  120. FACTS & FIGURES AIRCRAFT OPERATING COSTS US passenger carriers All items in...
  121. Fears that the airline's unique operation would be affected negatively by new securi...
  122. Saab Aircraft Leasing leased two additional Saab 340Bs to Loganair, a British Airway...
  123. Airborne Express estimated that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and aftermath will re...
  124. SITA acquired the Equant Applications Services business unit from Equant. The divisi...
  125. Bmi british midland said it intends to reduce seat capacity 20% for the winter seaso...
  126. British Airways will eliminate 5,200 jobs, ground 20 aircraft and cut capacity 10% i...
  127. Continental Airlines is closing its Denver reservations center, Los Angeles flight ...
  128. Crossair was moving forward to rake over a significant portion of Swissair's route n...
  129. New management helped Tyumenaviatrans become profitable and grow Late last year...
  130. Airlines collect massive amounts of information about their customers--until now it'...
  131. Air Canada Regional Airlines pilots agreed to expedite the bargaining process to ens...
  132. TAM Airlines chose Pratt & Whitney Engine Service to maintain the PW4168 an V250...
  133. EADS announced that it has opted to freeze some investment and capacity expansion bu...
  134. Aer Lingus said it would lay off 2,500 of its 6,300 staff, representing nearly 40% o...
  135. The advocate general of the European Court of Justice, in a case brought by Omega Ai...
  136. Delta Air Lines intends to suspend 50% of its Delta Express capacity to major destin...
  137. Staying safe and getting financially healthy are the two overriding priorities for t...
  138. But many companies still struggle to adapt to the need for faster and better informa...
  139. As Major airlines downsize, their Regional partners may find new opportunities assum...
  140. Vietnam Airlines has taken delivery of its first-ATR 72-500. Two additional ATRs wil...
  141. LanChile will lay off 650 people, approximately 6.5% of its workforce, as it reduces...
  142. IATA DG Pierre Jeanniot estimated that member airlines could lose up to $7 billion o...
  143. Alitalia announced the grounding of six of its 89 MD-82s and four of its seven 747-2...
  144. GE Engine Services launched GE Rotable Services, a new unit "intended to lower ...
  145. American Airlines furloughed all TWA airport and maintenance employees at New York J...
  146. TRENDS Top 25 Airlines Jan.-July 2001 Airline RPKs (000) 1...
  147. Malaysia Airlines is dropping flights to 12 destinations and suspending its New York...
  148. The tone was muted at last mouth's ERA meeting, but Regionals saw opportunities in l...
  149. Fighting to regain its footing after the terrorist attack, the airline industry stru...
  150. Lufthansa and Regional partner Eurowings, facing demands by Germany's federal cartel...
  151. Varig will eliminate approximately 1,700 positions representing 10% of its workforce...
  152. AirTV and Tenzing Communications agreed to work together to deliver e-mail, Internet...
  153. Austrian Airlines Group abandoned its goal of breaking even this year by issuing a p...
  154. Joe Fugere, who founded Pilgrim Airlines in 1962, died of cancer late last month at ...
  155. US Airways is closing its Metro-Jet low-fare operation as part of its previously ann...
  156. LSG Sky Chefs will furlough up to 30% of its 16,000 US-based workforce as airlines c...
  157. Montana-based airline connects rural America to the big cities Big Sky Airlines...
  158. US airlines struggle to stay aloft until better days return, but when will that be? ...
  159. Mesa Air Group working in conjunction with FAA has established a company to train se...
  160. Air-India's early predictions of a modest profit at the end of FY02 are unlikely to ...
  161. UK Regional Gill Airways ceased trading in Sept. after the Bank of Scotland withdrew...
  162. European Airline Traffic September 2001 ...
  163. Nordam President and COO Charles Ryan was killed in an airplane crash Oct. 8 while o...
  164. United Airlines "will perish some-time next year" if it cannot stop its cu...
  165. Charlotte's airport is in the midst of a major expansion program even as its primary...
  166. BAE Systems announced the first flight of the Avro RJX-100 on Sept. 23 at Woodford i...
  167. Bombardier Aerospace and Embraer announced that production and staffing levels are b...
  168. Asiana Airlines intends to cut its workforce 5%, eliminating 360 of 6,800 positions....
  169. Germany's federal cartel agency attached a series of conditions to maintain a sembla...
  170. Iberia will reduce capacity by 11% and cut costs by 18 billion pesetas ($98 million)...
  171. US Majors Traffic September 2001 ...
  172. The Spanish government sold Aerolineas Argentinas to Grupo Marsans. The private Span...
  173. JMC Airlines, an amalgamation of two former UK carriers, comes under the mounting in...
  174. Chautauqua Airlines cut its operations by 25% of previous service levels or 35 fligh...
  175. SkyWest Airlines, a Regional affiliate of United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, annou...
  176. Korean Air, which is cutting flights to the US and dropping some destinations, plans...
  177. City Bird suspended operations after its listed parent company, City Bird Holding, w...
  178. Lufthansa Group confirmed reports it will request [espilson]180 million ($163.5 mill...
  179. Boeing has pushed back the 777-200LR development program by around 18 months as a re...
  180. Air New Zealand will cut about 800 of its 10,000 staff, cut flight schedules by 10.5...
  181. PMA parts have became a credible way to compress the high price of fixing airplanes ...
  182. Atlantic Coast Airlines which operates as United Express and Delta Connection, is re...
  183. Air Transat was fined C$250,000 by the Canadian Ministry of Transport and its A330 E...
  184. Singapore Airlines, in a step to bolster what promises to be an otherwise deflated e...
  185. Although US airlines issued a blunt request that the government take over the airpor...
  186. US REGIONAL & SPECIALTY CARRIERS Traffic-January-May 2001 A...
  187. US network airlines are boosting their nonhub flying, primarily by developing servic...
  188. Comair, a Delta Connection carrier, filed an application with DOT to allow South Afr...
  189. LAPA is to be split into two airlines, according to plans by its new owner, business...
  190. The Allied Pilots Assn. all but shot down American Airlines' effort to achieve a &qu...
  191. LOT Polish Airlines reported its first-half net loss tripled over the same period la...
  192. UK CAA and French DGAC jointly returned the Concorde's certificate of airworthiness ...
  193. Air-India's tortuous privatization path took a turn for the worse as Singapore Airli...
  194. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, the US airline industry has shed around 20% of ...
  195. WORLD AIRLINE TRAFFIC--2001 Pass. 01/00 RPKs 01/...
  196. Manchester Airport has a new runway and something most other major European and Brit...
  197. Raytheon Aerospace LLC won a $10 million aircraft maintenance contract from Mesa Air...
  198. Varig and TAM, Brazil's two largest carriers, posted heavy operating losses in the f...
  199. The fading hope that the US global positioning system could form the basis for a sol...