Stories Collection

  1. British Airways' pre-tax profits fell 83.3% in the fiscal second quarter ended Sept....
  2. US Regional & specialty carriers traffic--January-July 1999 ...
  3. Revenue-hungry Star Alliance powers ahead in the intensifying duel of airline partne...
  4. Continental Express has broken ground on its new regional jet maintenance facility a...
  5. Selected North American airlines Financial Results (three months ended Sept. 3...
  6. US airline air cargo traffic (RTMs) rose 12% in Sept., ATA reported. Freight and exp...
  7. FAA proposed new certification standards and mandatory maintenance Instructions on f...
  8. C-S Aviation Services teamed up with Air India and Aviation Sales Co. in a five-year...
  9. News Corp. stepped up the pressure on its 50% partner in Ansett, Air New Zealand, wi...
  10. Apart from announcing a new ERJ variant, Embraer used the ERA meeting to announce th...
  11. GE-IAI Aviation Services International, an engine/airframe MRO joint venture between...
  12. Philippine Airlines said it posted a net profit of 109.2 million pesos ($2.7 million...
  13. Cathay Pacific and Dragonair welcomed the Hong Kong Airport Authority's announcement...
  14. Continental Airlines reportedly objects to KLM's insistence that all Wings partners ...
  15. Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistics Centers launched an L-1011 freighter conversi...
  16. Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise completed a $103 million, 12-year secured loan...
  17. US Major carriers System traffic [*]--Month of June 1999 ...
  18. Aircraft operating data US passenger carriers (year ending 1st quarter...
  19. Airports and communities no longer play doormat to domineering airlines US com...
  20. Sweden's City Airlines has placed a firm order for one ERJ-135 plus two options. Val...
  21. Fairchild Aerospace President Jim Robinson confirmed reports that the company has dr...
  22. South African Airways announced a codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines that will...
  23. The Indonesian government agreed to inject $62 million a year for eight years into s...
  24. Air France Industries will maintain four 767-400ERs for Aeroflot under a seven-year ...
  25. KLM said it is in joint-venture talks with its 30%-owned Norwegian partner Braathens...
  26. B/E Aerospace completed the previously announced sale of its remaining 49% equity In...
  27. Indigo Aviation sold a 737-300 leased to Go and a 737-400 leased to Virgin Express t...
  28. US Major carriers International operations [*]--January-June 1999 ...
  29. Aircraft data & values (Values) Aircraft type ...
  30. But having been disappointed by their experience with interactive IFE, airlines are ...
  31. Cimber Air of Denmark has begun five daily roundtrips from Esbjerg Airport to Copenh...
  32. Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air has joined the US Airways Express network, adding six...
  33. Leading regional jet manufacturers Bombardier Aerospace and Embraer surprised attend...
  34. Mexico was to choose soon after presstime the location of an alternate international...
  35. Hainan Airlines will issue 205 million A shares on Shanghai's domestic stock exchang...
  36. Lufthansa Flight Training founded a new center in Chile in a joint venture with LanC...
  37. Spain will proceed with the final stage of privatizing Iberia with an IPO of its rem...
  38. Northrop Grumman and Honeywell Airport Systems said they linked Northrop Grumman's A...
  39. Emirates signed an $83 million financing agreement for its fifth A330-200. The finan...
  40. ATW'S Top 25 January-July 1999 Airline ...
  41. Resurgent Air France looks to become a major player in the transatlantic market ...
  42. Germany's Augsburg Airways, the first Team Lufthansa member, has placed a follow-on ...
  43. Regulatory authorities in Canada and Europe have certificated the full-motion flight...
  44. Hawaiian Airlines signed a letter of intent for 13 717s with options on a further se...
  45. Albania Angola Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Darussala...
  46. Japan Airlines farmed new in-house companies to handle passenger sales, engineering ...
  47. Tupolev 204-100C freighter aircraft is to be launched into the European market in mi...
  48. Alitalia, slated to complete privatization by next June, reported a severe slide in ...
  49. AlliedSignal obtained an STC from FAA for its predictive windshear system chosen by ...
  50. C-S Aviation Services refinanced 23 A300B4Fs. Aggregate amount of the financing was ...
  51. US Major carriers Domestic operations [*]--January-June 1999 ...
  52. ERA used the fairytale setting of Disneyland Paris to reveal some potential nightmar...
  53. Based on early returns, RJs not only please passengers, they also boost revenue and ...
  54. Gulfstream International Airlines will operate as a Trans World Connection carrier, ...
  55. Hamilton Aviation and Triad International Maintenance Corp. formed Hamilton-Timco Ca...
  56. Aeromexico's former CEO, Gerardo de Prevosin, was extradited from Switzerland on cha...
  57. All Nippon Airways President Kichisaburo Nomura stepped up pressure on the Japanese ...
  58. The EC, without taking any action, dosed a 28-month investigation of the Amadeus GDS...
  59. Air France, which has made its Americas network the focus of a major expansion effor...
  60. British Airways is the launch customer for Boeing's Global Airline Inventory Network...
  61. Ryoshin Leasing Corp. merged with Diamond Lease Co. effective Oct. 1. The successor ...
  62. US Major carriers System traffic [*]--January-June 1999 ...
  63. Only six years old, Russia's Kolavia Airlines has ridden Siberia's oil boom to top t...
  64. Panama's flag carrier builds on its partnership with the US Major while exploiting i...
  65. Frontier Airlines is moving its corporate headquarters to Denver International Busin...
  66. Polar Air Cargo reached agreement with the Air Line Pilots Assn. on an initial contr...
  67. Varig announced the first positive result from its emergency restructuring plan laun...
  68. Thai Airways International's long-promised privatization is on again, with Sluppacha...
  69. British Aerospace reported a [pounds]358 million ($570 million) firsthalf profit bef...
  70. Despite the blood on the European low-fares carpet with the recent failure of Debona...
  71. FAA chose Lockheed Martin's Air Traffic Management division to develop and deploy th...
  72. American Airlines will offer approximately $600 million or pass through certificates...
  73. US fuel cost & consumption July 1999 ...
  74. Icelandair is using time and frequency to market itself as a hub-and-spoke flag carr...
  75. Airlines are running behind the power curve in adapting to the new realities A...
  76. American Eagle will equip its entire fleet of 229 jet and turboprop aircraft with au...
  77. Lufthansa Cargo will be developed from a global freight carrier into "a unique,...
  78. Four Taiwan's companies--China Airlines, Air Asia, EVA Airways' aerospace technology...
  79. Air New Zealand's majority shareholder, Brierley Investments, delayed its promised m...
  80. Eurocontrol said it has developed a system to reduce air delays but warned that the ...
  81. Go, BA's low-cost unit claims it made a profit for its fiscal second quarter ended J...
  82. FAA banned the installation of In-Flight Entertainment Networks IFE equipment on US-...
  83. JetBlue Airways announced that Buffalo and Fort Lauderdale will be its first destina...
  84. Airport traffic May 1999 ...
  85. FLS Aerospace tries to make the former Aer Lingus MRO subsidiary feel a part of the ...
  86. Rebounding Garuda forecasts modest profits after near-death in '98, with hands-on he...
  87. Eurowings has appointed Friedrich Wilhelm Weitholz as its new CEO and president, rep...
  88. Federal Express opened its 77,000-sq-m European hub sorting facility at Charles de G...
  89. China Airlines, which reportedly accounts for 45% of all air cargo into and out of T...
  90. Japanese new entrants Skymark, Air Do struggle against the Big Three for domestic ma...
  91. Deutsche Structured Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of BfG Bank AG, has acquired ...
  92. Aloha Airlines will begin flying to the continental US in Feb. with two daily round ...
  93. Malaysia Airlines dismissed reports its debts will force it to seek help, although i...
  94. British Airways transplant Rod Lynch has a long way to go to clean up the mess at Ol...
  95. Midway Airlines posted a July load factor of 71%, up 3.3 points from July 1998 and a...
  96. U.S. Majors traffic AUGUST 1999 ...
  97. SilkAir in Aug. conceded that evidence exists to support the prevailing theory that ...
  98. Editor: I have been an ATW subscriber for a year. It is a wonderful magazine. The pu...
  99. US airline rivals race to dominate a market they once neglected in favor of interior...
  100. St. Louis-based Trans States Airlines and TWA have renewed their marketing agreement...
  101. US Airways expects to lose money in the third and possibly the fourth quarters as it...
  102. Air New Zealand has shown tangible signs of a revival from the Asia-inspired slump i...
  103. US National carriers System traffic [*]--January-May 1999 ...
  104. Korean Air revamps its approach to pilot training and flight operations in an effort...
  105. LanChile ordered seven A340-300s and took options on seven more, First delivery of t...
  106. Lufthansa Technik is establishing a maintenance joint venture with Maley. Technik wi...
  107. Austrian Airlines Group is expected to switch alliances this fall. The group, which ...
  108. US fuel cost & consumption June 1999 ...
  109. Air Nostrum of Valencia, Spain, an Iberia franchisee, has exercised one of five opti...
  110. British government opened Scotland's Prestwick Airport to fifth freedom flights by U...
  111. EC regulators are scrutinizing closely the proposed $14 billion merger between Allie...
  112. The Canadian government's effort to rescue Canadian Airlines Corp. by pushing Air Ca...
  113. US Major carriers System traffic [*]--Month of May 1999 ...
  114. Airport traffic April 1999 ...
  115. Alitalia Express received its first two of three ordered ATR 72-500s. The remaining ...
  116. Members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) plan to endors...
  117. New law designed to combat air rage came into effect in Britain in Sept. The law int...
  118. JET FUEL PRICES Spot cash markets (average) May 44.84 J...
  119. US National carriers System traffic [*]--Month of May1999 ...
  120. ATW'S Top 25 January-June 1999 ...
  121. AeroPeru creditors' committee voted to liquidate the airline. Some of the Peruvian i...
  122. SAirGroup plans to boost its holding in Sabena from 49.5% to 62.5% by acquiring a 12...
  123. US Major carriers Domestic operations [*] -- January-May 1999 ...
  124. Too much security, too little content The effects of two crises were evident at...
  125. Aviation Sales Co. completed its previously announced acquisition of Kitty Hawk's ai...
  126. Air France outperformed its continental rivals, posting net income of Ffr946 million...
  127. Flight firming boosts revenues by enforcing ticketing time limits Ticketed pass...
  128. Boeing's 717-200 received joint certification from FAA and Europe's JAA Sept. 1, pav...
  129. European airline traffic AUGUST 1999 ...
  130. Aerolineas Argentinas' new partner American Airlines is teaching it the latest dance...
  131. US DOT postponed the implementation of portions of new regulations on codesharing di...
  132. Hainan Airlines posted a 14% dip in first-half profits as rising costs resulting fro...
  133. US Major carriers System traffic [*]--Month of April 1999 ...
  134. Regional statistics US Regional & specialty ...
  135. Northwest Airlink Mesaba Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its Aircraf...
  136. FAA has proposed a series of rule changes designed to improve flight in icing condit...
  137. Chicago's Midway Airport crosses Cicero Avenue to find room for its new terminal ...
  138. Atlas Air posted record second-quarter net income of $13.3 million, up 31% over the ...
  139. GE Engine Services (Xiamen) broke ground Aug. on its jet engine overhaul facility, a...
  140. Philippine Airlines' controlling shareholder, Lucio Tan, said the carrier's survival...
  141. TWA's 16,000 IAM-represented mechanics, ramp workers, customer service employees and...
  142. Malev's "renationalization" was on track for the end of Aug., said Miklos ...
  143. Aer Lingus was given the go-ahead by the Irish government to join oneworld but witho...
  144. In a setback for DOT's efforts to level the playing field for low-fare new entrants,...
  145. US Major carriers Domestic operations [*]--January-April 1999 ...
  146. World airline traffic - 1999 Pass. 99/98 RPKs 99/98...
  147. Embraer's 37-seat ERJ-135 has been granted FAA type certification, which follows ear...
  148. The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization upheld an earlier WTO decision th...
  149. Consensus-building and consultation have advanced Free Flight technology but complet...
  150. Airborne Freight Corp. dba Airborne Express reported a 20.1% drop in net income, to ...
  151. Ameco-Beijing and BMW Rolls-Royce signed a letter of intent "leading to close c...
  152. Korean Air estimates its pre-tax earnings for the first six months of 1999 at 250 bi...
  153. Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO Herb Kelleher, 68, has begun treatment for prost...
  154. The British government confirmed plans to sell off 51% of the national air traffic c...
  155. Air France said operating revenues for the April-June quarter rose 19.1% to Ffr16.5 ...
  156. The agreement outlined by KLM and Alitalia at the end of July to integrate their ope...
  157. Aircraft operating data US passenger carriers (year ending 1st quarter...
  158. Eurowings, a leading independent German Regional, carried a record 2.9 million passe...
  159. BA's New World Cargo Centre represents more than just a place to handle air freight ...
  160. While US Airways has made big strides away from the brink of bankruptcy, its leaders...
  161. DHL International board of directors approved the $1.3 billion purchase of up to 45 ...
  162. Emirates signed a five-year, 92 million dirham ($25 million) contract with Hong Kong...
  163. Cathay Pacific returned to profit at the operating level for the six months to June ...
  164. A Continental Airlines customer service agent at Newark Airport was injured severely...
  165. Germany's highest court overturned a lower-court decision that permits Lufthansa to ...
  166. Swissair offered compensatory damages to relatives of the 229 people who died in the...
  167. Europe's newest airline KLM/ Air British Alitall...
  168. Aircraft data & values (Values) Aircraft typ...
  169. Denver-based Frontier Airlines enjoyed record earnings of $7.6 million on operating ...
  170. Adoption of Internet Protocol for IT is inevitable, experts say Delegates at SI...
  171. International Aircratt Investors purchased three aircraft with leases attached from ...
  172. In addition to existing air traffic and navigation service charges, foreign airlines...
  173. Japan's Ministry of Transport rebuffed a request from the Foreign Airlines Assn. of ...
  174. U.S. Majors traffic JULY 1999 RP...
  175. American Airlines and its pilots remain far apart on the integration of Reno Air des...
  176. AB Airlines, one of the new generation of British carriers that started up under EU ...
  177. Alitalia revised upward its previous earnings forecast, saying it expects to registe...
  178. Earlier this year, British Airways announced a new fleet and network strategy, the b...
  179. ATW'S Top 25 January-May 1999 Airline ...
  180. Lufthansa CityLine posted earnings of DM123 million on revenues of DM1.6 billion for...
  181. Nonoperating gains at UAL Corp. and US Airways pushed the US Majors to a record seco...
  182. Indigo Aviation acquired an A320 directly from Airbus for immediate lease to China N...
  183. South African Airways, after heavy losses in the previous fiscal year, turned around...
  184. Qantas plans to increase service to the UK, US and South Africa after reporting a 5....
  185. Canadian airlines results Three months ended June 30 (C$ in millions...
  186. Air Canada reported record operating income of C$169 million for its second quarter ...
  187. CSA President Antonin Jakubse resigned effective Aug. 31 after he was removed as cha...
  188. SAS blamed chronic overcapacity, fewer business passengers and high costs for a shar...
  189. JET FUEL PRICES Spot cash markets (average) ...
  190. Tyrolean Airways of Innsbruck, Austria, has exercised options for two more CRJ200 re...
  191. Mesa Air Group, an Express carrier for US Airways and America West, posted fiscal th...
  192. IT management systems have opened great doors for the air cargo industry--they just ...
  193. CIT Group purchased two A32Os from GE Capital Aviation Services; the jets are leased...
  194. Argentina and the US signed a phased open-skies agreement that immediately lifts pri...
  195. Air New Zealand reaffirmed its interest in securing the other 50% of Ansett Australi...
  196. Alliedsignal obtained the first of two TSO approvals from FAA for its Airborne Colli...
  197. United Airlines is teaming up with Buy.com, an Internet retailer and e-commerce webs...
  198. Responding to a complaint by nine of Europe's largest carriers, the EC asked Italy t...
  199. KLM posted a steep 64% fall in firstquarter net earnings and warned that full-year p...