Air Transport World

Ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Tavel Consumer Report.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle recorded a 2014 loss of NOK1.05 billion ($137 million), reversed from a profit of NOK322 million in 2013.
Airlines & Lessors

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn—along with several other unnamed companies—is set to file a billion-euro lawsuit seeking damages from 11 air cargo carriers, including Lufthansa and British Airways, for allegedly operating a price-fixing cartel from 1999-2006.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Turkish Airlines plans to extend services in Africa by adding 5X-weekly flights from Istanbul Ataturk to Abuja/Nigeria, its 38th destination in the continent, from March 3.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Just weeks after it placed four airliners with two Libyan carriers, Dubai-based lessor Aerovista has pulled them out of the North African nation, citing security concerns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair Aviation is considering remarketing its 12 Airbus A321s by trying to find new customers for the aircraft that was delivered in 2013-2014.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
News Digest-Feb. 12, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Bombardier reported a full-year net loss for 2014 of $1.25 billion, reversing the $572 million in profit the manufacturer recorded in 2013.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bombardier has unveiled plans to raise new financing as Pierre Beaudoin steps down to be replaced as president and chief executive officer by outsider Alain Bellemare, until recently head of United Technologies’ Propulsion & Aerospace business.
Airlines & Lessors

British Airways has become the first airline to get the go-ahead to use Boeing’s Electronic Logbook (ELB) to eliminate paper technical logs on its 787 Dreamliner fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
American Airlines will begin domestic service in May and international service in June using its newly delivered Boeing 787.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Ten TransAsia pilots have been grounded after failing basic oral tests on the correct handling procedure for an engine flameout after Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) and the carrier suspended flights to send all active ATR pilots for retraining following the fatal crash of an ATR 72-600 earlier this month.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Luxembourg-based Luxair has signed a firm purchase agreement for three Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft with two options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Korean Air has placed an order for five Boeing 777 freighters, valued at more than $1.5 billion at current list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Transavia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Air France KLM Group, has ordered 17 Next-Generation 737-800s, with three options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Airlines & Lessors

IT & Distribution-Feb. 11, 2015
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
In 2014, US airlines reported a total of 30 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and nine international flights with tarmac delays exceeding four hours at US airports—the lowest number on record, according to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) latest Air Travel Consumer Report and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Airlines & Lessors

Hungarian air navigation service provider (ANSP) HungaroControl has abolished the entire fixed flight route network in Hungarian airspace, converting entirely to free route airspace.
Airports & Networks

* Ranked by reports per 1,000 passengers. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection
Airlines & Lessors

Qatar Airways plans to operate the Airbus A350 XWB on its Doha-Singapore service, replacing Boeing 787 aircraft that were introduced on the route less than a year ago.
Airports & Networks

Qantas has received a ratings boost from Standard & Poor’s (S&P), which revised the airline’s rating outlook to stable from negative.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Finnair has recorded a substantially larger loss for 2014 compared to the previous year, despite exceeding its target in a major cost reduction program.
Airlines & Lessors

US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines took delivery of the first of 60 Embraer E-175s it has on order during a Wednesday delivery ceremony at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Aircraft & Propulsion