Air Transport World

Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) Vietjet Air is looking to introduce a raft of codeshares with “major airlines” next year, MD Luu Duc Khanh said in an interview.
Airports & Networks

Singapore’s Changi Airport reported a decline of 0.5% in passenger numbers for September as traffic continues to slide year-over-year.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently awarded $10.2 million FAA grants to six airports to reduce emissions and improve air quality through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

NAV CANADA—an efficiency initiative led by Canada’s air navigation services provider (ANSP)—has demonstrated the viability and safety of aircraft varying speeds and altitudes while transiting the North Atlantic (NAT) in airspace beyond the range of conventional surveillance systems.
Airports & Networks

Aircraft News-Oct. 30, 2014
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Belgian regional VLM Airlines, which is in the middle of a management buyout, is to launch the Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100LR in Europe after detailing plans to take up to 14 of the type.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air France-KLM reported third-quarter net income of €100 million ($127.2 million), down 32.4% from a €148 million profit in the year-ago period, due to its pilot strike and overcapacity putting pressure on yields.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The search for signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) is set to accelerate in the coming days, as a third vessel transitions from survey work to searching the vast seafloor area that has been mapped out and surveyed, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Indianapolis, Indiana-based Republic Airways Holdings—parent of Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America—reported third-quarter net income of $18.5 million, reversing a $13.8 million loss in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Utah-based SkyWest Inc., parent of regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, rebounded from a disappointing 2014 first half to post third-quarter net income of $41.3 million, up 56.4% from a net profit of $26.4 million in the September 2013 quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Grupo Aeroméxico reported a MXP201 million ($14.8 million) net profit for the third quarter, a recovery from a net loss in the second quarter, but down 59.4% from net income of MXP495 million in the 2013 September quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Air China reported net profit of CNY3.16 billion ($515 million) for the first nine months of the year, down 22% compared with net income of CNY4.06 billion in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines is not moving to a revenue-based frequent flyer program when it merges its AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles systems in the second quarter of next year, but the Dallas-based carrier is not ruling out such a change in the future.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

United Airlines launched its Los Angeles to Melbourne route this week, believing local traffic in both cities can buoy the new service, SVP-worldwide sales Dave Hilfman said in an interview.
Airports & Networks

SkyTeam member CSA Czech Airlines is working to get financial help from key shareholder Korean Air to overcome its financial struggles.
Airlines & Lessors

British Airways (BA) has launched a 3X-weekly direct service from London Heathrow to Singapore’s Changi Airport using an Airbus A380.
Airports & Networks

Iceland-based low-cost carrier WOW Air will launch 4X-weekly seasonal Reykjavik Keflavik-Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) Airbus A321 services from June 4, 2015.
Airports & Networks

Airline Routes-Oct. 29, 2014
Airports & Networks

Briefs from the Oct. 29, 2014 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
AJW Aviation and China Aviation Supplies Corp. (CASC) have signed a six-year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Qingdao Airlines’ Airbus A320s.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Chinese cargo carrier SF Airlines has ordered an undisclosed number of Boeing 767-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversions.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Baltic Ground Services, the international ground handling and aircraft fueling provider, has announced the extension of its ground handling agreement with Wizz Air.
Maintenance & Training

By Karen Walker
Security regulators are not keeping pace with the needs of the air transport industry and are not ready for new challenges such as cyber attacks, according to the head of Lufthansa security.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
IATA has launched a set of tools that airlines, airports and air traffic management organizations can use to help identify, assess and reduce their chances of a cyber attack.

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic intends to firm up its four remaining options for Boeing 787-9s, as it brings the first of the fleet into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion