Air Transport World

Turkish Airlines has reported a first-quarter net loss of TRY226 million ($108.7 million), which the company attributed to seasonality factors and foreign exchange rate movements.
Airlines & Lessors

Hainan Airlines Group (HNA), parent of Hainan Airlines, is expected to invest in Kenya’s cargo carrier Astral Airlines as it further expands into the African market.
Airlines & Lessors

Airport freight traffic, year-to-date, organized by world regions
Airlines & Lessors

Qatar Airways will officially relocate to Doha’s new Hamad International Airport (HIA) May 27.
Airports & Networks

Airberlin became the first airline to use Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) precision approach technology in Europe at Malaga Airport last week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Utah-based SkyWest Inc., parent of regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, has promoted Russell Childs as president of the company, effective May 12.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Boeing and Embraer will open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A security breach at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport’s Qantas and Jetstar Terminal delayed passengers by more than an hour on Sunday as authorities ordered a complete evacuation and re-screening.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airline Routes
Airports & Networks

Briefs from the May 12, 2014 edition of ATW's Skypaths

US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, a year ago, two years ago and five years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Lufthansa and Air China are in talks that could lead the German and Chinese carriers to forming a revenue-sharing joint venture similar to those that Lufthansa has with United Airlines, Air Canada and All Nippon Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
International Airlines Group (IAG) showed a marked improvement in its first-quarter figures compared to the year-ago quarter as restructuring at Spanish flag-carrier Iberia continues to flow through to the bottom line.
Airlines & Lessors

Austria-based low-cost carrier FlyNiki, an airberlin subsidiary, said its leisure hub in Vienna is performing strongly.
Airlines & Lessors

Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) earned net income of S$360 million ($288 million) for its 2013-2014 fiscal year ended March 31, down 5% from S$379 million in the prior fiscal year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is facing “historically high” pressure on yields that will affect its full-year financial results.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
American Airlines orders accounted for almost all the new sales logged by Airbus in April, according to figures released by the European manufacturer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
The Airbus A350 XWB, MSN 4, has completed water ingestion testing to demonstrate its ability to operate on wet runways.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
SriLankan Airlines is planning to shift its maintenance and training activities, along with its leisure connecting traffic, to the island nation’s second international gateway at Mattala.
Maintenance & Training

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the second non-European state to join the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Safety Assessment of Foreign Airlines (SAFA) program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Manston Airport in Kent, Southeast England, is set to close May 15 despite an eleventh hour offer from US investment firm RiverOak to purchase the loss-making facility.
Airports & Networks

New Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approach and departure procedures are set to enable flights to operate into and out of Queenstown Airport on New Zealand’s South Island after dark in 2016.
Airports & Networks

People
Airlines & Lessors

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced new proposals for flight data and voice recorders and underwater locating devices (ULDs) in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dubai-based Emirates Airline reported a profit of AED3.3 billion ($900 million) for the financial year ended March 31, 2014, up 43% from AED2.3 billion for the previous financial year.
Airlines & Lessors