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This chart represents the most recent 13 months, displayed as percent changes from the previous year, for Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group. Source: US Dept. of Transportation Footnotes: * Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. ** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers. Other carriers generally operate within specific niche markets, i.e. Hawaiian Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.
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Briefs from the Aug. 28, 2013 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
UTC Aerospace Systems' Aerostructures (UTAS) will service nacelle components for Sunwing Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 737s under a five-year agreement.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Israel’s TAT Technologies reported $6.2 million in revenue for aviation-component MRO for the June quarter of 2013, up 9% from the same quarter of 2012.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
TIMCO Aerosystems has been issued an Air Agency Certificate for its North Carolina facilities to operate as a repair station with a limited accessory rating by the FAA.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) has opened an additional hangar at its base in Berlin-Schoenefeld.
Maintenance & Training

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) is set to invest $25 million in Myanmar’s Asian Wings Airways (AWA), giving it a 49% stake in the carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) has firmed contracts for 22 MC-21s and 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) at the MAKS Airshow in Moscow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair Airline has signed a lease agreement for six Sukhoi Superjet 100LRs (SSJ100LR) with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) and VEB Leasing at the MAKS Airshow in Moscow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s VEB Leasing has firmed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Irkut Corp. for 30 MC-21s at the MAKS Airshow in Moscow.
Airlines & Lessors

China Southern Airlines has reported a first-half net profit of CNY302 million ($49 million), down 32.7% compared to a net income of CNY449 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
UK-based BBA Aviation and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) have begun talks about a possible tie-up.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish Airlines reported first-half net profit of TRY121 million ($60.7 million), down 29% compared to the year-ago period.
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Georgia-based Air Caucasus launched operations Aug. 18, operating a charter flight from the Georgian capital Tbilisi to Antalya, Turkey.
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