Stories Collection

  1. Honeywell is joining the competition to provide airline passengers with the technolo...
  2. CAE was awarded three new full-flight simulator orders for a total list-price value ...
  3. Lufthansa Technik signed a five-year Total Component Support deal with Eirjet for th...
  4. JET FUEL PRICES * January 21, 2005 New York 144.76 US Gulf Coast 13...
  5. China and Taiwan agreed to flights between the two countries for the first time in f...
  6. British Airways' net profit for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 fell 41% to 49 milli...
  7. Tarom CEO Rodica Odobescu resigned in Jan. as well after holding her position for ne...
  8. Lufthansa Systems will supply Croatia Airlines with an integrated range of solutions...
  9. Bombardier is considering building a new assembly plant in Albuquerque for its propo...
  10. Members of the European Regions Airline Assn. reported a 4% growth in passengers wit...
  11. SABRE HOLDINGS CORP'S ACQUISITION THREE years ago of David R. Bornemann Associates, ...
  12. AIRLINES SOON MAY GET AN inkling as to which radio technology to buy--or not to buy-...
  13. AAR entered into a joint venture with Malaysian aircraft maintenance provider AIROD ...
  14. A 737-200 operated by Kam Air of Afghanistan crashed in mountainous terrain east of ...
  15. The Hungarian government replaced Malev's top management and part of its board of di...
  16. OnAir, the joint venture of Airbus and SITA to provide in-seat telephone and Interne...
  17. BAE Systems Regional Aircraft signed an agreement with Asian Spirit for the long-ter...
  18. Japan Airlines signed a contract with Bombardier to acquire two CRJ200s on behalf of...
  19. ATA Holdings introduced John G. Denison as co-chief restructuring officer, Gilbert F...
  20. Viva Air Dominicana chose Pedro Alberto Pina as dir.-operations, Rafael Liriano as d...
  21. US NATIONAL CARRIERS System traffic *--January-October 2004 ...
  22. But for the grace of US taxpayers, patient bankruptcy judges and the deep pockets of...
  23. US REGIONAL & SPECIALTY CARRIERS TRAFFIC January-October 2004 ...
  24. AeroMexico and Mexicana will be sold separately under a new plan approved by the boa...
  25. US Airways mechanics and related workers, fleet service employees and maintenance tr...
  26. In its 41 years of publishing, ATW has been blessed with an extremely dedicated and ...
  27. FACT FILE European Airline Traffic January 2005 ...
  28. Avianca CEO Juan Emilio Posada will become CEO of Synergy Aerospace, the holding com...
  29. UPS will acquire 11 ex-Swiss International/Swissair MD-11s. They will be converted i...
  30. Virgin Group's 2002 invitation to Patrick Corp. to take a half-share in Virgin Blue ...
  31. TOP 15 AIRLINES JANUARY 2005 RANK AIRLINE RPKs (000) 1 A...
  32. ANA Group, parent of All Nippon Airways, earned [yen] 5.2 billion ($50.2 million) in...
  33. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Feb. 8 cleared the British Air...
  34. Ryanair earned 34.5 million [euro] ($46.3 million) in the fiscal third quarter ended...
  35. Snecma Service signed a "preferential 10-year time and material contract" ...
  36. MARCH March 6-8 Int'l. Society of Transport Aircraft Trading, 22nd Annual Conf...
  37. THIRTY YEARS AGO, AIRBUS Industrie ran an advertising campaign to educate a doubting...
  38. NON-US AIRLINE TRAFFIC--2004 Pass. 04/03 RPKs 04/...
  39. ATA Airlines, which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, will reduce...
  40. SkyWay Communications Holding Corp. signed an agreement with IBISES International to...
  41. Brazilian federal government implemented a new bankruptcy code similar in many respe...
  42. Six Chinese airlines ordered a total of 60 787s. China Eastern Airlines said it will...
  43. Struggling US and European airlines may be hit with more taxes this year as separate...
  44. New expansive passenger rights regulations took effect in the European Union on Feb....
  45. "Steps need to be taken to promote the regional airports and the development of...
  46. Rockwell Collins and easyJet signed an agreement to develop a fleetwide Electronic F...
  47. Debis AirFinance closed the purchase of an A340-300 as co-investor with Deucalion Ca...
  48. Chicago Express, the Regional feeder of ATA Airlines, will be sold as part of ATA's ...
  49. BY THE TIME THE A380 darkens the sky over the Paris Air Show in June, we should know...
  50. AIRCRAFT VALUES Aircraft Year Built 2005 * 2010 ** 2015 ** 2020 *...
  51. World Airways signed a two-year ACMI cargo charter contract with EVA Airways valued ...
  52. Goodyear Nederland Aviation Tires will provide tire delivery and maintenance for Rya...
  53. AAR Allen Aircraft signed a purchase agreement with HAECO under which it will provid...
  54. Alitalia reduced its loss before extraordinary items and taxes during the fourth qua...
  55. FACT FILE US Major Traffic January 2005 RPMs % chg. A...
  56. It is quite certain that Bill Boeing was not thinking of the 777-200LR when he decla...
  57. 10 YEARS AGO: According to preliminary figures, more than 40 million people traveled...
  58. Continental Airlines said that members of its board of directors agreed to cut their...
  59. RAND Corp., in a report that echoes airline industry views, said it is "not cos...
  60. Flight Deck Resources was selected by SkyLink Airways to supply a complete Electroni...
  61. Ethiopian Airlines signed a preliminary agreement for up to 10 787-8s, comprising fi...
  62. SOME WEEKS BEFORE THE hectic holiday travel period, a British newspaper headlined an...
  63. Welcome Air, an Austrian Regional carrier, will start a new five-times-weekly servic...
  64. Hawaiian Airlines said it reached a tentative agreement with its mechanics and relat...
  65. Messier Services Asia signed a landing gear exchange and overhaul contract with Cath...
  66. Thales has reached an agreement with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. to supply the full av...
  67. Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing ordered six more 737-700s in a deal valued at...
  68. El Al CEO Amos Shapira, who is credited widely with leading the financial and operat...
  69. European Airline Traffic December 2004 % ...
  70. Airbus, as expected, maintained its lead position over Boeing in terms of both order...
  71. THE RAPID EMBRACE OF LOW-cost carriers by European travelers has sent shockwaves thr...
  72. Trade Air of Croatia took delivery of two ex-American Airlines F100s. The carrier, w...
  73. Alaska Airlines and its pilots' union were unable to reach agreement on a new contra...
  74. L-3 Communications won a contract from Qantas Group to supply several automated expl...
  75. Bombardier confirmed that the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China has ...
  76. Kingfisher Airlines. also of India signed a contract with Airbus to acquire 10 A320s...
  77. Republic of Ghana and US consortium GIA-USA signed definitive agreements to create G...
  78. Aer Lingus CEO Willie Walsh, CFO Brian Dunne and COO Seamus Kearney were set to step...
  79. The European Union and US reached agreement last month to resolve their dispute over...
  80. IT IS DIFFICULT IF YOU WORRY ABOUT SEEMING mean-spirited, to give these sorts of awa...
  81. BOEING'S CATCHPHRASE IN the early 1990s was "working together," but for Si...
  82. Emirates signed a $38 million Japanese Operating Lease for the acquisition of its ei...
  83. Northwest Airlines asked for government mediation in its contract negotiations with ...
  84. EVA Airways said President Steve Lin was promoted to chairman replacing K.C. Chang, ...
  85. SAS is planning a takeover of airBaltic if the government decides to sell its remain...
  86. Continental Airlines ordered 10 7E7-8s valued at $1.3 billion with deliveries beginn...
  87. Gol will construct a new maintenance hangar at Tancredo Neves International Airport ...
  88. KLM reduced its fares on all flights from Amsterdam to 66 European destinations by a...
  89. There is an old handyman's saying, equally applicable in our era of programmable tel...
  90. AIRCRAFT DATA A330-200 A340-300 A310-300 MTO...
  91. A new epoch in the air traffic management technologies and capabilities often associ...
  92. Amadeus controlling shareholders Air France, Lufthansa and Iberia confirmed that the...
  93. FAA unveiled its new 10-year air traffic controller staffing plan, which calls for h...
  94. China's airlines posted combined profits of 6.23 billion yuan ($752.7 million) in 20...
  95. Embraer 175 was granted a type certificate from the Brazilian civil aviation regulat...
  96. Air Europa signed an MOU for 10 GEnx-powered A350-800s with options for two more. Th...
  97. Brazil's airlines enjoyed their strongest growth in three years in 2004, according t...
  98. French government and Lagardere Group confirmed the nomination of Airbus CEO Noel Fo...
  99. JAZZ BRINGS TOGETHER A VARIETY of sounds, blending them into a rhythmic pattern of m...
  100. Thirty-five years ago, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg's national carrier Luxair and a...
  101. Spain's Air Europa became the first customer for Airbus's proposed A350 on Dec. 21 a...
  102. American Airlines will begin selling food in the main cabin on all domestic flights ...
  103. Open skies talks between the US and India began in Washington last month as US Trans...
  104. Prototype An-148 95-seat regional jet made its first flight at the Antonov/Aviant fa...
  105. UPS ordered 10 A380Fs with options on 10 more. with deliveries beginning in 2009 and...
  106. Aerolineas Argentinas emerged from a lengthy financial restructuring at the end of D...
  107. SIA Engineering Co. Ltd. signed an MOU with Cebu Pacific Air to create a joint ventu...
  108. PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE solutions for aircraft and engines may be as common someday a...
  109. This year's winner of ATW's Market Leadership Award deserves credit for launching a ...
  110. The European Commission will launch an in-depth probe into Alitalia's restructuring ...
  111. Delta Air Lines and Dallas/Ft. Worth International reached an agreement that allows ...
  112. Singapore has turned up the pressure on Australia to enter into an open skies agreem...
  113. Cirrus Airlines took delivery of its first Embraer 170. During its first three month...
  114. Japan Airlines ordered 30 7E7s to be delivered from 2008. JAL ordered both the long-...
  115. MNG Technic in Turkey received EASA Part 145 approval authorizing it to perform base...
  116. Wencor announced a five-year PMA parts development alliance with Cathay Pacific Airw...
  117. DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT US legacy airlines are in better shape to challenge their low-co...
  118. Last year, ATW introduced a new award to recognize airlines achieving a commercial r...
  119. AvAero said it received Transport Canada approval for its FuelMizer modification. In...
  120. Continental Airlines warned in early Jan. that its recent order for 10 7E7s (see Equ...
  121. WORLD AIRLINE TRAFFIC [GRAPHIC OMITTED] JET FUEL PRICES * December 17, 2...
  122. Delta Air Lines reached an agreement with Republic Airlines Holdings to operate 16 E...
  123. Pemco Aviation Group, Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co. and Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft...
  124. Menzies Aviation was awarded a five-year contract from British Airways to provide ra...
  125. World airline RPKS rose 14% in 2004 compared to 2003 based on preliminary figures, I...
  126. A sense of style and a commitment to service quality long have been the traits requi...
  127. Ultra Electronics Holdings was selected as the lead contractor for the wing ice prot...
  128. "The objective is to secure a comprehensive agreement to end subsidies to large...
  129. ACE Aviation Holdings appointed Montie R. Brewer president & CEO-Air Canada, Jon...
  130. BAE Systems was appointed as the exclusive remarketing agent on behalf of a consorti...
  131. FedEx Corp. reported net income of $354 million for its FY05 second quarter ended No...
  132. Austrian Airlines Group in late Dec. signed a letter of intent that calls for it to ...
  133. The world's airlines enjoyed their safest year on record in 2004, according to Aircl...
  134. This year's Regional Airline of the Year is a company that has completed a successfu...
  135. Boeing last month said it will end production of the 717 when it fulfills its existi...
  136. US Airways Group's fight for survival will get a bit harder beginning in May when So...
  137. FEB Feb. 6-8 IATA Legal Symposium, Sheraton Hotel & Convention Centre, San...
  138. Cebu Airlines selected me CFM56-5B to power 12 A319s scheduled to De delivered from ...
  139. Sabre Airline Solutions inked a multiyear deal to supply its AirFlite Planning and S...
  140. Centralwings is the name for LOT's proposed low-cost subsidiary, which was expected ...
  141. The long-anticipated US legacy airline fare restructuring got underway Jan. 5 when D...
  142. Westlet selected Kinetics, a subsidiary of NCR Corp., as its supplier of self-servic...
  143. United Airlines and the negotiating committee for its pilots union reached a tentati...
  144. China Southern Airlines' board of directors named Liu Shao Yong chairman, replacing ...
  145. Ilyushin Finance Corp., Russia's largest aircraft lessor, placed orders for five lon...
  146. Swiss International Air Lines' restructuring is beginning to pay dividends as the ca...
  147. Airbus shareholders EADS and BAE Systems on Dec. 10 gave the go-ahead for the compan...
  148. ASIG elevated Gene Roy to VP-operations, Dan Sewell to GM-JFK operations, Shannon Ca...
  149. AIRCRAFT DATA 767-300ER 777-20DER MTOW, 000#s ...
  150. Cirrus Air Group acquired German Regional Augsburg Airways from the Haindl family on...
  151. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings entered into a four-year revolving credit facility with...
  152. Jeppesen and navAero formed a partnership that will offer turnkey Class 1 and 2 Elec...
  153. US Airways reached a tentative agreement with its flight attendants union on a new c...
  154. Australia's Virgin Blue posted a 1.8% fall in net profit to A$63 million ($49.4 mill...
  155. German banking giant WestLB sold its 31% stake in Europe's largest tourism services ...
  156. Easyjet reported a net profit of 41.1 million [pounds sterling] ($76.9 million) for ...
  157. Our fixation on internationalizing the airline industry grows with each report of mu...
  158. Regional Express, Australia's largest independent Regional carrier, edged back into ...
  159. AT THE FIRST ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF ASIA Pacific Airlines Assembly of Presidents sinc...
  160. Croatia Airlines and Adria Airways became official regional members of the Star Alli...
  161. SITA Cargo (UK) and Champ Cargosystems, the IT subsidiary of Cargolux, will merge to...
  162. AAR said it received FAA repair station certification for its new airframe maintenan...
  163. US Airways Group said it reached an agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services and ...
  164. Korean Air reported a 62% drop in third-quarter profits because of higher fuel costs...
  165. Virgin Express earned 3.4 million [euro] ($4.6 million) for the Sept. quarter, almos...
  166. Aer Lingus CEO Willie Walsh, COO Seamus Kearney and CFO Brian Dunne, who masterminde...
  167. You probably did a double-take when this month's issue of ATW arrived in the mail. W...
  168. FACT FILE US Majors Traffic November 2004 Revenue ...
  169. BY VIRTUE OF THE SYMBIOTIC relationship between Regional carriers and their mainline...
  170. A China Yunnan Airlines CRJ200LR crashed Nov. 21 near Batou Airport in western China...
  171. Singapore Technologies Aerospace and Boeing redelivered the first of five MD-11s to ...
  172. Air Canada Technical Services secured a five-year agreement with ILFC that calls for...
  173. Air New Zealand boosted its financial interest in the newly inaugurated V2500 MRO sh...
  174. Air China raised $1.06 billion in its IPO last month covering the sale of 2.8 billio...
  175. SN Brussels Airlines reported a net result of 5 million [euro] ($6.5 million) for th...
  176. UK CAA chose to maintain British Airways' dominance of the UK-India market, allocati...
  177. EXCHANGE RATE CURRENCY UNITS PER US DOLLAR COUNTRY/ CU...
  178. FACT FILE European Airline Traffic November 2004 % ...
  179. Has Gol's success caused TAM to reevaluate its own business model? When you have a n...
  180. American Utilicraft Corp. and Global Air Group of Brisbane reached a final agreement...
  181. Tampa Cargo last month took delivery of its second 767-200 Special Freighter convert...
  182. Goodrich Corp., Honeywell, Matsushita Avionics Systems and Bridgestone were selected...
  183. Boeing's Integrated Materials Management solution was selected by ANA. Under the arr...
  184. Computer Services Corp. signed an IT outsourcing agreement with SAS Braathens. The c...
  185. Finnair Group reported net income of 5.4 million [euro] ($7 million) for the third q...
  186. Alitalia narrowed its loss before taxes and extraordinary items in the third quarter...
  187. TOP 20 AIRLINES JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2004 RANK AIRLINE RPKS (000...
  188. US REGIONAL & SPECIALTY CARRIERS TRAFFIC January-August 2004 ...
  189. 10 YEARS AGO: After years of promise, ticketless travel is here, offering savings to...
  190. For Christian Heinzmann, these are uneasy times. "The most difficult year Luxai...
  191. Bombardier is slowing production of the 50-seat CRJ200 further to bring total delive...
  192. EADS EFW and Emirates SkyCargo signed a contract for the conversion of three ex-Aero...
  193. Sabre Airline Solutions reached an agreement with AirTran Airways for resource manag...
  194. Connexion by Boeing finalized agreements with China Airlines and Singapore Airlines ...
  195. Aviapartner reached agreement with Thomas Cook Airlines and sister company Condor Fl...
  196. Norwegian Air Shuttle reduced its loss for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 to Nok11...
  197. Air France-KLM Group earned 201 million [euro] ($264.8 million) in the fiscal second...
  198. US MAJOR CARRIERS System traffic *--January-August 2004 ...
  199. It started as a hybrid, a mix of the successful home videos of drunken and/or stupid...