Southwest Airlines reported that traffic increased 4% in December 2007, compared to December 2006, capacity increased 5.2% from the December 2006 level and the load factor for the month was 68.2%, compared to 68.9% for the same period last year.
US Airways Group reported December traffic results for 2007. Traffic for the month was down 4.5% from December 2006. Capacity was down 4.4% from December 2006 and the load factor for the month of December was 75.3%, down 0.2 points versus December 2006.
Ryanair released that traffic increased 18% in December 2007 compared to the same period last year and that the load factor for the month decreased 2 points to 79%.
On January 6th, 2008 Finnair’s propeller aircraft era will end as the ATR-72-201 aircraft, which have been operating under Finnair’s Estonian subsidiary Aero livery, are transferred to new owners. Finnair was the first airline to begin operating ATR-72 aircraft. The first ATR-72 was delivered to the company in October 1989. Aero flew its first ATR-72 …
Finnair Technical Services and Russia-based Aeroflot Cargo have signed an agreement covering maintenance services for Boeing MD-11 cargo aircraft until 2016. The service agreement covers airframe, engine and component overhaul and maintenance. The first maintenance under the contract will be completed at the beginning of 2008. The value of the agreement is estimated at over …
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In December 2007, passenger capacity, was 2.0% above December 2006, traffic rose 1.0% and the load factor was down 0.7 points versus last year, to 73.5%.
ST Aerospace Supplies Pte Ltd, has set up an import / export and logistics facility in Guangzhou. Named
Panta Holdings B.V., owner of VLM Airlines, has reached an agreement on terms for the sale of VLM Airlines to Air France-KLM. VLM Airlines is one of Europe’s leading regional carriers catering principally for business travellers. The company operates a fleet of 18 Fokker 50 and one BAE 146. London City Airport is the hub …
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MNG Technic has signed another C Check agreement with Onur Air to perform heavy maintenance on its 8 MD series aircraft. The starting date of first C Check will be on January 2008 and all 8 C Checks will be accomplished in five months at the facility of MNG Technic hangar located at Istanbul Ataturk …
Air Astana, the national airline of Kazakhstan, has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for its initial three Boeing 787-8s, plus a further three of the twinjets for which it has purchase rights. The value of the firm business is $90 million at engine list prices. Delive-ries begin in 2016.
