United Airlines reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2008. The company reported a January passenger load factor of 76.5%, down 1.5 pts compared to January 2007. Traffic decreased in January by 5.3% on a capacity decrease of 3.4% compared with the same period in 2007.

Macquarie Rotorcraft to acquire 12-helicopter portfolio from Milestone
AerCap offshoot Milestone Aviation Group (Milestone) has agreed to sell a 12-helicopter portfolio to Macquarie Rotorcraft. The portfolio will comprise a combination of Sikorsky S-92, Airbus H135, Bell 412 and Leonardo AW109, AW139 and AW189 helicopters which are presently on lease to six customers in nine countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South-East