Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. reported preliminary system statistics and traffic results for November 2005 and for the 11-month period ended November 30, 2005. Total block-hour activity during November decreased 8.8% compared with the same month in 2004, while the average number of aircraft operated remained constant. Block hours operated in the ACMI segment decreased […]
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Icelandair carried 94.322 passengers in November, an increase of 15,3% from November 2004. The capacity (ASK) in November increased by 3,2% compared to the same month last year and sales (RPK) increased by 14,7%, resulting in passenger load factor of 74,6%, up by 7,4 percentage points from last year.
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The Association of European Airlines reported a traffic growth of 8.6% in November 2005 while capacity increased by 4.8%; resulting in a load factor of 73.7%. Continued high growth of 13.6% was reported for the Far Eastern market, an above-average increase of 9.5% in cross-border Europe, and 4.1% for the North Atlantic market.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced traffic results to the end of November 2005. Freight traffic for November showed 2.8% growth over 2004, while passenger traffic grew at 6.1%. For the first 11 months of the year, freight recorded 2.8% growth while passenger traffic was up 7.7%. Passenger load factors for November were 73%.
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Lufthansa will recruit 2,400 new employees in 2006. Most of the growth will occur in operational areas, with the company requiring 1,420 flight attendants and 220 ground staff to provide passenger handling services at its Frankfurt and Munich hubs.
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Independence Air will voluntarily discontinue all scheduled flights planned to depart after January 5th, 2006. Independence Air Chairman and CEO Kerry Skeen said,
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WestJet will commence new non-stop service between Vancouver and Honolulu, Hawaii today. WestJet now offers five non-stop return flights per week between Vancouver and Honolulu with connecting service to several destinations across Canada.
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Southwest Airlines’ Flight 1248 was involved in an accident at Chicago Midway Airport while the 737-700 was landing. The aircraft veered off the runway onto Central and 55th Avenues, beyond the northwest corner of the runway. Flight 1248 was scheduled for a 2:55 p.m. CST departure out of Baltimore/Washington International Airport, but the aircraft’s departure
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Korean Air continues to see strong passenger traffic and carried 1.97 million passengers in October, up 12.8% compared to 1.75 million in the same period last year.Thanks to increased capacity, revenue passenger kilometers (RPK)
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AirAsia has initiated a total fleet renewal with the delivery of the first of sixty A320s. The A320s will over time completely replace the Boeing 737-300 fleet currently operated by the AirAsia Group (comprising AirAsia in Malaysia, Thai AirAsia in Thailand and AWAIR in Indonesia). AirAsia holds options to purchase a further 40 A320s under
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