Financial

ANA Group, Japan’s largest airline group, reported its consolidated financial results for the first three months (April – June) of fiscal year 2012. Operating revenues during the period rose by 12.5% to ¥343.1bn, helping ANA return to profitability for the quarter. Operating income reached ¥11.0bn compared with a loss of ¥8.1bn the previous year, while

Deutsche Lufthansa AG reported an upward trend in earnings performance in the second quarter of this year. In the period from April to June, the Group earned an operating profit of €361m, nearly making up the loss sustained in the first quarter. Positive factors included consistent capacity and yield management in passenger and cargo traffic,

Aircastle released that lease rental revenues for the second quarter were $153.6m, up $10.3m, or 7%, year over year, due primarily to an increase of $27.0m from aircraft acquisitions, partially offset by lower revenues from aircraft sold of $8.5m and lease extensions, transitions and terminations of $8.2m. Total revenues for the second quarter were $172.2m,

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, reported second quarter 2012 financial results reflecting solid core operating performance, continued strong demand for large commercial aircraft, and the impact of unusual charges. Spirit’s second quarter 2012 revenues were $1.341bn, down from $1.466bn for the same period of 2011 as the previous period included recognition of deferred revenue associated with the

Vueling made a net profit of €7.7m in the second quarter of 2012, an improvement of 115% compared to the same period of last year. The operating profit (EBIT) tripled compared with the previous year and amounted to €12.1m. Vueling’s total revenue rose by 29.2%, up to €296.9m. This rise in revenue was the result

For first-half 2012, Safran’s revenue was €6,413m, compared to €5,622m in the same period a year ago, a 14.1% year-on-year increase (5.2% organic growth). First-half 2012 revenue increased by €791m on a reported basis, notably highlighting a good performance in aerospace and security (both organic and from acquisitions). On an organic basis, revenue increased by

During the 2nd quarter of 2012 Embraer delivered 35 jets to the commercial aviation market and 20 to the executive aviation market (17 light jets and 3 large jets); as a consequence, 2Q12 revenues reached US$ 1,717.3m and Gross margin grew from 22.4% in 2Q11 to 23.6% in 2Q12. 2Q12 operating performance was strong and