CO, DL Regional Operations Profitable, AE Posts Losses
Continental Express and Delta Connection operations posted the normal profitability for the second quarter, while American Eagle posted its usual losses at a time when parent-company AMR was trying to sell it. However, AMR announced last week it was putting the divestiture on hold. Meanwhile, Delta said it... [read more]
Bombardier Launches CSeries with Lufthansa
The long-awaited launch of Bombardiers 110- to 149-seat CSeries, in development since 2004, was formally announced at Farnborough after Lufthansa placed a Letter of Interest for 30 firm orders and 30 options. The Lufthansa order, valued at $2.8 billion should all a deal be cut and all options exercised...
Farnborough Analysis
This year’s biennial exposition at Farnborough has yielded little news on the regional airline side, but the launch of the 110- to 149-seat Bombardier CSeries provided a lot of speculation as to the 100- to 150-seat market. (See separate story on the launch in this issue.) Farnborough can be seen as...
Capacity Cuts Hit RJET, Midwest
RJET Cuts 500 Approximately 500 employees, 10 percent of its workforce, will be cut by Republic Airways Holdings resulting from market conditions as well as capacity cuts by major partners. The move comes after news that subsidiary Chautauqua’s United Express operation would end at the end of next...
Sound Bites
The baggage $25fee for a second checked bag resulted in a 60 percent reduction in second- checkedon bags, said Continental. CEO Larry Kellner, and a 35 percent reduction in the Latin market. Continental has yet to implement the first-checked-bag fee. Kellner pointed out it not only saved weight and fuel, but...
Sukhoi Takes 49 New Orders
Farnborough can be seen as nothing but a success for the Sukhoi SuperJet with SuperJet International added orders for 49 aircraft to its 73-aircraft order book many of which are going to Western customers. The value of the orders total $1.380 billion. The new orders include a firm orders for 20 Sukhoi...
Market Watch – XJT, go!, Jazz, Porter, Horizon
XJT was Money Maker for Ontario Estimates of losses expected by California airport officials, gives an indication of just how large the impact of ExpressJet’s doomed branded service had. Despite the fact it is closing its branded operation including the huge resources put into Ontario, Calif., Ontario...
Key Airports Meet On Fuel Costs and Air Service Reduction
A number of airports attending the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Air Service/Energy Task Force outlined 10 to 20 percent reductions in service in 2008 compared to 2007, and, in some cases, losses will be between 60 and 100 percent. General aviation airport representatives also highlighted...
Oops! Boyd Blasts BTC ‘Study’
Airline Analyst Michael Boyd used his website to blast the Business Travelers Coalition for its so-called study on airports threatened with the loss of air service, calling its pseudo-science irresponsible and little more than Chicken Little crying the sky is falling. Related Story “The Chicken Little...
Airline Cost Index Rises 228 Percent
America seems to have returned to the depression of the early ‘80s, as more and more economic reports indicate things have not been this bad since President Reagan took office promising that it us “morning in America.” The airline industry is no different with the latest Air Transport...
New Narrow Bodies Could Come as Early as 2017
The launch of CFM’s new engine at Farnborough clarified the timetable for new narrow-bodies, according to RAN’s sister publication, Aircraft Value News, which said next generation narrow bodies, could come as early as 2017. Related Story The next generation engines are promising more than 15...
Flight Services Indicates Airlines Can Do More to Save Fuel
After pulsing several airlines over the last few months, fuel management firm Flight Sciences International came to the stunning conclusion that air carriers need a better structure and more urgency with their jet fuel decision making. “Airlines are not as serious as they should be about smart jet fuel...
Farnborough Watch – ATR, BSRA, EMB, GE, Saab
In addition to the CSeries launch, Embraer, which emerged as the clear winner for those keeping score of orders, announced an E-jet order to Kun Peng, significant because it confirmed the airline, 44 percent owned by Mesa Air Group, no longer needed the 20 aircraft MAG had planned to place there. It also...
Quick Takes
New Sim for Embraer CAE has sold a CAE 7000 Series Embraer 170/190 full-flight simulator to Embraer, who will provide training for its E-Jets operators in Europe. The simulator will be delivered to a European training center to be determined by Embraer in early 2009. Rockwell Collins Pro Line FusionTM for...
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