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United Airlines Places Firm Order for 25 Airbus A350s

2010-03-11T01:45:01Z

United Airlines has made a firm order for 25 of Airbus' A350 extra-wide bodied jets, fulfilling a commitment signed in December, the European aircraft manufacturer said Wednesday.

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Airlines Are Starting to Hire Pilots Again: Wonder What They are Looking For?

2010-03-10T01:49:51Z

Several Airlines are hiring pilots now, with more to begin at various times this year. It is no mystery as to what they are looking for in successful candidates, as the airlines themselves are happy to tell us. American Eagle Airlines has a long history of hiring ATP Graduates and recently told us why they have hired so many and what they will be looking for as they begin to hire pilots again.

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SkyWest Traffic Jumps 11.6 Percent in February

2010-03-09T01:13:51Z

SkyWest, Inc. reported a 11.6 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for February, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 9.1 percent compared to the same period last year. The combined airlines generated 1.34 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 1.75 billion. Load factor was up 1.7 percentage points to 76.6 percent compared to 74.9 percent for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for February totaled 2,687,224 a 12.3 percent increase from February 2009.

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Allegiant Travel Company to Purchase Six Boeing 757 Aircraft

2010-03-06T01:27:34Z

Allegiant Travel Company today announced it has signed a forward purchase agreement to acquire six Boeing 757-200 aircraft. The introduction of the 757 aircraft will enable Allegiant to expand its leisure travel strategy into Hawaii with flights to be operated by Allegiant Air, its airline subsidiary.

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Acquired Airlines Doubles Republic February Traffic

2010-03-05T01:25:45Z

Republic Airways Holdings said on Thursday that February traffic doubled from the previous year after it added Frontier and Midwest airlines to its stable.

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Airtran Reports 5.4 Percent Increase in Traffic for February

2010-03-04T01:29:44Z

AirTran Airways posted increases in traffic, capacity, enplaned passengers and load factor in February, according to preliminary numbers released March 3.

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Global air traffic demand was up for January-Industry to Remain in the Red For 2010

2010-03-03T01:25:16Z

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced that January 2010 demand statistics for international scheduled air traffic showed continuing improvement. Compared to the previous year, January passenger demand was up 6.4%. Against this improving demand, a 1.2% increase in passenger capacity in January pushed load factors to 75.9% (up from the 72.2% recorded for January 2009).

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United Airlines Finalizes $4.2B Boeing 787 Order

2010-03-02T00:40:04Z

Boeing Co. said United Airlines has finalized its order for 25 787-8 airplanes valued at $4.2 billion at list prices.

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Republic Airways to Buy Up to 80 Bombardier Jets for Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines

2010-02-26T01:23:31Z

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said Thursday it plans to buy as many as 80 new Bombardier jets.

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Republic Airways 4Q profit rises nearly 6 percent

2010-02-25T01:14:41Z

Republic Airways Holdings Inc., operator of several regional airlines, cited a big one-time gain related to its acquisition of Frontier Airlines as it reported that its fourth-quarter profit rose nearly 6 percent on higher sales.

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ExpressJet Posts 4Q Profit

2010-02-24T01:15:27Z

The parent of regional carrier ExpressJet Airlines on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit, compared with a year-ago loss, as sales rose 5.1 percent.

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Business Aircraft Activity Soars 5.3% in January

2010-02-23T01:33:58Z

Year-over-year business turbine aircraft activity was up 5.3 percent overall, with the Part 91 operational market segment having the strongest increase at 8.6 percent, according to Aviation Research Group/US’s January 2010 TRAQPak activity level report released yesterday.

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Pinnacle Airlines Income Grows in Fourth Quarter

2010-02-19T15:35:20Z

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. ended the fourth quarter and 2009 with improved income and cash reserves despite lower operating revenues.

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ExpressJet Signs Agreement to Fly 22 Regional Jets for United Airlines

2010-02-18T15:02:11Z

ExpressJet Holdings, Inc., parent company of regional and charter airline operator, ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., today announced that it signed an agreement with United Airlines covering 22 ERJ-145 aircraft for United Express service effective December 1, 2009. This signed agreement finalizes the previously announced successful bid by ExpressJet to replace flying done by other United Express partner carriers whose contracts have expired. An additional 10 ERJ-145 aircraft, sourced from our Corporate Aviation (charter) fleet, were added through an amendment to the agreement and will begin operating for United Express on May 1, 2010.

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ExpressJet January Traffic Rises 15 Percent

2010-02-17T16:36:01Z

Regional airline operator ExpressJet Holdings Inc. said January traffic rose 15 percent as the carrier flew more for Continental Airlines Inc., its main customer.

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