Aviation Daily, May 8, 2018

Volume 412, Issue 27

Airlines

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

IATA: Passenger Traffic Up 7.2% In First Quarter

Global air passenger traffic in March grew at its fastest monthly pace in a year—up 9.5% year-over-year (YOY)—driven by a generally strong global economic backdrop, according to IATA’s latest Air Passenger Market Analysis....More

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

József Váradi, the CEO of Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air, said that newly launched Wizz Air UK could be used as a vehicle to acquire assets from other airlines....More

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Lufthansa Group’s supervisory board approved orders for up to 16 additional aircraft to be allocated among subsidiaries....More

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Garuda Indonesia Halts 2018 Fleet Growth

Garuda Indonesia is planning to keep its fleet size unchanged this year, as part of its efforts to return to profitability....More

May 1, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air has launched Boeing 787-9 services on the airline’s Manama-Jeddah route. The airline intends to operate the 787-9 on several regional routes over the coming weeks before it starts Bahrain–London Heathrow services on June 15....More

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Air France To Operate 80% Of Flights On May 8

Air France said it expected to operate 80% of its flights on May 8, the 15th in a series of day-long strikes over pay that have rocked the carrier and led to the resignation of Air France-KLM group CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac after employees voted against his pay proposal plan....More

Cargo

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Atlas Air Worldwide Raises 2018 Outlook

Air cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings reported a $9.6 million net profit for the first quarter of 2018, reversed from a $752,000 net loss in the 2017 March quarter, a turnaround that encouraged the Purchase, New York-based company to upwardly revise its full-year 2018 revenue outlook to over $2.5 billion....More

Lessors

May 7, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Chorus Aviation boosted year-over-year (YOY) first-quarter adjusted earnings 43% and operating revenue 9% on the strength of its growing aircraft leasing business....More

Airframers/Suppliers

May 4, 2018

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Aviation Daily

Jury Is Still Out On Airbus Lower-Deck Module

As Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace refine the design of the lower-deck cabin module they plan to offer on the A330, potential airline customers still have to find a way to use the extra space and, eventually, a business case needs to be made....More