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NATS reports the number of flights
it handled in August, 2007, increased from 220,408 to
230,379, or 4.5%, compared to the same month in 2006.
Transatlantic arrivals and departures increased year-on-year
by 6.7% while overall oceanic center traffic increased by
6.8%. 02-24-2008.
Adam Aircraft filed Chapter 7
bankruptcy. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Colorado has appointed a trustee to liquidate the company's
assets, which include the type certificate for the A500
piston twin, several A500s in various stages of production,
and three flying A700 VLJs (very light jets) that Adam was
using for certification trials. 02-24-2008.
The
Association of European Airlines reports its member's
on-time performance on intra-European flights deteriorated
for the fourth successive year in 2007.
Twenty-two-point-seven percent of these departures were
delayed by more than 15 minutes, up from 22.3% in 2006. As
for airports, the highest incidence of delay was recorded at
London Heathrow (35.5%), followed by London-Gatwick, Rome,
Dublin and Paris Charles de Gaulle. Heathrow was top
of the list also in 2006, when Gatwick was in third place
and CDG was in fourth. At the other end of the scale, the
four airports recording the lowest level of delay were the
same – in the same order – in both years, with Brussels
recording a delay rate of 16.9% in 2007, followed by
Dusseldorf, Vienna and Oslo. 02-24-2008.
According
to new analysis from
Frost & Sullivan, the top 20 participants in the
Asia-Pacific ATC equipment market had revenues of $1.93
billion in 2006 and should reach $2.91 billion in 2010.
02-24-2008.
Airbus
expects
roughly 700 orders for new jetliners this year, down from
1,341 in 2007. Airbus officials expect to book 30
orders for its 380 in 2008, and they also note that the
company has a backlog of 3,600 jetliners.
02-24-2008.
Cessna delivered 160 new aircraft
into the Asia-Pacific region in 2007, an increase of more
than 35% over 2006. 02-24-2008.
The
Association of European Airlines reported that passenger
boardings for its member airlines climbed 4.1% to 358
million in 2007, up from 344 million in 2006. In
passenger-kilometers increase was 5.1%, and 4.2% in terms of
seat-kilometers. The airfreight market for AEA carriers grew
by 2.7% in 2007. 02-24-2008.
The U.S.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said its
reporting airlines carried 59.9 million scheduled domestic
and international passengers in November 2007, 0.7% fewer
than in November 2006. The number of domestic passengers
decreased 1.5% in November from a year earlier while
international passengers increased 5.4%.
During
the first 11 months of 2007, the airlines carried 22.6
million more total system passengers than during the first
11 months of 2006. The airlines carried 3.1% more domestic
passengers and 4.6% more international passengers during the
first 11 months of 2007 than during the same period in 2006.
Flights Operated
Reporting
U.S. carriers operated 9.7 million domestic and
international flights in the first 11 months of 2007, 0.7%
more than were operated during the same period in 2006.
Domestic flights increased 0.7% from the previous year while
international flights were up 0.6%.
In
November, the airlines operated 821,800 scheduled domestic
and international flights, down 4.1% from the number of
flights operated in November 2006. The number of domestic
flights decreased 4.4% in November from a year earlier while
international flights increased 4.6%.
System Comparisons
In other
total system comparisons from the first 11 months of 2006 to
the first 11 months of 2007 and from November 2006 to
November 2007:
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RPMs
(revenue passenger miles) were up 3.8%. In November,
RPMs were up 2.4%.
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ASMs
(available seat-miles) were up 2.8%. In November, ASMs
were up 2.3%.
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Passenger load factor was up 0.9 load factor points to
80.3%. In November, load factor was unchanged at 77.9
percent.
Domestic
The
airlines carried 623.9 million scheduled domestic passengers
during the first 11 months of 2007, up 3.1% from the 604.9
million carried during the same period in 2006. The
passengers were carried on 9.0 million flights, up 0.7% from
the number of flights operated in 2006.
In
November 2007, the airlines carried 53.1 million scheduled
domestic passengers, down 1.5% from the passengers carried
during November 2006. The passengers were carried on 757,600
flights, down 4.4% from the 792,400 flights operated in
November 2006.
RPMs
were up 3.1%. In November, domestic RPMs were up 0.3%.
ASMs
were up 1.9%. In November, domestic ASMs were up 0.6
percent.
Passenger load factor was up 0.9 load factor points to
80.3%, In November, load factor was down 0.2 load factor
points to 77.9%.%.
International
The
airlines carried 82.8 million scheduled international
passengers during the first 11 months of 2007, up 4.6% from
the 79.1 million carried during the same period in 2006. The
passengers were carried on 782,700 flights, up 0.6% from the
778,200 flights operated in 2006.
In
November, the airlines carried 6.8 million scheduled
international passengers, up 5.4% from the passengers
carried during November 2006. The passengers were carried on
64,200 flights, down 0.2% from the 64,300 flights operated
in November 2006.
RPMs
were up 6.2%. In November, international RPMs were up
8.1%.
ASMs
were up 5.5%. In November, international ASMs were up
7.1%.
Passenger load factor was up 0.5 load factor points to
80.1%, International load factor was up 0.6 load factor
points to 78.3% in November.
· Additional
information can be found on the
BTS Website. 02-24-2008. |
