Air India (Mumbai) is dealing with a continued strike by its 800 pilots. The strike has now entered the fourth day. AI is concentrating on maintaining service on its main domestic and international routes but the state flag carrier is losing money due to the strike.
Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre.
Atlas Air Boeing 747-422 N194UA (msn 26892) IAH (Jeffrey S. DeVore) (leased from United), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Atlas Air (New York) has now been approved by the Department of Defense (DOD) to operate passenger charter flights for the military with this aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Jeffrey S. DeVore. Please click on the photo for the full details.
Atlas Air Slide Show: CLICK HERE
Finnair Embraer ERJ 190-100LR OH-LKP (msn 19000416) ZRH (Andi Hiltl), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Finnair (Helsinki) reported a net loss of $49.6 million in the first quarter and expects a loss in the second quarter.
Copyright Photo: Andi Hiltl. Please click on the photo for additional information.
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) Boeing 737-8JP WL LN-NOX (msn 37818) (Christian Krohg) ARN (Stefan Sjogren) (latest delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) reported a net loss of over $55 million in the first quarter due to the rising cost of fuel.
The company transported 3.1 million passengers, 14 percent more than the same quarter last year.
According to the company, seven new Boeing 737-800 aircraft were put into operation during the first quarter of 2011, while, at the same time, smaller and older Boeing 737-300 were phased out. Norwegian has 14 more new 737-800 aircraft now compared to a year ago. Later this year, another eight new aircraft will be delivered to Norwegian from Boeing. As of today, the company has a total of 57 aircraft in the fleet.
Copyright Photo: Stefan Sjogren. Please click on the photo for additional information.
Norwegian routes from Oslo (OSL):
Norwegian Slide Show: CLICK HERE
Iberia-Lineas Aereas de Espana Airbus A340-642 EC-IZY (msn 604) MIA (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Iberia (Madrid) announced a new partnership to produce plant-based biofuels at its Madrid (Barajas) base.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Please click on the photo for additional details.
Monarch Airlines Airbus A320-212 G-OZBB (msn 389) (Congratulations Wills & Kate-Just Married) MAN (Nik French), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.Monarch Airlines (London-Luton) has now added a second sticker to its eight aircraft celebrating the Wills and Kate wedding in the UK. The company overnight added “Just Married” stickers to the aircraft with the previous “Congratulations Wills & Kate” stickered aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Nik French. Please click on the photo for additional details.
Monarch Slide Show: CLICK HERE
Monarch’s routes from London (Gatwick):
Frontier Airlines (2nd)-Republic Airlines (2nd) Embraer ERJ 170-100SE N872RW (msn 17000143) SFO (Mark Durbin), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Republic Airlines (2nd) (Indianapolis) will remove the last six Embraer ERJ 170s from the Frontier Airlines branded operation by September 30, 2011. Republic will now operate 14 ERJ 170s under the Delta Connection banner by October 1, 2011.
Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin. Please click on the photo for the full details.
Allegiant Air McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) N868GA (msn 49554) LGB (Stephen Tornblom), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Allegiant Travel Company (Las Vegas), the parent of Allegiant Air, reported a first quarter net profit of $17.2 million, down 24.1% from $22.6 million in the same period a year ago.
Allegiant is operating 51 DC-9-82/83/87 aircraft. Its two Boeing 757-200s have been leased out.
Copyright Photo: Stephen Tornblom. Please click on the photo for additional information.
ANA (All Nippon Airways) Boeing 777-281 ER JA717A (msn 33415) NRT (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
ANA (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo) managed to produced a fiscal year net profit of $282 million (ending on March 31) despite a $174 million fourth quarter loss.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing.
China Eastern Airlines ~ A330-343X “B-6129”, originally uploaded by *Da ~ vE*.
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai) has introduced this promotional logojet for the International Horticultural Expo 2011 (in Xi’an) on its Airbus A330-343X registered B-6129 (msn 791).
Copyright Photo: *Da ~ vE*