NEWS WESTJET - CON’T The latest new routes announced by the carrier for its winter season services include two new destinations from Québec City, which are Fort Lauderdale and Cancún. Weekly nonstop flights between Québec City and Fort Lauderdale and Cancún will operate once a week, on Sunday and Saturday, respectively. The weekly services to/from Fort Lauderdale will operate between 12 December 2010 and 24 April 2011, while the weekly services to/from Cancún will operate between 11 December 2010 and 30 April 2011.
U.S. AIRLINES SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS PROFIT INCREASE IN SECOND QUARTER On 29 July 2010, Southwest Airlines reported that the carrier’s second quarter net income for this year had increased to $112 million, 23% higher than the same period last year. This increase was largely due to high traffic levels and revenues during the quarter, generating total operating revenues of $3.2 billion (a 21% increase year-over-year). Southwest Airlines is expecting to continue to have a significant market share, as it anticipates record load factor and strong revenue growth in the succeeding quarters as well. NEW AIRTRAN OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER IN ORLANDO AirTran Airways opened a new System Operations Control (SOC) Center in Orlando on 27 July 2010. The operations facility cost $6.9 million, and was funded by the State of Florida, the City of Orlando, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority and the airline itself. It is expected to create 120 new jobs. The new command center will be responsible for more
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than 700 of the airline’s daily domestic services and services to the Caribbean. At the opening of the operations center, AirTran also announced that in addition to the pilot bases in Atlanta and Milwaukee, the carrier has plans to open a third base in Orlando in the fall of this year. The carrier expects 100 pilots to be based in the Orlando location. HAWAIIAN AIRLINES SECOND QUARTER PROFIT DECREASES A report released by Hawaiian Holdings Inc., the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, on 27 July 2010 stated that there was a 67% year-over-year decrease in the carrier’s second quarter net profit. From April to July 2009, Hawaiian Airlines’ net profit was $27.5 million, while it only reached $9 million over the same period this year. Although the airline generated $315.9 million in operating revenue (an 8.2% increase year-over-year), operating expenses amounted to $291.9 million (a 12.1% increase year-over-year). The increase in operating revenue was due to the addition of two A330s to the carrier’s fleet, and the increase of operating expenses was primarily due to increased fuel costs and higher taxes.
CARGO DB SCHENKER MOVES MANAGERS TO FRANKFURT Leading logistics service provider, DB Schenker, announced that its management teams in Berlin, Mainz and Essen will be moved to Frankfurt am Main. Together, DB Schenker Logistics, DB Schenker Rail and their cross-unit functions have approximately 300 managers. The move to Frankfurt is expected to help the firm expand their international business operations. Deutsche Bahn headquarters will continue to remain in Berlin.
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