Report: Mexicana halt parked more planes in August

The total number of parked airliners rose by 2 percent from June to August, thanks to Mexicana airlines ceasing operations, Barclays Capital analysts, led by Joseph Campbell, reported Friday.

The number of permanently stored airplanes actually decreased by 11 aircraft, but temporarily parked ones were up by 62, bringing the total for temporarily and permanently parked planes to......

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Aircraft delays giving headaches to airlines

Unpredictable economies and delays to new aircraft programmes have turned fleet management into an art rather than a science according to IATA, and caused major headaches for airlines.
The global financial crisis and the ensuing collapse in passenger traffic and yields sent aircraft utilisation into a decline that it is still yet to recover from, particularly for widebodies. The wave of aircraft retirements seen in late 2008 and early 2009 has now petered out, with the numbers of parked aircraft......