Airline outlook: Less turbulence, more profit (3)

In September, United Airlines, the world's biggest airline by fleet size, took delivery on its first 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the newest product of Boeing, in September.

With a fleet of nearly 700 mainline aircraft, the airline has more than 270 new planes on order through 2022, including 25 Airbus A350XWBs, 100 Boeing 737 Max and 50 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft.

Fleet management is an-other way for airlines to improve profitability.

China Southern used its A380 aircraft on international routes beginning in October, which increased the aircraft's use to 11.3 hours a day from five to six hours daily on do-mestic routes.

The super jumbos, which were used on the route between Guangzhou and Los Angeles, had average load factor of more than 80 percent in October.

wangwen@chinadaily.com.cn