Former British Midland International CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer will join Air Berlin (AB) as its chief strategy and network planning officer as part of the carrier’s management reorganization under CEO Hartmut Mehdorn.
US FAA has announced a program to modernize approaches and descents to six Florida airports, including Miami and Orlando, as part of the transition to a satellite-based NextGen ATC system.
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The long-awaited move by the Civil Aviation Administration of China to open China’s GDS market to foreign companies was hailed as “exciting” and “an important step” by the other GDS companies, but it will probably be some months before they can take full advantage of it. A key component of working with travel agents is participation in the IATA billing and settlement plan in the country.
Yamato Global Logistics Japan Co. has agreed to plead guilty to air cargo price fixing charges in a US court and pay a $2.3 million criminal fine, the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) said.
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with British Airways wholly owned subsidiary, BA CityFlyer. MAEL will provide support for the UK-based airline’s fleet of Embraer E-170 and E-190s operating to Malaga, Spain. MAEL will also store components on the carrier’s behalf.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has purchased up to 268 additional sets of Blended Winglets for its Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 NextGen aircraft from Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), its largest single order.
Chinese carriers are seeing load factors drop on Sino-Japan routes due to rising political tension between China and Japan over a chain of disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Air Canada (AC) executive VP and CFO Michael Rousseau told investors Wednesday the Montreal-based airline will launch a subsidiary low-cost carrier (LCC) next year with a branding announcement to come “within a couple of weeks.”
American Airlines (AA) said it will notify about 11,000 employees they are in danger of being furloughed within 60 to 90 days, but added it expects just 4,000 workers receiving the notices to actually be laid off.
Emirates Airline (EK) is expecting delivery of its 24th and 25th Airbus A380. Both aircraft should be handed over to the carrier next week. AviancaTaca has taken delivery of its 100 th Airbus aircraft, the 252-seat A330-200.
Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) CEO Bjorn Kjos expects to see a change in traffic flows when the Scandinavian airline launches low-cost, long-haul services in approximately one year.
The CEO of Spanish low-cost carrier (LCC) Vueling (VY) has given the clearest indication yet that the approaching Bombardier CSeries is a serious contender for the airline's fleet re-equipment program.
The US must invest in research and development (R&D) of technology to take the global lead in aerospace during the second century of flight, according to Boeing EVP Jim Albaugh in a National Aerospace Week address.
