United Airlines and its International Assn. of Machinists-represented employees finalized a five-year agreement reached in principle last month, the union said Friday.
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. placed a new $17 million revolving credit facility with First Tennessee Bank. The facility replaces the existing revolving credit agreement with Northwest Airlines, which was set to expire June 30.
Frontier Airlines will launch three weekly flights between Denver and Cozumel Dec. 17. In addition, the carrier will resume seasonal service to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo on Nov. 19, adding a weekly flight versus November 2004 for a total of three per week. It also will increase service from Denver to Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta from Dec. 17 with an additional Saturday frequency during peak periods to complement daily service to both destinations, and will offer three daily flights to Cancun from Denver during the peak winter periods.
CSA Czech Airlines completed reconstruction of its catering building in Prague, which will allow it to increase production of meals from 15,000 to 18,000 a day. CSA invested CZK136 million ($5.5 million) in the facility. The additional capacity could raise planned revenues from services for third parties by up to 25%.
26 Galileo International announced partnerships with Global Travel International, a privately owned travel company that provides the tools necessary to become an independent travel agent, and eTravCo, a travel agency resource that furnishes support to travel agent members. Both companies are using Galileo Web Services to develop online booking engines for their home-based clientele.
China Southern Airlines took delivery of its fourth and final A330 this week. The aircraft is slated to be used initially on the carrier's domestic routes from Baiyun International Airport to Beijing and Shanghai.
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US bankruptcy judge yesterday ruled that US Airways is allowed to offer retention bonuses to its managers and other salaried workers but not to its officers, Reuters reported. The airline said it needed the bonuses in order to keep as many employees as possible while it completes its reorganization and then merges with America West Airlines.
Styrian Spirit selected two NetLine products, NetLine/Ops and MaintenanceControl, from Lufthansa Systems that will help the carrier "optimize its resource planning and control processes." Meanwhile, the airline will take delivery of a CRJ700 next week.
Austrian Airlines Group and Fokker Services BV signed a five-year contract for the logistical support of spare parts and components for the carrier's nine F70s and nine F100s.
Northwest Airlines reorganized its marketing and sales function in order to "better reflect the airline's commitment to developing travel products that best serve the needs of its business and leisure customers." Under the restructuring, VP-Market Planning and Airlink Thomas Bach has been named to the new position of VP-network planning and revenue management. He will be responsible for worldwide route planning and scheduling for Northwest and Northwest Airlink.
Virgin Atlantic and its Australian sister airline Virgin Blue signed a codeshare agreement under which Virgin Atlantic, which currently flies daily from London Heathrow to Sydney via Hong Kong, will add its code to Virgin Blue flights from Sydney to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Cairns, Gold Coast and Coolangatta. The agreement will go into effect July 17.
Air France selected Thales' TopSeries i5000 inflight entertainment systems for its future fleet of A380s. The French carrier has a firm order for 10 A380s and an option for a further four. "We will be equipping the A380s on our Montreal and New York routes first, followed by Beijing and Tokyo, with 538 passengers onboard," said AF Chairman and CEO Jean Cyril Spinetta during the signing of the contract.
SR Technics UK was granted Japan Civil Aviation Bureau approval and is now the only organization in the UK to have Perform Repair and Alteration approval. The JCAB authority allows SR Technics UK to perform repairs and alterations to Japanese-registered aircraft components at its Stansted facility.
Tampa Cargo said it notified Aeronavali and Cargo Aircraft Management of its firm commitment to be the launch operator of the 767-200SF. Tampa Cargo agreed to lease up to four 767-200SFs, with an unspecified number of options, from Cargo Aircraft Management after the passenger-to-freighter conversions of the aircraft are completed by Aeronavali. The first two are scheduled to be delivered in September and December.
Boeing completed the previously announced sale of its Commercial Airplanes operations in Kansas and Oklahoma to Onex Corp. ( ATWOnline, Feb. 23). The transaction was valued at roughly $1.5 billion, including cash of approximately $1.1 billion and the assumption of certain liabilities, Onex said. The purchased operations include Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing facilities in Wichita, Kan., and Tulsa and McAlester, Okla.
Alaska Airlines and its 700 aircraft technicians, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn., reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract. Terms of the deal were not released, but AMFA Region 1 Director Louis Key said it provides "job security language and wage increases that are unique to the current industry environment." The airline said the ratification process is expected to begin within the next two weeks.
Air Canada announced three executive appointments yesterday. The airline named Sean Menke executive VP and CCO effective July 11. He formerly was senior VP and COO at Frontier Airlines. In addition, AC appointed Joshua Koshy executive VP and CFO, effective Aug. 1. Previously, Koshy was senior VP-information technology at Emirates Group. He replaces Rob Peterson, who will continue in his role as executive VP and CFO of AC's parent company, ACE Aviation Holdings.
