The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved an April 22 election date for the more than 3,000 workers at Boeing’s 787 production facility in South Carolina to vote on unionization, according to a statement by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) VietJet Air’s first subsidiary, Thai VietJet Air, will begin operations with a Bangkok-Phuket, Thailand schedule on March 29 using an Airbus A320-200.
American Airlines chairman and CEO Doug Parker told Congress that US airlines favor moving US air traffic control (ATC) to “a commercialized, non-profit type governance structure.”
French investigators reached the scene of the Germanwings Airbus A320 accident late in the afternoon local time and have recovered one of the aircraft’s two recorders, although whether it was the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder was not announced.
Air France-KLM freight airline Martinair Cargo has confirmed plans to drastically scale back its fleet to four Boeing 747 freighters by June 2016, affecting 330 jobs.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is licensing a new technology that allows airports to track rideshare drivers, including ones from popular companies Uber and Lyft, to ensure they’re paying proper fees when accessing airport roadways.
A second member state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved against the use of mini-UAVs because of the potential threat they pose to civil aviation.
RwandAir, the flag carrier of the central African state of Rwanda, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for two Airbus A330s, signaling a move into the long-haul market.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has issued a statement via Twitter expressing his concerns over the fate of flight 4U 9525, operated by its fully owned Germanwings subsidiary.
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) employment at US scheduled passenger airlines grew 1.2% year-over-year (YOY) in January, to a total FTE count of 386,544 personnel, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Flag carrier Korean Air will open up codeshare flights from Incheon, Korea to Buenos Aires in Argentina through an upcoming agreement with Aerolíneas Argentinas.
Hong-Kong-based Cathay Pacific will cease Moscow flights from June 1, due to decreasing number of passengers and growing operational costs of the route, the carrier said in a statement.
