Alaska Airlines has reached an agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants on a tentative labor agreement on a new five-year contract for the carrier’s 3,300 flight attendants.
US transportation secretary Anthony Foxx reasserted the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) regulatory role regarding inflight cell phone calls just as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially started consideration of a proposal to allow cellular voice calls aboard US commercial flights.
Over the next week, UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) plans to issue guidance to airlines detailing how to apply for gate-to-gate use of personal electronic devices (PEDs).
French Caribbean carrier Air Caraibes has firmed plans to take six Airbus A350s, comprising three directly from Airbus and three from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), for its long-haul fleet renewal.
Russia’s Saratov-based Saravia Airlines has taken delivery of its first of two leased Embraer E-195s from GE Capital Aviation Services, becoming the first E-Jet operator in Russia.
International air freight volumes are expected to grow 17% during 2013-2017, expanding at a five-year 3.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2013-17.
Footnotes: * International only. 1. January - June. 2. January - May. 3. Includes Regional operations. 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection. 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. 6. YTD 02013 from 4/26/13
American Airlines Group has signed a firm purchase agreement for 60 Embraer E-175 jets with options for another 90 E-175s, as well as a firm order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets with options for 40 more aircraft.
UK air navigation services provider NATS said it would “welcome” an inquiry into the level of contingency and resilience in UK airspace following the Dec. 7 internal telephone system failure that caused a significant reduction in UK airspace capacity resulting in widespread delays and disruption to air traffic.
Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air is looking to lease eight ATR 72-500s or -600s from February next year under a tender, which is due to close Dec. 30.
Leisure carrier Monarch Airlines reported an 11.7% increase in gross turnover for the financial year ended Oct. 31, up to £763.2 million ($1.3 billion) from £683.5 million the previous year.
Delta Air Lines is poised to report a $2.6 billion pre-tax profit for 2013, a 70% increase year-over-year, CEO Richard Anderson said at the company’s investor day conference in New York Wednesday.
IATA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airports Council International (ACI) to develop Smart Security (SmartS), which replaces Checkpoint of the Future.
Air Seychelles, which halted all services to Europe two years ago, will return to the continent with plans to beef up its regional network as part of what it describes as a “significant expansion” of its international schedules.
