FL Technics Jets has become the first authorized service center for Tronair Ground Support Equipment in Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS and will also distribute Tronair‘s GSE products in the region.
FAA on Tuesday issued a final rule that will give airlines and training providers five years to upgrade flight simulators and begin more comprehensive training of pilots for stall and upset incidents as well as for crosswind and gust events.
Airbus and Boeing are confident demand for their largest aircraft will improve over time, though both manufacturers concede the market segment for the A380 and the 747-8 Intercontinental is significantly weaker than for other widebody passenger offerings such as the A350, 777 and 787.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh expressed strong criticism of a plan to rescue Alitalia, saying the Italian carrier’s continued existence—with help from the Italian government—is “distorting” the European airline market.
Irish carrier Aer Lingus has reported a third-quarter operating profit of €94.9 million ($128.1 million), up 4.4% from €90.9 million in the year-ago period.
The Air India Boeing 787, which developed windshield cracks while landing at Melbourne on Monday, will to return Delhi Tuesday night after being repaired, airline officials said.
News from Travel Technology Update: For all the drama surrounding IATA’s New Distribution Capability, it is only a technical standard that provides “just the basis for developers to do the hard work,” Gary Doernhoefer, a consultant and former general counsel to IATA, said.
This chart represents the most recent 13 months, displayed as percent changes from the previous year, for Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group. Source: US Dept. of Transportation Footnotes: * Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. ** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers. Other carriers generally operate within specific niche markets, i.e. Hawaiian Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.
Lufthansa, which is transferring flights to its subsidiary Germanwings as a part of its restructuring program SCORE, has announced Germanwings will launch new routes from Hamburg in summer 2014.
Etihad Airways has temporarily suspended its 3X-weekly passenger flights and twice-weekly cargo flights to the Libyan capital Tripoli, effective immediately, due to what the airline described as unspecified “safety and operational challenges which the airline has observed in recent months at Tripoli Airport.”
