The US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US airlines collectively employed 380,748 workers in April, down 2.4% from April 2012.
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has been selected by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) to convert three Boeing 737-400s to freighters for Yangtze River Express under a Supplemental Type Certificate held by AEI.
Scandinavian carrier SAS has signed a memorandum of understanding for eight Airbus A350-900s and four A330-300s as part of its strategy to modernize its fleet with more fuel-efficient aircraft
London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle will be among Qatar Airways’ Airbus A380 launch routes, according to comments made by CEO Akbar Al Baker at the Paris Air Show.
Continuing the 2012 year-end trend of meager growth, overall global passenger traffic for April at the world’s airports grew only 1.8% during April 2012. Total freight traffic worldwide increased just 1% year over year.
Air New Zealand has confirmed destinations for its new fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9s, with the primary long-haul cities to be Shanghai and Tokyo, while mid-haul destinations will include Honolulu, Auckland, Perth and Papeete.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. has reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters chapter that represents over 2,000 flight attendants working for Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America.
This chart represents change from the previous year in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group It covers the most recent 13 months, displaying percent changes compared to the same month of the previous year Source: US Dept. of Transportation Footnotes: * Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Delta Air Lines has closed on its acquisition of a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic Airways, purchased from Singapore Airlines for $360 million, and the two carriers detailed initial codesharing to start July 3.
Brazilian regional airline Passaredo Linhas Aereas wants to lease a further five ATR 72-500s as it seeks to grow its fleet to around 30 aircraft within the next three years.
Airbus’s newly announced “regional” version of the A350-900 will match the range of Boeing’s new 787-10 but is not a direct response to the US aircraft, Airbus said Monday.
