68 Years Ago Nov. 10, 1947 —Boeing began a hiring program to add 1,000 more employees over just a few weeks, and expected to have 17,000 by year-end. It had 15,658 on the payroll and had hired more than 3,000 since September 1947. 50 Years Ago
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Nov. 10-12—137th Slot Conference, Resorts World Convention Centre, Sentosa Island, Singapore, www.iata.org/events/Pages/sc137.aspx Nov. 10-12—International Aviation Women’s Associations 27th Annual Conference, Fairmont the Palm, Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates, www.iawa.org
For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.awin.aviationweek.com/events Jan. 21-22, 2016—MRO Latin America, Lima, Peru. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. Mar. 3, 2016—Laureate Awards, The National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
German financial investor Ralf-Dieter Montag-Girmes has agreed to take a 20% equity stake in Latvian carrier Air Baltic, clearing the way for the airline to implement an ambitious five-year business plan.
Ryanair has managed to sustain its strong traffic performance, recorded in summer through October, with 15% growth in passenger numbers and an improvement of 5 percentage points in seat load factor.
The FAA is asking industry participants in an RTCA committee to consider the feasibility of encrypting Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out messages in order to prevent eavesdropping by the public on aircraft identification, position, speed and other data available on the link.
The sweeping suspension of flights to all of Egypt goes further than the U.K. and Ireland, which have banned flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.
International Airlines Group (IAG) wants to keep average aircraft age in the middle of the range as well as slightly increase the average life of its in-service aircraft.
The most-powerful Rolls-Royce production engine ever flown, the 97,000-lb.-thrust Trent XWB-97 for the Airbus A350-1000, has entered flight-testing under the wing of the aircraft manufacturer’s A380 flying testbed.
ALPA President Tim Canoll has said he is “disappointed” with a set of lithium-ion battery-transport recommendations that ICAO’s Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) will forward to decision makers in Montreal later this month, and notionally approved for implementation in early 2017.
Several British airlines plan to operate flights from Sharm El Sheikh on Nov. 6, in order to transport at least part of the several thousand tourists stranded at the Egyptian holiday resort.
Republic Airways Holdings—which announced on Nov. 5 it plans to cancel orders for 24 large Embraer regional jets—must shrink its business and reach more concessions with its mainline partners, executives said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call.
Estonian Air is most likely to follow the fate of former Hungarian flag carrier Malev and enter bankruptcy if the European Commission (EC) orders the Tallinn Airport-based airline to repay various forms of state aid it got from the Estonian state.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has seen lower fuel costs and improved results from its subsidiaries outweigh a drop in revenue for the parent carrier in the six months through Sept. 30.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is ordering two Airbus A330-300s to expand Aer Lingus’s fleet, and the new aircraft will be delivered next year, thanks to options IAG secured last year.
Air New Zealand is ordering 15 ATR 72-600 turboprops, which will mostly replace older ATR aircraft but also accommodate growth on the carrier’s regional network.
GMF AeroAsia has opened a 16-line narrowbody aircraft hangar at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the facility also includes a dedicated paint bay.
