To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Sept. 23-24—11th Maintenance Cost Conference & The World Maintenance Symposium, Turnberry Isle, Miami, Miami, Florida, www.iata.org/events/Pages/maintenance-symposium.aspx
For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.awin.aviationweek.com/events Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe, ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Center, London, U.K. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, SingEx Exhibition and Convention Center, Singapore. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE.
Southwest Airlines will hedge 65% of its fuel in the third quarter and as of now has about 40% of its fuel needs for 2016 hedged, a higher percentage than most of its peers in today’s low-fuel-price climate.
Aeromexico has significantly boosted connecting traffic over the last year-and-a-half at its two main hub cities of Mexico City and Monterrey as it focuses on upgauging its fleet and growing international capacity.
Spirit AeroSystems’ largest union says it has been notified that negotiations between the company and Onex and Advanced Integration Technology for the purchase of its fabrication and machining division were ending.
United Airlines will earn an extra $200 million in revenue for the second half of 2015 under the terms of its amended credit card deal with Chase Bank USA and Visa, the carrier said.
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Air Accident Investigation Sector (AAIS) is calling upon the country’s civil aviation authority to bolster the certification and tracking of pilot health related to incapacitation.
Malaysia-based LCC AirAsia is proposing a share-buyback initiative that will help dampen the dramatic swings in market value it has experienced this year.
For the second time this week, leaders from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and executives from Republic Airways will meet with officials from the National Mediation Board (NMB) to discuss how the sides might reach an agreement on a new pilot contract.
Delta CEO Richard Anderson and American CEO Doug Parker met with Kerry and Catherine Novelli, undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment on Sept. 17.
China Aviation Supplies—the agency that buys aircraft in bulk for Chinese airlines—has also allocated 15 of the aircraft to China Eastern, five to Tibet Airlines and five to Sichuan Airlines, industry sources said.
Regulators, airlines, unions, air navigation service providers and airports in the Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions are weighing in on the challenges and opportunities involved with using voluntarily provided data to boost safety.
WestJet Airlines will monitor bookings on its five new London Gatwick Boeing 767 routes before committing to a larger widebody fleet, CFO Candice Li said this week.
