Pilots of an Ilyushin IL-76TD came within feet of landing on workers and equipment on a new, unfinished runway at Sharjah, partly because of a Jeppesen airport diagram that appeared to show the runway was open.
All A320s delivered to the airline starting in May 2016 will be configured with 186 seats. The retrofit program of its existing A320 fleet, which adds six seats per aircraft, will start in winter 2016. The retrofit should be complete by summer 2018.
VC said on May 13 that arbitration on all outstanding issues might be “doable.” It warns, however, that it is skeptical about trying to resolve “job-related topics” outside of arbitration, as proposed by Lufthansa.
De Juniac’s proposal draws its inspiration from European Union (EU) maritime guidelines in place since 1997 to address the lack of competitiveness of EU/European Economic Area (EEA) fleets in the global-shipping market and end the flagging-out of the European fleet and loss of EU seafarer jobs.
The airline’s decision will hinge on price and availability. The A321neo is likely best for the network—it could operate most routes without restrictions and allow the airline to add longer ones while reducing cost per seat-mile—but the aircraft is also most expensive with few delivery slots.
Trans States is supposed to take the MRJ90, but the base model of that aircraft has a maximum takeoff weight of 87,303 lbs., making it just heavier than the permitted scope limit at major U.S. carriers.
The Total Component Support deal includes spares-pool access and repair, LHT said. Finnair is slated to receive its first four A350s in the second half of this year. It has 19 on order, with deliveries slated to last through 2022.
“We have now concluded our reviews of the three major worldwide airline alliances—and are one step closer to a genuine level playing field in transatlantic aviation markets,” said Margrethe Vestager, European commissioner in charge of competition policy.
During a presentation to analysts, the carrier outlined details showing its ambitious plan to slice A$2 billion ($1.6 billion) in costs is firmly on track.
Installed after a housecleaning of senior executives, Cromer has been on the job for only four weeks, while chief salesman Colin Bole only joined the company this week.
“We have to answer the question whether cargo and maintenance are part of our core business,” Pichler said on May 12 when Air Berlin presented its first-quarter results. “If the answer is no we will bring them into a partnership or sell them.”
One useful mobile phone application could be WhatsApp, a system that allows users to exchange text messages without having to pay usual phone-company charges.
Alaska Airlines is to conduct the first commercial flights on alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) biofuel under an agreement with fuel developer Gevo. Lufthansa has also been testing the fuel, as well as the U.S. Air Force and NASA. The demonstration flight is expected to take place middle to late this year after the feedstock-to-fuel pathway is approved for use in aircraft by standards developer ASTM International. ATJ will be used in a blend of up to 50% with conventional jet fuel.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona--American Airlines' fleet-planning strategy hinges on having a variety of different-sized aircraft that can match varying route needs, but there is a gap in an aircraft type that would fill the role of the Boeing 757, the airline's head of network planning said May 7. Speaking as a panelist at the Phoenix International Aviation Symposium here, American Airlines Vice President-Network Planning Charles Schubert said that tailoring aircraft to routes is a major part of the carrier's strategy.
