The pilots—who say negotiations with the company have stalled—argued that they should be permitted to strike, as they allege the airline illegally changed their work rules after they voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in August 2012.
“The 10-day strike it still going on; however, TAP has managed to run the situation pretty well and it is under control everything considering,” a spokeswoman told Aviation Daily, noting that TAP has been averaging about 70% of its daily scheduled operations so far.
The Safety Alert For Operators (SAFO) targets UTC Aerospace (Hamilton Standard/Hamilton Sundstrand) series-14 PCUs, which are installed on ATR 42s, ATR 72s, Embraer EMB-120s, Saab 340s, and Bombardier Dash 8-100s, -200s, and -300s, among other aircraft.
The airline said on May 4 that it will introduce daily flights to Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta in 2016. The first Los Angeles flight will land on Jan. 1, Boston will follow on March 1, and Atlanta on July 1.
The crew of an Aer Arann ATR 72 flying for Aer Lingus is credited with “good airmanship” in finding a way to remove salt deposits that had completely blocked the view forward from the twin turboprop’s windscreen while attempting to land at the Cork Airport in January 2014.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/04/avd_05_01_2015_fuelw.pdf Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of April 29, 2015, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 186.47 5.39 -104.37
A GULF LCC—Air Arabia Jordan has secured all necessary licenses and regulatory approvals and will start operations from its Amman Queen Alia International Airport base on May 18. The LCC will launch four routes this month: Kuwait City, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Erbil in Iraq, and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt with more destinations to be added later in 2015. Two Airbus A320s will fly the routes.
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“We do not expect it to be easy,” Air France-KLM’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre-François Riolacci conceded in an April 30 briefing with analysts on the group’s first quarter results (Aviation Daily, May 1).
In a letter to the two cabinet secretaries, the lawmakers say the capacity Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways are adding to the U.S. is subsidized and “in direct contravention to the U.S. open skies policy.
Rising profits seen by ANA are based partly on its international expansion, as it continues its strategy of boosting long-haul flying from its two Tokyo hubs. The airline also is relying on a continuing gradual recovery in the Japanese economy derived from new government policies.
DFW is juggling the increasing demand for gate availability with the need to sequentially close parts of its terminals for construction, CEO Sean Donohue told Aviation Daily.
Hainan Airlines is negotiating with General Electric and Rolls-Royce for engines for the 30 Boeing 787-9s that it plans to order, even though it uses GE GEnx engines for 10 new 787-8s it has in service, an industry official says.
The MIDCAS (Mid Air Collision Avoidance System) consortium trials, supported by 11 companies from five European states as well government agencies, flew a series of avoidance maneuvers using a fusion of non-cooperative sensors and detection technologies when put on collision course with a manned aircraft, the EDA announced.
MAS is understood to have decided to phase out its six Airbus A380s over time in an effort to reduce its long-haul capacity and to focus on a more regional network, a significant part of its restructuring.
Walsh sees that effect as “disappointing for us,” because IAG considers further liberalization in terms of air services and ownership of control as an opportunity for more revenue generation rather than a threat, Walsh told investors during the company’s first-quarter earnings presentation.
“The first quarter of the year is definitely usually the worst one. But despite this seasonal effect, we posted a quarter which is not the worst that we have posted over the last few years,” Air France-KLM’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre-François Riolacci noted in a briefing with analysts.
The watchdog, in a new report detailing concerns with cybersecurity in the transition to NextGen, says the threat for intrusion is increasing as aircraft cockpits and the cabin-share Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, primarily through information systems connected to both the cockpit avionics and the inflight entertainment systems.
