The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia this week dismissed one of the cases and ruled against the plaintiffs—Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)—in two others.
The union representing the pilots, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1224, spent much of Wednesday promising stakeholders a strike would be imminent.
The debut of the two latest engine variants marks a key milestone for Pratt’s expanding GTF-product line, as well as a significant step in its strategy to retake a broad swathe of the single-aisle engine market.
Japan is among a handful of countries that have imposed limits upon new services by Thai carriers, due to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concerns over Thailand’s aviation-safety oversight.
A federal judge in Nevada issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday afternoon against Allegiant Air's pilots union, a move that averted a proposed strike tentatively scheduled to begin on Thursday.
The St. Helena government says it has concluded negotiations for South African airline Comair to provide air service to the remote British island territory. The service will operate as a British Airways flight as part of its license agreement with the U.K. flag carrier, flying once a week to the South Atlantic island using a Boeing 737-800 from Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport to the new St. Helena airport, set to open early next year (Aviation Daily, March 17). More flights will be considered if demand warrants.
The news comes two days after Allegiant asked a judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to block what the airline believed was an “imminent” strike (Aviation Daily, April 1).
In a filing with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), Delta says ATI would allow the two SkyTeam Alliance members to share revenues, codeshare on U.S.-Mexico routes, upgauge on transborder flights to increase traffic and efficiency, and coordinate schedules.
Lockheed Martin has been the sole-source provider of the free AFSS services since 2005, when the FAA spun off the program from the government and consolidated the workforce and locations.
The move by Albrecht, whose contract was due to expire in October, comes at a critical time for the Austrian carrier, which on April 1 is folding Tyrolean’s entire flight operation back into Austrian Airlines.
Finland’s flag carrier emphasizes that its full ownership and control of Flybe Nordic is on “an interim basis,” and that discussions on the planned purchase of 60% of Flybe Nordic’s shareholding by StaffPoint Holding and G.W. Sohlberg are continuing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 27 that the state-owned corporation would receive an infusion of 100 billion rubles ($1.7 billion) as capital.
NASA acknowledges that an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System developed initially for military use could be adapted to commercial aircraft, but cautions that such a transition remains some way off.
Pilots at Allegiant voted overwhelmingly in January to authorize a strike, but under normal circumstances such an action would not be legal until the National Mediation Board (NMB) releases the union from negotiations.
Three aviation consultancies have placed the value of an American Airlines 777-300ER delivered in early February at between $165-170 million, a regulatory filing by the airline shows. The aircraft’s list price is $330 million.
This probe will also include which criteria and procedures airlines should be applied to detect “specific psychological profiles” of flight crew, it confirmed.
The news is a logical progression for the relationship, as Seaborne has essentially replaced American Eagle in providing American’s feed from San Juan, Puerto Rico. American already places its code on several Seaborne routes, including those from San Juan to Beef Island in the British Virgin Islands, and from San Juan to Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe.
