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.
Cathay will grow its overall cargo capacity by about 10% this year, with a similar increase in both its dedicated freighters and in the belly capacity of its passenger fleet, Cathay Pacific Director-Cargo James Woodrow told Aviation Daily.
The airport worked with air navigation service provider National Air Traffic Services (NATS) to use the Airport Capacity Management System (ACMS)—a real-time simulation tool that should allow for more efficient use of the two-runway airport.
Services to Japan and South Korea will begin in the middle of this year, says a spokeswoman for V Air, a low-cost subsidiary of Taiwan’s Transasia Airways. V Air had previously said it would add services to Japan and South Korea in 2015.
The Athens-based Star Alliance member asserts that distribution costs, ground handling and aircraft maintenance still offer scope for additional savings, mainly through economies of scale arising from its merger with Olympic Air.
KQ-BOEING REMASTER —Embattled Kenya Airways (KQ) is proceeding with the phase-out of its four aging Boeing 777-200s as planned, though no decision has been made to stop flying new Boeing 777-300ERs, a spokeswoman told Aviation Daily. The airline took delivery of three new -300ERs at the end of 2013, but the aircraft reportedly are proving too large for most of its requirements and most routes appear better served with 787-8s—KQ operates six of the type and will receive three more in the coming months.
Canadian and Airbus investigators will scrutinize pilot actions, potential fatigue, wind conditions and a non-precision instrument-approach procedure for Runway 05 at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, following an underrun by an Air Canada Airbus A320 (C-FTJP) during a low-visibility landing in a snow storm with gusty crosswinds just after midnight on March 29.
