The Canadian government is working to enhance air cargo security measures in response to evolving threats, international requirements and emerging screening technologies. The effort focuses on a “comprehensive air cargo security program that will be aligned with those of our key trading partners, will respond to emerging threats and is adapted to the unique air cargo environment in Canada,” a spokeswoman for Transport Canada, the government department charged with the certification process, tells Aviation Week.
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Jet Aviation , Zurich, appointed Kim Chan VP and head of the Asia division and Stefan Benz VP of maintenance, repair and overhaul and fixed-base operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Republic Airways remains “cautiously optimistic” about reaching a capacity purchase agreement (CPA) with American Airlines even as it eyes potential large regional jet opportunities with both Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. In a presentation at the 2012 Dahlman Rose Global Transportation Conference last week in New York, CFO Timothy Dooley said the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings by American parent AMR Corp. offer “significant scope relief to allow larger aircraft to operate under CPAs with regional carriers.”
Rolls-Royce’s (R-R’s) Singapore plant has finished assembly of its first Trent 900 engine and manufacture of its first wide-chord fan blade. Paul O’Neil, director of R-R’s facility at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park, declines to say which airline will receive the engine because even though it has been assembled, the Trent 900 has yet to be shipped overseas. R-R will hold a ceremony in Singapore on Sept. 12 to celebrate the engine’s completion.
It is hard to escape the conclusion that the fortunes of Australia’s two major airlines are moving in opposite directions at the moment. While Qantas can only hope it has bottomed out after a traumatic 12 months, Virgin Australia is on the rise as it capitalizes on a successful strategic realignment.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will bring its passenger pre-screening program to the United Airlines terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in mid-September. PreCheck already is available to eligible American Airlines passengers at nearby John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports and to Delta Air Lines passengers at LaGuardia.
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority , Nashville, Tenn., promoted Emily Richard to assistant VP-strategic communications and external affairs from director of corporate communications and government relations.
Boeing and All Nippon Airways are investigating the causes of a hydraulic system pump issue that forced the crew of a 787 flight to shut down one of the Trent 1000 engines before takeoff.
Propelled by the introduction of the 787 into service, Boeing’s overall Airplane Health Monitoring (AHM) capabilities are expanding rapidly. AHM is poised to deliver distinctly predictive inflight data to engineers and maintainers that will allow them to interdict incipient problems before they fully manifest themselves—and the airframer is introducing the approach across its product line.
Lufthansa, acquiescing to demands from its cabin crew union UFO, next year will fold Berlin flight attendants into its permanent workforce. The announcement by CEO Christoph Franz on Friday came after the latest strike by UFO forced the airline to cancel about half of its 1,800 daily flights. Part of UFO’s complaint with the airline is its policy of outsourcing certain functions, particularly flight attendants working from Lufthansa’s Berlin base, who are currently employed through a staffing company.
