United Parcel Service (UPS) and TNT Express have offered a list of remedies to the European Commission (EC) to gain acceptance of their planned merger. Although the remedies are not being publicly disclosed, the EC previously has said it is concerned a UPS takeover of Netherlands-based TNT would harm competition for European international small-parcel delivery services. The EC must give its approval for the merger to proceed.
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Aero Club of Washington has elected David Castelveter president for 2013. Other new officers are Pete Dumont, Air Traffic Control Association, VP; Greg Principato, Airports Council International-North America, treasurer; Margaret Jenny, RTCA, secretary; and Bob Bergman, UPS, immediate past president.
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AMR Corp. has asked the bankruptcy court extend the deadline to exclude third parties from filing a plan of reorganization to March 11, which will give the company until May 10 to solicit approvals for its restructuring. The carrier said ongoing negotiations with the pilots union and other pending issues will require time to resolve.
Alaska Airlines promoted Ron Calvin to managing director of inflight operations from director of customer service for the eastern region in Washington, D.C.
Mexicana de Aviacion’s pilots union has warned that the possibility of returning the carrier to revenue service has all but disappeared. ASPA, the pilots union, in a message to members says it recognizes that “time to return is nearly exhausted,” and that Mexican authorities, investors and the bankruptcy court have been “indifferent” to Mexicana’s plight and have mishandled the restructuring.
Lufthansa appointed Klaus Froese managing director of Tyrolean Airways, effective Feb. 1, 2013. He succeeds Gaudenz Ambuehl, who held the position on an interim basis.
In January, Boeing was hopeful that air freight would start to climb out of a prolonged slump this year in its big three markets–Asia, Europe and North America. Now it says it will have to “hold its breath” until 2014. That delay is causing headaches in scheduling production slots for the 747-8, which sells predominantly in freighter versions. Boeing is hopeful that several passenger sales campaigns will mitigate the dip in demand from air freight companies.
Air Canada President and CEO Calin Rovinescu has been elected chairman of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board, succeeding Rob Fyfe, CEO of Air New Zealand.
National Aircraft Resale Association elected Brad Harris, Dallas Jet International, chairman for 2013; Nick Schneider, Global Wings, treasurer; and Jay Gantt, Gantt Aviation, secretary.
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Cathay Pacific Airways, which posted a first-half loss, has warned that market conditions continued to deteriorate in the second half of the year. The airline is having to deal with stubbornly high fuel prices, lower cargo traffic, a dip in passenger traffic and a drop in yields, Cathay CEO John Slosar says in the airline’s staff newsletter.
China Airlines affiliate Shenzhen Airlines yesterday formally joined the Star Alliance, enlarging the group by about 2% but bringing mainly potential rather than immediate network benefits.
U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) yesterday accused the Transportation Security Administration of stonewalling lawmakers by refusing to attend an aviation subcommittee meeting to assess the agency’s performance.
