Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University named Rick Larsen associate VP-marketing, corporate and alumni relations in the university’∆s Institutional Advancement division.
Mongolia’s privately owned carriers are hoping the government will grant them international traffic rights in the coming weeks, breaking the monopoly of national carrier MIAT Mongolian Airlines. Government policy backs such a move to liberalization, but the timing will remain unclear until after parliamentary elections scheduled for June 28. In the past decade, Mongolia has gone from having just one airline, MIAT, to having four commercial carriers. But Mongolia has a population of only 2.8 million and its passenger traffic is extremely seasonal.
Etihad Airways named Jean-Marc Crescent VP-global account sales and Joost den Hartog VP-Europe, based in Berlin. Adam Phillips was promoted to VP-Asia Pacific North and the Indian subcontinent from general manager-France.
Shares of Latam Airlines Group, the holding company comprising Chile’s LAN Airlines and Brazil’s Grupo TAM, on Friday began trading on Brazil’s Bovespa stock exchange, completing the financial merger to create Latin America’s largest carrier. The deal was structured so that TAM shares were delisted from Bovespa and were swapped for shares in Holdco II, a holding company, which then formally began trading as the Latam Airlines Group.
You can now register online for Aviation Week events. Go to www.aviationweek.com/conferences or contact: Lydia Janow, 212-904-3225 or 800-240-7645 ext. 5 (U.S. and Canada only.) Sept. 19-21 — MRO IT Conference & Showcase, Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami, Fla. Oct. 9—Aircraft Composite Repair Management Forum, Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Oct. 9—MRO IT Europe, Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Oct. 9-11—MRO Europe, Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The FAA originally advocated the inclusion of cargo carriers in new crew rest rules for pilots because of the “higher risk” created by nighttime flying, according to a document that shows the passages that the Office of Management and Budget recommended for deletion before the FAA issued its final rule.
Uruguay’s government has assumed control of Pluna Airlines, a financially struggling carrier in which it held a 25% stake. The government took control of the 75% of the carrier in private hands and placed the shares in an indemnified public trust on the Montevideo stock exchange until new financing can be found, a Pluna spokeswoman says, noting that LeadGate, which had been the majority stakeholder in the airline, has pulled its financing. Despite its fiscal position, Pluna will continue to operate its usual schedule, she adds.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected] (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) June 27-28—Irish Business Aviation (Shannon) Convention, Shannon Airport, Shannon, Ireland, www.miuevents.com July 9-15—Farnborough International Airshow 2012, www.farnborough.com July 15-17—Large Hub Winter Operations & Deicing Conference, Dulles, Va., www.necaaae.org
Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support tapped Michael Ward to become senior manager of its maintenance facility at Houston William P. Hobby Airport.
The proposed new pilot contract includes terms that would enable Delta Airlines to drop almost 200 50-seat aircraft from its network by the end of 2015—faster than it can under the current contract—and do so shortly before many of them are due for expensive engine overhauls. If the agreement is ratified (voting started June 15 and ends June 29) Delta will save about $184 million in “above normal run rate CRJ200 engine maintenance costs,” negotiators for the Delta Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association told members in a June 21 notice.
American International Group named Laurette Koellner executive chairman, a new position superior to the CEO role. CEO Henri Courpron retains his position but will report to Koellner.
Germany’s air passenger tax has serious implications for air travel demand in Europe’s largest economy, concludes the country’s Ministry of Finance. According to a ministry report, 2 million additional passengers would have flown last year if the tax did not exist. Passengers instead diverted to airports in Belgium, the Netherlands and France to avoid having to pay the tax.
Embraer has secured Chinese government approval to assemble Legacy 600/650 business jets in China, extending a relationship that existed on the ERJ-145 using the Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Co. joint venture with Avic.
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Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta faced tough questions about new safety regulations during his nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on June 21, but despite the grilling, lawmakers from both parties welcomed his nomination.
WheelTug is completing pre-certification testing of its powered-nosewheel electric taxiing system on a Germania Boeing 737NG at Prague Airport. The ground tests are intended to prove that electric motors entirely packaged into the nose gear are powerful enough to taxi the aircraft, says WheelTug CEO Isaiah Cox. The tests this week at Prague have included taxiing in driving rain, demonstrating that the powered nosewheels have sufficient traction even in poor weather, he says.
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Air France will have to cut 5,120 jobs by the end of 2013 if the carrier cannot negotiate new labor contracts, CEO Alexandre de Juniac has told the airline’s central works council. The measures are part of the carrier’s Transform 2015 restructuring plan, which intends to reduce net debt by €2 billion ($2.5 billion) and return the company to profitability. Air France also wants to improve its “economic efficiency” by 20% by the end of 2014.
