Click here to view the pdf Fuel Watch: Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint) As of August 22, 2012, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev.
The Allied Pilots Association (APA) says it is attempting to gain American Airlines’ attention by authorizing the union’s board to prepare a strike ballot if management imposes “negative term sheet provisions.” Strikes are rare while a company is restructuring under Chapter 11; “This is basically a shot across the bow” after the pilots rejected American’s “last, best and final” contract offer, says an APA spokesman,
Qantas has cancelled its firm orders for 35 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, but executives say that by moving forward options it can still add -9s starting 2016 if it meets its target for turning around its international operation.
One year after Boeing unexpectedly ended an acrimonious dispute with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) with a four-year contract deal, the company is facing a new quarrel, this time with its Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (Speea)-represented workforce.
Lufthansa’s cabin crew union UFO has decided to continue negotiations until next week before calling on members to strike rather than proceed with immediate industrial action. The union yesterday rejected what was declared to be a final contract offer by the airline, saying the proposal was “not negotiable” because it demanded drastic cuts and efficiency gains.
Taiwan’s third-largest airline TransAsia Airways wants to work with the country’s two larger competitors to establish a low-cost carrier (LCC). Foreign LCCs are luring some Taiwanese travelers away from local carriers, and if the Taiwanese operators fail to respond the foreign airlines will capture this market segment, said a TransAsia spokeswoman when asked to clarify remarks made by TransAsia’s chairman, Vincent Lin.
The U.S. Transportation Department‘s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is calling on the FAA to improve management of a program that requires airports to assess potential wildlife aircraft strikes. “FAA has not developed robust inspection practices, and its inspectors do not have the technical expertise to effectively oversee the Program,” the report says of the FAA's Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program.
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The University of North Dakota (UND) is getting ready to launch an unusual joint program with the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department that it hopes will establish a template for law enforcement use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Planned to begin in early October, pending FAA approvals, the program will see UND Department of Aviation personnel operating up to four small fixed- and rotary-wing UAS in support of the police anywhere within 16 counties in northeast North Dakota.
Saab Aircraft Leasing has found homes for 47 of the 49 Saab 340B+ aircraft that Mesaba Airlines, the turboprop operation recently shuttered by Pinnacle Airlines, returned as part of its parent company’s restructuring, says Michael Magnusson, Saab Aircraft Leasing’s president and CEO.
Click here to view the pdf Top Carriers: Cairo - Jeddah, August 15-21, 2012, Ranked By Scheduled Seats Top Carriers: Cairo - Jeddah, August 15-21, 2012, Ranked By Scheduled Seats Daily Each Way Depts. Share ASKs (000) Share Seats /Dept.
Bankrupt Mexicana de Aviacion’s planned September re-launch is looking increasingly unlikely, as negotiations with the company’s two largest creditors remain at a standstill.
Lufthansa’s flight attendants today are expected to reveal strike details after the airline has submitted a renewed proposal for an updated collective bargaining agreement. It is unclear if the attendants’ union, UFO, will launch an immediate strike or a more limited industrial action, but the airline is preparing for some form of disruption. “We have to be prepared that there will be turbulence,” says the airline’s executive board member for human resources, Stefan Lauer.
Click here to view the pdf Top Nonstop Airport Pairs Within Africa/Middle East, August 15-21, 2012, Ranked By Seats (Page 1 and 2) Per Day Each Way % Chg.
