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Delta Air Lines won another round with the National Mediation Board (NMB), which ruled Nov. 28 that the airline did not interfere in the union representation election with its TechOps stock and stores employees. The decision comes on the heels of an NMB ruling earlier this month that Delta did not interfere in the union representation election for its flight attendants (Aviation Daily, Nov. 22).
Arab airlines voiced strong opposition to the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) at their annual general assembly in Abu Dhabi, and industry sources say they expect foreign ministers from the Middle East to address the European Commission (EC) soon to express their concerns at a higher political level.
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AMR Corp.’s fleet is due for a substantial overhaul now that the company’s American Airlines and American Eagle Airlines divisions are under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The top Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee says lawmakers are “close” to a deal on the FAA reauthorization bill. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) says coming to an agreement before the end of the year will be Congress’s best shot at reconciling differences between House and Senate versions of the bill to set aviation policy. The current extension of the FAA’s operating authority runs through Jan. 31, 2012.
United Continental Holdings at 6 a.m. CST today took another step forward to becoming the “new United” when it stopped using Continental Airlines’ call sign after FAA granted the airline a single operating certificate. Interestingly, the actual air operator’s certificate adopted is Continental’s because of certain operational issues.
Airbus subsidiary Quovadis anticipates that 2012 will be a landmark year for air navigation in the Philippines, thanks to the introduction of performance-based navigation (PBN).
The European economic crisis coupled with ferocious competition from Middle Eastern carriers has led Air Seychelles to shutter its long-haul operations. The airline plans to return early the Boeing 767s it has on lease from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC). A long-term deal Air Seychelles and ILFC signed in 2006 for two leased, GEnx-powered Boeing 787-8s also appears to be dead.
New data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Air Transport Assocaition (IATA) provide further signals that airlines, particularly in Europe, are heading for an increasingly difficult economic environment in 2012. In its latest economic outlook, the OECD projects a mere 0.2% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for the Euro area, down from 1.6%. Even in 2013, the recovery will be modest at best, with GDP rising to 1.4%.
The largest trade organization for U.S. airlines is changing its name from Air Transport Association of America to Airlines For America, a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows. The association has scheduled an event on Nov. 30 to unveil and explain the change. It filed its application for the trademark on Sept. 28. It also has registered the domain name airlinesforamerica.org, according to Godaddy.com, which shows the creation date as Sept. 6.
With the auction for slots at New York LaGuardia Airport and Reagan Washington National Airport all but complete, the question now turns to what the acquiring carriers will do with their new takeoff and landing rights. Given the apparent winners, code-sharing also could play a key role. WestJet says it was the winning bidder for one of the two 16-slot bundles offered for LaGuardia. The FAA has released only the amounts of the winning bids, not the names of the carriers that made them, so it is not yet clear whether WestJet paid $32 million or $17.6 million.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is falling short in its efforts to share security information with stakeholders, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says. In a recent report to Congress, GAO finds that TSA needs to improve the quality of the security information it provides, as well as better communicate the availability of the information to affected parties.
Jetstar is coy about disclosing its expansion plans out of Singapore, now that it is apparent that Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) new medium-haul, low-cost carrier Scoot plans to compete head-to-head against it. Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO David Hall, who was in Singapore last week to help promote Jetstar’s new daily Melbourne-Singapore-Beijing service, confirmed that Singapore-based Jetstar Asia is receiving a fourth Airbus A330 next month. But he declined to disclose how the aircraft will be used.
Indonesia is close to making the big leap forward to performance-based navigation (PBN). The country is on air safety blacklists, but is hoping PBN will improve safety, particularly at terrain-constrained airports, as well as ease airport congestion and provide fuel savings for airlines, thanks to more precise and efficient flight paths.
As LightSquared wraps up another round of testing on its new approach to deploy a broadband-wireless network, lawmakers are pushing measures to prevent the plan from moving forward until they are satisfied that the network would not interfere with GPS use. U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) attached an amendment to the financial services and government affairs appropriations bill prohibiting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using any funds to permit LightSquared to build the network until concerns regarding GPS interference are addressed.
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Aerolineas Argentinas, reeling from the adverse effects of numerous volcanic eruptions and ongoing labor disputes, is reviewing its route network but has committed to operate its current international schedule at least through to the middle of next year. This commitment comes after local media condemned a possible reduction of the airline’s international presence suggested late last week in a news conference by CEO Marino Recalde and subsequently by several government officials.
Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, has approached several airlines to find out whether they would be interested in becoming strategic investors, industry sources tell Aviation Week. Etihad Airways, Hainan Airlines and Emirates are understood to be among the companies that have been contacted. But it seems that the response has been lukewarm so far, and it is in no case certain that it will come to a deal. Air Berlin has no official comment.
Iberia Express has appointed Luis Gallego as its new CEO. The 42-year old executive previously served as COO at Iberia’s low-fare affiliate Vueling. Gallego worked for regional carrier Air Nostrum from 1997 to 2006 before moving on to Clickair, which merged with Vueling in 2009. Iberia Express is expected to start operations in March 2012, and will fly feeder services into Iberia’s Madrid hub.
Twenty-two aviation companies and associations are urging U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to release the final repair station security rule, which has been in the works for seven years, by the end of 2011.
United Continental Holdings is expected to announce a narrowbody order by the end of the year or early 2012 after a series of anonymous leaks detailed specifics of a proposed deal.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is rationalizing its international route network in an effort to improve its finances, the carrier has confirmed. “A significant network rationalization exercise is under way to withdraw structurally weak, loss-making routes, and to possibly embark on new, higher-yielding routes focusing on Asia,” MAS says in a statement. “The adoption of a leaner network would accelerate the return of aging aircraft and improve the fuel efficiency of its fleet,” it adds.
