Airclaims today at the Farnborough Air Show plans to launch a new name and brand for its information and consultancy division. "It's business as usual for all," Airclaims said, but the new Ascend name "better represents the dynamic and global information and consultancy side of the Airclaims business."
German charter carrier ACM Air Charter won its foreign air carrier permit from the U.S. Transportation Dept. and an exemption for flights between points in Germany, U.S. points and beyond, as well as charters between the U.S. and third countries for local Germany-U.S. traffic. Per its certificate, ACM must use aircraft capable of carrying no more than 60 passengers and able to carry a maximum 18,000 pounds; its fleet includes a Cessna Citation 650, two Citation 750s and a Challenger 604 [OST-2006-24190].
Honeywell struck a product support deal with US Airways valued at $230 million for the airline's Boeing 737s/757s/767s and Airbus A319s/A320s/A321s/A330s.
Brussels International Airport Co. reached a last-minute partial agreement with its unions and managed to avoid a strike that would have started last Friday and was scheduled to paralyze the airport. A first agreement on overtime "strongly reduced the risk of stoppage," said a union representative. Talks on other contentious topics continued on Friday afternoon "in a constructive climate," said the airport company. -MT
Mesaba won the right to dissolve its labor contracts with pilots, mechanics and flight attendants after the judge overseeing the airline's Chapter 11 case granted its second request to dissolve those agreements.
It's expected to take three or four years to develop standards for the kind of command, control and communication avionics the FAA demands of unmanned aerial vehicles before the agency will consider loosening restrictions on unmanned flight, a top FAA official says.
Twin-aisle jets in the 200- to 399-seat range will comprise 23% of commercial aircraft orders in the next 20 years, although this category will account for 45% of the dollar value of orders, Boeing forecasts. Single-aisle aircraft will make up the majority of orders, with 61% of the total.
Northwest's Air Line Pilot Association unit tomorrow plans to charter two of the carrier's DC-9s and fly a group of pilots to Washington to lobby for airline-specific pension reform. CEO Doug Steenland also will be in Washington to make a last-minute lobbying push. While the House-Senate conference committee continues debate, the latest buzz is that the members aren't leaning away from airline relief.
Alaska Airlines this week expects to hear the results from two union groups both voting on tentative agreements. The 3,000 clerical and passenger service employees and the 600 ramp service and stores agents employees are both represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Stork unit Fokker Services is buying AIRINC from AeroMark Group. AIRINC supplies component repair and overhaul, and projects reaching $10 million in sales this year. The buy helps Fokker establish its first component repair facility in North America. AIRINC is based in Fairhope, Ala.
Hired James Rankin, currently president and CEO of Midwest Air Group subsidiary Skyway Airlines, as president and CEO. Rankin will join Air Wisconsin on Aug. 1.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Ingrid Lee at [email protected] (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) JULY 17-20 -- FAA/ATCA 4th International Aviation Training Symposium (IATS), Oklahoma City, 703-299-2430, Fax 703-299-2437, email [email protected] JULY 22 -- Airline Pilot Job Fair hosted by AIR, Inc., Dallas, 800-538-5627, www.jet-jobs.com, email [email protected] JULY 24-30 -- Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Oshkosh 2006, Oshkosh, Wis., (920) 426-4800
The largest U.S. carriers start reporting second quarter financial results this week, and the news should good for a change, as analysts are predicting what may be the industry's first profitable quarter in nearly six years.
Finnair unveiled plans to improve its connections between Helsinki and Madrid, as well as from Helsinki and Manchester, by making the services non-stop flights.
