Japan Airlines and Japan Air System on Friday received the green light from Japan's Fair Trade Commission to proceed with their revised merger plan that will result in the return of nine Haneda Airport slots and a fare reduction. Last month, the government pointed out several concerns about the merger, most specifically related to the domestic passenger market. Both carriers last Tuesday, however, submitted a revised proposal, based on FTC's comments. The airlines will now put the merger up for a vote at their respective annual meetings in June.
United ramp and public contact workers represented by the International Association of Machinists last week reached a tentative agreement with the airline on a new contract but will not join other United unions in cost-cutting talks with management until the deal is ratified. A further cloud was cast over the cost-cutting talks when the Association of Flight Attendants announced Friday that it will not take part in any discussions involving concessions.
SIA Engineering Co. is talking to Lockheed Martin about buying Lockheed's 25% stake in Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company. Set up in 1989, GAMECO is a joint venture of Lockheed, China Southern Airlines and Hutchison Aircraft Maintenance Investment. It has some 30 airline customers, including China Southern.
Southwest Hub Profile Phoenix Origin and Destinations, Segment Summary and Top Nonstop Markets Origination and Destination Data 12 Months 12 Months Ended June Ended June 2001 1997 Phoenix Total (All Carriers) O&D Passengers 20,964,400 19,695,640 6.4% Passengers Per 28,718 26,980
To list an event, fax information to Donna Thomas at 202-383-2438. (Blue, Bold-faced type indicates new calendar listing.) APRIL 30-MAY 2 -- Airline Automation, Inc. Annual User's Conference, The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, Tucson, Ariz., e-mail [email protected] MAY 4 -- Friends of Meigs Field, 3rd Annual Touch the Sky Benefit, The Adler Planetarium, Chicago, 773-465-6396, www.friendsofmeigs.org
SIA Engineering Co. is talking to Lockheed Martin about buying Lockheed's 25% stake in Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company. Set up in 1989, GAMECO is a joint venture of Lockheed, China Southern Airlines and Hutchison Aircraft Maintenance Investment. It has some 30 airline customers, including China Southern.
United ramp and public contact workers represented by the International Association of Machinists last week reached a tentative agreement with the airline on a new contract but will not join other United unions in cost-cutting talks with management until the deal is ratified. A further cloud was cast over the cost-cutting talks when the Association of Flight Attendants announced Friday that it will not take part in any discussions involving concessions.
Lufthansa plans to add 18 aircraft to its active fleet in the course of the summer after parking 43 late last year. Chairman and CEO Juergen Weber said that the carrier is responding to slowly improving market conditions, but that it will be careful not to increase capacity too much. As part of the move, three Airbus A310s will be shifted from short-haul to long-haul flying, and two Boeing 747-200s mothballed in the Arizona desert will be deployed on the Frankfurt-Vancouver route.According to Weber, the level of premium traffic is almost back to normal.
Air Jamaica signed a deal to take three new Airbus A321s and one new A320 from leasing giant International Lease Finance Corp. The A321s will be delivered in February, May, and June of next year, while the A320 will arrive in November 2003. All four planes are powered by CFMI CFM56 engines and on 10-year leases. Air Jamaica's fleet includes three Airbus 340-300s, two A321s and an A320 on lease from ILFC.
Delta executives are expected to tell shareholders at the carrier's annual meeting today in Washington that the carrier is no longer in a crisis mode. But it has not yet reached the recovery stage, which begins with profitability, according to Chief Financial Officer Michele Burns. "Profitability itself does not represent recovery," she told The DAILY in New York recently.
US Airways likely will seek DOT certification allowing currently inactive subsidiary Potomac Air to fly up to 70 regional jets. Under an agreement to expand regional jet flying reached with pilots last Thursday, furloughed mainline pilots would receive 100% of the RJ flying if the aircraft are placed with Potomac Air, US Airways Air Line Pilots Association spokesman Roy Freundlich said yesterday.
Evaluation Committee for Re-Expansion Program of Haneda Airport, a special group formed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, held a public hearing to study construction method and cost of a fourth runway at Tokyo Haneda to accommodate increasing traffic. The 8,000-foot-long new runway will be built in a body of water bordering the southern end of the airport parallel to Runway 4/22. One method proposed is to build the runway on a floating steel structure, called a Megafloat.
The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association, the union representing Cathay Pacific's 1600 pilots, yesterday sent a letter to Cathay Pacific's management asking the carrier to come back to the bargaining table by agreeing to an independent mediator to end the current impasse.
FAA has announced that an environmental impact statement will be prepared to consider alternatives to the Panama City-Bay County Airport's proposal to relocate to a new site. Alternatives to be considered in the study include expansion at the present site, relocation, or no action. An environmental assessment of expansion options was initiated in the 1990s but was deferred due to opposition to extending a runway into Goose Bayou. Further studies determined that relocation was a viable option.
Evaluation Committee for Re-Expansion Program of Haneda Airport, a special group formed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, held a public hearing to study construction method and cost of a fourth runway at Tokyo Haneda to accommodate increasing traffic. The 8,000-foot-long new runway will be built in a body of water bordering the southern end of the airport parallel to Runway 4/22. One method proposed is to build the runway on a floating steel structure, called a Megafloat.
Lufthansa plans to add 18 aircraft to its active fleet in the course of the summer after parking 43 late last year. Chairman and CEO Juergen Weber said that the carrier is responding to slowly improving market conditions, but that it will be careful not to increase capacity too much. As part of the move, three Airbus A310s will be shifted from short-haul to long-haul flying, and two Boeing 747-200s mothballed in the Arizona desert will be deployed on the Frankfurt-Vancouver route.According to Weber, the level of premium traffic is almost back to normal.
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act requirement that all checked baggage be screened for explosives by the end of 2002 will be met by a combination of explosive detection systems (EDS) and explosive detection trace (EDT) equipment, DOT Secretary Norman Mineta said this week at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce cargo security conference.
Southwest Hub Profile Las Vegas Origin and Destinations, Segment Summary and Top Nonstop Markets Origination and Destination Data 12 Months 12 Months Ended June Ended June 2001 1997 Las Vegas Total (All Carriers) O&D Passengers 26,176,010 21,676,200 20.8% Passengers Per 35,858 29,693
The bankruptcy of Sabena will have a negative impact of 65% on the Belgian gross domestic product in 2002, estimated Belgium's Federal Planning Bureau in a study sent this week to a parliamentary committee looking into the collapse of the national carrier. In spite of the creation of a new airline, some 17,000 jobs will be lost this year, stressed the planners.
Delta executives are expected to tell shareholders at the carrier's annual meeting today in Washington that the carrier is no longer in a crisis mode. But it has not yet reached the recovery stage, which begins with profitability, according to Chief Financial Officer Michele Burns. "Profitability itself does not represent recovery," she told The DAILY in New York recently.
International Airline CEO Conference next month will have a record number of CEOs in attendance, according to organizer Bob Booth. There are 25 CEOs expected, and 33 airlines signed up for the May 12-14 event, held in Key Biscayne, Fla. For more, contact Norma at 305-870-7550, www.ceoconference.com
United, which dropped Mesa Air Group from its regional affiliations in 1998, has resumed discussions with the Phoenix-based company, The DAILY has learned. Both United and Mesa yesterday confirmed ongoing negotiations that could lead to Mesa becoming a United Express carrier for regional jet and turboprop flying. United spokesman Joe Hopkins termed the talks "exploratory" and "ongoing."
The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association, the union representing Cathay Pacific's 1600 pilots, yesterday sent a letter to Cathay Pacific's management asking the carrier to come back to the bargaining table by agreeing to an independent mediator to end the current impasse.
AirTran yesterday reported a $3 million net loss for the first quarter, but executives predicted that the carrier would be profitable in the second quarter and for the full year. The loss was slightly less than analysts expected but worse than the $8.8 million profit in the same 2001 period. The airline took a $5.6 million non-cash credit due to the change in value of its fuel-related derivative contracts and a $0.8 million income tax benefit. Without these, AirTran would have lost $9.4 million.
