ARINC will present a familiarisation and training session for upper management attendees at the Domestic and Regional Airports Summit in Sharm El Shaikh, Egypt on December 7. “Airport Systems and Infrastructure—Key Technologies to Maximize Your Investment Now and in the Future,” will be led by two ARINC experts in airport systems.
US Airways pilots have petitioned the US Dept. of Justice to conduct a full antitrust investigation of the airline's massive Washington National/New York LaGuardia slot swap with Delta Air Lines, a transaction that reportedly will lead to job losses or transfers for 261 LGA-based US pilots.
Aviation safety experts tout a number of measures taken in recent years that have helped to mitigate the risk of runway incursions--better signage and lighting, improved training and ATC alerting systems such as AMASS--but say developing and deploying technology that enables pilots to receive direct warnings is critical if the ever-present danger of airfield collisions is to be eliminated.
Allegiant Air will transfer part of its Orlando operation from Sanford to Orlando International on Feb. 1, a move the LCC said will appeal to passengers who want easier access to the city's tourist attractions while "improv[ing] our position relative to competitors with service to [MCO]." Allegiant currently flies to 31 destinations from Orlando. In February it will begin flying from MCO to Knoxville, Lexington, (both from Feb. 1), Allentown, Greenville-Spartanburg (both Feb. 8), Grand Rapids (Feb. 12), Springfield, Mo., Tri-Cities, Tenn. (both Feb. 15), Huntington (Feb.
Safi Airways is looking beyond the complicated domestic operating environment and hopes to enhance its international profile with the addition of a 285-seat A340-300 it plans to use on its thrice-weekly Kabul-Frankfurt service. The aircraft, formerly with Air Comet and Virgin Atlantic Airways, will provide a 30% capacity increase on a route Safi used to operate with a 767-200ER. CCO Claus Fischer told ATWOnline that loads on the route, launched in June, have improved ahead of what he expects to be a challenging winter season.
AeroMexico CEO Andres Conesa told reporters in Mexico City this week that the airline expects a 3% fall in passenger numbers this year compared to the 10.5 million it posted in 2008 but a 5% year-over-year increase in 2010. It will relaunch its Shanghai service in March and is considering new flights to Atlanta, Washington, Costa Rica and Colombia, according to Dow Jones.
