Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners has named William C. Kircher to VP-Singapore overhaul & repair. Kircher most recently served as GM for the company's Singapore-based engine overhaul facility, Eagle Services Asia. CIRCOR Aerospace appointed Steve Alford as VP/GM for the CIRCOR Aerospace California business. Alford comes to the post from Milliken & Company.
American Airlines’ (AA) pilots have voted to reject management’s latest labor contract proposal, pushing the contentious debate over work rules and benefits back to a US bankruptcy court.
SkyWest Inc., the parent of St. George, Utah-based SkyWest Airlines and Atlanta-based ExpressJet Airlines, posted a second-quarter net profit of $17 million, improved over $1.6 million in net income in the 2011 June quarter.
Air Canada (AC) reported a second-quarter net loss of C$96 million ($96 million), more than doubling a C$46 million net deficit in the prior-year period, as labor difficulties again hurt the Montreal-based carrier’s bottom line.
Air Malta has released this image showing its new livery that is being rolled out as part of a rebranding campaign that focuses on the heritage and culture of the Maltese islands.
Cathay Pacific Group (CX) reported a net loss of HK$935 million ($120 million) for the first six months of 2012, a steep reversal from the net profit of HK$2.8 billion in the first half of 2011.
Air Malta (KM) has rebranded and will be named Malta–The Airline of the Maltese Islands. The marketing move is intended to shift focus from the airline to its destinations, the Malta Independent reported.
News from Travel Technology Update: Southwest Airlines (SWA) took to Facebook to keep customers informed after a computer issue resulted in customers being charged multiple times for a single ticket.
Ryanair (FR) says Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is looking at potential modifications that the Irish low-cost carrier would like to see in the C919 single-aisle jet.
LATAM Airlines Group announced Friday that Libano Barroso has left his position as CFO of the Group. Barroso will remain as VP-TAM, advising TAM CEO Marco Bologna. Alejandro de la Fuente will become interim CFO. De la Fuente has been the CFO of LAN Airlines since 1995. Air Berlin has named Stefan Magiera as VP-corporate sales for the DACH region, which covers Germany, Austria and Switzerland, effective Aug. 1.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) regional affiliate SilkAir (MI) announced Monday that Leslie Thng has been named its new CEO, replacing Marvin Tan, who will return to SIA as SVP-cabin crew.
India’s largest airline group, Jet Airways (9W) has returned to the black in the first quarter with a net income of INR52.7 billion ($948.5 million), up 31.4% from the year-ago period.
United Airlines (UA), the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787, said it will take delivery of the first of 50 Dreamliners it has on order in September.
The UK’s Virgin Atlantic Group, which includes Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS), recorded an operating loss of £80.2 million ($120.3 million) for the 2011-12 financial year, compared to an £18.5 million operating profit for the preceding year.
Sharply increased half-year losses at International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) have led chief executive Willie Walsh to warn of imminent major restructuring at subsidiary Iberia (IB) to correct “deep and structural” problems. Redundancies were inevitable, he said.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has reported a first-quarter net profit of ¥0.6 billion ($7.54 million), reversed from a net loss of ¥8.4 billion in the year-ago period.
