Engineers and mechanics at Aer Lingus (EI) have called for a dispute with the Irish carrier to be referred to Ireland’s Labor Relations Commission (LRC) for conciliation talks.
Air France (AF) insists that “all options remain open” for its Irish subsidiary CityJet (WX), which is not covered by the French carrier’s Transform 2015 restructuring project.
Airbus and Air Canada joined forces in June to perform a flight from Canada to Mexico that cut CO2 emissions by more than 40% compared to a regular flight. The Airbus A319 flew from Toronto to Mexico City and used biofuels as well as streamlined air traffic management procedures to achieve the emissions savings. Air Canada flight AC991was the second leg of a series of four biofuel flights taking ICAO Secretary General Raymond Benjamin to Rio de Janeiro for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Airlines in India have agreed to lower fares 5%-20% after a reprimand by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which called the average airfare “phenomenal.”
African Airlines Assn. (AFRAA) announced three airlines and four air transport-related service providers were approved as members and partners. Camair-Co (Cameroon), Starbow Airlines (Ghana) and ECAir (Republic of Congo) were approved as members, while Aero Industrial Sales (AIS), Aero Mechanical Services (FLYHT), Mercator and IBS Software Services were approved as partners.
Kenya Airways (KQ) is suspending services to Muscat (MCT) and Rome (FCO) as part of its capacity optimization plans aimed at increasing frequency on some existing routes, and introducing new destinations in Africa and the Middle East.
Air Canada (AC) has announced that EVP COO Duncan Dee will be taking early retirement this fall following a 15-year career with the airline. dnata has appointed Gary Morgan as CEO of its UK operation to oversee and develop the Dubai-based airline services provider’s ground handling, cargo and transport operations. He is formerly SVP of UK’s Menzies Aviation.
California-based Virgin America (VX) has announced an interline agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL), connecting their networks across North American and Asian routes.
Aeroméxico (AM) will invest $30 million on a new maintenance facility at its Mexico City hub, which is scheduled to open in September, CEO Andrés Conesa told local media.
Kenya Airways ‘ (KQ) profit dropped more than 50% for the year ended March 31, compared to the year-ago period as the airline felt the effects of high fuel prices, the crisis in the eurozone and generally weak economic conditions.
AirAsia Japan (JW) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft. Japan’s newest LCC will have four single-aisle jets by year end, the carrier said in a statement.
Santiago de Chile-based LAN Airlines and Brazil's TAM have extended to June 21 the share exchange offer, part of the merger process between the two carriers under LATAM Airlines Group.
