As American Airlines’ (AA) pilots consider whether to accept the carrier’s latest labor contract proposal, unions representing AA’s flight attendants and mechanics are also showing a new willingness to negotiate concessionary pacts with airline management.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) president and CEO Jim Albaugh has announced he will retire after 37 years with the company, including the last two-and-a-half years as chief of Boeing’s commercial unit, on Oct. 1.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) promoted assistant treasurer Chris Monroe to treasurer. Monroe began his career at SWA in September 1991, and will replace former SWA treasurer Scott Topping, who left the company last year. Heads up Technologies named Marco Laos as quality assurance manager. Laos joins Heads Up from St. Jude Medical where he served as director of quality engineering.
Gulf Air (GF) has in-sourced various maintenance and engineering activities, including aircraft systems and propulsion engineering; maintenance fleet planning; inventory tech management; and base maintenance for A checks and workshops.
Russia’s Transaero Airlines (UN) has reported a 2011 net profit of RUB1.83 billion ($54.6 million), more than doubled from 2010. Revenue increased 42% to RUB86.5 billion.
Fiji’s Air Pacific (FJ) reported a net profit of $11.4 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, more than cut in half from a net profit of $24.8 million in the prior year.
Major cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and passenger services specialist Aviapartner are planning to merge, forming a company with €1 billion ($1.25 billion) in annual revenue and 17,000 staff.
Thailand’s Transport Ministry has launched an internal investigation into what caused the breakdown in the air traffic control system at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) June 21 when all ATC radars stopped functioning for one hour, affecting 49 flights, the government news agency NNT reported.
Fast-growing Copa Airlines (CM)—which joined Star Alliance last week with subsidiary Copa Colombia—is eyeing further expansion this year of its Panama City (PTY) hub.
An IndiGo (6E) Airbus A320 conducted its first commercial Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approach Saturday, while landing at Kochi Airport (COK) on a scheduled flight from Bengaluru.
Jetstar Hong Kong, the joint venture low-cost carrier (LCC) being set up by China Eastern Airlines (MU) and Qantas Group (QF) subsidiary Jetstar, is on track to formally launch by the end of 2012 or early next year, according to MU chairman Liu Shaoyong.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana (KC) will delay launching services to Hong Kong by some weeks while awaiting final approval, KC president Peter Foster told ATW.
Southwest Airlines’ (SWA) mechanics, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. (AMFA), and AirTran Airways mechanics, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), voted to ratify their Seniority Integration Agreement.
The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday released the Dharmadhikari committee report, outlining measures to integrate Air India’s (AI) fractured workforce following its merger with state-run Indian Airlines nearly five years ago.
LAN Airlines and TAM officially completed their merger under LATAM Airlines Group Friday, creating a mega-airline company that is expected to control more than 40% of the Latin American air passenger market.
As speculation mounts about the alliance choice of LATAM Airlines Group, the parent of merger partners TAM and LAN Airlines, Star Alliance member TAM noticeably did not attend the alliance’s joining events for Copa and AviancaTaca.
Air France (AF) has called for a 20% cut in costs and a reduction of more than 5,100 jobs by December 2013 as part of its Transform 2015 strategic plan to restore profitability.
