US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US airlines employed 389,444 workers in October, up 3% from October 2010. BTS said this is the 11 th consecutive increase in full-time equivalent employee levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year.
Carpatair (V3) announced it will open a new base in Chisinau (KIV), Moldova and will operate three direct flights from the location beginning March 26, in a partnership with Moldavian Airlines. The carrier said there are "ongoing talks" with Alitalia to codeshare on the three routes from KIV. V3 will launch 3X-weekly service from KIV to Venice Marco Polo, Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo. It previously served Moldova to Italy via its hub in Timisoara.
Turkish Airlines (TK) will switch four daily Istanbul (IST) flights and one daily Antalya flight from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Vnukovo Airport (VKO) from March 25. Star Alliance member Lufthansa has also announced the launch of flights to Vnukovo ( ATW Daily News Nov. 23). TK will launch 3X-weekly Boeing 737-800 IST Ataturk–Novosibirsk (OVB) service March 14, making OVB TK’s eighth Russian destination.
Iberia (IB) canceled several long- and medium-haul flights for Monday and Wednesday, and warned there will be delays as its pilots go ahead with a series of one-day strikes.
Gategroup has named Doug Goeke as group SVP and president-North America. Goeke has served as president and MD-Gate Gourmet Canada since November 2010. Evergreen Maintenance Center appointed Hal Heule as CEO. GA Telesis promoted Russell Bonnell to president of its MRO division. Bonnell previously served as SVP-global sales. KLM Engineering & Maintenance promoted SVP-operations Tom Dortmans to EVP.
Brussels Airlines (SN) plans to launch its “first own connection” to the US since its founding in 2002, following the demise of its predecessor Sabena in late 2001. The route, daily Brussels (BRU)-New York (JFK) will begin June 1. The route will be operated with Airbus A330-300 or A330-200 aircraft, equipped with new business and economy-class cabins. The carrier will announce more details on the new cabin soon, it said. The service will be run as a daily morning flight to JFK Terminal 1 and as an overnight service back to BRU.
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Japan Airlines (JL), which exited bankruptcy last year, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) that may raise as much as ¥1 trillion ($13 billion) as early as September, sources have told Bloomberg.
Trouble continued to mount for India's Kingfisher Airlines (IT) as both its largest creditor and the country's top aviation official publicly criticized the carrier.
Air France (AF) has completed the installation of its premium economy cabin on six Airbus A380s, extending the new intermediate class on almost all of its long-haul fleet and network covering 67 destinations.
India's Kingfisher Airlines (IT) is contemplating a significant cost-reduction program, according to reports in Indian media. The privately owned airline did not confirm the reports, which claim the carrier is considering a plan that would include 2,000 job cuts and a hiring freeze. Increased work hours for employees is also reportedly under consideration. According to the Press Trust of India, IT has around 7,300 employees, already about 300 fewer than in March 2010.
Lufthansa (LH) will hire 200 flight attendants as temporary workers and has told passengers to brace for higher ticket prices as it searches for ways to cut costs and stem the effects of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which took effect Jan. 1.
Etihad Airways (EY) began commercial operations in November 2003 and grew quickly to become one of the Gulf’s “big three” global airlines, competing head-to-head with its earlier established competitors Emirates and Qatar Airways. James Hogan joined Etihad as CEO in October 2006. He spoke with Cathy Buyck.
Unions representing employees at United Airlines (UA) and Continental Airlines (CO), subsidiaries of the merged United Continental Holdings, will move ahead this month with efforts aimed at creating single labor representative groups for mechanics and passenger service and reservation employees of the combined airlines.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has ordered two additional ATR 72-600s, plus two options, lifting the company’s -600 orders to 17, plus 17 options, as part of a deal previously announced at the Paris Air Show.
American Airlines (AA) parent AMR Corp. will be delisted by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Jan. 5, an expected consequence of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last November.
