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.
Russian Aeroflot (SU) has sold 51% of its newly acquired, Saratov-based subsidiary Saravia Airlines (6W) to private investors. The price and the purchaser were not disclosed.
Qantas (QF) has made individual payments of up to $400,000 (A$393,000) each in a settlement with 144 passengers who were onboard a flight that made two sharp descents.
In a move designed to strengthen and optimize its international network, Air China (CA) on March 10 will resume service to Paris CDG from Shanghai Pudong using a Boeing 777-300ER.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has reached a tentative agreement with the unions representing flight attendants of the merged SWA and AirTran Airways that would integrate the two groups’ seniority lists.
Transaero Airlines (UN) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boeing for four Boeing 787s. The deal is valued at $774 million at list prices.
Internet bookings have lifted Lufthansa’s (LH) position in Russia to be the country’s biggest foreign carrier, according to LH regional director-Russia and the CIS Ronald Schultz.
Lufthansa (LH) will transfer more flights out of Stuttgart (STR) to its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings (4U) beginning next year as both carriers optimize their route networks.
LOT Polish Airlines (LOT), which first operated Warsaw (WAW) service to Beijing (PEK) from summer 1987 to the end of 1999, plans to re-open the route in 2012 with a Boeing 767—and by the end of 2012, with a Boeing787. It will be the second resumption for LOT, which operated WAW-PEK for four months in 2008.
Evergreen International Airlines, the Oregon-based cargo carrier, has signed up for a Boeing 747-400 passenger-to-freighter conversion that will be delivered in 2012, Boeing said.
Sabena technics has named Jacques Bernardi as EVP-component services. Bernardi joins Sabena from Goodrich Actuation Systems where he served as director-aftermarket and MRO. Damco has appointed Flemming Frost as its new CEO for Europe, replacing Kim Hedegaard Sorenson Jan. 1. Frost comes from Damco North Asia, where he oversaw branch operations in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
