Iberia said it has found alternative flights for about 38,000 of the 40,000 passengers booked on flights cancelled by the second in a series of three week-long strikes by the airline’s ground staff and cabin crews that began Monday and will last all week. The airline said it would offer new travel dates or full refunds to the 2,000 passengers it was unable to accommodate.
FAA, other US government agencies and aerospace companies with defense contracts are bracing for the impact of mandatory federal spending reductions that took effect on Friday.
Airlines for America (A4A) president and CEO Nicholas Calio reiterated his call for the US government to reduce the tax and regulatory burden on the nation’s airlines.
There was one hull loss for every 5 million flights of Western-built jet aircraft in 2012, the lowest accident rate for a single year ever, IATA reported.
Lufthansa Technik has joined Airbus and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) on a two-year research project that is testing the viability of coatings that could make aircraft more efficient. A new varnish, developed by IFAM in Bremen, attempts to mimic the skin of fast-swimming sharks.
FL Technics has purchased four Bombardier CRJ100/200 and six Boeing 737-300/400/500 landing gear sets to be dismantled for parts and components. The components and parts of main and nose landing gear will supplement its aircraft spare parts stockpiles in warehouses in Europe, the Russia’s Commonwealth of Independent States and Asia.
US National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) president Paul Rinaldi warned Wednesday that FAA budget uncertainty was not good for the long-term safety of America’s national airspace system.
House of Representatives Republicans are questioning FAA’s assertion that impending across-the-board budget cuts will cause air transport service disruptions.
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The chairman of the Business Travel Coalition widened his opposition to the American-US Airways merger to include a broad attack on IATA’s New Distribution Capability, calling it “brazen,” “shocking” and “toxic.”
