Pinnacle Airlines dispatchers have ratified the tentative agreement reached Aug. 31. The ratification means the dispatchers, represented by the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), will avoid the Section 1113 litigation process in bankruptcy court.
Virgin Atlantic (VS) has become the launch customer for ARINC’s Cabin Connect, which enables passengers to access the Internet, send and receive email and use universal messaging through their own portable electronic devices via ARINC SwiftBroadband Wi-Fi Internet hotspots.
The global economic slowdown is well underway, creating a “difficult environment” for airlines that is not likely to improve soon, IATA chief economist Brian Pearce has warned.
An Antonov An-28, operated by Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise, crashed Tuesday morning on approach to Palana, a small town on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, with 12 passengers and two crew members aboard.
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval to perform Boeing 777-200 and -300 maintenance. Spirit AeroSystems’ Aftermarket Customer support signed a supply agreement with Lion Air to provide thrust reverser, fuselage and wing component spare parts for the carrier’s fleet of Boeing aircraft.
Jazz Aviation announced Friday that their flight dispatchers, represented by the Canadian Air Line Dispatchers Assn. (CALDA) have ratified a tentative agreement, which was reached Aug. 31.
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris (Y4) will launch cargo services on its international network later this year, starting with flights to/from Los Angeles, Calif.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has opened up the Chinese market to global distribution systems (GDS) competition after easing its regulations and allowing GDSs other than TravelSky into the market for the first time.
Esterline CMC Electronics’ PilotView CMA-1410 electronic flight bag was selected as standard equipment on the Boeing 777 as the maintenance access terminal replacement. The 10.4-in. device will be used as a display terminal in the 777 flight deck for maintenance personnel and crew to access aircraft systems and relay data.
Lufthansa (LH) and the UFO union—which represents 18,000 LH flight attendants—have agreed to mediation to settle their dispute after three days of strikes forced the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, Reuters reported Friday.
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American Airlines and Travelport asked the federal court that is hearing the carrier’s antitrust lawsuit to stay the case so they can “focus their efforts on mediation and potential resolution of this case.” The joint motion for the stay came one week after Judge Terry Means of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, dismissed Travelport’s counterclaim against American, saying it lacked standing in the case.
Lufthansa (LH) said Friday it would stop outsourcing flight attendant jobs at its Berlin hub and offer permanent jobs to the cabin crews it uses as it was forced to cancel about 1,000 flights when its flight attendants staged a third day of strikes.
Nigeria has lifted the ban on Dana Air (9J), which was grounded after one of its Boeing MD-83s crashed on approach to Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport June 3.
German leisure carrier Condor Airlines (DE) has launched a new generation inflight entertainment (IFE) system aboard its Boeing 767-300 Frankfurt-Rhodes, Greece service featuring BoardConnect, developed by Lufthansa Systems (LHS).
