The new aviation pact signed between Boeing and Embraer will be a first step in exploring technological synergies and potential cross benefits, Embraer president and CEO Frederico Curado said Tuesday.
Discover the World Marketing has expanded its partnership with Air New Zealand to represent the carrier with sales and marketing development in a ninth market, adding South Korea. ITA Software’s airline reservation system has been launched by Cape Air. Airvault was selected by Scandinavian Airlines to provide its cloud-based document management software, Airvault Mx Records Management Solution, for its fleet of 159 aircraft.
Row 44 has launched a new wireless video-on-demand (VoD) service available to any commercial airline—with or without broadband-equipped aircraft—accessible to passengers through their own Wi-Fi enabled devices.
Iberia (IB) cancelled some 150 flights Monday and planned to cancel more April 13 and 16 as its pilots began another series of one-day strikes to protest the creation of low-cost carrier Iberia Express (I2).
In the week following the release of the iPad, Gogo director-airline operations Tim Lemaster said the Wi-Fi provider identified over 10,000 separate usages of iPads being used onboard aircraft.
Russian and Belarusian aviation authorities on Monday will renegotiate amendments to their bilateral agreement after Belarusian authorities insisted the document that was signed several days ago was not coordinated properly.
LAN Airlines said Thursday that Chile’s Supreme Court has confirmed Chilean antitrust tribunal TDLC’s approval of the carrier’s proposed merger with Brazil’s TAM under LATAM Airlines Group, though the court rejected LAN’s appeal of three of the 14 conditions imposed on the merger by TDLC.
Component Control was selected by AMETEK to supply its Quantum Control MRO and logistics solution at its Antavia business in France. The integration is scheduled for completion this summer, and will be the fifth implementation of the software for AMETEK since 2010. A J Walter Aviation signed a three-year consignment agreement with StandardAero. AJW will gain access to StandardAero repair capabilities and current inventory while StandardAero will gain access to AJW’s inventory of engine material.
“Capacity discipline—that’s one of the ways we’ve been able to survive,” US Airways COO Robert Isom said of the carrier’s strategy. Along with capacity discipline, ancillary revenues have been helping the carrier offset the high price of fuel, he noted.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) mechanics, represented by Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. and the AirTran Airways mechanics, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, met Thursday in Dallas to continue negotiating a seniority integration agreement.
The Chinese government has raised domestic jet fuel prices to CNY8,061 ($1,275) per ton, up 4.35% from CNY7,725 per ton as international fuel prices keep rising.
AFI KLM E&M won a long-term contract from Atlas Air covering repairs and general component overhauls on a flight-hour basis for its fleet of Boeing 747-400s. It also has a contract with TAB Airlines for the supply of a spare lease engine plus an engine shop visit for its DC-10F. Lufthansa Technik AG has renewed its Total Component Support TCS contract with Airbus SAS covering its Beluga fleet of five A300-600 ST aircraft until 2025.
Russian investigators examining the crash of a UTair (UT) ATR 72-200 in Siberia have reversed earlier statements that icing was not considered a factor and now say they are looking into that possibility.
The tough economic environment that is forcing airlines to either consolidate or cease operations is also affecting alliance memberships, Star Alliance acting CEO Mark Schwab told ATW in Taipei last week.
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For several years, airlines have yearned to adopt “merchandising,” a term that is applied indiscriminately to everything from fare families to checked-bag fees.Depending on who is doing the talking, they are held back by their own systems, which don’t easily accommodate innovations in how products are sold, or by the global distribution systems, which some airlines accuse of dragging their feet on investment in new technology.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed about 640 Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body-scanning machines to 165 airports, but the expensive equipment is not always deployed cost-effectively, according the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
TUI Travel has purchased Boeing’s five-year Maintenance Performance Toolbox for its Boeing fleet, comprising 737-800s, 737 Classics, 757-200s, 767-300ERs and 747-400s.
Russian and Belarusian aviation authorities have agreed to change their bilateral agreement, excluding frequencies and capacity limits on routes between the countries.
IATA said the world’s airlines in February showed an 8.6% improvement in passenger demand and a 5.2% rise in cargo demand compared to the year-ago month.
