The European Low Fares Airline Assn. (ELFAA) is preparing a formal submission to the European Commission (EC) regarding the “huge amounts” of state aid to Spanair (JK).
The US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) has approved the application by several Star Alliance member carriers to include Brussels Airlines (SN) in the scope of their transatlantic antitrust immunity (ATI) and the Atlantic Plus-Plus agreement.
Etihad Airways has selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation to provide the in-flight entertainment systems and in-flight connectivity, including broadband Internet and live TV, for the airline's entire long-haul fleet of wide body aircraft.
Turkish Technic was selected by Somon Air to provide GTCP131-9B type APU repair services. The contract covers one GTCP131-9B model APU repair and spare APU support. It also signed a base maintenance services agreement contract with Pegasus Airlines, for one Boeing 737-800 C check.
American Airlines (AA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) have reached a tentative agreement in principle for the dispatcher workgroup. Details about the tentative agreement will be shared with the TWU-represented dispatchers and operational coordinators in the coming days. “AA has been in negotiations with the TWU dispatch group since May 2006. Both parties worked collaboratively to reach a tentative agreement that addresses the interests of our TWU-represented dispatchers and the company,” AA said.
Russia will increase its airspace capacity from Nov. 17 by implementing Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM), allowing for an additional six layers.
The Air Transport Assn. of America (ATA) filed suit Wednesday against the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) to halt a pending deal for $3.4 billion in loan guarantees for aircraft financing to Air India (AI), saying that it fails to meet statutory requirements, including consideration of the impact on the US airline industry and airline jobs.
Al Bateen Executive Airport, the Middle East's first dedicated business aviation airport operated by Abu Dhabi Airports Company, has opened a new crew lounge, which forms part of the DhabiJet FBO brand.
Passage of the FAA Reauthorization bill remains unlikely and another agency shutdown is not out of the question, the US Senate’s transportation committee chair warned Monday.
American Eagle Airlines (MQ) was fined $900,000 for lengthy tarmac delays, becoming the first carrier to be fined for a violation of the US Dept. of Transportation’s (DOT) rule, which took effect in April 2010, setting a 3-hr. limit for tarmac delays on domestic flights.
Boeing has forecast the Middle East region will need 2,520 aircraft worth $450 billion by 2030, as the region’s carriers continue to surpass global air traffic and capacity growth rates.
Airbus predicted that by 2030 carriers in the Middle East will require 1,921 new passenger and freighter aircraft—above 100 seats—worth $347.4 billion.
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After 10 months of operating solely as a search engine and “room concierge,” Room 77 is getting into the business of taking hotel bookings. The company has been building a database that doesn’t just describe a hotel; it amasses data on every room in the property, so a user knows whether a room is near the elevator (and noisy) or whether the “ocean view” is really a view of a skyscraper hotel with a tiny sliver of sea off to the side.
Sharjah-based Aerostar is expanding into new fields and used the Dubai Airshow to announce the launch of an engine leasing business and an aero academy.
Raytheon has finished the installation and testing of its AutoTrac III (AT3) air traffic management (ATM) system at Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International Airport.
ExecuJet Middle East has won the Bombardier authorised service facility excellence award it was announced at the show. ExecuJet's Dubai facility won the international award.
