The June eruption of Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano caused travel chaos for Qantas and Jetstar passengers while Air New Zealand and all other airlines largely continued operations without a hitch, leaving travelers scratching their heads over the validity of the widely contrasting views of the dangers of flying under and around volcanic ash.
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has completed its investigation of Tiger Airways Australia and issued a list of conditions to be met before allowing the low cost airline to resume operations.
Hamilton Sundstrand was selected by Japan Airlines to provide a total supply chain maintenance solution for its systems on JAL's fleet of 35 Boeing 787 aircraft on order. The maintenance support agreement, valued at approximately $350 million, is for 10 years with an option to extend for an additional 10 years. Turkish Technic signed an APS3200 APU repair services contract with SKY Airlines. Beginning this month, repair work will occur at Turkish Airlines' facilities in Istanbul.
Frontier Airlines and the Assn. of Flight Attendants representing 1,000 of the carrier's cabin crew reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. Frontier said that concessions agreed to by AFA will save it $16 million in labor costs over a four-year period.
Despite a last-minute push by US President Barack Obama, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Congress adjourned Tuesday for a five-week recess with the partial shutdown of FAA unresolved, making it likely that many of the agency's functions will remain unauthorized into September.
US House of Representatives adjourned Monday night for a five-week recess with the partial shutdown of FAA unresolved, making it likely that many of the agency's functions will remain unauthorized into September.
United Airlines introduced a new application for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users that will allow passengers to book reservations, check-in for flights, access mobile boarding passes, get updated flight status details and manage frequent flyer accounts. Lufthansa Systems inked a five-year contract with Pegasus Airlines and subsidiary IZair to implement its Lido/Flight solution aimed at optimizing the carriers' flight planning processes.
Guyana's Civil Aviation Authority, with assistance from the US National Transportation Safety Board and Trinidad and Tobago's CAA, is leading the inquiry into Saturday's Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 runway overrun in Georgetown.
US airlines carried 60.5 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in April, the most recent month for which data is available. Passengers carried for the month rose 1.4% year-over-year but was still 4.3% below pre-recession April 2008 figures, the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics noted. April scheduled domestic and international traffic for US airlines rose 4.2% over April 2010 to 66.7 billion RPMs on a 5.4% rise in capacity to 82.7 billion ASMs. Load factor was 80.7%, up 0.97 point.
International Airlines Group, parent of British Airways and Iberia, distinguished itself from rivals suffering losses or significantly reduced earnings ( ATW Daily News, July 29) by posting a net profit of €71 million ($101.8 million) for the 2011 first half, reversed from a pro-forma BA/IB €352 million net deficit in the first six months of 2010.
Investigators are expected to focus on the flammability of cargo carried by an Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter that crashed Thursday off the coast of South Korea in the East China Sea, killing both pilots.
The French BEA's latest interim report on its investigation into the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 indicated that the pilots were inadequately trained and failed to properly identify a stall situation or react promptly to it.
Investigators are expected to focus on the flammability of cargo carried by an Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter that crashed Thursday off the coast of South Korea in the East China Sea, killing both pilots.
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that US airlines employed 2.1% more workers in May compared to the same month last year. BTS said only one network airline, Alaska Airlines, decreased employment. Delta Air Lines reported 4.9% more full-time employees for the month compared to May 2010, the largest increase among the network carriers. Continental Airlines, which now includes employees that formerly worked for Continental Micronesia, followed DL with a 2.1% increase.
Lackluster earnings results reported by airlines worldwide demonstrate how difficult the operating environment for the industry was in the first half of 2011.
Lufthansa Systems received a US FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for installation of its wireless inflight entertainment system, BoardConnect, onboard an undisclosed customer's Airbus aircraft.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation announced Wednesday that Garuda Indonesia pilots will hold a 24-hr. strike "for pay parity" Thursday. "Unions have accused Garuda management of imposing regulations, intimidating union members and refusing to implement a collective bargaining agreement since 2009," ITF said in a statement. ITF accused the Indonesian government of turning "a deaf ear" to appeals to get involved in the labor dispute between the pilots and the state-owned carrier.
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney said the company's decision to re-engine the 737NG instead of developing and producing an all-new aircraft was reached after months of careful consideration leading to the conclusion that there was much less risk in re-engining.
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