The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Tuesday it has started testing "a limited, voluntary passenger pre-screening initiative with a small known traveler population at four US airports."
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Amadeus is moving into a global structure of three customer-facing commercial business units that will report directly to Luis Maroto, president and chief executive officer. The company also has made some changes in the marketing department. Ian Wheeler, vice president of marketing and distribution, and Edward Ross, director of global corporate marketing, left the company at the end of September. It was not clear whether or how they would be replaced.
United Continental Holdings deployed 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots, replacing paper flight manuals, a process it hopes to complete by year’s end. Each 1.5 lb. iPad will replace approximately 38 lb. of paper operating manuals, navigation charts, handbooks, checklists, logbooks and weather information.
Several hundred flights have been canceled Wednesday owing to a 24-hr. air traffic controller strike by workers represented by the Greek Air Traffic Controllers Union and the Federation of Assn. of Hellenic Civil Aviation.
IATA has urged governments and aviation stakeholders to join airlines in a global partnership to improve aviation security and the experience of both travelers and shippers.
News from Travel Technology Update: Amadeus is moving into a global structure of three customer-facing commercial business units that will report directly to president and CEO Luis Maroto.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced it will supply all 6,000 cabin attendants with iPads, technology it said will “improve the quality of the passenger service offered and raise cabin attendant productivity.”
IATA has warned that both passengers and freight demand are slowing significantly with a warning from its DG and CEO Tony Tyler that “the industry is shifting gears downwards.”
Governments of more than 20 countries—including the US, China, Russia, India and Brazil—have agreed on a joint declaration opposing the inclusion of aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) starting in 2012, India Ministry of Civil Aviation joint secretary Prashant Sukul confirmed to ATW at the World Route Development Forum in Berlin.
Intra-European airlines are beginning to show signs of recovery from the global economic crisis, but economic uncertainly in Europe and anticipated regulatory proposals remain concerns, European Regions Airline Assn. (ERA) DG Mike Ambrose said Thursday.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Thursday gave final approval for the Joint Business Agreement (JBA) between Qantas (QF) and American Airlines (AA).
Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) on Tuesday said it is conducting an investigation into Sunday’s loss of separation incident between a Cathay Pacific (CX) Boeing 777-300ER and subsidiary Dragonair (KA) Airbus A330-300.
US Air Transport Assn. president and CEO Nicholas Calio said Tuesday that new airline flight taxes/fees proposed by President Barack Obama amount to "an all-out assault" on the industry, which he said is already greatly overtaxed by the federal government.
Latest news from ATW’s Eco-Aviation Today: Australian bio-fuel producer Jatenergy has sold 200 tonnes of crude Jatropha oil to Lufthansa for use on the airline’s trial using biofuels on its Hamburg to Frankfurt services, according to BioFuel International.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Transport have jointly denounced the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), saying it violates sovereignty and is a breach of the Chicago Convention.
