Korean Air and ANA, Japan’s largest carrier, signed contracts to migrate to the full Amadeus Altea Customer Management Solution. Aerolineas Argentinas, meanwhile, expanded its 12-year relationship with Sabre and will use the next-generation SabreSonic Customer Sales and Service system. Korean Air also selected Amadeus to power its TOPAS subsidiary, which provides a central reservations system for the Korean market. Amadeus will provide the technology for a next-generation travel agency reservation system, based on the Amadeus Selling Platform.
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All Nippon Airways and Lufthansa won antitrust immunity approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to launch a joint venture operation on Japan-Europe routes.
Etihad Airways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) to add the Abu Dhabi-based helicopter charter service to the growing portfolio of preferred partnerships in Etihad's new 'Premium Connect' travel service offering.
Sim Industries received an order from Pan Am International Flight Academy for one Level D Boeing 737NG full-flight simulator, which will be installed at its Miami training center in July. The company said the 737-800W full motion simulator “uses state of the art motion and visual systems to give the industry's most realistic 737 training platform."
The US Airline Pilots Assn., the union representing more than 5,000 US Airways pilots, said Tuesday it has filed a complaint in a federal court in New York alleging that US management has "unilaterally" imposed new work rules in the absence of a new labor contract, agreement on which USAPA claimed is being held up by "bad faith" negotiations aimed at delaying a deal.
Amadeus won a contract from ANA Group to deploy the Amadeus Altea suite of customer solutions including flight reservations, inventory and departure control systems, across the airline’s global network. ANA is the first Japanese airline to choose Altea. "We are convinced that the Amadeus system will help us to expand our global marketing and improve productivity,” said ANA Executive VP Keisuke Okada. By outsourcing its passenger reservation system to Amadeus, ANA said it aims to reduce IT costs by ¥1 billion ($12.4 million) annually.
Aer Lingus pilots, represented by the Irish Airline Pilots' Assn., notified the carrier they will start industrial action next week in protest over the introduction over new rosters on the Airbus A320 and A330 fleets. IALPA, which is a branch of the Impact trade union, balloted its members over possible strike action last month ( ATW Daily News, May 17) and was approved by approximately 87% of its pilots.
News from Travel Technology Update: Korean Air and ANA, Japan’s largest carrier, signed contracts to migrate to the full Amadeus Altea Customer Management Solution. Aerolineas Argentinas, meanwhile, expanded its 12-year relationship with Sabre and will use the next-generation SabreSonic Customer Sales and Service system. Korean Air also selected Amadeus to power its TOPAS subsidiary, which provides a central reservations system for the Korean market.
Hamburg Center of Aviation Training announced the opening of its new, state-of-the-art facility May 26. HCAT is a partnership network of aviation companies, associations, universities and regulatory authorities that provide advanced vocational training in avionics/electronics and modern production processes. The three key players, Airbus, Lufthansa Technik and Hamburg Airport, along with more than 300 small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as a variety of scientific and technological institutions, will contribute their expertise,” said HCAT.
FlyDubai said it will need to recruit 600 pilots over the next four years to meet the needs of its growing fleet and serve its rapidly expanding route network. The low-cost carrier, which already has more than 200 pilots, requires seven captains and seven first officers to crew each of the 50 ordered Boeing 737s, the last of which is set to be delivered in 2016, it said. “We are recruiting pilots of all type ratings aggressively to ensure we will have the staff to meet our operational requirements,” CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said in a statement.
Dale Moss, CEO of British Airways subsidiary OpenSkies, will step down June 30 as the airline goes through changes “evolving to work more closely with British Airways, American and Iberia to bring new benefits to its customers and to enhance the transatlantic joint business,” the airline stated. BA Regional Commercial Manager-Western Europe Patrick Malval will take over as MD of the Paris Orly-based all-business class carrier. Malval will have overall responsibility for BA group revenue in France.
ICAO said it agreed with industry participants at its first Global Runway Safety Symposium last week on a number of measures intended to reduce runway-related accidents.
Air France 447 took less than four minutes to fall from approximately 38,000 ft. into the waters of the South Atlantic following the disengagement of the autopilot on the Airbus A330-200, according to an interim report released by the French BEA Friday that is based on CVR and FDR analysis.
Air France 447 took less than four minutes to fall from approximately 38,000 ft. into the waters of the South Atlantic following the disengagement of the autopilot on the Airbus A330-200, according to an interim report released by the French Air Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA) Friday that is based on CVR and FDR analysis
Empire Aviation Group - a Middle East private aviation specialist - signed an agreement with worldwide catering services provider Private Flight Global to overhaul Empire Aviation's catering management operations for its managed and charter fleet.
Lufthansa Systems said GOL will implement its myIDTravel solution to manage its staff travel. Travelport reached an agreement with Helvetic Airways under which its subscribers in Switzerland will be able to issue tickets on the carrier through IATA’s Billing and Settlement Plan. “Hahn Air can be used for all e-ticketing needs in other BSP countries around the world,” Travelport said.
The Chinese government raised domestic jet fuel prices to CNY7,640 ($1,175) per ton, up 11.7% from CNY6,840 per ton in April, despite the decline of international oil prices since May. This is the third price hike this year ( ATW Daily News, April 8).
American Airlines’ lawsuit against Travelport and Orbitz is an “effort to dress up a commercial dispute in antitrust garb,” Travelport said in a motion to dismiss the carrier’s complaint.
Runway incursions/excursions and other runway-related events account for the largest category of aviation accidents, playing a role in a third of all accidents, according to ICAO, which this week is holding a Global Runway Safety Symposium at its Montreal headquarters.
Traffic in European airspace is expected to be near disruption-free Thursday as the ash cloud created by the Saturday eruption of Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland dissipates, Eurocontrol stated.
European Commission VP-Transport Siim Kallas said he does not “at this stage anticipate widespread airspace closures and the prolonged disruptions as we had last year” following Saturday’s eruption of Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano and resulting ash cloud.
Cautioning that those "holding your breath on the Paris Air Show" next month regarding a decision on a 737NG successor will likely be disappointed, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh said the manufacturer is aiming to make an announcement on its future narrowbody aircraft "in the ballpark" of late 2011.
Air Canada's pilots voted to reject a tentative labor contract that included guidelines for AC's establishment of a leisure-destination focused LCC, delivering a blow to airline management.
Eurocontrol said Monday there was "no significant impact on flights" related to Saturday's eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland, though it cautioned that "the situation is constantly evolving."
