Singapore-based Tiger Airways Holdings said former SilkAir CEO Chin Yau Seng would take over as acting CEO to allow the company's head, Tony Davis, to focus on overseeing subsidiary Tiger Airways Australia's recovery from its grounding by regulators over safety issues.
UK air navigation services provider NATS, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a public-private partnership, paid £40 million ($64 million) in dividends to its shareholders after posting a pre-tax profit of £106.1 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, a 37.3% increase over £78.3 million earned in FY2009-10.
SR Technics signed a five-year contract with Swiss International Air Lines to extend its cooperation for comprehensive aircraft maintenance and component services, covering heavy maintenance, A and C checks. The agreement also incorporates full integrated component services for the carrier’s Airbus fleet and includes a hangar space sublease in Zurich.
Royal Jordanian has signed an agreement with Spanish Aertec and local Consolidated Consultants for Engineering and Environment, on a joint venture for the design and supervision of the airline's new hangar, being built at Queen Alia International Airport.
Hadid International Services has reinforced its leadership as the premier provider of flight support services across the Middle East and Africa with the opening of its new branch office in Niger, Africa.
Airbus flight operations services subsidiary Quovadis said it will help develop a Performance-Based Navigation network at 11 airports in the Philippines in cooperation with the French Civil Aviation Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
US FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. union signed an MOU regarding management of controller fatigue that "reinforces existing FAA policy that prohibits air traffic controllers from sleeping while they are performing assigned duties," according to an agency statement.
Tiger Airways Australia, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Tiger Airways Holdings, was grounded Saturday for five days by Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority over a series of safety issues.
The lawsuit filed by the US Air Transport Assn., American Airlines and United Continental Holdings against the EU's inclusion of aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme had its first hearing in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg Tuesday.
US Transportation Security Administration last month proposed "the removal of more than 30 Honolulu International Airport TSA employees following an extensive investigation into allegations of improper screening of checked baggage," the agency said in a statement. Included was HNL Federal Security Director Glen Richard Kajiyama, who has been replaced on an acting basis by Stanford Miyamoto, currently HNL's deputy area director.
Tiger Airways Australia, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Tiger Airways Holdings, was grounded Saturday for five days by Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority over a series of safety issues.
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that US airlines employed 2% more workers in April compared to the same month last year. BTS said two network airlines, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, decreased employment. Delta Air Lines reported 4.5% more workers in April 2011 than in April 2010. Continental Airlines, which now includes employees that formerly worked for Continental Micronesia, reported a 2.3% increase.
Flight simulator manufacturer Mechtronix Systems completed the sale of its sixth simulator this year with a deal announced at the recent Paris Air Show for one Airbus A330 FFS X going to an unnamed European customer.
The Assn. of Flight Attendants won the right to represent United Continental Holdings' 25,000 flight attendants. It said 55% of those casting ballots in a representation election favored AFA, which has represented United Airlines' cabin crew, over the International Assn. of Machinists, which represented Continental Airlines' flight attendants. The US National Mediation Board must certify the results.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines told ATW that scheduled Wednesday Amsterdam-Paris Charles de Gaulle-AMS flights using a Boeing 737-800 partially powered by biofuel operated "exactly the same—as expected—as flights on traditional kerosene."
Coopesa RL signed a contract with Ecuador's Tame to perform a C check on an Airbus A320. This is the fourth C check performed by Coopesa for Tame. Coopesa has US FAA and EASA approval for A320 family aircraft; it has performed 32 C checks in the last 18 months. Fokker Aircraft Services received US FAA approval covering airframe maintenance and overhaul for all Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737NG series “N” registered aircraft.
Kale Consultants was selected by Kenya Airways to implement its Fare Management service. Kale will provide the carrier with ATPCO fare filing services, including the creation of logs, new fare inserts and updates to existing fares, add-ons, rules, categories, footnotes, routings, fare class segments, RBDs as defined by ATPCO standards and GDS. It will also perform post-filing checks and provide monthly reports.
US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that US airlines collected almost $5.7 billion from baggage fees and reservation change fees in 2010. According to BTS, the airlines received $3.4 billion from baggage fees and $2.3 billion from reservation change fees in 2010. “These are the only fees paid by passengers that BTS can identify separately. All other fees paid by passengers are included in larger categories with other types of revenue,” said BTS.
ICAO adopted a code of conduct to oversee the collection, sharing and use of aviation safety information. "Transparency and sharing of safety information are fundamental to a safe air transportation system. The new code of conduct will help ensure that the information is used in a fair and consistent manner, with the sole objective of improving safety," said ICAO Council President Roberto Kobeh González.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won a union representation vote by Republic Airways Holdings' pilots, with 68% of those voting casting ballots in favor of IBT representation.
