Alaska Airlines and the Transport Workers Union jointly announced the carrier's 36 dispatchers have ratified a new four-year contract by a ratio of nearly 86%. The contract includes wage increases and provisions that improve quality of life issues, among other changes. A tentative agreement was reached in March ( ATW Daily News, April 5) and becomes amendable March 24, 2015.
Air Transport Action Group Executive Director Paul Steele said the airline industry failing to achieve its stated goal of a 1.5% improvement in fuel efficiency/carbon dioxide emissions annually through 2020 and CO2-neutral growth beyond 2020 would "destroy our credibility."
US FAA and organizations representing airlines pushed back against aviation's inclusion in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme starting next year, arguing that it exceeds the EU's regulatory authority and will take money away from airlines that could instead be used to invest in new technology that could help lower carbon dioxide emissions.
The era of double-digit growth and profit margins probably are over for US regional airlines. But opportunities still exist for those who can find them.
Oman Air has become the fifth major carrier in the Middle East to adopt SITA's software solution for fares management, Airfare Insight, in a seven-year contract announced today.
Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering will provide Saudi Arabia budget carrier Nasair with heavy checks for five of its Airbus A320s. Rockwell Collins said it has opened a new 16,000 sq. ft. Seattle service center to "enhance the company’s ability to provide asset management and testing" for Boeing and 787 customers. The center employs 38 and houses spare pools and updated 787 test equipment.
IATA reported that scheduled international passenger traffic (RPKs) rose 3.8% in March compared to the year-ago period, down sequentially from the 5.8% year-over-year increase recorded in February. Capacity growth of 8.6% pushed load factor down 3.5 percentage points to 74.6%
French Air Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA) on Tuesday announced the investigation team searching for wreckage of the Air France Flight 447 located and retrieved the cockpit voice recorder. “It was raised and lifted on board the Ile de Sein by the Remora 6000 ROV at 02:40 UTC this morning,” BEA said in a statement. On Sunday, the ROV retrieved the doomed A330’s memory module of the flight data recorder ( ATW Daily News, May 2).
Embraer reported first-quarter net income of $106.3 million under IFRS accounting standards, an almost fourfold increase from a $27 million profit in the year-ago period.
News from Travel Technology Update: Cyndi Hunter is committed to making it easier for corporate clients and their travel management companies to figure out what they are spending on air travel. As director of global accounts at United Airlines, Hunter has an interest in keeping her clients happy. "There's nothing worse than not having an answer," she said. The waters of corporate travel have been considerably roiled by the trend toward airline merchandising, particularly the unbundling of fares.
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Cyndi Hunter is committed to making it easier for corporate clients and their travel management companies to figure out what they are spending on air travel. As director of global accounts at United Airlines, Hunter has an interest in keeping her clients happy. "There's nothing worse than not having an answer," she said. The waters of corporate travel have been considerably roiled by the trend toward airline merchandising, particularly the unbundling of fares.
Turkish Airlines said that changes made by the Turkish government will allow citizens from 46 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to be granted visas at Istanbul Ataturk if they also have valid Schengen, UK or US visas in their passports and possess a round-trip THY ticket.
Air India on Sunday said that nearly 90% of its domestic flights have been disrupted as the pilot strike wears on, forcing the carrier to “substantially curtail” its domestic flights through May 6.
The agreement on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety between the EU and the US became effective May 1. The deal was concluded in March.
French Air Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA) on Sunday confirmed the investigation team searching for wreckage of the Air France Flight 447 located and identified the memory module of the flight data recorder at 10 a.m. UTC.
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that US airlines employed 1% more workers in February compared to the same month last year. BTS said three network airlines (American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines) decreased employment. Delta Air Lines reported 4.2 % more workers in February 2011 than in February 2010. Continental Airlines, which now includes employees who formerly worked for Continental Micronesia, reported a 1.1% increase, according to the report.
African Airlines Assn. reiterated its strong criticism of the EU's "continued unilateral practice of blacklisting of mainly African states and airlines with no visible benefits in enhancing safety on the continent" and called on African governments, the African Union and the African Civil Aviation Commission to not "allow this state of affairs to continue as the continent's air transport industry is being progressively destroyed."
US FAA on Friday made more air traffic control management changes as part of its ongoing review of the country's ATC system in the aftermath of several embarrassing incidents in which controllers were found to be sleeping on the job.
The European Commission on Friday issued an eleventh-hour statement advising EU member states "to defer for a limited period" the relaxation of restrictions on the carriage of liquids in hand-luggage.
Singaporean Ground-handler SATS has - via wholly owned subsidiary SATS Investments - has bought a 40% stake in Saudi Arabia's Adel Abuljadayel Flight Catering Company (AAFC) for US$18.5 million.
