Three unions representing Spanish airport workers on Tuesday confirmed plans to call a series of strikes over the next several months on key travel dates, including the Easter holiday weekend, to protest government plans to privatize airport operator AENA, which they fear could lead to lay-offs and the closure of smaller airports.
The European Commission on Monday published its historical emissions data on which allocations for the aviation Emissions Trading Scheme will be based, stating that "aviation emissions of 219,476,343 tonnes of CO2 represents the average of the estimated annual emissions for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006" for flights that will be covered under the ETS starting next year.
Iberia, which merged with British Airways into International Airlines Group in January, said it reached agreement with Airbus to order eight A330-300s with options for eight more.
US Transportation Security Administration head John Pistole revealed last week that the agency is developing airport "checkpoint of the future concepts" that will place a greater emphasis on "cutting-edge technology" and intelligence to differentiate passengers based on threat levels.
Iberia, which merged with British Airways into International Airlines Group in January, said it reached agreement with Airbus to order eight A330-300s with options for eight more.
Mercator, the IT services business of Emirates Group, has helped Oman Air to make major changes to its cargo operations management systems, replacing a paper-based, manual system with a fully integrated and automated model.
Mechtronix Systems will produce a flight simulation training device for the Cessna Grand Caravan on behalf of Indonesia's Susi Air, which operates more than 30 of the type. The FFT X FSTD will be installed at the airline's training facilities in Pangandaran in the 2011 fourth quarter. The center will also be equipped with an Ascent Flight Trainer C172 Garmin 1000.
AVISA Aviation Safety Systems announced a strategic partnership with Fokker Services through which the two companies will introduce EASA Part M-approved Continuing Airworthiness and Maintenance Management Services to the FLYFokker program.
The European Commission appointed Matthew Baldwin director-air transport, replacing Daniel Calleja, who last month became deputy director general the EC’s Directorate General Enterprise and Industry. Calleja was EC director-air transport from November 2004 to February 2011, and was instrumental in negotiating the historic open skies agreement with the US.
A number of Delta Air Lines flight attendants who previously worked for Northwest Airlines have sued DL in US federal court alleging "discrimination based solely on their status as former union members," said the Assn. of Flight Attendants, which is assisting in the lawsuit. DL's more than 19,000 cabin crew last year voted to reject unionization; the 7,500 who previously worked for NWA had been represented by AFA ( ATW Daily News, Nov. 4, 2010).
Southwest Airlines apologized for two technical problems that on Tuesday caused disruptions on its website and slowed flight operations. The first problem related to the switchover to SWA's revamped Rapids Rewards frequent flyer program ( ATW Daily News, Jan. 7), which led southwest.com to experience "intermittent issues regarding functionality and accessibility," the carrier explained on its blog.
Lufthansa said it has so far equipped 17 of its long-range aircraft (20% of its long-haul fleet) with FlyNet. It began offering the inflight broadband connectivity in partnership with Panasonic Avionics and Deutsche Telekom in November ( ATW Daily News,Nov. 30, 2010). It plans to deploy the service throughout its entire intercontinental network by the end of 2011.
US Air Transport Assn. named Christopher Brown VP-legislative & regulatory policy. He will "focus on outreach to key stakeholders to advance policy and legislative issues," ATA said. The move is part of the ongoing staff shakeup that has taken place at ATA since new President and CEO Nicholas Calio replaced James May in January ( ATW Daily News, Feb. 17).
Citing rapidly rising oil prices, IATA on Wednesday trimmed its 2011 earnings forecast for the world's airlines by 5.5% to $8.6 billion from $9.1 billion projected in December.
Citing rapidly rising oil prices, IATA on Wednesday trimmed its 2011 earnings forecast for the world's airlines by 5.5% to $8.6 billion from $9.1 billion projected in December.
At this year's ATC Global in Amsterdam the Swiss system supplier for the aviation community SkySoft-ATM and the German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH will launch their newly developed air traffic management system SkyManager.
Emirates has been scored as the best airline for in-flight meals according to a survey of more than a thousand passengers by international flight comparison site Skyscanner.net
Wataniya Airways has relaunched its website to provide guests and visitors with improved services and more information about flight schedules and other Wataniya Airways products.
AVISA and its sister company AVISA Gulf have become partners in the FLYFokker programme, the innovative life cycle support scheme for the Fokker fleet.
Air France KLM flew 16.63 billion RPKs in January, up 4.8% from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 3.3% to 21.00 billion ASKs and load factor jumped 1.1 points to 79.2%. Lufthansa Passenger Airlines operated 10.24 billion RPKs in January, a 10.8% increase year-over-year. Capacity jumped 12% to 13.99 billion ASKs as load factor fell 0.7 points to 73.2%.
