Continental Airlines announced Friday its technicians and related employees, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, ratified a new collective bargaining agreement ( ATW Daily News, Sept. 13). We are committed to reaching fair and mutually beneficial agreements with all of our unions, and are pleased our Continental technicians have voted to ratify this contract,” said Senior VP-Technical Operations Jim Keenan.
An Aerocaribbean ATR 72-200 operating a domestic Cuban flight between Santiago and Havana crashed en route Thursday, killing all 68 passengers and crew onboard. The crash at 5:45 p.m. in a mountainous region near Sancti Spiritus occurred as Hurricane Tomas neared the eastern part of the island nation, where Santiago is located. By early Friday, Cuban authorities had suspended flights at the country's airports owing to the hurricane.
An Aerocaribbean ATR 72-200 operating a domestic Cuban flight between Santiago and Havana crashed en route Thursday, killing all 68 passengers and crew onboard. The crash at 5:45 p.m. in a mountainous region near Sancti Spiritus occurred as Hurricane Tomas neared the eastern part of the island nation, where Santiago is located. By early Friday, Cuban authorities had suspended flights at the country's airports owing to the hurricane.
Airports Council International adopted a new, collaborative safety initiative at its World Assembly in Bermuda this week, noting that Flight Safety Foundation statistics show 30% of "major damage" accidents that occurred from 1995 to 2008 were "runway related."
Morpho Detection Inc. announced Nov. 2 that the UK Dept. for Transport approved the Itemiser DX trace detection system for use in transportation security applications. Separately, Morpho announced it was contracted to install four CTX 9400 DSi explosives detection systems by Airport Authority Hong Kong, the operator of Hong Kong International Airport.
Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners inked a three-yearEngine Management Program agreement with Jordan Aviation to use its Web-based Advanced Diagnostics & Engine Management tools to provide engine performance monitoring services. Pratt & Whitney will also analyze the data to forecast engine health and maintenance for Jordan Aviation.
American Airlines has told Orbitz that it will sever its ties to the online travel agency effective Dec. 1, terminating Orbitz’ authority to ticket AA flights on Orbitz.com and Orbitz for Business websites.
Airports, hardly immune from the intense pressure on commercial aviation to become more environmentally friendly, are in a bit of a tough spot because most of the carbon dioxide emitted around their facilities comes from aircraft they neither own nor operate.
Sensis Corp. announced that Tasmanian airspace is now controlled using Sensis’ Wide Area Multilateration system, which uses both multilateration and ADS-B “to provide Airservices Australia with enhanced en route surveillance of air traffic across the [Australian] island and down to the surface at Hobart and Launceston airports.
Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation and Bangalore-based developer Subramanya Construction & Development Company signed a joint venture agreement to develop CAPA AeroPark in Bangalore. What CAPA calls the "first integrated aviation university and training campus," will be developed on a 50-acre site with satellite academies in Dehli and Mumbai.
Delta Air Lines cabin staff rejected representation by the Assn. of Flight Attendants by a significant margin. Delta said it had been informed by the National Mediation Board that more than 53% of flight attendants voting in the election rejected the union, which represented the approximately 7,200 former Northwest Airlines cabin staff. According to the airline, 18,760 votes were cast out of 19,887 eligible voters.
British Airways was within its legal right to reduce the number of cabin crew below the levels that had been agreed through collective bargaining between the airline and Unite on flights from London Heathrow in November 2009, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday (ATW Daily News, Dec. 15, 2009).
IBS Software said ANA has switched from its legacy cargo management system to IBS's iCargo solution, which going forward will "manage [ANA's] entire cargo movement including all international commercial cargo operations and the import ground handling operations at five major airports in Japan."
CFM International andOman Airsigned a Rate per Flight Hour MRO agreement covering the airline’s fleet of 33installed and spareCFM56-7B engines powering its 15 737NGs. Pratt & Whitney signed a three-year agreement with Singapore Airlines Cargo for Pratt's EcoPower engine wash service. Washes will be performed by Eagle Services Asia, a JV between Pratt & Whitney and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company, for the airline's PW4000-94 engines powering its fleet of Boeing 747-400Fs.
A Boeing 737-400 (msn 24911, built 1991) operated by Lion Air sustained substantial damage at Supadio Airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Tuesday after it overshot the runway on landing in heavy rainfall and its nose and main undercarriage collapsed, according to Ascend. The aircraft came to rest in a field. No injuries were reported among the 169 passengers and six crew, who safely evacuated the aircraft. The accident happened at 11:25 a.m. local time, Ascend reported. Flight JT 712 was arriving from Jakarta.
Indonesia has warned airlines to avoid some air routes over central Java as the Mount Merapi volcano belched more clouds of ash. At least six international flights were cancelled. Kuala Lumpur based AirAsia cancelled four flights linking KL to Yogyakarta and nearby Solo on Tuesday, while Silk Air cancelled two flights between Singapore and Solo according to AFP. Almost 40 people have been killed since the 2,914-m. (9,616-ft.) Mount Merapi, the most active of scores of volcanoes in Indonesia, began erupting last week.
IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani called on the world's governments to work collaboratively with the air transport industry in the aftermath of last week's interception of bombs in air cargo shipments and to speed up the development/certification process for new cargo screening technology.
Boeing said international air cargo traffic has "rebounded sharply" in 2010 following "a calamitous 18-month decline that began in May 2008" and will grow at an annual average rate of 5.9% through 2029.
IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani called on the world's governments to work collaboratively with the air transport industry in the aftermath of last week's interception of bombs in air cargo shipments and to speed up the development/certification process for new cargo screening technology.
Lufthansa Systems announced that Tunisair will be the launch customer for its Integrated Commercial Platform, a solution that coordinates network and revenue management processes. The carrier will implement NetLine/Market, a "core component" of the ICP, Lufthansa Systems said, adding that, "with this market analysis solution, TU can identify market developments early and respond to them with flexible sales and capacity measures."
