SITA signed a 5-yr. contract with St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport to provide its AirportConnect agent and self-service check-in platform. The deal includes installation of 100 new workstations and five CUSS kiosks, as well as modernization of existing airport infrastructure. The airport is served by more than 70 domestic and international airlines.
Iberia and British Airways received all regulatory approvals for their merger. Last week, Iberia agreed to the pension deficit reforms of BA ( ATW Daily News, Sept. 24). Shareholders of both carriers will vote on the merger in the coming months.
US Dept. of Justice announced Monday that China Airlines Ltd. agreed to pay $40 million in criminal fines for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air cargo industry on flights to and from the US between 2000 and 2006. The plea agreement is subject to court approval.
ICAO, IATA, US Dept. of Transportation and the European Commission signed an MOU to "create the framework and path forward to launch the Global Safety Information Exchange," at ICAO's 37th General Assembly, which opened Tuesday in Montreal. The four signed a "Declaration of Intent" to create the exchange at the ICAO High Level Safety Conference last spring ( ATW Daily News, April 1, 2010).
Spanish air traffic controllers were set to strike Wednesday as part of the broader general strike while Belgian controllers launched a 24-hr. wildcat strike from 1400 local time Tuesday, halting air service to and from that country. Last week, French controllers struck for a day. Iberia said it expected to operate 35% of its regularly scheduled flights Wednesday while Ryanair announced that it cancelled all its Spanish domestic flights and most of its international services. Lufthansa expected to operate about one-third of its 90 daily flights to the country.
US Transportation Security Administration Assistant Administrator-Office of Security Technology Robin Kane said the agency has installed "just under 250" advanced-imaging technology body-scanning machines at passenger checkpoints at 60 US airports and plans to deploy around 250 more "by the end of this calendar year."
IATA reported yesterday that international passenger and cargo traffic growth slowed in August compared to July, further evidence that the recovery in demand has peaked.
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US Dept. of Justice announced Monday that China Airlines Ltd. agreed to pay $40 million in criminal fines for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air cargo industry on flights to and from the US between 2000 and 2006. The plea agreement is subject to court approval.
International Airlines Group, the holding company formed by the British Airways and Iberia merger, yesterday appointed Iberia Chairman & CEO Antonio Vazquez as chairman of the board, BA Chairman Martin Broughtonhas been named deputy chairman and BA CEO Willie Walsh has been named managing director.
A major outage of Virgin Blue’s Navitaire New Skies reservation and check-in system caused more than 100 flights to be cancelled on Sunday and Monday, affecting more than 100,000 passengers. The system crashed at 8 a.m. local time and a back-up system was supposed to take over within three hours but, for a yet-unexplained reason, this did not happen until 5 p.m.
Airports are urging governments around the world to take a second look at their aviation security regimes and to work cooperatively to develop a global, standardized approach, officials said Monday at the opening of the Airports Council International-North America Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
Southwest Airlines on Monday morning announced an agreement to acquire Orlando-based AirTran Airways for $1.4 billion in cash and Southwest common stock in a deal that brings together the world's largest LCC with the third largest LCC in North America.
Southwest Airlines on Monday morning announced an agreement to acquire Orlando-based AirTran Airways for $1.4 billion in cash and Southwest common stock in a deal that brings together the world's largest LCC with the third largest LCC in North America.
European Regions Airline Assn. airline and airport members are not accepting that Europe’s politicians and regulators have not yet taken any action to provide financial compensation to the industry following the volcanic ash crisis in April and agreed to seek to recover financial damages through legal action. The decision was taken up late last week at the association’s AGM in Barcelona.
IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said that India's airlines are expected to post a $400 million loss in 2010 despite an increase in passenger traffic, and that a coordinated policy approach among government ministries is “urgently needed” to shore up the gains made in India’s aviation industry.
The US Air Transport Assn. took a cautious approach to the US Dept. of Transportation's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on new airline consumer protections, saying in comments filed with the regulator late Thursday that "there is much [in the proposed rule] that ATA and its members support," particularly regarding the transparency of information provided to customers, though the organization does voice a number of major objections.
