Gulf Air (GF) has in-sourced various maintenance and engineering activities, including aircraft systems and propulsion engineering; maintenance fleet planning; inventory tech management; and base maintenance for A checks and workshops.
The UK’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) have published a fourth plan covering their joint Functional Airspace Block (FAB) for 2012-2015, as well as a review of progress achieved in 2011.
News from Travel Technology Update: American Airlines asked its bankruptcy court to approve a deal between the carrier and HP Enterprise Services to dissolve their contract to build a next-generation passenger services system.
Russia’s Transaero Airlines (UN) has reported a 2011 net profit of RUB1.83 billion ($54.6 million), more than doubled from 2010. Revenue increased 42% to RUB86.5 billion.
Fiji’s Air Pacific (FJ) reported a net profit of $11.4 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, more than cut in half from a net profit of $24.8 million in the prior year.
Major cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and passenger services specialist Aviapartner are planning to merge, forming a company with €1 billion ($1.25 billion) in annual revenue and 17,000 staff.
Skyworld Aviation has arranged a two-year lease of an Avro RJ85 to Malmö Aviation, which was delivered to the Swedish airline May 24. It will also market an additional Avro RJ85 for Blue1. Airbus announced the first A380 for Thai Airways was rolled out of the paint shop in Hamburg, marking the completion of the painting and cabin installation work on the aircraft, which will now enter a final phase of ground and flight tests in Hamburg.
Flight trials are underway in the UK in preparation for the maiden flight of a surrogate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in UK shared (non-segregated) airspace later this year.
Thailand’s Transport Ministry has launched an internal investigation into what caused the breakdown in the air traffic control system at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) June 21 when all ATC radars stopped functioning for one hour, affecting 49 flights, the government news agency NNT reported.
Nine northern European air navigation service providers (ANSPs) have formed a commercial cooperation alliance—the Borealis Alliance—to improve efficiency, as well as reduce costs and environmental impact.
Russia’s S7 Airlines, which includes Sibir (S7) and Globus (GH), is evaluating whether to phase out its two Boeing 767-300ERs within the next two years.
Fast-growing Copa Airlines (CM)—which joined Star Alliance last week with subsidiary Copa Colombia—is eyeing further expansion this year of its Panama City (PTY) hub.
An IndiGo (6E) Airbus A320 conducted its first commercial Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approach Saturday, while landing at Kochi Airport (COK) on a scheduled flight from Bengaluru.
Jetstar Hong Kong, the joint venture low-cost carrier (LCC) being set up by China Eastern Airlines (MU) and Qantas Group (QF) subsidiary Jetstar, is on track to formally launch by the end of 2012 or early next year, according to MU chairman Liu Shaoyong.
CAE will open a new training center in Seoul to train pilots for the Boeing 737-800. CAE Seoul, to be located near Seoul Gimpo Airport, will be ready for training by the fall. It will initially feature a 737-800 full-flight simulator and Integrated Procedures Trainer. Additional training capability will be added as needed to serve carriers in South Korea and Japan.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana (KC) will delay launching services to Hong Kong by some weeks while awaiting final approval, KC president Peter Foster told ATW.
Southwest Airlines’ (SWA) mechanics, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. (AMFA), and AirTran Airways mechanics, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), voted to ratify their Seniority Integration Agreement.
