IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler criticized European governments and the European Commission (EC) for instituting aviation policies focused on "restricting and taxing" rather than boosting the competitiveness of the continent's airlines.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended its order for inspections of Airbus A380s for potential wing cracks to all in-service aircraft.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended its order for inspections of Airbus A380s for potential wing cracks to all in-service aircraft.
IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler criticized European governments and the European Commission (EC) for instituting aviation policies focused on "restricting and taxing" rather than boosting the competitiveness of the continent's airlines.
Air BP Lubricants was selected by Etihad Airways to provide online training to 125 of its maintenance and engineering personnel. The program covers "key aspects" of the use of turbine oils in the aviation industry including "the definition of a lubricant, to turbine oil composition, the different applications for BP turbine oils, a market-wide survey establishing which lubricants are in direct competition, detailed turbine oil specifications, servicing and monitoring, and storage and handling."
RAK Airways has partnered with foreign exchange and remittance house Al Ghurair Exchange to offer customers the option of paying for tickets booked through its call center at any Al Ghurair Exchange branch across the UAE.
Payment network UATP has achieved record transactions for calendar year 2011 and recorded a 23% year-over-year increase in total charge volume. The company—which counts among its airline customers Air New Zealand, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, Qantas Airways, United Airlines and US Airways—said it processed approximately $13 billion in 2011. It signed new contract with five airlines: Aeromexico, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Shandong Airlines and Turkish Airlines.
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US airlines employed 389,361 workers in November, up 2.6% from November 2010. BTS said this is the 12 th consecutive increase in full-time equivalent employee levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year.
Aeroflot (SU) reported 14.2 million passengers carried, up 25.6% in 2011 over the year-ago period. International traffic increased 21.9% to 8.7 million passengers and domestic traffic rose 32% to 5.5 million. RPKs increased 20.8% to 42 billion, producing a load factor of 77.5 %, up 0.3 percentage point. SU operates a fleet of more than 100 aircraft, including 10 Boeing 767s, 14 Airbus A330s, 18 A321s, 43 A320s, 15 A319s, six Il-96-300s, five Sukhoi Superjet 100s and three MD-11Fs.
News from Travel Technology Update: The debate over the US Transportation Department’s new raft of regulations governing how airlines sell their tickets took a turn for the zany when Spirit Airlines imposed an “unintended consequences” fee of $2 per one-way trip per passenger.
US airports are happy that the newly passed FAA reauthorization legislation restores "stability" to agency operations—and, by extension, airport construction project planning—but the bill's lack of a passenger facility charge (PFC) increase is a definite loss for airports.
The long battle over reauthorizing FAA—which has been operating for more than four years via a series of 23 temporary funding extensions—finally came to an end Monday with the US Senate's passage of a bill allocating $63.3 billion to the agency through Sept. 30, 2015.
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The debate over the U.S. Transportation Department’s new raft of regulations governing how airlines sell their tickets took a turn for the zany when Spirit Airlines imposed an “unintended consequences” fee of $2 per one-way trip per passenger. Spirit said the fee was necessary to cover the costs that airlines will incur by adhering to a new rule requiring airlines to hold fares for 24 hours after booking without penalty.
The long battle over reauthorizing FAA—which has been operating for more than four years via a series of 23 temporary funding extensions—finally came to an end Monday with the US Senate's passage of a bill allocating $63.3 billion to the agency through Sept. 30, 2015.
Lufthansa Systems announced that Malaysia Airlines has begun using its electronic flight bag solution, Lido/Flight Bag. Hahn Air has implemented Interline E-Ticketing with three new partner airlines: Sol del Paraguay Lineas Aereas, Juneyao Airlines and SOL Lineas Aéreas.
Inflight Productions USA (IFP) and Atlas Air Entertainment Concepts (AAEC) have merged, and AAEC has been absorbed into the Los Angeles branch of IFP. The two companies are owned by Advanced Inflight Alliance (AIA). “This is one of several measures we are carrying-out to accelerate our reorganization strategy in order to present broader options to the airline community,” IFP and AIA Content Service Group president Roberts Hunter said.
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has granted approval for ATR 42/72 aircraft to operate at Russian airports with non-tarmac runways. Of the 332 airports and airdromes in Russia, 38% have non-tarmac runways.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft has been granted its type certificate A-176 from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for meeting airworthiness and environmental requirements. The certificate will be presented to Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) Feb. 24, the manufacturer said in a statement. The European validation program comprised several flights and ground tests.
Korean Air (KE) took delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 and 777 freighters, making KE the first airline to operate both the 747-8 and 777 freighters ( ATW Daily News, March 21, 2011). KE chairman Yang Ho Cho said the carrier’s cargo fleet “is being improved by these fuel-saving planes. They can help reduce carbon emissions by 17% and this supports our goal to be a responsible citizen of the world.”
Windhoek-based Air Namibia (SW) has ordered two Airbus A319 aircraft. The aircraft, which will seat 112 passengers in a two-class layout and replace two Boeing 737-500s, will operate on the airline’s regional routes from Windhoek to other major African cities, according to Airbus.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana (KC) is purchasing four Boeing 767-300ERs and three 787-8s in an order worth $1.3 billion at list prices. It is the largest ever in Kazakhstan’s civil aviation history.
China has prohibited its airlines from participating in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), escalating the row over the new and controversial carbon emissions tax.
