The US FAA is proposing a civil penalty of $160,000 against Utah-based SkyWest Airlines for allegedly operating four regional jet aircraft on four revenue passenger flights March 3 after failing to follow its procedures for documenting cargo and baggage, resulting in incorrect weight, balance, cargo and baggage load data.
Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo parent Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) last week finalized a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement with pilots and flight engineers from both subsidiary airlines.
KLM Group and its wholly owned subsidiary Martinair Holland reached an agreement in principle on the employment conditions of Martinair (MP) cabin crew transferring to KLM, De Unie union said, noting negotiations had been “lengthy and difficult.”
Dublin-based carriers Aer Lingus Group (EI) and Ryanair (FR) are once again embroiled in a dispute over EI’s larger pension deficit and the absence of dividend payments.
In the last installment, we discussed some of the characteristics of U.S. domestic "Shuttles" in terms of traffic and capacity. While Eastern's became the most prominent, it was not the first. Honors in that department go to the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo Ponte A érea, or "Air-Bridge" in Brazil. Established in 1959, it preceded Eastern's service by two years.
Turkish Technic was selected by Pegasus Airlines to provide one Boeing 737-500 redelivery check and one 737-400 C check. It was also selected by Onur Air to provide C check maintenance services for two Airbus A321s. ST Aerospace won a contract to support Solaseed Air’s fleet of CFM56-7B and CFM56-7BE engines over five years. It will provide off-wing engine maintenance support, technical support and short term leasing of the engines for the Japanese airline.
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air parent Alaska Air Group reported third-quarter net income of $77.5 million, down 36.7% from $122.4 million in the year-ago quarter.
American Airlines (AA) regional affiliate American Eagle and the Air Line Pilots Assn. (ALPA) representing Eagle pilots reached a tentative agreement on an eight-year labor contract.
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) opened its €1.5 billion ($2.08 billion) fourth runway Friday when German chancellor Angela Merkel touched down onboard a government Airbus A319 on the new northwest runway.
The Competition Commission of Singapore has approved the proposed alliance between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Australia (VA), removing the last hurdle for the tie-up.
Air Canada (AC) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing the carrier's 6,800 flight attendants have agreed to binding arbitration to settle their dispute, eliminating the possibility of a strike.
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air parent Alaska Air Group reported third-quarter net income of $77.5 million, down 36.7% from $122.4 million in the year-ago quarter.
FlyNiki will launch 3X-weekly Vienna-Tel Aviv A321 service in February 2012. Qantas will increase 4X-weekly Sydney-Dallas/Ft. Worth service to 6X-weekly Jan. 15 and to daily July 1. Frontier Airlines will operate 4X-weekly Kansas City-Orlando Embraer 190 service Jan. 5-April 15, becoming 6X-weekly Feb. 23. It will discontinue Milwaukee-Pittsburgh service Jan. 4.
Ryanair (FR) will open a base at Wroclaw Airport (WRO) in March 2012, initially with one Boeing 737-800 and six new routes, bringing its network from the airport to 21 destinations.
A LOT Polish Airlines spokesman told ATW that the carrier expects its first Boeing 787 delivery to be in 2012, not 2013, as reported by Polish Press Agency PAP earlier this week.
