Finnair will operate 3X-weekly Helsinki-Dubai Boeing 757 service Oct. 7-March 23. Air Berlin and Malev have reached a codeshare agreement beginning Oct. 30 on routes to Budapest from Berlin Tegel, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Zurich. In a next step, both carriers plan to extend the cooperation to each other's frequent flyer programs. Turkish Airlines will launch 4X-weekly Istanbul Ataturk-Mosul service Oct. 13.
Airbus has reportedly offered to secure jobs in Germany until the end of 2020 as management seeks to resume contract negotiations after a work stoppage Friday at four German plants, Bloomberg reported.
The Chinese government cut domestic jet fuel prices to CNY7,503 ($1,174) per ton, down 2.2% from CNY7,670 in September, the second price reduction this year.
Qantas (QF) faces an unprecedented industrial action after the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Assn. (ALAEA) warned of a series of full-day strikes leading up to Christmas to support wages and job security claims.
Air Canada (AC) flight attendants voted down a tentative labor agreement for the second time in three months, setting the stage for a possible strike this week that could significantly disrupt the airline's operations.
The Chinese government cut domestic jet fuel prices to CNY7,503 ($1,174) per ton, down 2.2% from CNY7,670 in September, the second price reduction this year.
Qantas (QF) faces an unprecedented industrial action after the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Assn. (ALAEA) warned of a series of full-day strikes leading up to Christmas to support wages and job security claims.
Iberia has signed a seven-year MRO contract with British Airways covering its CFM56-5B engines, powering its Airbus A318 aircraft. Quantum Control was selected by Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance to further support its Total Component Care program. AFI subsidiary EPCOR has been managing its aircraft services business using Quantum Control for over six years.
Alaska Airlines (AS) and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. (AMFA) on Thursday jointly announced they have reached a tentative agreement on a proposed five-year contract for the carrier's 626 aircraft technicians.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said 29 airports across the country, none of them major hubs, are slated to receive the first of the 300 L-3 Security ProVision advanced imaging technology (AIT) body-scanning machines recently purchased by the agency for $44.8 million.
Finnair (AY) downgraded its full-year profit guidance Thursday, predicting the 2011 second half will be “slightly negative,” owing to weak business travel. It had expected to return to profitability by the end of 2011.
Emirates Airline will launch 5X-weekly Dubai-Lusaka-Harare Airbus A330-200 service Feb. 1, 2012. Allegiant will launch 2X-weekly Niagara Falls, N.Y.-St. Petersburg service Dec. 15. Velvet Sky launched 8X-weekly OR Tambo-Polokwane service. SpiceJet launched Q400 service from Hyderabad to Aurangabad, Bhopal, Goa, Indore, Madurai, Mangalore, Nagpur, Pune, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Trivandrum and Vijayawada Sept. 21.
Delta Air Lines (DL) and Virgin Australia Group have announced an expanded codeshare agreement on flights between the US and Australia, effective Nov. 6.
