Tammy Young has joined Alaska Air Group as vice president of human resources. Young will oversee employee benefits, compensation, training and development, recruitment, workers compensation and the employee travel services department at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
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Atlas Air, a unit of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, has taken delivery of its sixth Boeing 747-8 Freighter. As previously announced, the newest freighter, which offers additional next-generation performance in payload, fuel efficiency, total cost per tonne-mile, and environmental compliance, will be operated by Atlas Air in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide’s express network under an
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US Airways Group announced September 2012 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was up 1.8% versus September 2011. Mainline capacity was up 0.9% versus September 2011. Mainline load factor was 84.4% for the month of September, up 0.8 points versus September 2011.
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Alaska reported a 5.1% increase in traffic on a 5.0% increase in capacity compared with September 2011. This resulted in a 0.1-point increase in load factor to a September record of 84.0%. Horizon reported a 4.3% increase in September traffic on a 7.9% increase in capacity compared with September 2011. This resulted in a 2.6-point
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Republic Airways Holdings, reported preliminary passenger traffic results for September 2012. Traffic for the month was down 5% compared to the previous year, while capacity was down 7% year over year. Consolidated load factor was 82% versus 80% in the same month last year.
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Air Canada unveiled plans to form an integrated leisure group, combining the activities of its tour operator business, Air Canada Vacations, with its new low-cost leisure airline to launch in 2013. In addition, the airline announced the appointment of Michael Friisdahl as President and Chief Executive Officer to lead its new leisure group which will
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing finalized a firm order for 85 737s, which includes 75 737 MAX 8s and 10 Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, first announced as a commitment at the Farnborough Airshow in July, allows for up to 15 additional 737-800s. The order, worth $6 billion at list prices, further illustrates both
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WestJet announced September 2012 traffic results with a load factor of 79.1%, up 4.4 points compared to September 2011. Traffic increased 7.7% year over year, and capacity grew 1.7% over the same period.
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Eurocopter marked a major development for Brazil’s aeronautical industry with the inauguration of its Helibras subsidiary’s new rotary-wing center of excellence in Itajubá, Minas Gerais, where Brazilian Armed Forces EC725 helicopters will be assembled. Helibras’ new Itajubá plant will produce, assemble and maintain the EC725s being acquired by Brazil’s three armed forces in the largest
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AFI KLM E&M officially announced the entry into service of its new engine test cell facility located at Paris-CDG airport. Following a series of certification trials, designed to verify its parameters and proper operation, the test cell is now in use on GE90-94 and GE90-115 jet engine types. The new test cell has already been
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