Southwest Airlines has reached a Tentative Agreement with the Transport Workers Union Local 556, the Union that represents the Company’s flight attendants. Dates for the ratification vote by flight attendants and other details have not been released.
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WestJet announced August 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 86.5% an increase of 1.9 points year over year. Traffic increased 11.3% year over year and capacity grew 8.8% over the same period.
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Allegiant announced the appointment of John Redmond as the company’s president. A former president and chief executive officer of MGM Grand Resorts, Redmond brings more than 30 years’ experience in executive management in the hospitality and leisure travel industry to the position. Redmond has also served for eight years as a member of Allegiant’s Board
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ForwardKeys, the travel data analysis company which monitors up to 14 million airline booking transactions per day, has revealed in its latest report that as a result of security fears, overall long-haul traveler numbers to Europe over the period June to August dropped 0.9%. This was despite promising numbers attending the European Cup football competition
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SAS reported that scheduled traffic increased 12% in August 2016 and capacity was up 11% compared to the same period in 2105. Scheduled load factor improved by 0.7 points versus last year to 81.2%.
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International Airlines Group traffic in August increased by 7.9% versus August 2015, while Group capacity rose by 9.0%. Group load factor for the month was down 1.0 point to 85.9%.
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Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have all announced that the onboard charging or recharging of the latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, is now banned in light of recent problems discovered with the model. Within just a few weeks of its release, there have been 35 instances reported where the phone has suffered from
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing an acceleration in demand growth over the previous five months. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.9%, compared to the same month last year, with all regions reporting growth. Monthly capacity increased by 6.0%, and load factor was 83.7% just 0.1
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Airbus Helicopters and Precise Flight, have entered into a supply agreement for the Pulselite Bird Strike Prevention System which will be offered as an option on all Airbus Helicopters models marketed in the United States. The Pulselite System is an FAA certified lightweight electrical system controller that alternately pulses the landing and auxiliary lights of
GKN Aerospace has secured long term agreements (LTA) with Boeing Commercial Airplanes which cover the supply of titanium and aluminium machined parts and subassemblies for the 767, 777, and 787 Dreamliner airplanes, plus new work packages for the 777X. GKN Aerospace has been manufacturing items covered by a number of these agreements for over ten
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