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.
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%.
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
Delta Air Lines (DAL) is expanding to Asia with new service between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Seoul Incheon International Airport beginning on June 3, 2017. The daily nonstop flight will operate with a 291-seat Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Additionally, Delta and Korean Air are expanding their joint codeshare agreement. Delta’s new Atlanta flight complements Korean
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, has appointed Christopher Grainger to the role of Vice President Marketing for the EMEA region. Mr. Grainger joins LCI with 30 years’ experience in the civil helicopter industry and was previously Vice President of Oil & Gas Sales for Airbus Helicopters. During his career,
Pacific Avionics & Instruments reported the approval of the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Beechcraft 1900D Flight Deck Modernization. This modernization provides Beechcraft 1900D aircraft operators the necessary requirements to fly in today’s complicated modern airspace. This includes greater situational awareness and reduced pilot workload with features such as Impending Stall Speed Warning, display
Garuda Indonesia, the national carrier for Indonesia, has selected an end-to-end suite of operations and crew technologies from the Sabre AirCentre Enterprise Operations portfolio, making Sabre Corporation its primary airline operations technology provider. Sabre Airline Solutions’ Operations and Crew Technology Platform will enhance Garuda’s aircraft tracking, disruption control and prevention, and crew management operations. By
United Continental Holdings reported that Scott Kirby has been named president of United Airlines. In this newly created role, Kirby will assume responsibility for United’s operations, marketing, sales, alliances, network planning and revenue management. Kirby’s appointment is effective immediately and he will report to Oscar Munoz, United’s CEO. Kirby joins United from American Airlines, where
Capital Airlines will officially launch its Shenyang-Qingdao-Melbourne route, operating three times a week, on September 29th. Deploying an Airbus A330 aircraft, Capital Airlines will provide travelers with a comfortable journey to the other hemisphere. The airline will launch services from several Chinese cities to Melbourne with transfer in Qingdao.
Air China announced at a press conference in Chengdu, that their Chengdu-Sydney service will begin on November 11, 2016. After the launch of Chengdu-Frankfurt and Chengdu-Paris flights, this route is Air China’s third intercontinental flight based in its Chengdu hub, and also its first nonstop service between western China and Oceania. Not only will travelers
