At the Global Aviation Safety forum on Regional Safety Oversight Organizations in Swaziland, The European Union (EU) and South Asian states announced the launch of a new project to enhance the two regions’ ties in civil aviation. The four-year project will include the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Hawaiian Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, (ALPA), have ratified a new five-year, three-month contract worth US$1.2bn and containing 42% more value than the existing pilot working agreement (PWA). Of the 97% of the pilots who voted, 76% cast ballots in favor of the agreement, which will take effect on April 1.
Hawai’i’s regional carrier, Island Air, is the latest future-focused airline in North America to select Amadeus’ Altéa portfolio of IT solutions to power its continued flight into the future. Offering more than 280 flights each week between the islands of O’ahu, Maui, Kaua’i and Hawai’i Island with more to be added, the implementation of Amadeus’
The FAA released its annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years 2017 to 2037 in which it has predicted sustained and continual growth in most aspects, from general aviation private flying to large commercial passenger airlines. It has predicted a 2.4 percent annual growth in RPMs (Revenue Passenger Miles) between 2016 and 2037 for mainline and
As a replacement for Jet Time, SAS has concluded an agreement with Regional Jet OÜ, which will be flying four ATR72-600 aircraft for SAS from August. SAS has concluded an agreement with Regional Jet OÜ, which will mainly operate routes to and from Copenhagen with four ATR72-600s. The other Jet Time production will be solved
Since the merger between Alaska Airlines and Virgin America in December last year, the combined company has chosen to adopt Alaska’s name, while retaining a good number of the Virgin America brand elements which were so popular with the carrier’s fans. Alaska has also been adding to the airlines’ combined networks, announcing 21 new markets
Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, has agreed to a new four-year service agreement with Avianca, the flagship airline of Colombia. Jeppesen will provide Crew Pairing and Crew Rostering services to optimize crew planning operations for the airline’s 5,000-plus crew members based in Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador and Guatemala. Jeppesen Crew Pairing and
FL Technics, a global provider of one-stop-shop aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has become an authorized representative of one of the world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance software – Commsoft. FL Technics will promote the partner’s MRO IT system OASES in Asia Pacific, MENA and CIS regions, building on its established market presence.
A comprehensive capital improvement to transform the passenger experience at Reagan National Airport kicked off at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board meeting on Wednesday, March 22. Expected to last several years and understood to be mobilizing this summer, Project Journey, as it has been called, will see the construction of two new security checkpoints
In the wake of the U.S announcing a ban on electronic devices larger than a smartphone being allowed in cabins of U.S-bound flights originating from any of ten airports in eight predominantly Muslim countries, the U.K has announced similar plans. In the case of the UK, items such as tablets and laptops will be banned
