Having cancelled 170 flights on Sunday, Delta Airlines Inc. had to cancel approximately 110 further flights this Monday, with additional cancellations possible, following a computer breakdown which left passengers stranded across the U.S. Today (Monday), FlightAware indicated that 180 Delta flights had been delayed as of 10.36 a.m. local time In a statement, Ed Bastian,
Approximately 2,850 employees at Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner facilities in North Charleston, SC will vote on February 15, 2017 on whether to be represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The IAM and Boeing came to an agreement on the date and time of an election on January 27.
The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) has entered into an agreement with JR Technologies for the development, hosting and operation of the IATA Financial Gateway (IFG) payment solution, which is a turnkey IATA IT solution which will simplify the shopping-to-cash process for travel service suppliers. The introduction of a universal payment gateway through the IFG
Rolls-Royce has announced the launch of LessorCare, which “addresses lessors’ needs for a simple and flexible service offering. It draws together a range of services under one comprehensive framework, while still allowing lessor customers the opportunity to adapt the level of service through the life of the engine.” Prior to rolling out the complete program
U.S.-based Cathay Pacific Airlines flight attendants joined the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA). In a union representation election that concluded January 26., the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that 97% of the voters elected AFA as their collective bargaining representative. Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific operates multiple cabin crew
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has entered a contract with an existing customer in the People’s Republic of China for the sale of the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) for installation on Airbus A320 and Airbus A320NEO. This contract for the sale of AFIRS 228 hardware is valued at approximately US$1.3m assuming FLYHT provides the hardware
Originally planned for its first delivery in 2013, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced the fifth delay in the delivery of Japan’s long-awaited regional jet, this time by two years, with the first customer delivery moved back from 2018 to 2020. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) is Japan’s first domestically produced passenger plane for more than
Mexican airline Interjet has chosen AerData’s Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management (STREAM). AerData’s software and services improve efficiencies and enhance competitiveness for customers, including some of the world’s largest airlines, lessors and MROs. In selecting STREAM, Interjet is increasing its use of digital media to manage key maintenance records and data analytics-driven tools
EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has won a contract from a major US airline to manufacture a combination B787 / B777 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET). Designed to meet the training requirements of the airline and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), the CEET will be
Honeywell has been selected by Japan Airlines to provide its fuel-management service to help decrease fuel consumption and costs. The deployment of Honeywell’s GoDirect Fuel Efficiency software, a part of the Honeywell GoDirect Flight Services family of Connected Aircraft offerings, will equip Japan Airlines with the right tools and data to monitor current fuel consumption
