On December 7., the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) completed its review and approved Alaska Air Group’s acquisition of Virgin America. Alaska Air Group is the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Industries. Alaska was not required to divest any assets as a condition of DOJ clearance. Alaska
AAR reported the certification of the ISU (Internal Airlift/Helicopter Slingable Container Units) 56000 series on commercial Boeing 747 aircraft. With the certification, these containers are now recognized as a size code B Unit Loading Device and are no longer required to be netted. The third generation 56000 Series ISU Container is the mainstay for military
Falcon Aviation has implemented Rockwell Collins’ ARINC LocalCheck, Local Departure Control System (L-DCS) to automate the check-in process for the company’s fleet of helicopters and corporate jets. Falcon Aviation provides a host of aviation services, including private jet and helicopter charter, aircraft management and aircraft maintenance and support, to customers throughout the Middle East from
Before his inauguration, Donald Trump, the U.S. President Elect, is already creating waves over the current deal for Boeing to provide two new and modified 747s as Air Force One presidential jets. Boeing had set a budget of approximately US$3.2 billion to cover from 2010 through to 2020, US$2 billion of which was for research
Norwegian Air International (NAI), the Irish subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS), has ended its three-year struggle against labor unions and competitors with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) granting the carrier permission to fly into and out of the United States, the decision effective from December 2, 2016. Heavy opposition to the granting of
Satcom Direct is now authorized by Inmarsat’s Global Government Business Unit to provision and resell Inmarsat’s Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) service to global government customers for use in military, head-of-state and other government operations. Satcom Direct (SD) has been appointed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Inmarsat’s GX mobile global broadband satellite network. GX delivers
United Airlines released that the company’s technicians, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have voted to ratify a new joint collective bargaining agreement. With this announcement, United has reached new agreements with every domestic unionized work group in 2016. The IBT agreement brings together the airline’s more than 9,000 technicians and related employees
The final minutes of the doomed flight carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense have been leaked in a recording which reveals the pilot pleaded for permission to land the plane as it had “fuel problems”, shortly before crashing into the Andes, killing 71 of the 77 passengers and crew on board. The recording includes an exchange with the
Atlas Air has entered into an agreement to operate its first Boeing 747-400 Freighter for Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), with an opportunity for additional aircraft in the future. The contract is initially for one aircraft to be flown in key global routes across the transpacific connecting Asia and the U.S. Service is scheduled to begin
From November 26, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Third Country Operators (TCO) regulation became fully implemented. This means that only operators holding a TCO authorization from the EASA will be allowed to operate commercial flights to and from EASA member states, which includes members of the EU, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Iceland. The 30-month
