The Transport Workers Union, representing the 330 Flight Crew Training Instructors and Simulator Pilot Instructors at American Airlines, reported that its members approved a new five-year contract, including industry-leading pay, which goes into effect on Nov. 21. American’s 330 pilot instructors are stationed at the company’s training centers in Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte and Phoenix.
Executive AirShare, the nation’s third-largest fractional aircraft ownership company, reported that John Owen has joined the company as chief financial officer. The Kansas City native brings to the position a strong background of a consultant and previous corporate CFO. Owen, a graduate of the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, comes to
Azul Airlines pilots will be able to more effectively link electronic flight bags with onboard and external networks with Rockwell Collins’ new Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Interface and Communication Unit (EICU) developed in partnership with Airbus. This secure server router solution is being certified by Airbus on the A320neo and A330neo families of aircraft. The
In 2015, U.S. authorities selected Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport in Sweden as one of ten foreign airports where U.S. border controls could be located. On November 4, an agreement to set up preclearance was signed in Stockholm by the US ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji, and Sweden’s interior minister, Anders Ygerman. Preclearance is a system whereby
As Delta Air Lines (Delta) looks to acquire a 49% stake in Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV (Aeromexico), the US Department of Transport (DOT) has given provisional agreement for the two carriers to set their own prices and coordinating schedules for their US-Mexico flights. This has all but paved the way for the two carriers
Magnetic MRO, Estonian headquartered global MRO service provider, has received both ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certificates by meeting the high standards set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in the last week of October. Magnetic MRO has successfully proven its ability to deliver effective quality management systems, and on October 24th, it became an
After several months of speculation, Mihin Lanka, the Sri Lankan low-cost carrier, which has never been a profitable carrier since its inception in 2007 has ceased operations. The country’s flag-carrying airline SriLankan Airlines has taken over all its existing flights. Operating a small fleet of Airbus A320-family aircraft, the low-cost carrier concentrated on routes within
Liebherr-Aerospace officially inaugurated the extension of Liebherr-Aerospace China on November 4, 2016 at the Shanghai-based center for liaison and customer service. The center has not only increased in space (it doubled its size to 3,700 m², ca. 40,000 ft²), but has added more maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities. For example, the maintenance of bleed and
Panasonic Global Communications (Panasonic), and Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – have unveiled a new, high bandwidth satellite modem, which offers Panasonic customers twenty times the bandwidth of Panasonic’s current solution. Versions of this new modem will be available across Panasonic’s mobility markets including air
As part of the nine-point “Trust Together” strategic project announced by Air France-KLM on November 3, the carrier, merger partners of the KLM Group, has revealed the intention to create a stand-alone company to run alongside which will be both “competitive and innovative”, designed to drive growth for the Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub. The creation
