airberlin wants to reinforce its cabin crews and is organising casting calls for future flight attendants in Berlin, Dusseldorf and Munich. More than 500 new jobs in airberlin’s cabins are to be filled. Due to the long-haul expansion planned for next year, airberlin needs more than 500 new cabin attendants.
Aegean Airlines is experiencing the operational benefits of air-to-ground data link communications using Rockwell Collins’ ARINC GLOBALink. The new GLOBALink implementation is enabling the airline to become more efficient by using data link messages to improve departure control and turnaround, send and receive real-time aircraft and engine data to improve maintenance operations and upload gate
Southwest Airlines reported that its Appearance Technicians, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), have voted to ratify a four-year tentative agreement with the Company. The new collective bargaining agreement takes effect immediately, ahead of the current contract’s February 2017 amendable date. “I am grateful our Appearance Technicians have a new contract that provides
Introduced in 2011, aviation taxes in Austria have become a burden for the Austrian aviation industry and are understood to have had a substantial negative impact on tourist numbers. This situation will now be partially rectified through two 25% reductions in these taxes in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Currently, passengers boarding a plane in Austria
Brazil’s competition authority, CADE, has given the go ahead for Qatar Airways to take a 10% stake in Latin America’s largest airline, LATAM, at an estimated value of US$600 million. However, CADE has certain misgivings about an investment from International Airlines Group (IAG) who owns LATAM oneworld partners British Airways and Iberia, which has caused
Having previously and openly avoided in investing in the volatile sector, Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway have chosen to invest heavily in a number of airlines, including United Continental Holdings, American Airlines Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines. The investments were disclosed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The investments included the purchase
Panasonic Avionics Corporation will provide LTE technology to the air transport and business aviation markets with future expansion into maritime and mining markets. The Ericsson 5G-ready core solution is based on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN). Ericsson has been selected by Panasonic Avionics Corporation to enable the next generation of connectivity
SR Technics has opened a new training center in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, offering flexible, comprehensive training solutions to supplement the company’s existing training facilities in Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2008 SR Technics has provided the employees of various regional airlines in the Middle East with basic maintenance training and type rating training, both of which
On November 14, Alaska Airlines Flight 4 made history when its Boeing737-800, with 163 passengers on board, flew from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. – the first ever commercial flight to use an alternative renewable jet fuel made from forest residuals. The fuel blend was 20% sustainable aviation biofuel which
With the opening of three automatic screening lanes at Chicago O’Hare airport, United Airlines becomes the first carrier to exclusively dedicate automated lanes to a TSA Precheck® security checkpoint in multiple US airports. These lanes at O’Hare will allow up to five passengers to fill bins simultaneously and move through the security checking process more
