With a current worldwide shortage of type-trained pilots, Austrian Airlines has become the latest airline to succumb to shortages, this time as a result of a shortage of Embraer E-195-trained pilots. However, with these planes being used more for regional flights, the 300 proposed flight cancellations throughout July and August will not affect the airline’s
Commsoft reported that its MRO IT system, OASES, has been selected by new Cyprus-based Orion Airways to support a fleet of Boeing 737-300 and -800 aircraft. Orion is Commsoft’s first customer in Cyprus and brings the total number of countries in which OASES is being used to 43. OASES offers a high level of technical
While the US Department of Trade (DOT) is already reviewing an application from Dublin-based Norwegian Air International (NAI), a subsidiary Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) to fly to the US, the DOT has rejected a request from Norwegian UK, a separate subsidiary of NAS, for exemption to fly to the US while the DOT reviews its
Jota Aviation is currently finalising the lease of a 23,000 ft² hangar facility which will be ready in July. The company intends to house its own spares for its BAe 146/Avro RJ aircraft and create the future opportunity to establish its own Part 145 line maintenance for its own fleet. Heavy maintenance on the regional
CommutAir began commercial service on July 1st, with its inaugural flight on the ERJ-145XR jet from Washington, DC to Columbia, SC.”This flight represents the culmination of months of effort by our team of professionals who have been developing the processes and programs for launching the ERJ-145XR jets,” said Subodh Karnik, President & CEO at CommutAir.
The Atlanta-based delivery giant, United Parcel Service (UPS) and the Independent Pilot’s Association have reached a tentative agreement concerning a new labor contract after a five-year period of negotiation. IPA represents 2,600 flight deck crew of the airline arm of the delivery company whose contracts fall under the legislation of US labor laws. Pilots’ contracts
Transat flight attendants voted 93.2% to reject the tentative agreement reached on June 6 with the employer to renew their collective agreement. Their union, the Air Transat Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), proposes that the parties return immediately to the negotiation table. If no new agreement is reached by July 8
Global Aviation signed a new distribution agreement with Ancra International in Azusa, CA. Global Aviation will stock, promote, market and sell Ancra’s “Aircraft Specialty Products” to customers worldwide. The addition of Ancra’s product line is a welcomed compliment to Global’s growing portfolio of aircraft seat spare capabilities, allowing for a broader range of support to
Six weeks after EgyptAir flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea while en route between Paris and Cairo, examination of the flight data recorder has revealed the possible presence of lavatory and avionics smoke prior to the plane’s crash, according the Egyptian civil aviation ministry. In addition to this, the Airbus 320’s front section, which
Only three months after suicide bombers killed 35 people at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station, a triple suicide bombing at Turkey’s Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Tuesday evening has left 41 dead and nearly 240 injured. It is believed bombers arrived at the airport in a taxi that was not checked, and only once
