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The Transport Workers Union (TWU), representing the more than 400 U.S.-based dispatchers and operations specialists at American Airlines, released that its members approved a new five-year contract, which includes immediate and significant pay increases. The contract includes industry-leading pay for dispatchers along with improved longevity pay, higher override premiums and an increase in vacation, sick

Lion Air, Southeast Asia’s low-cost carrier, has selected global technology provider Sabre Corporation to deliver an end-to-end airline operations and crew management platform that will optimise daily operations and reduce costs. Sabre AirCentre’s airline operations, crew and disruption management technologies and mobile capabilities are being deployed simultaneously across Indonesia’s largest private carrier and its entire

Air Canada and Cargojet Airways, a subsidiary of Cargojet announced they are finalizing a commercial arrangement that will result in Air Canada Cargo introducing dedicated freighter services from Canada to Latin America and Europe with Boeing 767-300ER freighter aircraft operated by Cargojet. Air Canada Cargo will become the only provider of direct scheduled freighter service

Airbus Corporate Jets has won its first contracts to retrofit ACJ aircraft with Ka-band satellite communications – from Comlux and an undisclosed customer – paving the way for ACJ operators to have a faster and more capable internet access, via the latest technology. Both deals are for widebody aircraft. Ka-band’s faster data-transfer opens the door

Component Control said that A&R Aviation Services, an FAA and EASA 145 Repair Station, utilized Quantum Control MRO and Logistics software to significantly streamline its shop processes and improve efficiency. Based in Tumwater, Washington, A&R Aviation Services specializes in maintaining, repairing and overhauling aircraft structures and components for Boeing, Airbus and Douglas transport aircraft. The