Having averted one strike at the end of June, it would seem that negotiations between Lufthansa and the cabin crew union UFO, which represents approximately 19,000 members, have reached an impasse and a strike is now unavoidable, scheduled to start November 6th and lasting for 7 days. Lufthansa have struggled to put together a deal
The Minister of Investments and Development (MID) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Asset Issekeshev has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CAA International (CAAi), the State-to-State advisory arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA). The MoU supports future collaboration between the UK and Kazakhstan to strengthen the safety oversight of Kazakhstan’s Aviation
As a result of Air Canada’s attempts to move the majority of its heavy-maintenance operations out of Canada in 2012 by awarding a five-year contract to an American firm, Avos Fleet Performance (Avos) filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a decline in the level of business done with Air Canada. The Quebec Liberal government at that
Airline Services Interiors, the dedicated interiors division of Airline Services Ltd has completed the design and integration of Panasonic’s next generation eX3 In-Flight Entertainment system into the first of 18 British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft. The upgrade, which took nine months to complete, features on all classes of passenger seating from World Traveller (economy) through
Approximately 4,000 people, including many senior Communist party leaders, engineers and journalists, assembled at a hangar near Shanghai’s Pudong international airport to witness the unveiling of the awaited 158-seat C919. The plane, which is a direct challenge to Boeing’s 737 and the Airbus A320, was wheeled out from behind a red curtain which said “China
Constant Aviation Rotable Exchange (CARE), a parts sourcing and distribution company, announced they have a PMA’d kit for the Beechjet 400A/XP steps providing a reinforced solution. “Beechjet owners have experienced “step drooping” for years. The current design does not provide a stable surface for passengers. Often times the step cables will break or the bottom
In what has been described as Russia’s worst ever plane crash, at 04:17 GMT Saturday Kogalymavia flight KGL 9268 flying from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St Petersburg, Russia, suffered a catastrophic failure at high altitude and disintegrated above the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board, most of who were Russian.
Currently around 70 million flight tickets are sold in India annually. However the country is struggling to make air travel affordable within the country to a wider proportion of the population. As a result a proposal has been put forward in the form of a draft government aviation policy where both current regional and national
Aeroxchange, the leading business process network focused on aviation, and Pentagon 2000 Software, developer of the Pentagon 2000SQL system, have partnered to offer MRO suppliers the ability to seamlessly conduct transactions across the Aeroxchange network and support direct ERP electronic collaboration with over 40 global airlines. The system-to-system connection enables efficient and error free collaboration
Swiss-AS reported the go-live of AMOS at Polish MRO service provider LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS). Shortly after the spin-off from the Polish national carrier, LOTAMS started the implementation of AMOS as an initiative to modernise its maintenance IT landscape. LOTAMS is an independent MRO provider, based in Warsaw, Poland. Until 2010, LOTAMS was the
