Southwest Airlines’ Flight Attendants have voted down a tentative agreement that would have ended two years of negotiations. Representatives for Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 556 say Flight Attendants rejected the deal by 87% of those casting ballots. Nearly 89% of eligible Flight Attendants voted. The deal was slated to run through May 2019 and
Finnair Cargo, a fully owned subsidiary of Finnair, has expanded its network after signing an innovative freighter sharing deal with IAG Cargo. The route will be operated by an A300-600 cargo freighter, which will fly between London and Helsinki. London becomes Finnair’s third cargo hub in Europe in addition to Helsinki and Brussels. The creation
The Indonesian Ministry of Transport has confirmed that it has applied a number of restrictions to Thai operators which fly into Indonesia, as a result of safety concerns voiced by both the ICAO and FAA. These restrictions include a ban on any alterations to existing flight schedules or aircraft, along with an across-the-board ban on
Garmin International, a unit of Garmin (GRMN), and Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, announced an expansion of the Garmin Connext ecosystem, which broadens compatibility to include Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck. With compatible Garmin avionics, customers can wirelessly receive ADS-B weather and traffic, as well as display precise GPS position data and back-up attitude
Six incidents in the UK over the last year involving aircraft and drones have forced the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) to issue a warning to drone users over improper use and the requirement for drone pilots to follow a code of conduct. In the UK it is against the law to recklessly endanger an aircraft,
RJE International has appointed Avio-Diepen as a worldwide distributor for its ELP362D product line of underwater locator beacons which are mounted on every “black box” (cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders). Together with AD-S&Co, their subsidiary company which specializes in the rotary wing market, Avio-Diepen will provide a full spectrum of support to RJE
The parents of the 18 schoolchildren who were killed, along with their teachers, in the Germanwings crash back on March 24th have issued a letter through their solicitors, Elmar Giemulla, requesting an apology from Germanwings over the death of their children. They have made it clear they all felt their children might still be alive
Thomas Global Systems, a leader in the design, production and support of innovative electronic systems solutions for aerospace and defence applications, announced membership with the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA). The RAAA was formed in 1980 to protect, represent and promote the combined interests of regional aviation throughout Australia and its regional airline members.
Boeing released a new forecast showing continued strong demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians as the world’s airlines add 38,000 airplanes to the global fleet over the next 20 years. Boeing’s 2015 Pilot and Technician Outlook projects that between 2015 and 2034, the world will require 558,000 new commercial airline pilots and 609,000
Carrying 420 million passengers in 2014, representing half of all passenger journeys in Europe, five of the region’s major airlines, Air France-KLM, easyJet, IAG, Lufthansa Group and Ryanair have met with the European Union’s Transport Commissioner, Violeta Bulc, to discuss future EU aviation strategy. The move is notable for a number of reasons, including the
