Christoph Mueller assumed leadership of the Malaysia Airlines Group on May 1st, 2015, following a decision by its sole shareholder, Khazanah Nasional Berhad to accelerate the leadership transition to enable Mueller to be in the executive capacity to lead the overall restructuring of MAS. The most important task for Mueller is to drive the design
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2015 showing demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 7.4% compared to March 2014. This was an improvement on February, when year-over-year growth was 6.4%. The acceleration in the year-on-year comparison reflects the residual impact of the February Lunar New Year celebrations,
Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 550, representing the carrier’s 250 flight dispatchers, have come to terms on a new four-year contract extension. News of the tentative agreement comes on the heels of a deal with the Company’s Customer Service Agents and Customer Representatives last December and only days after its Flight Simulator
Though posting a smaller operating loss in the first quarter this year, Lufthansa have confirmed that they still need to reduce operating costs further to become competitive and profitable. Their finance chief, Simone Menne, said “We are in need of an urgent solution, we cannot afford to burden our customers further.” Lufthansa is aiming to
Rockwell Collins has been selected by Airbus to provide the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) interface and communication unit (EICU) for Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft families. The optional system for airlines, exclusively provided by Rockwell Collins, will be available and certified next year. The EICU, a lightweight, compact unit that is part of Rockwell Collins’
Blue Panorama Airlines has installed Aviointeriors Business Class “Andromeda” seat model in Blue Class. Blue Panorama is an italian private and charter company airline. “Andromeda” as Business Class recliner seat confirms high levels of comfort and reliability in medium-long range flights.
It was back on January 25th this year that Allegiants pilots voted overwhelmingly to go on strike if protracted negotiations with the airline for the reinstatement of a number of pilots’ benefits and work rule protections to previously negotiated levels could not be satisfactorily concluded. Negotiations between the pilots’ union and the airline have been
Aer Lingus’ inaugural flight from Washington D.C., an Airbus A330-200, took off from Washington Dulles airport on May 1st. Aer Lingus will operate four flights per week from Washington D.C. to Dublin as part of its transatlantic growth plan in 2015. This is the airline’s seventh North American transatlantic gateway.
According to Greek officials who have direct access to current information, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (the Fund), which sells real estate, infrastructure and other government holdings has confirmed it is satisfied with an offer of €1.2bn (US$1.4bn) from Germany’s Fraport AG, for the lease of 14 regional airports in Greece, and now expects
Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, reported that existing Commsoft customer, AvioCATS, will be using OASES to provide CAMO services for Croatian start up airline Limitless Airways’ newly acquired fleet of an Airbus A320, supporting their charter operation connecting Scandinavia with the Mediterranean. Headquartered in Zagreb, Avio Grupa D.O.O. (AvioCATS) will
