All business class airline, OpenSkies, operating nonstop flights between New York (Kennedy and Newark) and Paris (Orly) and between New York (Kennedy) and Amsterdam (Schiphol), celebrates the first anniversary of its inaugural launch. Since OpenSkies first took flight on June 19, 2008. OpenSkies has now transported more than 92,000 passengers total on both routes. Through
Snecma and Volvo Aero agreed on the basic principles of a five-year partnership between the two companies in the field of space propulsion. The agreement between Snecma and Volvo Aero involves the series production of 37 nozzles and the same number of turbines, which will be manufactured by Volvo Aero in Trollh
TAP Portugal has received an A320 Family Operational Excellence Award from Airbus in recognition of its service record with the single aisle aircraft type. The airline was presented the award in Paris during Airbus’ bi-annual symposium of all operators of the A320 Family worldwide.
Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Stefan Lauer, CEO Group Airlines and Corporate Human Resources at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Thierry Antinori, Member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board Marketing & Sales, have been appointed with immediate effect to the Board of Directors of SN Airholding SA/NV. The
Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced that its Multiplexed Passenger Entertainment System (MPES) IFE system was installed on the 6,000th Boeing 737 to enter into service. The aircraft was delivered to International Lease Finance Corp and will be leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norwegian), the second largest airline in Scandinavia.
British Airways will launch the first ever longhaul route from London City airport in September, despite the general aviation downturn. The airline has taken the decision to press ahead with the launch and set a September 29 date for the first flights. The business class-only service will be given the airline’s most prestigious flight number,
Green light for Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines: the European Commission has granted regulatory approval for the tie-up of the two airlines. The decision paves the way for Lufthansa to acquire an initial 45% stake in SN Airholding SA/NV, the parent company of Brussels Airlines. Clearance from the EU competition authority will also give Lufthansa an
Air Canada has reached agreement on a collective agreement extension with CUPE that represents the airline’s approximately 6,700 flight attendants. The contract extension agreement, together with the pension moratorium agreement reached June 15th with CUPE, are subject to membership ratification. The airline has now concluded agreements on a cost neutral basis for collective agreement extensions
BAE Systems today announced that executive director Walt Havenstein has decided to leave the Company. Walt has resigned as a director and Chief Operating Officer, BAE Systems plc and steps down as President and CEO, BAE Systems, Inc. with effect from 26 June 2009 and will leave the employment of BAE Systems, Inc. on 20
Airbus announced the signature of a cooperation agreement with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the cooperative research activities in the field of composite materials. This agreement marks the first ever research cooperation between Airbus and a Japanese aerospace agency. Two areas already identified are VaRTM (Vacuum assisted Resin Transfer Moulding) evaluation and NDI (Non-destructive
