The pilots of Alaska Airlines, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), have voted to approve a new four-year contract. Of the 95% of pilots who voted, 84% did so in favor of the agreement. Effective April 1, 2009, the new contract for Alaska’s 1,455 pilots includes pay increases, retirement options for current
Independent MRO provider Turner Aviation has been selected by Aircraft Parts Corporation (APC) as their Approved Repair Centre for the complete range of APC DC Electrical Power systems equipment for the regions of Europe, Middle East and Africa. This approval will enable Turner Aviation to extend enhanced pricing and full OEM warranty support services to
Qantas has reached an agreement with employees at its Brisbane heavy maintenance base, which will secure the future of heavy maintenance work for the airline’s Airbus A330 fleet in Australia. The Brisbane Heavy Maintenance facility employs 510 people and was established in 2005, at a cost of $85 million. Currently, heavy maintenance on the Boeing
MAC Aircraft Interior Specialists, a UK aircraft interior refurbishment and manufacturing company, has been selected by Caledonian Airborne Systems to produce two sets of five mission consoles. The consoles will be installed on board two Jetstream-41 aircraft that are being converted to maritime duties for a major EU Navy.
Honeywell released that installation is complete for its SmartPath Precision Landing System at Bremen Airport in Germany. Honeywell’s technology is a ground-based augmentation system that supports precision approach and landings using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite data and transmits digital guidance signals to aircraft systems.
Embraer has named Nayak Aircraft Services, based in Cologne, Germany, as an Embraer Authorized Service Center (EASC). The company became the first Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility to serve Embraer
Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH, a joint-venture between Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and MTU Aero Engines, has appointed Altenrhein Aviation, located at St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (Switzerland) and Aero-Dienst GmbH & Co. KG of Nuremberg, Germany, as Recognized Maintenance Facilities to provide maintenance support for PT6A , JT15D and PW300 series engines.
Aircell, a leading provider of airborne communications, announces that Jet Republic has selected Aircell’s SwiftBroadband solution for its entire fleet of aircraft. Covering 110 systems, the order represents the largest SwiftBroadband system order ever placed. Aircell’s SwiftBroadband solution will allow Jet Republic passengers to seamlessly use their Wi-Fi Smartphones for email in flight. They can
Boeing announced that the BBJ Convertible is now available to prospective customers. The airplane reconfigures from all-passenger to all-cargo configuration in less than eight hours. Boeing recently finalized an agreement with Greenpoint Technologies to provide 747-8 VIP owners and their chosen completion centers with a kit that adds 75 square-meters of space to the airplane’s
QUOVADIS, a new 100% subsidiary of Airbus, based in Toulouse, will sell and provide ‘Required Navigation Performance’ (RNP) services to authorities, airlines and airports, ranging from RNP procedures design, testing and flight operations packaging, to RNP training. To support QUOVADIS, Airbus has signed a cooperation agreement for RNP procedure design with the French Civil Aviation
