Southwest Airlines Board of Directors elected Gary Kelly, Southwest’s Chief Executive Officer, as its Chairman of the Board. The airline announced that Kelly will also assume the title of President when Colleen Barrett’s employment contract expires on July 15, 2008 making Kelly CEO, Chairman, and President at that time. Additionally, the Board of Directors elected
JetBlue Airways announces the election of Joel Peterson to Chairman of the Board of Directors, and the election of Frank Sica to the position of Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Wolfgang Kurth will be joining the board of directors at Air Berlin PLC on June 1st 2008. He will be responsible for the entire technical area of the Air Berlin Group, an area that has been brought together under the umbrella of “Air Berlin Technik Ltd.” From July 2007 to March 2008 Kurth was managing
UPS is moving its intra-Asia air hub from the Philippines to Shenzhen in China
SAS Norge has been instructed to pay NOK 132 million in compensation to Norwegian in a civil suit at Asker and B
Fleet service employees at US Airways have ratified a single agreement that brings all of the airline
Singapore Airlines redefines long-haul air travel with the launch of the world’s first all-Business Class flights from North America to Asia. The newly reconfigured Airbus A340-500 replaces the two-class, 181-seat configuration with 100 of the Airline’s new Business Class seats. Singapore Airlines is the first to operate an all-Business Class service on the transpacific route.
Embraer announced that it plans to invest an estimated $50 million for the establishment of a new facility in the United States dedicated to its executive jets business. The new 150,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility will house a final assembly line, the first for Embraer in the U.S. It will be capable of producing both the Phenom
Continental Airlines announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Jeff Misner, has informed the company that he has decided to retire effective Aug. 31, 2008, following his 55th birthday. Zane Rowe Continental’s senior vice president for network strategy, will succeed Misner as executive vice president and chief financial officer upon Misner’s retirement.
Air Midwest a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group announced that it will discontinue all operations including its current scheduled services provided under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. This announcement follows the company’s January 15, 2008 announcement of the decision to discontinue Air Midwest’s operations. The company cites record-high fuel prices, insufficient demand
