US Airways mechanics ratify unified contract
April 8, 2008
US Airways mechanics represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) ratified a three-year agreement that moves all US Airways
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Emirates' A380 – on a roll
April 4, 2008
A new Airbus A380 was rolled out of a paint hangar in Hamburg, branded with the Emirates’ livery, and on course to take to the skies with the airline later this year. Emirates is the world’s largest A380 customer with 58 of the double-decker aircraft on order.
Boeing successfully flies fuel cell-powered airplane
April 3, 2008
Boeing reported thas it has flown a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The recent milestone is the work of an engineering team at Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE) in Madrid, with assistance from industry partners in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. A two-seat Dimona motor-glider with
Redundancy announcement at BAE Systems Woodford and Brought
April 3, 2008
BAE Systems has announced a redundancy programme for 134 jobs at its Woodford site. The area impacted is a shared service team of engineers, known internally as Engineering Internal Supply. BAE Systems has also announced a requirement for 450 redundancies from their Brough site in East Yorkshire. The areas impacted include Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing
Air France KLM: no basis for further negotiations with Alitalia
April 3, 2008
When it submitted its final offer on 14 March this year, Air France-KLM clearly indicated that the offer was contingent on prior agreement with the trade unions representative of the majority of the various categories of Alitalia employees (ground staff, flight crews); this agreement concerned the implementation of the Alitalia restructuring plan and its related
Mesa challenges Delta's efforts to terminate contract
April 2, 2008
Mesa Air Group announced that on March 28, 2008, Delta Air Lines notified the Company of its intent to terminate the Delta Connection Agreement among Delta, the Company, and Mesa’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Freedom Airlines, dated as of May 3, 2005 (as thereafter amended, the “Connection Agreement”). Delta seeks to terminate the Connection Agreement as a
ICTS Europe acquired by Management and DBAG
April 2, 2008
Fraport AG has sold its wholly-owned ICTS Europe Holdings B.V. subsidiary to Management Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), a leading Germany-based private equity company, experienced in the industrial services sector and DBAG
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