United Airlines informed customers traveling on April 2, 2008 on United’s Boeing 777 aircraft that they will experience flight delays or cancellations as a result of a functional check being performed on the aircraft. As part of a regular review of maintenance records, the company discovered that the functional test that checks the firing system
Boeing named Paul Kinscherff president of Boeing Middle East. He will be based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and report to Shep Hill, president, Boeing International. Kinscherff will work with Boeing Saudi Arabia President Ahmed Jazzar to strengthen Boeing’s presence across the region and support its growth there. Since late 2003, Kinscherff has been Boeing’s
EADS, as well as the concerned EADS and Airbus executives, took notice of the decision of the AMF College to initiate proceedings, respectively for breach of market information duties and for breach of insider trading rules. In the first step of what is likely to be a long process, the AMF College has considered that
At a ceremony held in Istanbul on April 1st, Turkish Airlines was welcomed as the 20th Star Alliance member airline. With an additional 31 destinations
On April 1, 2008, SAS and the Danish Pilots’ Association (DPF), the Norwegian SAS Pilots’ Association (NSF) and the Swedish Pilots’ Association (SPF) signed a two-year collective agreement on salaries and general terms of service. The agreement period is April 1, 2007, through March 31, 2009. SAS now has multiyear agreements with all 39 trade
Odd Tore Kurverud has been appointed the new President of Volvo Aero Norway in Kongsberg. He succeeds Reidar Lyse, who has been President since 2003 and is now leaving his position for health reasons. Odd Tore Kurverud who joined Volvo Aero Norway (VAN) in 1995, has served as Vice President responsible for personnel and since
easyJet has successfully completed the operational integration of GB Airways, with the enlarged airline being first major in Europe to operate under the new European operating certificates. Overnight from Saturday 29 March to Sunday 30 March, all 15 of the GB Airways aircraft were successfully transitioned onto easyJet
Aloha Airlines will be shutting down its inter-island and transpacific passenger flight operations. Aloha’s last day of operations will be Monday, March 31, 2008. On that day, Aloha will operate its schedule with the exception of flights from Hawaii to the West Coast and flights from Orange County to Reno and Sacramento, and Oakland to
The new EU-U.S. Air Transport Agreement will take effect on Sunday, March 30. For the first time, European airlines can fly without restrictions from any point in the EU to any point in the United States.The two biggest aviation markets, encompassing 60 percent of world traffic, will cooperate closer in all fields of aviation policy.
On 31st March Air Berlin is starting to carry letters for the German post office
