BA released following statement from CEO Willi Walsh: “Yesterday (March 27th) was definitely not British Airways’ finest hour. We disappointed many people and I apologize sincerely. I take responsibility for what happened. The buck stops with me. A number of issues led to the events we saw yesterday. There were problems in the car parks,
As the Open Skies agreement goes into effect on March 30th, OpenSkies, a new transatlantic airline from British Airways, continues to make progress toward launch this summer. OpenSkies is the first new airline created as a result of the Open Skies agreement, which allows airlines to fly between any U.S. and E.U. destination. OpenSkies plans
JetBlue founder and Chairman David Neeleman has announced plans to start up his fourth airline, a domestic carrier in Brazil, pending local Government approvals. Mr. Neeleman, who was born in Brazil, has raised $150 million to finance the as-yet-unnamed carrier. The airline, to be based in Sao Paulo, plans to commence operations in early 2009
Airbus has terminated negotiations with the OHB / MT Aerospace consortium regarding the sale of the Airbus sites in Nordenham, Varel and the EADS site in Augsburg since a viable industrial and financial solution was not achievable. Airbus will continue searching for other solutions and, in parallel, will proceed with the carve-out of the three
The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has officially authorized KLM Engineering & Maintenance (KLM E&M) to carry out Base Maintenance in Amsterdam on Boeing 747-400s as of February 2008. KLM E&M is the first European company, and only the second outside Japan, to be granted this authorization. The JCAB has also renewed KLM E&M
American Airlines released that during an audit of American Airlines, a joint team of AA and FAA inspectors raised questions regarding an already accomplished directive concerning how a certain bundle of wires is secured to the MD-80 aircraft. American is re-inspecting the MD-80s to make sure the wiring is installed and secured exactly according to
Ryanair confirmed that it was freezing the pay of its senior management for 2008 as part of a series of cost cutting measures over the coming weeks as the price of oil rises to over $100 a barrel. From 1st April Ryanair
Qantas Airways’ fleet of 747-400 airplanes will be monitored by Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM), a software system that helps airlines improve the management of unscheduled maintenance events. In addition, Qantas will use Airplane Health Management for future 787 Dreamliner deliveries. Qantas has 65 Boeing 787s on order. Qantas’ 30 747-400s will use Airplane Health
Andreas Kramvis has been named President and CEO of its $4.9 billion Specialty Materials business, effective March 31, 2008. Kramvis succeeds Nance Dicciani who will retire from the company on April 14, 2008. He will report to Honeywell
Dr. Andreas Jahnke has been appointed the new head of the Lufthansa Cargo Center in Frankfurt. Dr. Jahnke, a logistics expert is taking up his post in charge of the cargo carrier
