Aviall, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, plans to open a business office in India during the second half of 2008. Aviall is one of the largest providers of new aviation parts and related aftermarket services in the aerospace industry. Aviall’s India operation will serve the rapidly growing Indian aviation industry and be headquartered near New
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Lufthansa released that the European Commission conducted an investigation in the offices of Deutsche Lufthansa AG in Frankfurt on March 11th. According to information from the investigation decision, the Commission has information that passenger aviation companies including Lufthansa in Europe and in Japan may have taken part in anti-competitive price-fixing and collusive behaviour in traffic
North American Airlines has reached a tentative agreement on an initial 54-month contract with its pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). The tentative agreement, subject to ratification by the North American pilots, will take effect upon the date of signing.
United Airlines appointed P. Douglas McKeen as senior vice president – Labor Relations. McKeen, an employment lawyer and highly regarded labor negotiator, joins United with more than 20 years of airline labor relations and human resources experience, including most recently at ASTAR Air Cargo, where he led negotiations on a pilot contract with the Air
Citing irregularities with the process of the competition and the evaluation of the competitors’ bids, The Boeing Company has filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking the agency to review the decision by the U.S. Air Force to award a contract to a team of Northrop Grumman and European Aeronautic Defence
Jim Zarvos, currently leading Midcoast’s satellite operations, was recently promoted by Midcoast Aviation to senior vice president and added MRO and refurbishment activities at SAC in Savannah, GA to his responsibilities In his new position, Zarvos will soon relocate to Savannah to lead the MRO and refurbishment programs at Savannah Air Center which was acquired
Air Berlin released, that Dr. Eckhard Cordes will be relinquishing his seat on the board of directors at Air Berlin PLC on account of the dual positions he holds as chief executive officer of both the Haniel and Metro groups. Heinz-Peter Schl
Finnair reported that Christer Haglund has been appointed Group SVP for Public Affairs and Corporate Communications and member of Finnair Plc
The SAS Group is launching a new environmental strategy that includes an ambitious strategic environmental target. The new environmental target is to reduce total carbon-dioxide emissions by 20% by 2020 compared with 2007. The new environmental target assumes passenger growth of 4% per year and for each producing unit the target entails halving carbon-dioxide emissions
