British Airways is to launch double daily direct business class-only flights from New York to London City airport next year. The new flights will operate on Airbus A318 aircraft with 32 seats onboard. The airline has ordered two A318 aircraft to operate these flights. They will be the first A318s in the British Airways fleet
airBaltic, Latvia’s national airline, has selected AD Aerospace, UK, to provide video based cockpit security systems for Boeing 737 and 757 commercial airliners. The CabinVu-123 Cockpit Door Monitoring Systems will enhance pilots situational awareness with a clear view of any activity outside the cockpity door and in the adjacent galleys, and enhances the secutiy of
Maguire Aviation has entered into an agreement with Skytrails Aviation (“Skytrails”), a fixed based operator (
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has closed its investigation of the pending acquisition of Midwest Air Group by Midwest Air Partners, LLC, an affiliate of TPG Capital. As a result, the parties are able to close the acquisition in compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The acquisition is expected to close
JetWorks Leasing will adopt the name SkyWorks Leasing effective immediately. JetWorks was founded in 2004 as an affiliated company of SkyWorks Capital to concentrate on asset management, operating leasing and related services whereas Capital is focused on a wide array of financial advisory services to the commercial aviation and aerospace industries. During the past three
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Continental Airlines has entered into an agreement with LiveTV, that will allow Continental to offer 36 channels of live, inflight satellite-based television programming provided by DIRECTV, the nation’s leading satellite television provider, at every seat on Continental’s new generation aircraft. The service is expected to be available to customers on flights operating within the continental
The Teamsters voluntarily canceled an organizing election scheduled for February 1, 2008 at the FedEx Home Delivery facility in Worcester, Massachusetts. The withdrawal signals a defeat for the union, which was seeking to organize FedEx owner operators in Worcester. This is the Teamsters
TUI Travel PLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Albrecht Knauf Industriebeteiligung GmbH, allowing the parties to proceed with plans to merge their subsidiaries Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft GmbH, Hapag-Lloyd Express GmbH, Germanwings GmbH and Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG under a joint and independent holding company. The prerequisites for the conclusion of legally
