Aloha Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Council 80 announced that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, bringing Aloha Airlines one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy by the end of the year. Upon ratification by the ALPA membership and approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the agreement covering
Aloha Airlines flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants have voted to ratify a new contract. The vote was 77.7 percent in favor of the agreement, which will run through April 30, 2009, pending final approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
First Greenwich Kahala, Ltd. is pleased to announce Mark J. Thatcher has joined the firm as Head of Technical Services and Vice President Marketing. Mr. Thatcher, who will work out of the firm
A J Walter Aviation, the aircraft support specialist, has recently been listed on the Qantas approved supplier listing following a recently completed
BAE Systems Inc., announced the appointment of Gen. J.H. Binford Peay, III (U.S. Army, Ret.) and Adm. Robert Natter (U.S. Navy, Ret.) to its Board of Directors. Both are former directors of United Defense, which was acquired by BAE Systems in June.
The Boeing Company has delivered to Air France the first Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane that includes enhancements that improve the overall fuel efficiency of the 777-300ER by 1.4 percent. This amount is in addition to the 2 percent fuel-burn improvement already proven in revenue service by the airlines that operate the 777-300ER. A 1.4
China Airlines has invested in China Aircraft Services Limited (CASL), based in Hong Kong. Beginning in January 2006, China Airlines will switch its aircraft maintenance work at Hong Kong airport from HAECO to CASL. CASL offers a comprehensive range of aircraft maintenance and support services which cover maintenance operations, cabin services, ground support equipment, supply
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Marion C. Blakey called for federal mediation to help the agency reach a voluntary contract agreement with the air traffic controllers union which comes after four and a half months of negotiations. The FAA’s contract proposal maintains the base-pay of current controllers, who are among the highest paid federal workers.
CAE will invest a planned $630 million in Project Phoenix, a research and development (R&D) program that will span the next six years, with the goal of improving current leading-edge technologies and developing additional ones in simulation, modelling and services. As the largest integrated R&D initiative ever undertaken in CAE
Focus Aviation is pleased to announce the appointments of Andrew Towns as Regional Sales Manager and Robert Asher as Sales Support Executive. Andrew is 33 years old and joins Focus from the Royal Navy, where he recently completed an eight year commission serving in destroyers. He has served in locations all across the world, his
