Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings released that Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has hired Thomas Betenia as Vice President Sales and Marketing, Americas, effective January 7, 2008. Mr. Betenia, who will be based in Purchase, NY, comes to Polar from Lufthansa Cargo AG, most recently as Director of Sales and Handling for the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
US Airways announced the appointment of two executives, pending board of directors’ approval, who will oversee key parts of the airline
Air Canada and LAN confirmed that they have received a statement of objections from the European Commission that sets out the Commission’s preliminary assessment in its investigation into alleged anti-competitive cargo pricing activities, including relating to the levying of certain fuel surcharges, among a number of airlines and cargo operators, in breach of EC antitrust
Adam Aircraft Industries (AAI) has awarded Verify, Inc., a provider of supply chain and technical support services, a supplier quality services contract. Adam Aircraft is supplementing their supplier quality engineering organization with personnel from Verify. Adam Aircraft designs and manufactures a family of innovative general aviation aircraft, including the centerline thrust, twin-engine A500, and the
US Airways announces the recall of more than 200 flight attendants effective Feb. 15, 2008. The recalls are being initiated to ramp up for the busy summer schedule and to compensate for retirement and attrition. Notices are being issued to eligible employees on a seniority basis among furloughed US Airways flight attendants. Since merging with
Rolls-Royce announced two steps to better position its business activities in North America. In mid-2008, the company will move its North American corporate headquarters, which employs 130 people, from Chantilly, Virginia to a new building in Reston, Virginia. It will then begin to consolidate its North American Purchasing organization in the Chantilly office, which will
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted airworthiness certification to the Engine Alliance GP7200 engine, the leading powerplant for the Airbus A380. The FAR 33 certification follows an extensive ground and flight-test program that involved eight engines over 21 months. During its development and certification program the GP7200 ran some 7,000 cycles, 25 full-scale engine certification
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a five-year performance-based logistics contract valued at $995 million for the F/A-18E/F Integrated Readiness Support Teaming (FIRST) program. The new multi-year contract will allow the U.S. Navy to consolidate the separate contracts the FIRST program currently operates under into a single contract overseen by the Naval Inventory Control Point,
Michael Hauger will take over the responsibility as Head of EADS Corporate Media Relations and Communications Germany.
The Association of European Airlines, which represents 30 major airlines in Europe, has announced that Wolfgang Mayrhuber, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa, will be the Association
