Britannia Airways AB has signed an agreement for Scandinavia with SAS Ground Services. Britannia Airways is renewing its current contract for ground handling services with SAS Ground Services for a 3-year period. The agreement covers over 2,000 departures per year. Automatic check-in has been introduced on a trial basis for Britannia Airways customers at Stockholm
Lufthansa Cargo and Swiss WorldCargo have concluded a capacity agreement under which each airline can make use of selected cargo capacity on the partner airline
The Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association, Giovanni Bisignani, called on airports to achieve greater transparency in their relationships with airlines. The challenge came in response to a recommendation of Airports Council International (ACI) that its membership stop negotiating airport charges with IATA, the collective body of 265 airlines comprising 94%
World Airways announced today that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) negotiating team representing World Airways pilots has rejected the company
Boeing officials announced that 60-day layoff notices would be issued to approximately 250 employees at its Wichita site on November 10, 2005. This includes the reductions in the Shared Services Group (SSG) and Information Technology (IT) operations that were previously announced. Despite these layoff notices the Company expects that the overall job outlook for Boeing
The governments of Canada and the United States have negotiated an “Open Skies” air transport agreement, Transport Minister Jean
United announced that it will hire 2,000 flight attendants, the first time the company has added to its flight attendant ranks in four years.
The major expansion for its Frankfurt Hahn base will include 18 aircraft, over 50 routes, 8 m passengers, and create 8000 jobs. Announcing this major expansion in Mainz, the capital of Rhineland Palatinate, today, Michael O
Embraer announced the appointment of Ernest Edwards as Vice-President, Executive Aviation Marketing and Sales for the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, joining the Company
US Airways is the first U.S. international carrier to outsource Unit Load Device (ULD) management in a sale and leaseback deal that furnishes ownership and administration of the airline’s ULD fleet to Jettainer GmbH. As part of its corporate cost-savings initiatives, US Airways has transferred its entire fleet of air cargo and passenger flight containers
