MTU Aero Engines is expanding its military engine maintenance activities. The company has signed a contract with the German Air Force on the expansion of the existing industry-military cooperative model of engine maintenance (“Cooperative Model”). The agreement widens the scope of maintenance, which had so far involved only the Eurofighter EJ200 engine, to include also
BAE Systems will close its facility at Lochside, Edinburgh, in 2006, with the potential loss of up to 260 jobs. The decision to close the engineering and product development facility is driven by a defence market environment that provides fewer opportunities for the large, customer-funded development projects that have historically sustained the business. Work currently
United temporarily suspended taking applications for flight attendant positions, effective immediately and until further notice. The company received more than 16,700 online applications within the first three days. United plans to hire approximately 2,000 flight attendants in 2006, with positions initiating in Chicago and Washington, D.C. The company is beginning to interview 5,100 candidates who
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 436,350 workers in September 2005, 5.5 percent fewer than in September 2004, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported. The seven network carriers employed 293,767 total full-time and part-time workers
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
