Northwest Airlines filed an 1113(c) motion with the bankruptcy court on October 12 to secure labor cost savings if the company and its unions do not achieve consensual agreements (as previously reported).Northwest has been in discussions with The Air Lines Pilots Association (ALPA), The International Association of Machinists and Workers (IAM), and The Professional Flight
Gulf Air has launched electronic ticketing for passengers travelling on any Gulf Air flight between Bahrain, London, Singapore and Sydney and is being rolled out across the remainder of its network gradually.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) kick-started IATA e-freight, the cargo component of the association
Boeing started contract negotiations with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), the union representing more than 17,500 engineering and technical employees working primarily in Washington and Oregon.
Kitty Hawk Cargo, Inc.announced it will open a Dallas/Fort Worth LTL scheduled ground freight regional hub on January 2, 2006. In addition to its current ground network hub in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the new regional hub will enable Kitty Hawk Cargo to offer increased efficiencies and service options to its freight forwarding, logistics and international
UAL Corporation announced that Cindy Szadokierski has been named to the newly created position of vice president of O
ATA Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The new agreement will extend wage, benefit and work rule concessions earlier ratified on Oct. 15, 2004, and will become effective Jan. 1, 2006. The collective bargaining agreement will be amendable on Oct. 31,
