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Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union Local 550 (TWU 550) have reached a tentative agreement for the airline’s dispatch employees. “This agreement rewards our dispatch employees for their many contributions while also supporting the needs of our business,” said Adam Carlisle, Vice President Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines. “I appreciate the partnership and dedication

At the annual Airline Economics conference in Dublin, Angus Kelly, the CEO of Dublin, Ireland-based AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft lessor, warned that delivery problems currently being faced by aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus resulting in over-promising and under-delivering were likely to continue for many years. Beyond this, Kelly also made it clear

Aviation software specialist Rusada has announced the opening of a new office in Toronto, Canada to support customers and business development in the region. The new location will provide easy access to customers in Canada and the Northeast of the U.S., with Montreal, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. all only a short flight away.

It was on Tuesday afternoon in the U.S. that air traffic controllers discovered a glitch with the computer system that would require an entire reboot. The problem was discovered to be a corrupt file in the main Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM. A corrupt file was also found in the backup system. The NOTAM

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.  Known as DragonFly, the technologies being demonstrated include automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance and are aimed at evaluating the feasibility and pertinence of further exploring autonomous

Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, and Avianca Airlines, headquartered in Colombia and a member of Star Alliance, have renewed their long-standing relationship with a new distribution agreement. As part of the new deal, Travelport-connected agencies will have access to Avianca’s wide-ranging travel offers and