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Southwest Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) have reached a tentative agreement for Southwest’s aircraft appearance technicians. “This agreement rewards our appearance technicians for the contributions they make to our company’s success,” said Adam Carlisle, Vice President Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines. “It’s also a result of the hard work exemplified by both

United Airlines is expanding its Flight Training Center as the airline seeks to hire an additional 10,000 pilots by 2030. The airline will add a new four-story building on the 23-acre campus in Denver’s Central Park neighbourhood that will house 12 additional advanced flight simulators, training classrooms, conference rooms and offices. The expansion project is

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has unveiled its all-new flagship SilverKris and KrisFlyer Gold lounges at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3, following a S$50 million (£28.9 million) re-design, upgrade and expansion project. This will further enhance the on-ground customer experience at the airline’s main hub and comes as the demand for international air travel from and through

DHL Global Forwarding, the freight specialist arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 30, for its new 4,880 m² facility at Brisbane Airport. DHL Global Forwarding is investing AU$17 million (€11 million) over ten years for the new facility and it houses the largest international cold chain services in Brisbane,

Qantas has begun rolling out next-generation airport kiosks, which will make the airport experience faster and easier for customers travelling on domestic flights. The national carrier has started a limited trial of new self-service kiosks in Terminal 3 at Sydney Airport. After fine tuning the new technology with customers, the airline expects to have them

WestJet has released that WestJet flight dispatchers, represented by the Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA), voted more than 90% in favour of a ten-year agreement. The ratified agreement starts June 1, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2032.   “As our industry continues to recover, this ten-year agreement will help the long-term sustainability of WestJet and demonstrates

Skyborne Airline Academy and JSX, an award-winning U.S.-based Part 135 air carrier, have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to supply First Officers for its Embraer ERJ fleet. The MOU allows Skyborne to provide experienced former flight instructors the opportunity to fill First Officer positions at JSX, once they meet JSX’s strict hiring standards, including having