Air France’s new Chief Executive, Ben Smith, has wasted no time in tackling the wage negotiation problem that has beleaguered the French carrier and seen the downfall of its previous Chief Executive, Jean-Marc Janaillac, who resigned back in May. Having previously worked with Air Canada, Smith has proposed a two percent pay raise backdated to
President Donald Trump has signed legislation passed by Congress which will extend FAA policy for a further five years under the FAA Reauthorization Bill. There are a number of provisions in the Reauthorization Bill which have drawn attention, in particular the “Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act,” which will force the FAA to set
Safran Helicopter Engines, a subsidiary of the Safran Group, has been chosen to supply new-generation Ardiden 3 engine turbines to drive the Zunum ZA10’s electric generator. Zunum Aero (Zunum) is a pioneering force in electric aviation. The new hybrid-to-electric Zunum ZA10 should be operational early in the 2020s and is a 12-seat 700-mile commercial aircraft
Delta Air Lines (Delta) stock fell 3.4% after the American carrier announced that Hurricane Florence caused a US$30 million loss in business and that it was now paying more for fuel. Delta was forced to cancel 275 flights in September, mainly in the Carolinas, and that to date it had still not completed dealing with
GA Telesis has announced that its current shareholder Tokyo Century Corporation (Tokyo Century) along with All Nippon Airways Trading Company (ANATC), have collectively entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all shares held by Global Principal Finance Company LLC (GPFC). Tokyo Century’s ownership after the closing of the transaction will increase to 49.2% and ANATC
Lufthansa Technik AG and MTU Aero Engines AG laid the cornerstone for their new joint venture EME Aero in Jasionka, close to Rzeszów city, on September 28, symbolically launching one of the biggest and most advanced GTF MRO service centers worldwide. Pratt & Whitney GTF engines power five regional and narrowbody aircraft platforms, with the
As China makes progress towards the proposed 2021 delivery date for the first ComacC919, the third of six flight-test aircraft will take to the skies later this year according to Phoenix Media. Between now and 2021 a total of six flight-test and two static-test airframes will be used for the C919’s development, with the manufacturer
Rolls-Royce has been keen to find a permanent fix to problems which have beset the Trent 1000 engine and which, according to half-year results issued on August 2, have cost the company US$728 million, contributing to an overall pretax loss of US$1.7 billion. The Trent 1000 engine has been the engine of choice of the
There is a considerable amount of discontent among a number of shareholders in Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair ahead of next Thursday’s annual shareholders’ meeting. In particular, there is concern over how the company is being run, with Royal London Asset Management, RLAM, The Local Authority Pension Fund, plus shareholder advisory firms Glass Lewis and ISS
OAG, the airline data specialist, has released the results of a new study on the U.S.’s top 25 airports, revealing that in terms of connectivity, Chicago O’Hare Airport comes top of the list for the third year in a row. The airport’s actual Connectivity Index Score was 479, up 24 points from last year and
