Following on from the announcement that 245 workers are to be laid off on May 19 after action taken by Boeing in January and March this year, the commercial airplanes unit has warned employees that hundreds more engineers are likely to be affected by another round of involuntary layoffs. It is understood these will begin
In response to last week’s highly publicised incident where a passenger on a United Airlines jet was forcibly removed to make way for a United crew member, the carrier has announced a change to its policy relating to ‘must-ride’ crew members. From now on, such crew members must make a seat booking at least one
Boeing and Silk Way have announced an order for 10 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The order, valued at US$1.1bn at current list prices, was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website. “Silk Way’s success and profitability is a direct result of investing in its fleet and services and growing
Established as a joint company by Rolls-Royce and Safran Transmission Systems in 2015, Air Gearbox International (AGI) is celebrating the opening of a new 13,500m² plant in Ropczyce, south-east Poland. The expanded unit will be responsible for produce accessory drive trains (ADT) for all future Rolls-Royce civil aircraft engines. Currently employing over 50 people, staffing
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, would seem to have put an end to the possible lifting of a current ban on in-flight cell phone calls. Proceedings had begun back in 2013 to lift the ban which had been in place since 1991 due to the then concerns of cell phones having
Just weeks before Boeing delivers the first of its latest version of the 737, the 737 Max, the plane manufacturer is celebrating the 50th birthday of the first 737, which was a test aircraft flown for the first time on April 9, 1967. As of last month, Boeing had delivered 9,448 of the single-aisle twinjets,
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a safety bulletin reminding aircraft operators and airlines of the critical principles with regard to safety over transportation of portable electronic devices (PEDs) containing lithium batteries when performing all safety risk assessments. The preference is for any PEDs owned by passengers to be carried in the passenger
Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA) and Airbus have combined resources to create new Security Operations Center Services which have been specifically tailored to meet the needs of the air transport industry. The detection services offered relate specifically to providing airlines, airports and others connected with the industry with specific information relating to unusual cyber
Four months after Iran Air signed a US$16 billion 80-plane deal with Boeing, Iran’s Aseman Airlines has signed a US$3 billion 30-plane deal with the American plane manufacturer. Both deals have come about as a result of Iran signing an international nuclear agreement in July 2015. The Aseman contract is for 30 Boeing 737 MAX
After six years of contract negotiations with Mesa Airlines, the carrier’s pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) have sought mediation services from the National Mediation Board (NMB) to assist with negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement. According to Capt. Andy Hughes, ALPA Mesa Air Group Chairman, “We are dissatisfied with the
