Delta and Northwest Merge, Creating Global Airline
Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, Inc. merged, creating a global airline with service to nearly all of the world
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Bombardier Aircraft executes historic first flight
A Bombardier test aircraft executed a first flight equipped entirely with an all electric braking system
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Lufthansa Technik opens maintenance facility in Sofia, Bulgaria
Lufthansa Technik has opened its new overhaul facility Lufthansa Technik Sofia Ltd. in Bulgaria. The new company, a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG (80%) and Bulgarian Aviation Group (20%), is based at the airport of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. More than 350 highly skilled workers will perform base maintenance checks on Airbus and Boeing
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Air Wisconsin Airlines names new managing director of maintenance
Air Wisconsin Airlines has promoted Ed Baranowski to the position of managing director of maintenance, reporting directly to President and CEO James Rankin. In his new role as leader of the Maintenance Department, Baranowski will assume responsibility for all decisions relevant to airworthiness, serviceability, and flight safety, and will serve as Air Wisconsin’s primary maintenance
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Lufthansa signs with Jeppesen for integrated Crew Management System
Jeppesen has signed an agreement with Lufthansa to provide its Carmen Crew Management System (CMS). The project will start during the fall this year. Carmen CMS provides airlines with improved crew scheduling flexibility and an integrated crew management process which lowers operating costs.
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Boeing, IAM reach tentative agreement on new contract
Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract covering 27,000 employees in Washington, Oregon and Kansas. Union leadership is recommending that employees vote to ratify the contract. By mutual agreement, details of the agreement will be released first by the union. If employees vote
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Emrise Corporation receives $850,000 in follow-on orders
Emrise Corporation received from a major international integrator of electronics systems for commercial and military aviation markets $850,000 in additional orders for power supplies for use in commercial aircraft. Shipments are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2009 and be completed by the end of that year, which ensures continuity of shipments for
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B/E Aerospace reports third quarter results
B/E Aerospace announced financial results for the third quarter of 2008. Net sales of $587.8 million increased 37.3% as compared with the third quarter of 2007. Net earnings of $51.8 million and net earnings per diluted share of $0.54, were negatively impacted by the $3.6 million of acquisition, integration and transition costs, and $3.6 million
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SPEEA and Boeing start contract negotiations
Main table negotiations for new, three-year, contracts covering 20,300 engineers and technical workers at The Boeing Company start Tuesday (Oct. 28), in SeaTac. Negotiations between the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001, and Boeing start after eight months of disappointing preliminary talks. The first meaningful discussion only recently took place,
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Hawaiian Airlines to add two new Airbus A330s
Hawaiian Airlines reported the acquisition of two new wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft that will accelerate the start of the company’s transition to a new Airbus fleet to 2011. The two jets are in addition to the agreement that Hawaiian announced earlier this year to purchase up to 24 new Airbus aircraft. The two A330s are
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