Mystery still surrounds the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, believed to be somewhere over the southern Indian Ocean, with the presumed loss of all 239 passengers and crew on board in March 2014. The incident created considerable debate both over how an airplane could disappear without trace in this day and age, and also […]
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The Transport Workers Union (TWU), representing the more than 400 U.S.-based dispatchers and operations specialists at American Airlines, released that its members approved a new five-year contract, which includes immediate and significant pay increases. The contract includes industry-leading pay for dispatchers along with improved longevity pay, higher override premiums and an increase in vacation, sick
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The Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers which acquired the company in 2009, has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to carry out aerial inspections of premises using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) where personal inspection would be either impractical or dangerous, with the
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Lion Air, Southeast Asia’s low-cost carrier, has selected global technology provider Sabre Corporation to deliver an end-to-end airline operations and crew management platform that will optimise daily operations and reduce costs. Sabre AirCentre’s airline operations, crew and disruption management technologies and mobile capabilities are being deployed simultaneously across Indonesia’s largest private carrier and its entire
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Lufthansa is currently making strategic moves in an attempt to enable its low-cost carrier, Eurowings, to compete more successfully with such other low-cost carriers as Ryanair and easyJet. Having acquired a 45% stake in Brussels Airlines in 2008 for €65 million (US$73.5 million), it has been revealed that Lufthansa is looking to exercise the three-year
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Air Canada and Cargojet Airways, a subsidiary of Cargojet announced they are finalizing a commercial arrangement that will result in Air Canada Cargo introducing dedicated freighter services from Canada to Latin America and Europe with Boeing 767-300ER freighter aircraft operated by Cargojet. Air Canada Cargo will become the only provider of direct scheduled freighter service
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Airbus Corporate Jets has won its first contracts to retrofit ACJ aircraft with Ka-band satellite communications – from Comlux and an undisclosed customer – paving the way for ACJ operators to have a faster and more capable internet access, via the latest technology. Both deals are for widebody aircraft. Ka-band’s faster data-transfer opens the door
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Having accumulated losses in the region of US$3 billion, attempts by Pakistan’s ruling party, under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to offload the cash-strapped national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), have finally been shelved. In what has been described as a compromise to appease opposing parties and trade unions, the Pakistani parliament has adopted a law
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Having agreed to buy the international luggage and cargo handler Swissport International last July for US$2.8bn, the Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co., Ltd., headquartered in Haikou, China, has now agreed to buy a second Swiss company, Gategroup Holding AG, the world’s second-largest airline catering company, for US$1.5 billion. The deal reflects a 17% premium on
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Component Control said that A&R Aviation Services, an FAA and EASA 145 Repair Station, utilized Quantum Control MRO and Logistics software to significantly streamline its shop processes and improve efficiency. Based in Tumwater, Washington, A&R Aviation Services specializes in maintaining, repairing and overhauling aircraft structures and components for Boeing, Airbus and Douglas transport aircraft. The
