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Having suffered thirteen pilots’ strikes over the last eighteen months as Lufthansa struggled to reach agreement with their union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) over early retirement and pension payouts, the airline now faces problems reaching an agreement on the same matter with its cabin crew, approximately 19,00 of whom are represented by the flight attendants’ union, […]

The pilots of FedEx Express, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. (ALPA), approved a new contract agreement with FedEx management. The new agreement provides across-the-board increases to hourly pay rates and new-hire compensation, a significant signing bonus, retirement plan enhancements, work-rule improvements, and other positive modifications. The new agreement will go into effect

In a move aimed at increasing working capital and to aid the purchase of additional aircraft, BOC Aviation, the aircraft leasing arm of the Bank of China, is to sell off up to 40% of the firm through a listing of new and old shares on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

After the postponement from June this year, Mitsubishi Aircraft has confirmed the time for the new maiden flight as between October 26th and 30th, the exact date being released one day in advance of the actual flight. A subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Aircraft have designed the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) with between 70

Air Atlanta Aviaservices, a provider of component maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, utilized Quantum Control MRO and Logistics software to help grow its operations. Located near Gatwick Airport in Crawley, UK, Air Atlanta Aviaservices has expanded its user base from 20 to 38, and added a second database for its parts sales facility in

Troubles at Air France came to a head last week when scuffles broke out at a management meeting intended to discuss the raft of expected redundancies subsequent to the failure of the recent rounds of talks between the airline and unions. As part of Perform 2020 the airline has set itself the target of reducing

TRIGO Group has been awarded a contract by Airbus, and will provide comprehensive inspection of aircraft cabin elements for the Pan-European aircraft manufacturer for the upcoming years. Due to the continuous technical and commercial improvement of air transport, as well as the liberalization of the aviation sector, key players of aeronautics need to adapt themselves

AerData, provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software, released that ACS Aero Management (Subsidiary of Aero Capital Solutions), has chosen AerData’s Corporate Management System (CMS) software to support technical records management and technical audit and inspection data management. AerData CMS is an industry-leading platform that supports all business processes in aircraft