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Liebherr seals its participation in Clean Sky 2

Three Liebherr companies have confirmed their participation in the Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative (JTI): While Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg (Germany), one of the founding members of Clean Sky 2, has recently signed the Grant Agreement Papers, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Toulouse (France) and Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH, Lindau (Germany) have joined the consortium as affiliates. From […]

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FedEx Pilots’ Union Leadership approves tentative agreement

The FedEx Master Executive Council (MEC), the governing body of the FedEx unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached on August 19th with FedEx management. The agreement now goes before more than 4,000 FedEx pilots eligible to vote in balloting that is scheduled to begin

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FAA issues recertification of NASTAR Center STS-400 and Altitude Chamber

The NASTAR Center, a premier aviation training and research center and a business unit of Environmental Tectonics Corporation, received recertification of its STS-400 Space Training System and 12/4 Altitude Chamber Training System by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The STS-400 is a high performance human centrifuge used to train and condition suborbital space flight participants

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Jazz reaches new tentative agreement with flight attendants

Jazz Aviation announced that a new tentative agreement has been reached with its approximately 820 flight attendants represented by the Canadian Flight Attendant Union (“CFAU”). The new labour agreement is subject to ratification. Additional information will be available following ratification. Under a capacity purchase agreement with Air Canada, using the Air Canada Express brand, Jazz

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Malaysian Airlines set for total revamp over next five years

Many predicted that after two massive tragedies so close together, the disappearance of flight MH370 followed by the downing of flight MH17, the demise of Malaysian Airline Systems (Malaysian Airlines), Malaysia’s flag carrier, was imminent. However, it has not been the case, and a swathe of new measures is due to take effect as a

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Qantas consortium pulling out of Jetstar Hong Kong startup

Having waited since March 2012 to get a final decision from Hong Kong’s administrator Qantas, along with its business partners in the venture, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and Hong Kong transport investment company Shun Tak Holdings have decided not to pursue the creation of a new low cost carrier, Jetstar Hong Kong. Qantas’ CEO Alan

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