Air Canada Pilots Association and its members have ratified a landmark agreement on collective agreement terms for ten years. “This ten-year agreement with the Air Canada Pilots Association is a ground-breaking development which allows us to accelerate the implementation of our business strategy on a win-win basis with our pilots,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and […]
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Defence and security company Saab, along with the Swedish Air Navigation Service Provider (LFV), have received final operational approval from the Swedish Transport Agency for the remote operation of Ornskoldsvik Airport from Sundsvall, Sweden. This achievement means the world’s first airport remotely controlled by Remote Tower Services (RTS) will commence shortly, paving the way for
SkyWorks Holdings announced the launch of the SAAV Aircraft Asset Value Management System. Southwest Airlines Co. is the global launch customer of the SAAV System. SAAV is a first-in-kind system designed to address the analytical and data management complexities of the airline fleet asset management function. It provides integrated fleet monitoring, simulation, modeling, and data
SAS AB has sold its facility at the technical base at Oslo airport for MNOK 650 to Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, after having utilized an option to buy the facilities from APAB that has been the previous owner. The transaction does not generate a capital gain or liquidity for SAS, but it will reduce the yearly operating
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Clearly Aeroflot have no intention of allowing political pressure from the EU to affect the company’s plans to add a new low-cost string to its bow, which it has today officially, and perhaps appropriately, named Probeda, which in Russian means ‘victory’. It was only back in August Aeroflot pulled the plug on their newly created
Airbus Training Center (ATC) in Miami has integrated a new A320 full-flight simulator. Produced by FlightSafety International, provider of aviation training, simulation equipment and software, the A320 simulator received Level D qualification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is ready to provide training on CFM and IAE engines as well as the Honeywell Flight
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In a matter which started nearly a year ago in November, 2013, Boeing have been cleared of unfair tactics over their dealing with an impending machinists strike over pay and benefits. Back in November 2013 the machinists, who work for Boeing in Seattle, Washington State, were presented with the prospect of a number of non-beneficial
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It would have been naïve, if not foolish, not to imagine that there would have been some form of repercussion after the Air France-KLM two-week pilots’ strike in September. Two weeks ago it was announced that the overall cost of the strike was in the region of €500 million, with direct loss of ticket sales
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched its Aviation Cyber Security Toolkit which helps the air transport industry, including airlines, airports and air traffic management, to identify, assess and mitigate, among others, cyber risks in IT infrastructure across their operations. “The aviation industry depends on essential IT infrastructure functioning reliably. While the industry has put
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With the recent departure of two of Ryanair’s long-standing senior executives, deputy CEO and COO Michael Cawley, who had been with the airline for 17 years, and CFO and deputy CEO Howard Miller, who joined them 23 years ago, it is very much a case of now steadying the ship with tying CEO Maichale O’Leary
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