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Members of the Frontier Airline Pilots Association (FAPA) ratified a long-term labor agreement with the airline. The agreement will extend certain wage and benefit concessions through December 2011. Nearly 85% of votes cast were in favor of ratification. Of the 454 votes cast, 384 voted yes, only 70 voted no.

B/E Aerospace has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA which authorizes the company to convert Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters. The STC was awarded to B/E Aerospace

The world’s first commercial aviation test flight powered by the sustainable second-generation biofuel jatropha has been successfully completed in Auckland. More than a dozen key performance tests were undertaken in the two hour test flight which took-off at 11:30am (NZ time) from Auckland International Airport. A biofuel blend of 50:50 jatropha and Jet A1 fuel

Premium AEROTEC GmbH started its operations with legal effect on 1 January, thereby finalizing the carve-out process of the former Airbus sites in Nordenham and Varel and the former EADS site in Augsburg within the expected time frame. The business activities of the three sites have now been transferred to the new company. Although Premium

On the retirement of Finnair’s Deputy CEO and EVP Scheduled Traffic Henrik Arle on 31 December 2008, the company’s Scheduled Traffic organisation will be revised. Finnair’s President & CEO Jukka Hienonen will lead the Scheduled Passenger Traffic organisation together with the business unit’s revised management group. In addition to Hienonen, the management group of Scheduled

British Airways and Qantas Airways are announcing that after detailed discussions about a potential merger, talks have ended. Despite the potential longer term benefits to both British Airways and Qantas, the airlines have not been able to come to agreement over the key terms of a merger at this time. British Airways and Qantas will

Sabre Holdings announced the acquisition of EB2 International Limited (EB2), a London-based, leading independent supplier of e-commerce enabling software products, solutions, infrastructure and services to global airlines. This latest acquisition is to accelerate Sabre

JetBlue founder David Neeleman launched his fourth airline on Dec. 15th, Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras S.A. The Brazilian domestic carrier will inaugurate service between three cities: Campinas (Viracopos Airport), Salvador de Bahia, and Porto Alegre. Azul launches operations this month with three Embraer 195 and two Embraer 190 aircraft. Another three airplanes will be added

SAS Ground Services (SGS) and the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (LFV) have reached a commercial agreement that will entail the transfer of ground services in Ronneby,

Curt Lewis & Associates (CL&A), LLC announced a strategic alliance with Global Aircraft Consulting (GAC), LLC, an international sales and aircraft acquisition company based in Southlake, Texas. The purpose of the alliance is to offer seamless aviation safety services for companies that are beginning or expanding their flight departments.