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Relationship Gives World’s Third Busiest Airport Strong Presence in China; DFW and Shanghai Trade Expertise from Air Service to Environment. Hailing the new relationship as a milestone in Texas-China trade and tourism relations, leaders of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport and the Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA) signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding establishing DFW-SAA as […]

Air Wisconsin Airlines has promoted Ed Baranowski to the position of managing director of maintenance, reporting directly to President and CEO James Rankin. In his new role as leader of the Maintenance Department, Baranowski will assume responsibility for all decisions relevant to airworthiness, serviceability, and flight safety, and will serve as Air Wisconsin’s primary maintenance

Jeppesen has signed an agreement with Lufthansa to provide its Carmen Crew Management System (CMS). The project will start during the fall this year. Carmen CMS provides airlines with improved crew scheduling flexibility and an integrated crew management process which lowers operating costs.

Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract covering 27,000 employees in Washington, Oregon and Kansas. Union leadership is recommending that employees vote to ratify the contract. By mutual agreement, details of the agreement will be released first by the union. If employees vote

Main table negotiations for new, three-year, contracts covering 20,300 engineers and technical workers at The Boeing Company start Tuesday (Oct. 28), in SeaTac. Negotiations between the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001, and Boeing start after eight months of disappointing preliminary talks. The first meaningful discussion only recently took place,

The Boeing Company board of directors accepted the resignation of Edward M. Liddy, who last month was named chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group. Liddy offered his resignation based upon his concerns that he would no longer qualify as an independent director on the Boeing board under NYSE director independence standards. AIG’s

Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated flight deck and safety systems for general aviation aircraft, announced the appointment of Leslie Fischer to the position of Regional Sales Manager for the Western Region of the United States. A 2004 graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, Ms. Fischer holds a Bachelor of

Muriel Fenton has been appointed to the position of Quality Assurance Manager at Shannon Aerospace Ltd. In 2002, Muriel joined the Shannon Aerospace Quality Department as Quality Assurance Engineer, and during her time in that position attained a Diploma in Quality Management from Business Excellence as well as becoming a

UPS began construction of its new intra-Asia air hub at Shenzhen International Airport in the heart of China

Republic Airways Holdings announced that its Chautauqua Airlines (