The union representing Frontier Airlines flight attendants is crying foul over attendance policy changes that it says penalizes employees -- and threatens their jobs -- for calling in sick. "Changes to the dependability program should be addressed at the negotiating table, not simply imposed upon the workers it impacts," Association of Flight Attendants-CWA national spo...
Gulf Air, Bahrain's national airline, will place an order for between 40 and 50 aircraft in the next six months, Chief Financial Officer, Sahar Ataei, told Gulf News in Dubai on Tuesday. "We have finalised some aircraft deals and are still looking to finalise some others within the coming six months," Ataei said on the sidelines of the Middle East & Africa Airfinance Conf...
Aircraft lessor Avolon committed to leasing five Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to Chinese carrier, Hainan Airlines, in a US$1.3 billion deal, during the third quarter of the year. The Dublin-based company recently agreed a sale to Chinese operator Bohai Leasing for US$31 a-share, valuing the business at US$7.6 billion. In an update on Tuesday, Avolon said that it has delivered eight craft worth U...
Dassault Aviation will break ground on Friday for a new heavy-maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Mérignac, France. This will be an addition to Dassault Falcon Service’s three dedicated heavy MRO facilities in Paris Le Bourget; Little Rock, Ark.; and Wilmington, Del. “The Mérignac shop will complement these,” the company said. The new 7,20...
Bombardier named pilot and safety advisor Matt Barre the winner of the 2015 Eugene Cernan Safety Award. Bombardier recognized Captain Barre for “his dedication to aviation safety while on active duty in the Coast Guard and as a member of Aflac's corporate flight department.” Nominated for the award by his peers, he was also credited for his involvement in developing safety programs...
Business aviation flight activity last month in North America climbed by 3 percent versus a year ago, according to data released today by aviation services group Argus International. This more than quadrupled the company’s forecast for 0.7-percent growth, prompting its data researchers to dub it the “September surge.” Argus is predicting a 2.7-percent increase in flying this mont...
Lufthansa Technik is offering an advanced version of its Cyclean® engine wash system. Based on the large success of the first Cyclean® version Lufthansa Technik’s product engineering has further optimized the system. The temperature range has been significantly extended in which Cyclean® can be used. The advanced system is operational up to -10 degrees Ce...
Aerostar S.A., the leading Romanian aerospace company announced today at the MRO Europe exhibition that it will achieve a record number of heavy maintenance visits in 2015. So far this year the company has completed 48 heavy checks on, predominantly Boeing 737 (Classic and Next Generation) and Airbus A320 families, and has contracted for a further 17 aircraft to bring the total for th...
On October 25 UTair will transition to the Autumn-Winter flight schedule. During the autumn-winter period UTair plans to perform flights on more than 100 routes, including international routes connecting Russia with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. In addition, during the autumn-winter period UTair will launch a completely new flight from Moscow to Grozny. UTa...
Alitalia today unveiled a series of customer service enhancements that will improve the travel experience for air passengers. The national airline of Italy also confirmed that its three years business plan was on track to be profitable by 2017. The Chairman of Alitalia, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and Vice Chairman of Alitalia and President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, James...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch has recently completed a number of back to back heavy maintenance checks for a major German cargo airline. MAEL’s highly experienced engineering team carried out scheduled heavy maintenance including various modifications, repairs and out of phase tasks on a total of three aircraft for the German cargo airlines A...
STTS, (a Finaero company) leading expert in aircraft painting & sealing announces the launch of three purposely built paint hangars at its Toulouse Blagnac sites. In order to respond to growing market demand, STTS is investing in a 60 million euros project that will accommodate three further painting bays, more specifically: Two 10.000m2 hangars accommodating wide body aircraft...
