AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT FIGURE DOWN IN AUGUST
The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data for August shows US scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.7% fewer workers in August 2010 than in August 2009. Th...
The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data for August shows US scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.7% fewer workers in August 2010 than in August 2009. Th...
Seating federal air marshals in first class has become a cost no longer justified by airlines. The Air Transport Association and several airline CEOs have appealed to the Transportation Security Admin...
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, have agreed to establish a joint ad hoc group to study and work on proposals to develop cooperation in the aviation in...
Bryan Saltzburg an industry analyst at Trip Advisor has stated that several major airlines are acting to reduce or eliminate first-class seating due to lack of demand. "There's been a clear trend for ...
General Dynamics, which bought Jet Aviation two years ago for $2.18 billion is merging its four aerospace brands into two: Gulfstream and Jet Aviation. Jet Aviation will now also include Midcoast Avia...
Cargo carrier MK Airlines has entered into liquidation after a second company voluntary arrangement (CVA) is blocked by creditors. John Alexander, from Carter Baker Winter, and Stephen Katz, from Da...
ExpressJet Holdings has mailed proxy materials to shareholders ahead of the November 10 vote on whether to sell the company to SkyWest. All shareholders who owned stock on September 27 will be allowed...
Negotiators from the EU and countries including the United States, Japan and Brazil will meet in Ottawa to discuss the issue of export credit. Home country airlines want their governments to draw up a...
Southwest Airlines new ad campaign emphasizes the fact that the airline does not charge a fee for changing reservations. The new campaign echoes a recent ad promoting its free bag services. Southwest ...
Frontier Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, has added a new direct service between Kansas City International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport. The we...
In a bid to upstage Republican candidate Mike Pompeo, who is supported by Kansas aircraft manufacturers, Democrat Raj Goyle has focused his campaign on the aircraft workers hit hard by layoffs in Wich...
Boeing has completed the final body join (loading the forward and aft fuselage sections to join with the wing) of the first 747-8 Intercontinental in Everett. The join is a important milestone in the ...
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