Alaska Airlines agrees deal with AMFA union
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents Alaska Airlines’ 626 aircraft technicians and related employees, has ratified a new five-year contract that includes annual pay ra...
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents Alaska Airlines’ 626 aircraft technicians and related employees, has ratified a new five-year contract that includes annual pay ra...
American Airlines pilots' union has rejected the airline's latest offer this week and intends to resume negotiations between Thanksgiving and Christmas. American said in a statement, "We look forward ...
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) is suing The Export Import Bank of America (Ex-Im) in a bid to block the $3.4bn loan guarantees for the Air India Boeing 787 order. The ATA maintain that...
Alaska Airlines has again successfully completed the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and has been renewed on the IOSA Registry. The airline has been on the regi...
Pinnacle Airlines has reported a 2.4% fall in its passenger traffic in October compared to the same month in 2010, on a capacity decrease of 3.1%. Load factor for October 2011 was 77.7%, up 0.6 points...
American Airlines is urging its pilots to vote through a comprehensive contract proposal to bring an end to the protracted pay negotiations. The airline stated on its website that “We've shared countl...
Boeing is collaborating with the University of Nottingham in the UK with a three-year $1 million investment into the research and development of composites recycling activities. Sir Roger Bone, presid...
As reported in Airline Economics Nov/Dec issue which is at every stand at the Dubai air show, US lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has signed an agreement with Airbus for 30 A320neos. This latest o...
Spirit Airlines and Airbus signed today at the Dubai Airshow a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 75 single-aisle aircraft, comprising 45 A320neo aircraft (new engine option) and 30 A320s. The engi...
A new survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers says greater transparency is needed in airline sustainability reporting. Although 70% of airlines reveal total CO2 emissions and 77% detail social acti...
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined American Eagle Airlines $900,000 for tarmac delays of more than three hours on 15 flights arriving at O'Hare International Airport on May 29. The ai...
Southwest Airlines plans to boost the number of weekday flights it operates by 1.1% between June 3 and August 10 from a year earlier by tweaking its schedule. The airline said that 40 markets would se...
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