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December 16, 2008

The Hits Just Keep Coming: Airline Employment Plummeted In October

BTS: Ranks Down 5.7 Percent Over Last Year

US scheduled passenger airlines employed 5.7 percent fewer workers in October 2008 than in October 2007, the fourth consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year and the largest year-to-year decrease since July 2006, the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Tuesday.

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Mystery Deepens Surrounding Missing Plane Near Turks And Caicos

Distress Signal Received En Route To Bahamas

Crews are searching in the waters off the Bahamas for signs of a missing Britton-Norman Islander. The twin-engine aircraft with 12 people onboard disappeared en route to a refueling stop in the Bahamas Monday afternoon.

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PIT Invests $600K To Promote New International Service

Delta's Paris Route Airport's First Trans-Atlantic Run Since 2004

Officials at Pittsburgh International Airport are wasting no time, and sparing no expense, in promoting the airport's first trans-Atlantic route in over four years.

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Mediation Likely The Next Step For AAL Baggage Handlers

Sides Fail To Reach Agreement In Extended Talks

Talks between management and the union representing roughly 14,000 baggage and cargo handlers at American Airlines broke down recently, after both sides failed to reach a deal on a new contract.

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Delta Unveils Inflight Internet Service

Will Rollout Aircell's Gogo On Six Planes

Delta Air Lines marked the initial launch Tuesday of Gogo Inflight Internet service onboard six of the airline's aircraft, the first in a series of more than 300 Delta domestic mainline aircraft that will soon feature the new customer offering.

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Azul Takes Off: Brazilian Airline Makes First Flight

Aims To Expand To 36 Planes By 2011

JetBlue founder David Neeleman launched his fourth airline Monday, days after Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras S.A. received its first airplane.

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CAE Wins FFS Contracts From Saudi, Chinese Training Centers

Company Has Announced 26 Sim Sales In FY2009

Training provider CAE has been awarded contracts to design and manufacture three full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated training devices valued at more than C$40 million at list prices. The contracts are with Saudi Arabian Airlines and the Hua Ou Aviation Training Centre in Beijing, China. CAE has announced so far a total of 26 FFS sales in fiscal year 2009.

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Delta Offers Severance Packages To Entire Workforce

75K Employees Offered Early-Out Ahead Of Probable Layoffs

Delta Air Lines says it needs fewer people to run the company in 2009, after planned cuts of six-to-eight percent take effect. In order to minimize involuntary firings, the company says it will offer most of its 75,000 employees voluntary separation packages, looking to get an unspecified number of takers.

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Analysts Predict Recession Will Spur Renewed Merger Mania In '09

US And Foreign Mergers Held Back By US Ownership Laws

With excess capacity and increased competition already taking a toll on air carriers, industry experts agree global economic conditions are conducive to more airline mergers in the coming year.

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US Airline Pilots Association Allows ASAP To Lapse

Cites Carrier's 'Mismanagement Of Critical Immunity Provisions'

Chalk up another airline that will no longer participate in the FAA's Aviation Safety Action Program. The US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) announced Monday it has allowed their contract of participation in ASAP to expire, citing alleged cases of retribution against pilots.

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BTS: Airlines Report Fourth Quarterly Loss Margin In A Row

Q3 2008 Results Are In, And They're Not Good

The six largest network airlines, as a group, reported an operating loss margin of 5.8 percent in the third quarter of 2008, the fourth consecutive quarterly loss margin since the group reported a profit margin in the third quarter of 2007, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US Department of Transportation reported Monday in a release of preliminary data.

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Sweden Gains Its First Mega-Airport

Country Touts Environmental Aspects Of Stockholm Airport City

Sweden's first "airport city," the state-of-the-art Stockholm Airport City, is currently being built in the Stockholm region. The supersized airport project includes a 650-room hotel, meeting center, and offices.

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