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December 20, 2011

Etihad Airways Becomes Biggest Single Shareholder In airberlin

UAE National Carrier To Provide Five-Year Financing Facilities Of Up To $255 Million

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has agreed to increase its stake in airberlin, Europe’s sixth largest airline, to 29.21 per cent, becoming airberlin’s largest single shareholder. The strategic move, announced Monday in Berlin by Etihad Airways Chief Executive Officer James Hogan and airberlin CEO Hartmut Mehdorn, connects the airlines’ extensive networks and frequent flyer programs to offer travellers 239 destinations across 77 countries.

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Delta Unveils Schedule For New Domestic Hub At LaGuardia Airport

Airline To Add More Than 100 New Flights In Largest New York Expansion In Decades

Delta Air Lines late last week unveiled its schedule for its new domestic hub at New York's LaGuardia airport (KLGA), expanding its service to include more than 100 new flights and 29 new destinations. The investment will be the largest single expansion by any carrier at LaGuardia in decades.

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KJAX Re-Numbers Ruways Due To Magnetic Pole Shift

Three-Day Project Cost $20,000

The Earth's shifting magnetic core has necessitated the re-numbering of the runways at Jacksonville International Airport in Florida. The main runway at KJAX is now designated 08-26, while the secondary runway has been re-numbered 14-32.

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Boeing Business Jets Delivers First BBJ To Nanshan Jet Of China

China Emerging As Key Market For Business Jets

Boeing  Business Jets has announced the delivery of a BBJ to Nanshan Jet of Yantai, China, rounding out a strong year of orders and deliveries to Chinese customers. Representatives of Nanshan Jet took delivery of the airplane at the Boeing Delivery Center in Seattle.

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AD: Airbus A330, A340

AD NUMBER: 2011-26-06

MANUFACTURER: Airbus Model A330-200 and -300 series airplanes, Model A340-200 and -300 series airplanes, and Model A340-500 and -600 series airplanes

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Appeals Court Upholds Union Election Standard

Rules Vote Not Cast Should Not Count As 'No'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld new labor rules that make it easier for unions to form at airlines ... an issue which has been largely credited with stalling a long-term funding bill for the FAA.

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Qantas Reaches Labor Agreement with Licenced Engineers Union

Deal Includes A Three Percent Annual Pay Raise Through 2014

Qantas and the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) have reached a proposed agreement on terms and conditions covering around 1,600 licensed aircraft maintenance engineers. The proposal is intended to form part of a workplace determination that the parties will ask Fair Work Australia to make and would remain in force until December 31, 2014.

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Boeing Delivers 7,000th 737

Milestone Airplane Goes To Middle East Low-Cost Carrier flydubai

The 7,000th Boeing 737 to come off the assembly line was delivered last week to Dubai-based flydubai. The airplane is flydubai's 14th Next-Generation 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior. The Boeing 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner of all time with total orders exceeding 9,300 airplanes, including orders for the new 737 MAX.

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