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March 04, 2013

American Airlines Applies For Additional Service To Brazil

Airline Hopes To Add Routes From Los Angeles And Chicago Hubs

American Airlines has filed an application with the U.S. DOT for the right to fly additional United States – Brazil frequencies beginning in 2013 and 2014. American will use these frequencies to add one new daily round trip service from its Los Angeles and Chicago hubs to Sao Paulo, expanding the airline's Latin American network footprint to provide even greater choices to its customers.

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Airbus, THAI To Develop Strategic Maintenance Training Partnership

Agreement Signed For Collaboration Located In Thailand

Airbus and Thai Airways International (THAI) have signed an agreement for Maintenance Training Collaboration to develop a long term strategic partnership. As part of this, THAI would become Airbus' local maintenance training center in the region and will initially provide maintenance type-training capabilities for A320 and A330.

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Pratt & Whitney Transforms Middletown Assembly Area

Will Produce New PurePower PW1100G-JM And F135 Engines

The first phase of an assembly-floor transformation project at Pratt & Whitney's Middletown, CT, facility has been completed. The completion prepares the Engine Center to produce its portion of PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo and increases production capacity for the F135 engine powering the F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Military.

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Nayak Aircraft Services Extends EASA Part 145 Approval For Dreamliner Service

Authorized To Perform Line Maintenance On The 787

With the recent expansion of its EASA Part 145 approval Nayak Aircraft Services is one of the first maintenance companies that is certified to perform Line Maintenance on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. As from April 1st 2013 Nayak Aircraft Services starts to offer both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on Boeing's flagship at the airports of Stockholm Arlanda (Sweden), Schiphol Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Oslo Gardermoen (Norway).

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Japanese Dreamliner Pilots Losing Pay, Flight time

But Say That They Want To Be Sure The Airplane Is Safe

Pilots in Japan and elsewhere who are trained to fly the 787 Dreamliner don't have a lot to do while the airplanes are grounded by battery issues, but in Japan, the pilots say they want to be sure the airplane is safe to fly.

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'Harlem Shake' Draws FAA Investigation

Colorado College Students Dance In The Aisle Of An Airliner

The FAA is investigating an incident in which students from Colorado College on their way to an Ultimate Frisbee tournament performed the "Harlem Shake" in the aisle of the Frontier Airlines Flight 157. A video of the dance posted on YouTube has drawn more than 400,000 views, and an investigation by the FAA.

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No-Fly List Bans U.S. Vet From Boarding An Airliner

Second Time The Air Force Veteran Has Been Blocked From Flying

A U.S. Air Force veteran of Muslim descent was blocked from boarding an airplane in Oklahoma City OK, last Saturday because he is on the no-fly list. It is the second time in a month that Saadiq Long has been prevented from flying.

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