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May 28, 2008

Frontier, Teamsters Come To Terms On Wage Concessions

Airline Plans To Review Cuts In September... Assuming It Survives

It's not quite peace in our time, but it's something. On Tuesday, representatives with bankrupt Frontier Airlines and the Teamsters Union announced the two sides reached a tentative agreement on temporary wage concessions, that the airline says it needs in order to survive Chapter 11.

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BA Subsidiary Selects Wingspeed For Scalable Communications Platform

OpenSkies To Launch Paris-JFK Flights In June

Upstart trans-Atlantic carrier OpenSkies and Wingspeed Corporation announced recently the British Airways subsidiary will install Wingspeed’s XLLink Flight Information Architecture to provide low-cost, long-range communications on each of its Boeing 757 aircraft. The system also offers a migration path to completely paperless operations.

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EADS Chief Blames Airbus For Plummeting Stock Prices

Cites Ongoing A380, A400M Problems

EADS CEO Louis Gallois has been asked some tough questions lately about his company's financial performance, corporate restructuring, project delays and outlook going forward. For better or for worse, he's giving equally blunt responses.

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DOT Says Airlines Employed Fewer Pilots, Maintenance Workers In 2007

Outsourcing Costs Skyrocket Over 2000 Figures

US scheduled passenger airlines may employ more workers than ever... but it seems fewer of them are responsible for actually keeping planes in the air. The Department of Transportation announced Tuesday US carriers employed four percent fewer pilots and 32 percent fewer maintenance workers in 2007 than in 2000, citing figures from DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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NATA To Roll Out Compliance-Driven Flight Release System At Charter Summit

Intended To Ensure Past Errors Are Not Repeated

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) will roll out "IC Check" -- billed as the only comprehensive compliance-driven flight release system for professionally flown general aviation aircraft operations -- on June 10 at the 2008 NATA Air Charter Summit.

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Continental Pilot Says Rocket Flew By His Jet

FAA, FBI Investigating Alleged Incident

What did you do over the Memorial Day holiday weekend? We're guessing that somewhere near Houston, TX there's a model rocket enthusiast who'd rather not say.

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Delta Connection Academy Now Accepting OBAP Scholarship Applications

First-Ever Scholarship Provides Full Flight Training Valued At Over $100,000

Delta Connection Academy announced this month the availability of its first full flight training scholarship -- which includes tuition, housing and books valued at over $100,000.

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