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All News

July 15, 2008

USAPA Accuses Carrier Of Intimidating Pilots

Says Training Program Penalizes Pilots For Adding Fuel Reserve

US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) President Stephen Bradford released a memorandum this week to US Airways pilots, advising them of the airline's decision to initiate what the union considers discipline in the form of unapproved "training."

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Farnborough '08: Arik Air Orders Seven 737s, Announces Plans For 747-8s

NextGen Jumbo Jet Program Earns Boost

Boeing and Nigeria's Arik Air announced orders Tuesday for an additional seven Next-Generation 737s at the Farnborough International Airshow. More importantly, the carrier also said it plans to order four 747-8 Intercontinentals... giving that program a needed boost.

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Farnborough '08: DAE Capital Firms Up Order For 100 Airbus Planes

Russia's Aeroflot Adds Five A321s To Its Fleet

It's the first really big order to come out of the Farnborough International Airshow... but will it be the last? Aircraft lessor DAE Capital signed a firm contract Tuesday for 30 Airbus A350-900 and 70 Airbus A320 aircraft. The contract follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the Dubai air show in November 2007.

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Midwest Airlines Announces Steep Jobs Cuts

Some 1,200 Workers To Lose Jobs By September

Midwest Airlines said this week it will be the latest carrier to drastically slash its workforce, announcing plans to reduce employee ranks at Midwest Airlines and its Skyway subsidiary by about 1,200 jobs, or 40 percent of current staffing levels.

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Boeing's First 777 Freighter Takes Flight

Test Equipment Snag Hinders Planned Circuit

The first Boeing 777 Freighter successfully took to the sky Monday morning for the first time, and completed an initial series of tests during a flight lasting more than three-and-a-half hours. Boeing says airplane performed well; the testing equipment... not so much.

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United Airlines, IAM Announce Early Out Program

Will Be Offered To 400 Ramp Workers, Customer Service Agents

United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) announced last week they have come to an agreement on an opportunity for eligible customer service and ramp employees to voluntarily separate from the company. The program will be available for up to 400 customer service and ramp employees.

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Continental Projects $58 Million In Charges In Second Quarter

Plans To Post Net Gain Of $22M, Thanks To Stock Selloff

More discouraging news to report from a US carrier, as Continental Airlines announced recently it plans to post a pretax charge of $58 million for the second quarter of 2008, due largely to planned capacity reductions.

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Ouch! United To Post $2.7 Billion Hit In Second Quarter

Will Post Loss To Deliberately Devalue Company

There's a lack of "goodwill" lately at United Airlines... and we're not talking about the contentious relationship between management and employees. Parent company UAL announced Monday it might record a $2.7 billion hit for the second quarter of 2008, slashing any "goodwill" it's had for the past two years.

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JFK Incidents Highlight Efforts To Attract Controllers

NY Post Decries "FAA Kids In Control"

When it comes to hiring more controllers, it seems the FAA has a classic case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't" on its hands.

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FAA Expands Runway Status Lights Nationwide

System To Be Installed At 20 Airports Nationwide

Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Robert Sturgell announced Monday new initiatives designed to improve runway safety at busy US airports, including the installation of Runway Status Lights at major airports across the country. The agency expects to award a contract this fall to install the system at 20 additional airports over the next three years.

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Farnborough '08: Embraer Collects 22 New E-190 Orders On First Day

Larger Regional Jets Still Attractive For Airlines

Brazilian planemaker Embraer ended the first official day at the Farnborough International Airshow with new orders from Aeroméxico, NAS Aviation and NIKI Airlines... all for the planemaker's E-190 airliner.

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