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August 29, 2008

A Small Kindness... Among Remnants Of Tragedy

Pilot Keeps Crash Wreckage Out Of Relatives' Sights

It was a small gesture... the type that usually goes unreported. In the aftermath of last week's devastating crash of a Spanair MD-80 in Madrid, however, even the smallest gestures of kindness stand out.

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MASwings And Firefly Take Delivery Of New ATR 72-500s

First Of Type To Be Operated In Malaysia

Malaysia Airlines subsidiaries MASwings and Firefly celebrated the delivery of the first ATR 72-500 for MASwings, and the second ATR 72-500 of Firefly, in a joint ceremony held at the ATR Final Assembly Line in Toulouse.

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American Airlines Unions Realign Efforts On Eve Of Labor Day

Pilots, Flight Attendants And Ground Workers Join Forces To Pressure Carrier

While unions at American Airlines have generally enjoyed good relations with each other, in recent years each major labor group has flown solo in efforts to recoup wages and benefit cuts. Three of those unions -- the Allied Pilots Association (APA), the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) -- have now pledged to combine efforts to obtain new contracts for their members.

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Alitalia Succumbs To The Inevitable, Files For Bankruptcy

Latest Reorg Proposal Calls For Merger With Air One SpA

The buzzards have been circling over struggling Italian flag carrier Alitalia SpA for some time... and on Friday, airline executives capitulated to the inevitable, and filed for insolvency and protection from their creditors.

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Boeing Donates $1 Million To Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

Lifts Fundraising Total To $100 Million

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington, on Thursday Harry E. Johnson, Sr. President and CEO of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., announced The Boeing Company will donate $1 million toward building a lasting Memorial to Dr. King on the National Mall.

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Alaska Airlines Retires Last MD-80, Completes Transition To All-Boeing Fleet

Airline's Latest 737-800 Christened 'Spirit Of Seattle'

Good riddance to old Mad-Dogs. On Thursday, Alaska Airlines completed its transition to an all-Boeing 737 aircraft fleet with the retirement of its last MD-80 series airplane, part of a ramped-up plan to increase the airline's operational efficiency and improve fuel conservation.

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Continental Takes Proactive Approach Ahead Of Looming Hurricane

Says Customers May Rescheduled Without Penalty

Continental Airlines announced Thursday travel options for customers whose flight plans may be affected by Tropical Storm Gustav, which is expected to develop into a major hurricane over the weekend, with the US Gulf Coast squarely in its sights.

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LAX Workers Walk Off Job To Protest Alleged Civil Rights Abuses

May Affect United, American, And Southwest Over Holiday Weekend

If you want to make a point about labor... what better time to get your message heard than just before Labor Day? Airline service workers representing the 2,500 employees who provide services from 'curb to cabin' at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) walked off the job at 1:30 pm Thursday, in response to what they term contractors' civil rights abuses and failure to bargain in good faith.

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FAA Delays Planned Newark Slot Auction

Airlines Score (Temporary?) Victory

Chalk one up for the nation's airlines, who -- aided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NY Senator Chuck Schumer, among others -- have apparently succeeded in forcing the FAA to retreat from its plan for slot auctions at the busiest US airports. How long that victory will last, though, is open to speculation and debate.

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Low-Cost Carrier Latest Casualty Of Shaky Economy

'Zoom' Comes To Screeching Halt, Stranding Passengers

The latest collapse of an airline stranded hundreds of passengers on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday.

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Boeing Makes Its 'Best And Final' Offer To IAM Workers

Proposed Contract Raises Pay 11 Percent Over Three Years; Union Vote Comes Next Week

It's in the union's hands now. On Thursday, Boeing presented its "best and final" contract offer to almost 27,000 employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Washington, Oregon and Kansas.

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Union Claims AAL Management Is 'Tearing Airline Apart'

Carrier Responds, Calls Tactic 'Disappointing'

The Transport Workers Union has placed newspaper ads in Fort Worth, Chicago and Tulsa, charging that the management of American Airlines is, "tearing a once-proud airline apart."

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Qantas Aims For 'Old Airline Aesthetic' With A380 Interiors

But 707s Were Never THIS Swanky...

While the US domestic airlines use their creativity to find new ways to strip down service, foreign airlines buying the Airbus A380 superjumbo are working on suites with double beds, and first-class bathrooms with showers. After all, airliner with almost 50 percent more cabin space than a Boeing 747 was bound to become a designer's playground.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-17-17 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-17-17 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 747 airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-17-15 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-17-15 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700,-800, and -900 series airplanes.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2008-17-16 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-17-16 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain transport category airplanes identified above.

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