First Stop For The New Airplane Set For March 1 In
Toronto
Boeing has announced dates and locations for the fourth segment
of the 787 Dream Tour beginning March 1. Stops will include visits
to cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In addition, the
Dream Tour airplane, ZA003, will be featured at the FIDAE Air Show
in Santiago, Chile, in late March to kick off the fifth segment of
the tour.
A controversial series of YouTube videos mocking a flight
attendant's bosses at American Airlines has morphed into an all-out
grassroots movement to remove the upper-management team now running
American Airlines, which filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection
in November of 2011. The bankruptcy filing was followed by an
announcement of extensive layoffs and planned pay cuts at the
airline.
NASA-Derived Technology Enables Accurate Volcanic-Ash
Assessment At Airport In Argentina
At the request of the Argentinean Ministry of Defense, a LiDAR
system developed by Sigma Space was installed at Bariloche airport
in Argentina on January 30th. Since the June 2011 eruption of the
Chilean Puyehue, Bariloche has been suffering from intermittent ash
clouds blowing from the volcano, and the airport in Bariloche has
been closed much of the time since the eruption.
Vote Split Between Teamsters, AMFA-Represented Workers
The Teamsters Union has denounced the vote tallied Tuesday which
blocked the seniority merger agreement between Southwest Airlines
and AirTran Airways mechanics.
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