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All News

June 05, 2008

Airbus Collects More A350, A330 Sales

Air One Now Has Over 130 Planes On Firm Order Or Option

Fast-growing Italian carrier Air One signed a firm order with Airbus this week for 12 A350-800s, plus 12 options, and 12 A330-200s, plus eight options.

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Emirates Looks Forward To Delivery Of Its First A380

Ceremony Planned In Hamburg On July 28

Emirates, the largest customer for the A380 superjumbo, announced Thursday it will receive the first of its 58 A380 aircraft on order from Airbus' Hamburg facility on July 28.

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TSA Continues To See Screeners Leave Agency

Attrition Rate Has Yet To Fall Below 20 Percent

It appears a program aimed at convincing screeners to stay at their jobs with the Transportation Security Administration is about as effective as... well, as most other aspects of the agency.

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Continental Latest Airline To Announce Big Cuts

Will Ground 67 Older 737s; 3000 Positions To Be Eliminated

In a release to the airline's more than 45,000 employees Thursday, Continental Airlines CEO Larry Kellner and president Jeff Smisek announced the carrier plans to eliminated 3,000 jobs in the coming months, and will ground 67 aircraft from its mainline fleet.

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Hawaiian Plans To Expand Interisland Fleet

Will Add Two More B717s; Now Operating 763 Between Honolulu And Maui

Here's something we haven't heard much of lately... an airline actually adding capacity. Hawaiian Airlines announced this week it plans to expand its interisland fleet with the addition of four Boeing 717-200 aircraft, to better meet the needs of Hawaii's interisland travelers in the wake of the shutdown of Aloha Airlines on April 1.

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AD: Boeing/McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2008-12-03 MANUFACTURER: Boeing, McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-12-03 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for various transport category airplanes.

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Bad Times For Airlines Mean Tough Times For Unions...

...And Terrible Times For Contract Negotiations

If union airline employees thought they'd eventually regain wages and benefits conceded after 9/11's disruption of the industry, the sudden run-up in fuel prices may have them either rethinking strategy, or updating their resumes.

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NWA Union Asks Shareholders To Oppose Merger With Delta

Cites High Debt Load Of Combined Airline, "Minimal" Savings

The union calls itself The International Association of Machinists, but it also represents baggage handlers, ticket and reservations agents, clerical employees and other workers at Northwest Airlines.

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Spirit Latest Airline To Hint At Job Cuts

May Displace Or Furlough Big Part Of Workforce

Spirit Airlines says it may lay off or move up to 60 percent of its flight attendants and 45 percent of its pilots in an effort to cut costs to counter high fuel prices.

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