Negotiations Made Difficult By Bankruptcy Conditions
American Eagle Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), announced a tentative agreement last last week after months of negotiations between AFA and American Eagle management.
Only One Fatal Accident Reported Among Scheduled Operations
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its Annual Safety Review for 2011. In Europe, there was a single fatal accident in scheduled operations during the year. For the decade 2002-2011, the rate of accidents in scheduled operations in EASA Member States was one of the lowest in the world with 1.6 fatal accidents per 10 million flights.
Airline Predicts No Significant Changes To Schedules Or Locations Served
Delta Air Lines will cease operations of its subsidiary, Comair, Inc. after Sept. 29, 2012. In a memo issued Friday to the Officers and Directors of Delta Air Lines, Don Bornhorst, Senior Vice President of Delta Connection, said that regional flying has and will remain a key component of Delta's network, but that customer expectations and the unit costs of regional flying have evolved.
GEnx Engine Failed On Pre-Flight Test Saturday At Charleston International Airport
The NTSB has gotten involved in an investigation stemming from the failure of a GEnx engine hung on a Boeing Dreamliner being prepared for delivery to Air India. Debris reportedly fell from the engine during a pre-flight test Saturday sparking a grass fire at Charleston International Airport in South Carolina. Boeing and General Electric, the engine's manufacturer, are both involved in the investigation.
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