Seeks Changes In Arrival And Departure Routes From Airports
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has directed state Attorney General Brian Frosh to file a lawsuit against FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and the agency in an effort to change NextGen flight patterns for arrivals and departures from Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (KBWI) and Ronald Reagan National Airport (KDCA) in nearby Arlington, Virginia.
Airbus A350 Xwb Flies 30 Metric Tons Of Relief Goods And Medical Personnel To Guadeloupe
The Airbus Foundation and the French Red Cross have sent an Airbus A350 XWB test aircraft with 30 metric tons of emergency goods and 84 medical personnel from France, to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The relief equipment consisted of generators, water sanitation machines, solar lamps, beds, and mosquito netting. These are destined to the victims of hurricane Irma on the islands Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy and for later distribution to multiple islands in the Caribbean.
PRODUCT: All Airbus Model A318 and A319 series airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232 airplanes.
Sharon Pinkerton, Senior Vice President for Legislative and Regulatory Policy and David Berg, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Airlines for America recently penned an article together in the Air and Space Lawyer, highlighting that now is the time for Congress to embrace change and transfer the operation of the nation’s air traffic control system from the FAA to a non-profit, private entity.
Company Offers Insurers Free Initial Access To Image Libraries And Data Services
As residents and insurers in the southeastern United States begin to consider recovery efforts following Hurricane Irma, Airbus Aerial is prepared to help by providing insurance companies free initial access to its library of aerial base maps and data analytics of the affected region.
Airberlin pilots are apparently staging a "sick out" labor action, as 200 of the carrier's 1,500 pilots called in sick on Tuesday forcing the cancellation of more than 100 flights, according to the airline.