Agreement Reached With Pilot Union To Assure Flights Were Staffed
American Airlines scheduling problems that nearly left thousands of flights without pilots over the holidays may cost the carrier some $10 million, according to aviation analyst Jaime Baker.
Buenos Aires-Based Airline Is The First Latin American Carrier To Fly The New 737 MAX
Boeing and Aerolíneas Argentinas recently celebrated the delivery and commercial debut of the first 737 MAX airplane for the airline and for Latin America.
Receives First Task Order For Transition Of Worldwide Aviation Support Services Award
Aviation services provider AAR has announced that its subsidiary, AAR Airlift Group, received its first work order from the U.S. Department of State and has begun work on the transition phase of the Worldwide Aviation Support Services (WASS) contract. This follows the October 31, 2017 decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) upholding the State Department's September 1, 2016 award of the contract.
PRODUCT: Certain Airbus Model A318 series airplanes; Model A319 series airplanes; and Model A320-211, -212, -214, -216, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes.
Airlines Making 91,000 More Seats Per Day Available To Accommodate Growth In Holiday Travel
Airlines for America (A4A) is projecting that 51 million passengers are expected to fly globally on U.S. airlines over the 21-day winter holiday travel period from Friday, Dec. 15 through Thursday, Jan. 4, approximately a 3.5 percent increase over the 49.3 million estimated to have flown last year.
ALPA Says Negotiations Have Stalled As The Holidays Approach
Hundreds of Frontier Airlines pilots, joined by Frontier flight attendants and pilots from other airlines, will hold an informational picket and rally in downtown Denver on Thursday, December 7. Union negotiators for the Frontier pilots have just completed another fruitless bargaining session with management and are ready to ask the federal government to release them from mediation and start the clock towards a future pilot strike.