Boeing announced today it will increase the production rate for its Next-Generation 737 to 42 airplanes per month. Once implemented in the first half of 2014, the 737 program expects to build on avera...
US Airways has reached a tentative agreement on a new, four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) that represents the airline’s 164 flight dispatchers. “This tent...
Sean Kennedy, who serves as President Obama’s special assistant for legislative affairs, will take over head of government affairs at the Air Transport Association of America. ATA is headed by Nichola...
Delta Air Lines made $952 million in baggage fees last year — more than any other US carrier. It also topped the tables in reservation cancellation and change fees — with $699 million in revenue. Delt...
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Shannon Okinaka as vice president, controller. She will be responsible for overseeing the company’s accounting and financial reporting. Okinaka has been with the compan...
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has formally awarded antitrust immunity to the joint alliance between Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines. “In today’s order, the Department said Delta and i...
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has disclosed that it has signed lease agreements for 25 additional aircraft. TRIP Linhas Aereas (Brazil) and ALC have entered into long term lease agreements for six new A...
Beginning Sept 6, 2011, AirTran will add two daily roundtrips between Milwaukee and Des Moines, IA, as well as two daily roundtrips between Milwaukee and Akron-Canton, OH. While Southwest Airlines wil...
Republic Airways’ holding in Frontier Airlines will be reduced to a minority stake by the end of 2014, according to a new agreement with Frontier pilots. Frontier pilots have agreed to give up future ...
Panama-based Copa Airlines is expanding capacity by 20% this year. Part of this plan will involve launching a new service to Chicago O’Hare; Cucuta, Colombia; and Asuncion, Paraguay in December, bring...
US maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) software firm Enigma has opened an office in Singapore, headed by Craig McLeod. The firm said the move was "to address the increased demand for aviation maint...
Spirit AeroSystems has signed an agreement with Scandinavian Airlines to supply spare parts for the carrier’s fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft. ...
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