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Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots voted overwhelmingly in favor of changes to their
contract that will give them pay raises, an equity stake and other benefits, but
also will give management more leeway as part of a proposed combination with
Northwest Airlines Corp. |
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New Mexicans might soon be able to take airline flights directly from
Albuquerque to Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico, but the regular flights to Puerto
Vallarta that began late last year will end in a month. |
 Edgy
discounter Virgin America plans to launch service at Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport later this year, invading the business travel turf long
dominated by United and American Airlines. Virgin, affiliated with British
billionaire Richard Branson, also is gambling by flying into a controversy over
congestion at the busy airport. |
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GA Telesis, which specialises in commercial aerospace support, has acquired the
assets of Curtiss Wright Accessories Services, located in a 56,000-square-foot
facility at Miami International Airport. |
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Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines would plan to consolidate terminal
operations at some airports, including Los Angeles International and
Chicago-O'Hare, after their merger, executives said today. |
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Tulsa Airport Improvement Trustees awarded $4.3 million in runway and taxiway
reconstruction contracts Thursday and $4.25 million in aircraft noise mitigation
contracts. |
 FedEx
Corp. is planning to spend up to $40 million on a trucking facility near Memphis
International Airport, real estate sources say. During the Memphis and Shelby
County Land Use Control Board meeting Thursday, Dallas-based Hillwood Investment
Properties was granted a special use permit for 77.76 acres on the south side of
Holmes and the east side of Airways Boulevard. |
 Last
month, Boeing set back the first delivery of its 787 Dreamliner by about 15
months. But many airlines have since discovered the delay for their first plane
is even worse between two years and 30 months for some of the largest 787
customers. |
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United Airlines is closing in on a merger with US Airways, sources say, after
being spurned by Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The combined carrier
would be headquartered in Chicago, United's base and home to its largest airport
hub, said a person familiar with the negotiations. |
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Bombardier Aerospace’s business aircraft market forecast, released last week,
predicts that 1,320 business jets, ranging from light twinjets to corporate
airliners, will be delivered annually over the next 10 years. According to the
Canadian aircraft manufacturer, this is more than a twofold increase from the
industry average of about 620 business jets delivered annually between 1998 and
2007. |
 Florida
Gov. Charlie Crist and Embraer president and CEO Frederico Curado this afternoon
jointly announced that the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer is building a $51
million, 149,500-sq-ft Phenom 100/300 final assembly, painting and delivery and
customer operations center at Melbourne Airport. |
 The
numbers weren´t as good as they´d hoped... but by all indications, the situation
should improve soon. That´s the message from Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition
Company, LLC (HBAC) which on Wednesday reported continued strong market
acceptance and demand for its products, resulting in net bookings of $ 1.1
billion during the three months ending March 30, 2008. Continued strong order
activity resulted in a record backlog of .8 billion. |
 ExecuJet
Aviation has established corporate offices in China, India and Russia in an
effort to exploit the growing demand for business aviation in these booming
countries. "Our offices are up and running in Beijing, Mumbai and Moscow and we
plan to roll out our services within these regions, starting with our SimplyFly
jet ownership programme, followed by new and used aircraft sales, maintenance,
aircraft management, charter and fixed-based operations," says ExecuJet group
managing director Gerrit Basson. |
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THE crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow may have been
caused by abnormally cold conditions over Russia, air investigators said
yesterday. Flight BA38 was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow when
it lost thrust in both engines at 600ft coming in to land on January 17. |
 Some
air traffic controllers say they believe American Airlines is attempting to save
fuel at the expense of safety, and risking the possibility of a runway
collision, NBC 5 reported. |
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