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United Airlines Promises to Order 100 New Planes if Pilots’ Union Caves

United Airlines plans to order a fleet of 100-seat jetliners from either Bombardier Inc. or Embraer SA if it can agree on terms for a two-year contract extension with pilots in expedited bargaining. Reaching a deal would assure labor peace with a crucial union for new Chief Executive Officer Osca...

Air France Tries to Get Passengers on Its Side Following Embarassing Labor Fight

Air France sent an unusual appeal Friday to its passengers worldwide, insisting that the violent, clothes-ripping protests against executives earlier should not scar the airline’s reputation. Its appeal came on the day unions and Air France management resumed negotiations over hotly contest...

U.S. Airline Traffic Is Up But Airlines Want More Revenues

Airline traffic is up and planes are full, though carriers still expect a key revenue measure to decline because of lower average fares. Investors remained focused on bustling activity for airlines, however, and airline shares rallied Friday. American Airlines traffic rose 7.2 percent in September compared with the same month last year. The average flight was 82.7 percent full, a record for...

Fuzhou Airlines Welcomes Its First Foreign Pilot

As passengers embarked on Fuzhou Airlines (FU) flight FU6519 and started another comfortable journey from Fuzhou to Shanghai on Oct. 5, they didn't know that the captain in command of their flight was the carrier's first foreign pilot. The 53-year-old captain Janos is from Hungary. Being strong and muscular, the 1.8-meter-tall captain always wears an amiable smile. Before joinin...

Juneyao Airlines Makes Big Screen Debut in Times Square

Promotional film of Juneyao Airlines (HO) was displayed on the big screen in Times Square, New York City during the National Day holiday, a move to raise its brand visibility and expand into the international market. The Shanghai-based carrier promoted its brand on Thomson Reuters's large screens overlooking the Times Square between September 30 and October 2, to celebrate the airline&...

Source: Russian Authorities Change International Flights Rules

Russia's Ministry of Justice has amended Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) allowing airlines to launch international flights without waiting two years after operating domestic services. The amendments have not been announced officially, but were confirmed by an ATW source. The changes will permit Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airlines, which began service Dec. 1, 201...

Incident: Austrian F100 at Stuttgart on Oct. 8, 2015, Could Not Retract All Gears

An Austrian Airlines Fokker 100, registration OE-LVB performing flight OS-184 from Stuttgart (Germany) to Vienna (Austria), was climbing out of Stuttgart's runway 25 when the crew stopped the climb at FL140 and returned to Stuttgart for a safe landing on runway 25 about 25 minutes after departure. A ground witness reported the aircraft climbed out with the left and nose gear retra...

Singapore Airlines Plane Collapses at Changi Airport

The nose gear of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane collapsed on Sunday morning (Oct. 11) at Changi Airport, confirmed the airline in response to queries from Channel NewsAsia. There were no passengers or crew on board at the time, said SIA. At the time of the collapse, which happened around 8:00 a.m., one engineer was on the aircraft but was not hurt, added the airline. "Singap...

United ready for rival's overseas flights from Houston: executive

United Airlines (UAL.N) will be competitive in Houston even as budget rival Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) launches its first international flights from the Texas city next week, the company's chief revenue officer said Friday in an interview. United Continental Holdings Inc intends to compete on price when necessary, add destinations and offer easy connections to keep customers, Jim Compt...

Climate Action Takes Flight: An Open Letter From the Aviation Sector to Governments

One year ahead of the 39th International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly and as governments prepare to meet in Paris for the crucial COP21 climate change negotiations, we reaffirm our commitment to reduce aviation's contribution to climate change. As a result of billions of dollars of investment and collaborative action already taken by the industry, a passenger today produces half...

Delta Air Lines becomes the first U.S. airline to allow customers to pay for flights with Apple Pay

Delta is the first U.S.-based airline to allow customers to purchase tickets using Apple Pay, making the booking process even easier for iPhone users. Delta customers can now book and pay for flights via Apple Pay, the easy and private way to pay that the company says is safer than credit cards, using the latest version of the Fly Delta app. Delta is the first U.S.-based airline to allow its cu...

EASA informs airlines of missile launches from the Caspian Sea to Syria

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is informing airlines of missile launches from the Caspian Sea to Syria. EASA was informed from public sources of several launches of missiles from warships, located in the Caspian Sea, to Syria on 06 and 07 October 2015. Before reaching Syria, such missiles are necessarily crossing the airspace above Caspian Sea, Iran and Iraq, below flight...

Air France has a new message to its customers

Dear Sir, Madam, I am sure that like all of us, you were shocked by the events that took place at the end of Air France’s Central Works Council meeting last Monday. What we all saw does not represent Air France. These violent acts were the work of isolated individuals and do not reflect the reality nor the ambition of your airline. Furthermore, these events did not disrupt our fligh...

New United chief Munoz ready to ‘act’

United Airlines new chief Oscar Munoz will act soon to address some of the issues that he is hearing about from employees and customers, says the carrier’s chief revenue officer Jim Compton. “You’re going to see him act,” says Compton on the sidelines of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Fall Conference in New York today. “Some things you&rs...

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Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

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