Operations & Technology

Air France Airbus A319

article Oct 01, 2018

Air France HR head to leave in latest executive departure

Air France’s head of human resources Gilles Gateau is leaving the company on Oct. 12, marking the second executive departure in less than a week for the airline, which has been locked in a turbulent pay dispute with its workforce for months.

Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330neo

Article Dec 5, 2019

Reports: Garuda’s chief executive to be dismissed

Garuda Indonesia’s top executive appears set to lose his job after allegations linking him to the smuggling of motorbike parts on an aircraft delivery flight.

South African Airways A340-600

Article Dec 5, 2019

South African Airways to enter ‘business rescue’

South African Airways (SAA) will be put into business rescue, placing the company under administrator control, because of the airline's critical financial situation.

Article Dec 4, 2019

French ATC strikes threaten air services

Disruption in flights originating and landing in France is expected as a three-day strike by air traffic controllers (ATCs) gets under way Dec. 5.

Hawaiian Airlines A321neo

Article Dec 4, 2019

DOT urged to grant ATI to proposed Hawaiian-JAL JV

Hawaii’s four-member US congressional delegation has called on the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to grant antitrust immunity (ATI) to the proposed joint venture between Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Airlines (JAL).

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Norwegian Boeing 737-800

Article Dec 4, 2019

Norwegian sells Argentinian subsidiary to Chile’s JetSMART

Norwegian Air Shuttle has agreed to sell its domestic Argentinian subsidiary, Norwegian Air Argentina (NAA), to Chilean ultra-LCC JetSMART Airlines.

Ryanair Boeing 737-800

Article Dec 4, 2019

Ryanair to cut capacity, close bases on 737 MAX grounding

Irish LCC Ryanair is making cuts to its European network of bases as a result of the growing impact of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding.

Safran eTaxi

Article Dec 4, 2019

Airbus ends Safran collaboration on A320 eTaxi

Airbus has decided not to pursue the integration of Safran’s electric taxiing system (eTaxi) for the A320 family, citing technical reasons and causing another setback for promoters of the fuel-saving technology.

Article Dec 4, 2019

Two Singapore Airlines aircraft involved in separate landing incidents

Investigations have been opened into two separate landing incidents involving Singapore Airlines’ aircraft within a week.

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Air France-KLM A330-200

Article Dec 4, 2019

Air France-KLM: Branson’s Virgin sale reversal will not affect JV

Air France-KLM is continuing to prepare for the launch of its expanded transatlantic joint venture (JV) in the coming weeks, saying Virgin Atlantic chairman Richard Branson’s decision not to sell part of his stake to the Franco-Dutch airline group will not impact its position in the JV.

Article Dec 3, 2019

ICAO’s disruptive passenger rules to take effect Jan. 1

ICAO’s disruptive passenger rules to take effect Jan. 1

Article Dec 3, 2019

Branson reverses plan to sell 31% of Virgin Atlantic to Air France-KLM

Virgin Atlantic chairman Richard Branson has scrapped plans to sell 31% of the airline to Air France-KLM as originally agreed as part of the transatlantic joint venture (JV) among the two companies and Delta Air Lines.

Air France A350-900

Article Dec 3, 2019

Air France steps up plan to offset CO2 emissions on domestic network

Air France, stepping up efforts to reduce its environmental impact, plans to offset the emissions from its domestic network from Jan. 1, 2020, the airline said at an environmental roundtable in Paris Dec. 3.

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Article Dec 3, 2019

Mesa Airlines expands United partnership as American pulls back

Phoenix-based Mesa Airlines is deepening its partnership with United Airlines at the same time the regional carrier is running up against problems in its relationship with American Airlines.

Fastjet Embraer E145

Article Dec 3, 2019

Fastjet to restructure by February 2020

African LCC fastjet needs to restructure by February 2020, if it is to continue as a going concern, with the disposal of fastjet Zimbabwe forming part of its survival plan.

Article Dec 3, 2019

Lufthansa Group realigns executive board

In a long-expected move, Lufthansa Group has made senior executive changes reflecting the difficulties it has had with union relations and the turnaround of its Eurowings LCC subsidiary.

LaudaMotion Airbus A320

Article Dec 3, 2019

Austro Control: LaudaMotion must resolve maintenance deficiencies

Austrian aviation authority Austro Control has put Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion under increased supervision after discovering maintenance irregularities.

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