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.
Rendering of Airbus A320neo in Wataniya Airways' livery
Article Dec 10, 2018

Kuwaiti regulator cancels Wataniya Airways’ operating license

Kuwait-based LCC Wataniya Airways has had its air operator’s license revoked by the Arab state’s aviation regulator and is out of business.
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9
Article Dec 7, 2018

Virgin Atlantic pilots warn of Christmas strike over union recognition

Hundreds of Virgin Atlantic pilots threatened to strike Dec. 22-25, with further stoppages planned, to protest the airline’s refusal to recognize the union representing them.
Article Dec 7, 2018

People-Dec. 7, 2018

People-Dec. 7, 2018
Article Dec 7, 2018

Swedish regional airport partners with BRA, SAS on biofuel initiative

As support for a domestic anti-flying campaign gathers pace across Sweden, a regional airport is partnering with Swedish-carrier BRA and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to partially fuel all flights to Stockholm with biofuel in 2019.
Article Dec 7, 2018

Air New Zealand engineers vote to strike Dec. 21

Air New Zealand engineers have scheduled a strike Dec. 21 that threatens to disrupt travel plans of nearly 42,000 customers on one of the airline’s busiest travel days, although further negotiations are planned in an effort to resolve the contract dispute.
Article Dec 6, 2018

EMAS stops Southwest 737 in Burbank overrun; no injuries reported

The runway-excursion safety system installed following a 2000 overrun by a Southwest Airlines 737-300 at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) is being credited for helping to keep another 737 from leaving airport property after the aircraft landed and went past the same runway end Dec. 6.
Article Dec 6, 2018

Former Boeing exec to head RTCA

Former airline pilot and Boeing executive Terry McVenes has joined standards organization RTCA as its new president and CEO.
Article Dec 6, 2018

Shell, SkyNRG begin providing biofuel at SFO

Fuel supplier Shell Aviation and biofuel distributor SkyNRG have begun providing sustainable aviation fuel to Finnair, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) under a long-term collaboration agreement announced in May.
Air France Boeing 777-200
Article Dec 6, 2018

Air France pilots vote to replace union leadership

Air France’s main pilots’ union elected a new leader to represent it in negotiations with the carrier, ushering in the possibility of a less hostile approach to relations with management.
AirAsia Group
Article Dec 6, 2018

AirAsia Group signs MOU for new LCC in Vietnam

AirAsia Group has moved forward with plans to establish an LCC in Vietnam by signing an MOU with a Vietnamese businessman, reaffirming an earlier joint venture (JV) agreement.
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9
Article Dec 6, 2018

Virgin Atlantic: No need to join SkyTeam yet

UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has no immediate plans to join the SkyTeam alliance, despite being part-owned by US SkyTeam member Delta Air Lines and alliance partner Air France-KLM being in the process of buying a stake in the carrier.
Article Dec 6, 2018

Switzerland’s PrivatAir files for insolvency

Swiss charter carrier PrivatAir filed for insolvency Dec. 5, including its German subsidiary PrivatAir GmbH.
Etihad Aviation Training
Article Dec 5, 2018

Gulf Air 787 pilots to train at Etihad Aviation Training

Bahrain-based Gulf Air and Etihad Airways have signed a simulator training deal allowing Gulf Air Boeing 787-9 pilots to travel to Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Aviation Training facility for training.
Article Dec 5, 2018

Royal Air Maroc to become 14th oneworld member

The oneworld global alliance announced Dec. 5 that Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will become its 14th full member airline, likely being inaugurated in mid-2020.
Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8
Article Dec 5, 2018

US senators call for probe of Qatar Airways’ support of Air Italy

A group of 11 senators have called on the US government to examine whether Qatar Airways’ financial support for Air Italy may violate a commitment by the state-owned airline not to conduct fifth freedom flights to the US.
Article Dec 5, 2018

South African Airways clarifies recovery plan funding

South African Airways (SAA) has clarified its financial position, after a series of media reports that it was seeking more government bailouts.

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