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Allied Pilots Association, Association of Professional Flight Attendants and Transport Workers Union Join in Support of American Airlines-US Airways Merger
The Transport Workers Union (TWU), the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) and the Allied Pilots Association (APA) issued the following joint statement: “A merger would create a foundation to establish Americ...
Southwest Airlines and Amadeus IT Group Sign Contract to Support the Carrier’s Plan to Implement International Service
Southwest Airlines and Amadeus IT Group announced that they have entered into a joint contract for Amadeus Altéa reservations solution that would support the carriers international service. Now that the contract is finaliz...
Airbus Managed Inventory Service Operational at Iberia Maintenance
Iberia has started operations with the Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) service, an automated system which ensures the continuous automatic replenishment of high-usage and non-repairable Airbus parts at Iberias facility. Albert...
Redundancies Possible as Lufthansa Cuts Costs
Lufthansa said it could not rule out compulsory redundancies at its passenger airline unit as part of plans to improve results there by almost EUR€1 billion (USD$1.3 billion). “Lufthansa has a tradition of dealing with ...
Air France Mulls German Angle In Etihad Talks
Air France-KLM is considering a partnership with Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad that includes the German domestic routes of Air Berlin, a German newspaper quoted the chief executive of the Franco-Dutch airline as saying. Etihad...
Qantas A380 Blowout Plane Returns To Service
Australia’s Qantas took its repaired A380 superjumbo back to the skies on Saturday, resuming a 3,900 mile (6,300 km) journey dramatically interrupted 18 months ago when one of its engines blew up over Indonesia. After USD...
