by Dino D'Amore | Jun 28, 2018 | Airline, Editorial Comment, Zone: Americas
Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents the company’s 2,400 employees in the aircraft mechanics and related workgroup. The agreement gives employees improved...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 28, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
Air Wisconsin Airlines, operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, has announced plans in conjunction with Appleton International Airport and Outagamie County, WI to build a new aircraft maintenance base facility in Appleton. This new facility...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 28, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
An ongoing investigation into why smoke filled the cabin onboard a Nordic Aviation Group CRJ900 from Tallinn to Amsterdam, which led to an aborted takeoff in June, may have been caused by the burning of washing chemicals left in the engine. “The...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 28, 2018 | Cargo, Technology, Zone: Europe
Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company that provides global supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) tools, has been selected to improve Lufthansa Cargo’s production planning at two of its most relevant hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Additional stations will be...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 28, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
In June, Cathay Pacific Airways shareholder Swire Pacific announced plans to take maintenance unit Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) private for about HK$3 billion ($382 million). “HAECO has not raised any equity funds from the public equity markets for over 30...
