Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Quebec-based airport screening officers have endorsed two-year contracts that include 12.5% wage increases retroactive to March 2022 and the provision of paid sick leave. "We’re proud of the fact that we negotiated as a united front and stood together all the way to...
GA Telesis has named Lynda Cheng senior vice president of Asia sales in its Flight Solutions Group; Cheng has been with GA Telesis since 2011 and was "instrumental" in launching GA Telesis' Beijing joint venture GAIC Innovation. "Lynda's leadership within GA Telesis...
Over 400 Glasgow Airport workers companies have turned down "poverty pay" offers by employers at five companies operating at the hub, according to trade union Unite, which said strikes were "inevitable". The staff involved in the dispute "undertake various roles...
Garry Wiseman, executive vice president and chief product officer at travel tech business Sabre, is filling in as chief technology officer until a replacement is found for David Moore. Wiseman stepped in as interim technology chief on May 8, according to a company...
Reliable Robotics, a producer of "safety-enhancing aircraft automation systems", has named ex-NASA man Davis Hackenberg as vice president of government partnerships. "Hackenberg’s previous role defining and driving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s...
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is promoting Markus Ek from vice president global sales to chief executive of SAS Cargo. Ek, who is filling in as head of the SAS transformation office, will helm the cargo wing from August 1. “I am very pleased that Markus Ek has accepted...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recorded "strong demand growth in air travel" in March 2023, with global traffic up over 52% year-on-year among the more than 300 airlines it counts as members. Traffic, if measured in revenue passenger kilometers...
Security officers have gone on strike at London Heathrow Airport after the breakdown of "last minute talks" at conciliation service Acas. The 1,400 workers, who went on strike over pay in April 2023, had announced in the meantime that they would be downing tools...
The first collective bargaining agreement between WestJet and the Unifor bargaining unit at Toronto Pearson Airport was on May 3 ratified by Unifor's members, WestJet announced. "WestJet is pleased to share that the agreement negotiated with Unifor has been ratified...
Around 275 workers at Edinburgh Airport are to vote on going on strike in a dispute over pay. Trade union Unite said the possible strike would cause "chaos" at the airport during summer and demanded airport management "get back round the negotiating table with an...
WestJet and the union representing the carrier's employees at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) have reached a tentative agreement on their first collective bargaining deal. "WestJet is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that recognizss the...
Surf Air Mobility, which aims to manufacture electric aircraft, has named Tyrone D. Bland to its board of directors. Bland is head of government affairs for Creative Artists Agency, a role in which he "provided strategic advocacy to the entertainment industry’s effort...