United Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify Joint Contract
The flight attendants at United Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, ratified a contract covering 25,000 flight attendants.
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American Airlines Adds St. George Regional to Phoenix Service
SkyWest Airlines will bring new daily American Airlines flights between St. George, Utah and Phoenix beginning Nov. 4, 2016.
Delta’s flight operations return to normal
Flight operations have returned to normal following Monday’s outage, airline officials said at noon today.
Spirit Airlines Announces New Executive Appointments
Matt Klein joins Spirit Airlines as the SVP and Chief Commercial Officer and Rocky Wiggins joins as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
Delta remains committed to Asia despite Haneda agreement
Delta today announced it will cancel service this fall from New York-JFK to Tokyo-Narita, and from Tokyo-Narita to Osaka and Bangkok, but remains committed to supporting a strong Asia-Pacific network. The announcement comes a few weeks after the U.S. Department of Transportation tentatively awarded Delta daytime service from Los Angeles and Minneapolis to Tokyo-Haneda. Delta … Read more
American Airlines makes executive appointments to marketing team
American Airlines announced several appointments within its marketing team to better align the airline’s marketing efforts.
Frontier Pilots Demand Company to Pay Overdue Raises
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l has filed a grievance against Frontier Airlines that will lead to arbitration, demanding that the company negotiate new pay rates under an agreement reached in 2011 where Frontier pilots sacrificed $55 million in pay and benefits to save their airline. “Our airline was on the precipice of failure when … Read more
IATA Cargo XML Standard accepted by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
IATA announced today that IATA’s Cargo-XML messaging standard will be utilized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency
WestJet adds Belize to its network
WestJet announced today it will begin serving Belize City, Belize, non-stop from Toronto Pearson International Airport starting October 29, 2016. Starting August 1, 2016, WestJet also began year-round, non-stop service between Calgary and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Both announcements come on the heels of WestJet’s recent winter schedule announcement of more than 85 new flights across its growing network. “WestJet … Read more
Updated: Delta flights grounded after systems outage
The airline indicated that a power outage in Atlanta has impacted Delta computer systems and operations worldwide, resulting in flight delays.