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Dec. 2, 2009 - Operations Council Paying more for flights eases guilt, not emissions The New York Times Share     In 2002 Responsible Travel became one of the first travel companies to offer customers the option of buying so-called carbon offsets to counter the planet-warming emissions generated by their airline flights. But last month Responsible Travel canceled the program, saying that while it might help travelers feel virtuous, it was not helping to reduce global emissions. In fact, company officials said, it might even encourage some people to travel or consume more. More Where are labor rates (and airframes) going? Aviation Week Share
Pressure to cut costs is sending airframes outside airline shops and often far from home markets. Labor rates, which represent up to 70 percent of heavy-check costs, simply differ too much among regions to ignore. Cost-saving pressures intensified in 2009, but there are new twists on the cost side. Labor rates have converged among some regions. Long-term, some low-cost regions may become more expensive. New MRO facilities could open in countries or regions not now actively considered. Exchange rates could shift. And the U.S. government may impose new burdens on outsourcing abroad. Especially in planning multi-year airframe agreements, MRO execs have a lot more than this year's labor rates to consider. More Economy doesn't ground airline start-ups USA Today Share
Kent Craford saw a void and decided to fill it. To save business commuters time as they travel between Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Craford and his partners started SeaPort Airlines, which flies small groups of passengers out of sections of airports that don't have long security lines. More American Airlines may expand Dallas base KMBC Share
KMBC has learned that American Airlines may be extending its maintenance base facilities in Texas, even though they are shutting down the overhaul base at Kansas City International Airport. KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that the airline sent a letter to the transport workers union to confirm the deal. According to the letter, a hangar that is now being used for light maintenance in Dallas airport would be considered a "maintenance base." More Airlines cannot afford ineffective and costly security measures Creamer Media's Engineering News Share
The aviation industry has never been in a more difficult situation, and with $80.8-billion expected to be missing on the bottom line this year as a result of the economic downturn, the industry could not afford to pay for duplication of security systems, International Air Transport Association senior vice-president of safety operations and infrastructure Guenther Matschnigg recently said. More Airlines bid to keep JAL within their alliances The New York Times Share
Delta Air Lines offered $1 billion in aid to beleaguered Japan Airlines, a proposal that American Airlines quickly said it would top as the world's biggest air carriers escalated a war for influence. Though saddled with debt, Japan Airlines is attractive to both American and Delta because of its strong place in the tricky Japanese market and in the rest of Asia. U.S. airlines have also been looking to shore up their global alliances, both as a growth strategy and as a means of self-defense in an industry where mergers and acquisitions are increasingly common. More Boeing wins $900 million deal at Dubai but, still trails Airbus The Wall Street Journal Share
Boeing Co. landed its first major deal of the Dubai Airshow, but was edged by European rival Airbus for the lion's share of more than $2 billion worth of aircraft deals at the event. Toulouse, France-based Airbus, a wholly owned unit of t, announced $1.25 billion of confirmed orders. Boeing unveiled deals worth almost $900 million with Algerian airlines. More Aircraft mechanics are ticket to travel The Oklahoman Share
A native of rural Georgia, Fran Venezia's desires to first get to town and later see the world inspired her career as an aircraft mechanic. Venezia in high school had an old car and had to get it running if she wanted to go to town 15 miles away. Enlisting in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic was her ticket to travel and be around fast planes. More |
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