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Complaints against airlines fall sharply The Chicago Tribune Share     After hearing Jim Engle talk about the headaches he and his wife endured on a round trip from California to Detroit on American Airlines this summer, it might be surprising to hear that U.S. airlines continue to receive great marks in customer service. More TSA accidentally reveals airport security secrets The Washington Post Share
The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets related to airport passenger screening practices when it posted online this spring a document as part of a contract solicitation, the agency confirmed recently. The 93-page TSA operating manual details procedures for screening passengers and checked baggage, such as technical settings used by X-ray machines and explosives detectors. More Senate prods FAA on duty-time rule Aviation Week Share
The Senate aviation subcommittee, at its most recent in a series of air safety hearings, zeroed in on the dangers of fatigued pilots – and prodded FAA to move swiftly on issuing revised flight/duty-time rules. More Government report: Air cargo still vulnerable to terrorists USA Today Share
The Transportation Security Administration is failing to ensure the security of boxed cargo in passenger planes, leaving the airplanes at risk for a terrorist attack, according to a government report obtained by USA Today More Airport puts its stimulus to work Florida Today Share
Anybody who has flown into Melbourne International Airport in Florida recently has probably noticed the construction equipment. The airport was the first place in the county to get and use transportation infrastructure money from the Obama administration's stimulus plan. More Airline stocks mixed; United orders 50 new jetliners The Wall Street Journal Share
Shares of US Airways declined 2 percent to $4.56 and American parent AMR Corp. fell 2 percent to $7.10. Climbing were shares of Continental Airlines Inc., Alaska Air Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. United Airlines said it has ordered 25 wide-body Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350-XWB jetliners for delivery beginning from 2016 to 2019, with an option to buy up to 50 more of each aircraft if desired. More Compliance drives MRO information integration Aviation Week Share
Compliance, compliance, compliance. For a moment, consider MRO's modern mantra, upon which rests much of this industry's laws and profits. "One of the big drivers that started us down this new [information] technology path was compliance," says David A. Marcontell, president of TeamSAI M&E Solutions. "We simply were not staying within the regs." Compliance is the core of MRO, contends Marcontell. More Latin American air cargo jumps 7.2 percent The Journal Of Commerce Share
Cargo traffic for Latin American airlines grew 7.2 percent, the second straight month of year-over-year growth and a new sign the region's air trade is resisting the industry's global downturn. Traffic for the region's carriers also grew 11 percent, said the Association of Latin American Air Transport, or ALTA. More Atlas Air successfully transports new lifesaving mine resistant vehicles direct to our troops Forbes Share
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of global air cargo assets and outsourced aircraft operating services, announced that its Atlas Air, Inc. operating unit has successfully completed 11 nonstop missions from Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, S.C. to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, delivering 55 of these new M-ATV vehicles manufactured by Oshkosh Corporation. More |
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