AirTran Airways has been growing steadily at Milwaukee since its failed attempt to acquire Midwest Airlines nearly two years ago. As a result, they have decided to officially declare Milwaukee a hub and are adding more than 100 new jobs to the area including 50 Boeing 737 pilot positions and 50 Boeing 717 and 737 [...]
Milwaukee beat out Denver and Indianapolis for the new home of Republic Airways which now owns both Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines. Milwaukee offered a superior incentive package to Republic which is now going to pave the way for about 800 new jobs for the Milwaukee area as well as preserving about 700 current Midwest [...]
Southwest Airlines Pilot’s Association union and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines have announced that the Pilots have approved a new 5-year labor contract that includes pay increases and job protection clauses.
The contract passed with 87 percent of the Pilots voting for it, with only 13 percent voting against. The contract includes retroactive pay increases for the Pilots of 2 [...]
US Airways has announced a number of efforts over coming months that will result in a realignment of flying focusing on its three major hubs as well as Washington DC National Airport. These changes will also result in the loss of about 1,000 jobs throughout the US Airways network. The changes are detailed as follows:
Focus [...]
American Airlines has announced the closing of a maintenance facility in Kansas City, Missouri that it acquired with other assets in the TWA bankruptcy liquidation.
The closing of the base is to better match maintenance facilities with fleet size as the American fleet is shrinking as are other network airlines. The American Airlines fleet is now [...]
Delta Airlines has suspended a group of Pilots for two incidents in two days that occurred near the end of their respective flights.
The first incident was with a Delta Airlines Boeing 767 arriving in Atlanta from Rio de Janeiro in the pre-dawn hours. The pilots were cleared for a normal landing on the usual 27R [...]
British Airways continues to restructure to meet the global economic reduction in demand by reducing their staff by 1,700. The reductions include cabin staff that will be reduced by one on larger wide-body aircraft. British Airways is currently not profitable and is seeking these and other changes to stem their losses.
Midwest Airlines announced that on November 9 it will cease operating the carriers main fleet type – the Boeing 717. The new owners of Midwest, Republic Airlines, will replace all Boeing 717 flights with either regional jets or shared Airbus jets from their new partner, Frontier Airlines.
The Midwest pilots are not happy about the change. [...]
The beleaguered Air Jamaica has informed 300 of its employees that they will be laid off following a 120-day period of leave without pay. The Montego Bay & Kingston ground workers join some pilots and administrative personnel in the lay offs.
Air Jamaica continues to downsize to almost nothing. The airline is restructuring after failing to [...]
The pilots of Hawaiian Airlines have voted 98% in favor of a strike authroization. This does not mean a strike is imminent, but it does give the union the ability to strike if current talks with the mediator fail to provide an agreement.
The talks will be continuing in October with a Federal Mediator in the [...]
