To avoid strike, Boeing promises 25% pay hike—and to build next jet in Seattle

Boeing is hoping to avoid a strike Friday with a tentative deal reached Sunday with the Machinists union representing 33,000 of its West Coast employees fighting for better wages and working conditions. If Boeing employees agree to the deal in a vote Thursday, their new contract will provide the "largest-ever general wage increase" in the company's history, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stephanie Pope said in a press release. (arstechnica.com) More...

14 Hours Of Bird Screeches On Qatar Airways Business Class Flight

When you buy a business class ticket, you probably expect nice service, delicious food, and an overall comfortable experience. While this should certainly be guaranteed, a Qatar Airways flight from Miami to Doha seemed to have issues delivering this promise. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Qantas adds freighter capacity to meet rising transport demand in Asia

The Qantas cargo division is modernizing and growing its freighter fleet. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

JetBlue Begins Subsidized Air Service

The new route is one of the most expensive within the federal government's Essential Air Service (EAS) program. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Air Canada could begin suspending flights next weekend as strike deadline nears

Air Canada is finalizing plans to suspend most of its operations, likely beginning Sunday, as talks with the pilot union near an impasse over "inflexible" wage demands, the country's largest airline said on Monday. The airline and its low-cost subsidiary Air Canada Rouge are preparing to gradually suspend flights over three days, potentially starting as early as Sept. 15. The carriers operate nearly 670 flights daily. Unless an agreement is reached, the carrier or the union are… (www.cbc.ca) More...

Working Iowa: Coe College to start aviation program

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A new aviation management program in Cedar Rapids is set to take flight next fall. Aviation jobs are in great demand, with around 16,800 openings on average each year according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s a need Coe College plans to help fill by offering a new concentration on aviation management through its business administration major. ”A student completing the program along with the flight certification would be a commercially certified pilot… (www.kcrg.com) More...

Indonesian plane carrying 42 passengers including governor's wife skids 1.2km off runway

A plane carrying dozens of passengers, including a governor's wife, crashed after skidding off a 1.2km runway in Indonesia. The Trigana Air Atr-42 aircraft had been taking off from an airport on Yapen island in the Papua region of the Southeast Asian nation, and was due to head to the region's capital Jayapura on Monday morning, local time. But moments into the planned take off, the aircraft skidded off the runway. The plane had been carrying 42 passengers, including the wife of Acting… (www.mirror.co.uk) More...

United Faces Federal Discrimination Lawsuit

The EEOC files lawsuit against the airline alleging supervisor called employee racial slur. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Wizz Air Confirms Milan-Abu Dhabi as First Airbus A321XLR Route

Wizz Air has confirmed Milan-Abu Dhabi as the first long-haul route which will be operated by its Airbus A321XLR aircraft. (www.youtube.com) More...