Up to 120 staff at the Darwin-based commercial airline Vincent Aviation Australia have lost their jobs as the company today announced it has gone into receivership. An email sent to airline staff says their employment is terminated from today. The receivers, BDO, told staff their wages had been paid up until last Sunday and payment …
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Secondary Market Takes Pressure Off Smaller RJs – Aviation Week
A year ago in this space, the Embraer regional jet (ERJ) family’s prognosis was summed up in two words: slow fade. As U.S. carriers—the major drivers behind the 50-seat RJ’s climb—revamp their strategies to include larger narrowbody aircraft operating fewer flights, the pace of that fade should pick up. Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery shows that the …
United agrees to $6.15M settlement with pilots – Yahoo Finance
United Airlines is paying $6.15 million to settle a lawsuit by pilots who claimed that the airline underpaid for contributions to their pension accounts while they were on military leave. The settlement covers 1,160 pilots who took military leave between 2000 and 2010. A federal judge in Denver approved the agreement this month. James Tuten, …
Boeing Celebrates The 8,000th 737
As Boeing prepares to increase the production rate of “the best-selling jet airliner in the history of aviation” to 42 airplanes-a-month, employees in the program recently took a short break from building the planes to celebrate their latest successes. The 8,000th 737 took to the skies on April 9, 2014, on the 47th anniversary of …