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, …
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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 …
United Seeks To Cut Fuel Costs Through Installation Of New Winglets – Forbes
United Airlines announced in November last year that it aims to cut its fuel costs by $1 billion annually by 2017. Recently, the carrier announced that it took a key step towards achieving that objective. Earlier this week, United completed the installation of a newly designed wingtip curved extension, called split scimitar winglet, on one …
Spirit Will Focus On Linking Existing Markets – Aviation Week
Spirit’s aggressive near-term growth strategy will emphasize connecting existing markets with new nonstop service rather than adding new “dots” to its route map, the carrier’s top executive confirms. “We likely will still add a few [new cities] every year as we move forward,” CEO Ben Baldanza told analysts on a Feb. 19 earnings call, “but …