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...The new world order toppled titans Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines (TWA), which filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s....
...It confuses passengers, and it will confuse airlines,” Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, told the Financial Times....
...European carriers have announced waves of cuts — up to 12,000 jobs at British Airways, 3,000 at Ryanair, just in the past fortnight — but US airlines are still at the planning stage....
...In the US, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United pulled their 2020 financial forecasts....
...IAG, easyJet, Ryanair et al are no Flybes. But the International Air Transport Association has declared that without state aid, Europe’s airlines could be bust by May....
...(FT) BA’s malaise British Airways will be forced to ground another 800 flights on Tuesday as a damaging pilot walkout that could cost the UK’s largest airline £80m enters a second day....
...Gender has been a live topic in the aviation industry this year particularly since Akbar Al Baker, the chief executive of Qatar Airways, said only a man could do his job: “Of course it has to be led by a...
...Brian Strutton, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa), stressed gender should not be an issue in aviation when recruiting a pilot....
...When it comes to pilots, the figures are just as unforgiving. In the US in 2017, just 7 per cent of 609,000 pilots were women, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration....
...Airways....
...On Monday, the Air Line Pilots Association warned US members from those countries named in the ban that they should not accept assignments to fly outside the US for fear that they wouldn’t be able to get...
...Akbar Al Baker spoke up at the annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association, the trade body for global airlines, complaining about protectionism coming from certain parts of the US and Europe...
...Have all airlines stopped flying to Tel Aviv? No. El Al, Israel’s flag carrier, is continuing to use the airport, as is British Airways and several other airlines....
...The Allied Pilots’ Association, which represents American’s pilots, had strongly supported a merger with US Airways, arguing that it offered the best chance of a turnround for the airline....
...The Allied Pilots’ Association, the American Airlines pilots’ union that has proved a key supporter of a deal with US Airways, welcomed the deal....
...The union has been a long-term supporter of a US Airways merger....
...American, the third-largest US airline by revenues, blamed the problems on a spike in the number of pilots calling in sick for work and an increase in the number of reports of mechanical problems....
...Akbar Al Baker, the airline’s chief executive, said the company was working with the US manufacturer and regulators to “restore full customer confidence in the 787”....
...US Airways comes with plenty of baggage. It is still grappling with the legacy of a previous merger with America West Airlines that left its pilots locked in a protracted internecine court battle....
...“US Airways has tried to bid for every US legacy airline either inside or outside of bankruptcy,” he said....
...US Airways fell 15.8 per cent to $4.63....
...Our own analyses of the costs of the EU ETS to our business are commercially confidential and we would not speculate as to the costs to other airlines.”...
...In a statement, the US Airline Pilot Association, which represents about 5,000 pilots at US Airways, said Paul Morell, vice-president of safety and regulatory compliance, was “derelict in his duties to protect...
...Some airlines, notably Philippine Airways, have had to cancel flights because of a shortage of pilots – many of whom have been attracted to Gulf airlines, such as Dubai-based Emirates, by higher salaries...
...That theme is reflected in the year-end’s crop of business aviation get-togethers, from the Middle East Business Aviation convention in Dubai to the surprisingly upbeat US National Business Aviation Association...
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