AirlinesAmerican Airlines employee is "Severus Snape" look-alike Fans of "Harry Potter" have made one American Airlines ticketing agent Internet famous as a doppelganger for the character Severus Snape. American joined in on the fun by posting a picture on its Facebook page of "Professor Snape" assisting a young passenger in a wizard's robe with the boarding process for "Flight Nine and Three Quarters from LaGuardia to Hogwarts."
LinkDelta, pilots reach tentative agreement on 3-year contract Delta management has reached a tentative agreement with the leaders of the pilots union and a 3-year contract will be voted on by the membership. The contract contains pay raises and an increase in profit-sharing.
LinkDelta to buy 40 Boeing 737 jets, 20 Embraer aircraft in $4 billion dealDelta Air Lines Inc. will enter into a deal with The Boeing Co.to buy 40 new 737-900ERs and 20 Embraer E190 aircraft upon ratification of a tentative agreement covering more than 12,000 Delta pilots. The planes are valued at about $4 billion at list prices, according to Bloomberg. The tentative union agreement, which was approved Wednesday by the Delta Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), “provides enhancements to overall pilot compensation -- including base pay increases -- along with a revision of the airline's profit sharing formula beginning in 2016,” Atlanta-based Delta said in a prepared statement.
LinkJetBlue launches interactive advertising campaigns JetBlue has rolled out three innovative marketing installations; two in New York, and one near Fort Lauderdale. The three unique installations are designed to encourage interaction with passersby and reward them with vouchers or sweepstakes. The Fort Lauderdale installation alone has attracted over 9,000 interactions.
LinkRyanair Waits For EU Outcome On Aer LingusRyanair is unlikely to agree to sell its 30 percent stake in Aer Lingus until after a European Union competition investigation that could take months. British Airways and Iberia owner IAG's proposed EUR€1.36 billion (USD$1.53 billion) offer was recommended by the Aer Lingus board in January, but the deal is conditional on winning support from Ryanair.
LinkCSeries appears in Swiss liveryBombardier has painted one of its CSeries flight-test aircraft in the color scheme of the type's launch customer Swiss. The Canadian manufacturer posted a photo of the CS100 via Twitter. The aircraft (registration C-GWXZ) is the program's fifth flight-test vehicle and the first fitted with a cabin interior.
LinkUS Airways-American integrate operations at El PasoThe US Airways ticket counter at El Paso international has joined its operations with American Airlines. This comes two years after integration between the airlines was finalized.
LinkATSB highlights flight-mode awareness after 737 incidentAustralian authorities have highlighted the importance of crews being aware of autoflight system modes, following inquiry into an incident in which a Boeing 737 flew close to the minimum maneuver airspeed. The incident occurred on 7 November 2014 and involved a Virgin Australia-operated 737-800 (VH-VUR) which was flying from Adelaide to Brisbane, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says in its report. As the aircraft was climbing through 25,000ft, the crew put the autoflight system into level-change mode, to avoid turbulence, and continued to climb at 280kt. The crew had intended to switch it into vertical-navigation mode after passing through the turbulence, but it remained in the previous mode.
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