Tor Air Boeing 737-4Q8 SE-RJA (msn 26302) GLA (Fred Seggie), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Tor Air (Gothenburg) lost its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) on December 20 and has suspended charter operations. The company has vowed to reapply for a new AOC.
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Copyright Photo: Fred Seggie. Please click on the photo for additional information.
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ANA (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo) has unveiled the design of its third Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The number “787” will be painted in a large bold blue font on the forward fuselage for all further 787 deliveries starting with its third Dreamliner onwards during its FY 2012. The first two Dreamliners were painted in a special livery to celebrate the launch of 787 operations. ANA is the launch customer for the new type.
Images: ANA.
Tiara Air Aruba Boeing 737-322 N189AQ (P4-TIE) (msn 24249) OPF (Robert Collazo) (new type), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Tiara Air Aruba (Aruba) is getting ready to take delivery of its first Boeing 737-300. This Boeing 737-322 now registered as N189AQ (msn 24249) will be handed over to the island carrier in January 2012 as P4-TIE. The carrier adopted this new livery in 2011 to promote the island nation.
N189AQ is pictured at Opa-locka Airport near Miami after repainting.
Copyright Photo: Robert Collazo.
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 WL N918WN (msn 29843) (Illinois One) BWI (Tony Storck), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), representing 2,400 Flight Attendants at AirTran Airways (Orlando), announced a Seniority Integration and Transition Agreement with Southwest Airlines (Dallas), AirTran Airways and Transport Workers Union Local 556, which represents Southwest Flight Attendants.
The agreement outlines the full integration of AirTran Flight Attendants into Southwest as the two airlines merge. The agreement will be sent to Flight Attendants at both carriers for ratification.
AFA’s seniority integration policy promotes unity and protects a Flight Attendant’s years of service. This is the ideal as we recognize the contributions all Flight Attendants make to our careers. But, in merger such as this one between Southwest and Air Tran where Flight Attendants will not be represented by AFA once the merger integration is concluded, AFA has successfully lobbied for seniority protection under the law. Earlier this month AFA won a case before the federal court of appeals that confirms a Flight Attendants’ right to a fair and equitable process for seniority integration.
Air Tran AFA members will now decide whether to approve the tentative transition agreement that includes a seniority integration process or go to arbitration on the issue of seniority integration.
Copyright Photo: Tony Storck. Please click on the photo for additional information.
Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-2N0 ER Z-WPF (msn 24867) LGW (Antony J. Best) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Zimbabwe’s (Harare) future hangs in the balance. Many are calling for the debt-ridden national carrier to be declared bankrupt.
This pictured Boeing 767-200 was impounded at London (Gatwick) on December 12 due to the $1.2 million owed to American General Supplies. The long-range airliner has now been freed after the debt was paid and it arrived at Harare yesterday (December 25).
Flights to Johannesburg were suspended on December 16. The flights were suspended due to threats by ground handling company, Bid Air Services, to seize Air Zimbabwe aircraft due to unpaid $500,000 in service bills.
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best.
ANA (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo) has announced a delay in start-up dates for Boeing 787 Dreamliner service to Beijing and Frankfurt due to “productivity reason”.
Tokyo (Haneda)-Beijing will be delayed from December to January 14, 2012 and Haneda-Frankfurt from January 21 to January 31.
In addition, ANA has announced new 787 service to both Seattle/Tacoma and San Jose, CA will start sometime after April 1, 2012 depending on delivery schedules.
Copyright Photos: Michael B. Ing. The special mood lighting on ANA’s 787 JA802A is dramatically displayed in these photos.
Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A320-214 HZ-AS12 (msn 4057) MXP (Richard Vandervord.), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Saudi Arabia has decided to permit foreign airlines to operate domestic flights in the Kingdom according to this article by Kuwait Times.
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Copyright Photo: Richard Vandervord.
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Delta Connection-Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N8588D (msn 7588) MSP (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Pinnacle Airlines Corporation (Memphis) hired Sean Menke in July as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Menke, formerly the CEO of Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver), faces some tough decisions — cut the carrier’s costs, cut a deal for more cash from Delta Air Lines and possibly move to larger aircraft according to this article by The Commercial Appeal of Memphis.
PAC is the holding company ofย Pinnacle Airlines,ย Mesaba Airlinesย andย Colgan Air (2nd).
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Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum.
British Airways Boeing 737-236 G-BKYK (msn 23169) (Happy Christmas) LHR (Richard Vandervord), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia X (AirAsia.com) Airbus A330-343X F-WWYY (9M-XXG) (msn 1131) TLS (Guillaume Besnard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia X (Kuala Lumpur) has informed the Ministry of Transport on its intention to drop all services to Paris, London, Mumbai and Delhi in February according to this article by Business Times.
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Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard. Please click on the photo for additional information.
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