LATAM Airlines (Chile) posted a $60 million loss in the first quarter compared to a $92 million profit in the same quarter a year ago.
United Airlines to cut around 100 jobs in Houston
United Airlines has announced it will eliminate around 100 accounting jobs in Houston in July as it shifts the work to a contractor.
Copper River salmon 2019: First fish are the stars on the red carpet in Seattle
From the Alaska Airlines Blog:
This week marks the official start of the 2019 Copper River king salmon season in Cordova, Alaska โ and for many people, these salmon are the first sign that summer is on the way.
In celebration of the first catch, Alaska Airlines hosted a red carpet welcome for the Copper River salmon arriving Friday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. About 18,000 pounds of fresh fish were on the early-morning flight.
The outlook for the season is good, with the forecast for Copper River kings up from past years, and the sockeye projections holding steady, according to Christa Hoover, executive director of the Copper River Marketing Association. โWe hope to see 55,000 king salmon and close to 1.5 million sockeye return to the Copper River this season,โ she says.
โCordova is off the road system here in Alaska, and we rely heavily on the passenger and cargo services that Alaska Airlines provides year-round,โย Hoover says. โFor nearly a decade, Alaska Airlines has flown the first Copper River salmon of the season to Seattle and beyond.ย In just a matter of hours, Copper River salmon is transported from the fisherman to dinner tables across the country.โ
โI am an Alaskan fishermanโ: A spotlight on the people who catch your fish
For the fishermen of Cordova, this moment is what theyโve been waiting for all year.
Darin Gilman started fishing with his father, Shawn Gilman, when he was only 5 years old. Growing up and watching his dad instilled a sense of pride in Darin that led him to work alongside his father at the same fishery today.
โItโs been wonderful to watch my son and the next generation of fishermen come up,โ says Shawn Gilman. โI hope that they can pass our traditions and our fishery on in as good of shape as my generation was able to do for them.โ
While neither man would say itโs easy work โ acting as their own boat mechanics, net menders and salmon trackers โ the Gilmans and other Cordova fishermen are true artisans. And they take pride in Cordovaโs sustainable fishing practices. โWe make sure year after year to have enough fish go up the rivers so theyโll keep coming back,โ Darin Gilman says.
The Honkola family and others fishing in Cordova are dedicated to the preservation of salmon and their ecosystem, recognizing that their work today impacts what others can enjoy in the future. โTo be a fisherman, you have to be dedicated, patient, and most importantly, passionate about sustainability,โ James Honkola says.
Reflecting on her decades-long career, Thea Thomas recalls making the decision to follow her dream to fish in Alaska โ at a time when few women worked in the industry. The best advice she received came from her father, who told her: โThe most important thing is figuring out what you want to do. Donโt worry about the money, just make sure this is really what you want to do.โ
Thomas thinks about retirement, but canโt bring herself to do it. โI love Cordova,โ she says. โI love what I do.โ
United unveils winning designs by female artists for upcoming Boeing 757-200 special livery
United Airlines today made this announcement:
United Airlines today revealed the two winning designs, selected through a combination of official judging and public voting, for Her Art Here, a first-of-its-kind contest designed to find and uplift underrepresented women artists by providing a chance to have their work painted on a canvas like no other โ a United Airlines aircraft. While 51% of today’s artists are women, less than 13% of art on display in museums is by women artists according to The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Having their designs painted on a Boeing 757 provides artists with a traveling canvas that flies on average 1.6 million miles a year and 476 cross-country trips. The aircraft is roughly 3,666 times larger than the typical 18″ x 24″ canvas.
Tsungwei Moo of San Francisco has been selected for her design depicting iconic landmarks as well as the palm trees and ocean that are synonymous with the state of California. On behalf of New York/New Jersey, Corinne Antonelli of Washington, New Jersey is the winner, with a design that features a globe signaling United’s worldwide connectivity and classic imagery from the two states including a classic New Jersey Mill, the New York City Skyline and the Statue of Liberty.ย The two winners will be mentored by renowned artists prior to one aircraft per region being painted this fall.
Tsungwei Mooย grew up in Taipei, Taiwan before emigrating to San Francisco, California. For the past seven years she has served as an artist in residence at Yosemite National Park. Focused on ceramics, printmaking and painting, her art is an expression of the wonders of nature and humanity.
“I believe creating and appreciating art should not be defined by gender and cultural differences. As an emerging immigrant female artist, winning Her Art Here gives me a great platform to let the world see my art,” said Moo. “14 years ago, I arrived in the United States on a United Airlines flight to follow my dreams and to be an artist, so it is truly surreal to have won this contest.”
Corinneย Antonelliย is a New Jersey native, studying illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design. Her design is a tribute to her home region, and hopes it serves as an example to young girls around the world who are interested in a career in the arts that anything is possible.
“Winning the Her Art Here contest means the world to me. When I was a young girl I had many artists I looked up to and felt inspired by and now I have the opportunity to become a role model for other young girls looking to pursue a career in the arts. It feels amazing being selected as the winner from the New York and New Jersey regionโ I’ve lived in New Jersey my entire life and have fallen in love with the state,” noted Antonelli.
The Her Art Here contest was open to those who identify as a woman, including cisgender, transgender, woman-aligned or non-binary, and reside in the United States, and asked artists to visually represent either New York/New Jersey or California, two key markets for the airline, in their own style, while combining the company’s mission and what the communities in each region mean to the artist. Entries were scored by a panel of judges based on contest criteria and winners were determined based on a combination of judging scores and public voting.
The winners, along with the top finalists, will have the opportunity for their artwork to be displayed inside United terminals throughout the remainder of 2019 with their works available to purchase. Winners and finalists all received 100,000 MileagePlus award miles and the two regional winners will be awarded a $10,000 cash prize.
United has long been committed to being a leader in advancing women in the aviation industry. Today the carrier has more women who are pilots than any other airline in the world, including Bebe O’Neil, United’s System Chief Pilot, who manages the carrier’s 12,600 pilots. The airline has worked with Women in Aviation, a nonprofit organization which provides networking, education, mentoring, and scholarship opportunities, for more than 25 years and Girls in Aviation Day to ensure a growing number of female pilots.
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American to add new domestic routes later this year
American Airlines is planning to add new domestic routes from its hubs later this year according to Airline Route:
Chicago OโHare โ Charleston, WV – daily SkyWest CRJ200 effective September 4, 2019
Dallas/Ft. Worth โ St. Georgeย – daily SkyWest CRJ200 effective September 26, 2019
Miami โ Bentonville/Northwest Arkansasย – daily Republic Airline Embraer 175 effective December 18, 2019
Miami โ Columbia, SCย – daily Envoy Air Embraer ERJ 145 effective December 18, 2019
Miami โ Oklahoma City – daily Republic Airline Embraer 175 effective December 18, 2019
Philadelphia โ Vail/Eagle, CO – weekly mainline Boeing 757-200 effective December 21, 2019
Phoenix โ Rapid City, SD (Black Hills/Mount Rushmore) – daily SkyWest CRJ200 effective September 4, 2019
Top Copyright Photo: American Eagle Airlines (2nd)-SkyWest Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N955SW (msn 7817) PHX (Keith Burton). Image: 946556.
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June 18 announced as launch day for Heathrow expansion statutory consultation
London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) has made this announcement:
Heathrow has announced its statutory 12 and a half-week consultation on expansion plans will launch on the 18th of June. This step is the latest delivery milestone for the critical national infrastructure project, and the responses received will feed into a final planning application.
โข Heathrowโs statutory consultation on its expansion plans will commence the 18th of June and end on the 13th of September
โข New CGI imagery released to show what an expanded Heathrow could look like
โข June consultation follows an extensive period of non-statutory consultation and engagement
To mark the news, the airport has released a series of new images showing a proposed new terminal forecourt, as well as a panoramic shot of a future Heathrow.
The airportโs June consultation will be its largest and most innovative engage exercise yet. Heathrow has invested in new technology to show the public its current proposals, including a model of the future airport which uses augmented reality, and a sound booth which features virtual reality to demonstrate the effect of noise insulation on properties overflown by aircraft.
Having listened to feedback from previous consultations, Heathrow will be holding events in more locations than previously and, in addition to an extensive national marketing campaign across newspapers, radio, billboards, digital and โ for the first time โ Spotify, will be contacting 2.6 million households directly encouraging participation.
Legal challenge dismissed as Heathrow Expansion reaches next milestone
The consultation follows the High Courtโs dismissal of legal challenges against Heathrow expansion. The debate on Heathrowโs plans โ and its commitments to grow sustainability โ has been had and won, both in Parliament and now in the courts.
Heathrow has consistently demonstrated best practice by holding additional consultations at earlier stages of its project development to ensure feedback is incorporated in its plans, and to be as transparent as possible about its emerging proposals.
The plans revealed in this consultation include the consolidated feedback received in the Airspace and Future operations consultation that concluded in March, and previous consultations last year, as well as from Heathrowโs continuous engagement with local communities, local authorities, airlines, and other interested parties.
The upcoming consultation will seek feedback on four key areas:
- Heathrowโs preferred masterplan for expansion: what the future layout of the airport could look like, including the runway and other airport infrastructure such as terminals and road access. The masterplan will also reveal the airportโs growth in phases โ from runway opening in 2026, to the end masterplan in approximately 2050. This incremental growth in infrastructure will align more closely with forecast passenger growth, and help airport charges remain close to 2016 levels โ ultimately resulting in more affordable fares for passengers;
- Plans to operate the future airport: how the future three runway airport will be operated, including important elements such as night flights, as well as how potential additional flights before the new runway opens could be operated on our existing two runways;
- Assessment of impacts of the airportโs growth: how the airport plans to measure the impacts of expansion on the environment and local communities;
- Plans to manage the impacts of expansion: the airportโs plans for mitigating the effects of expansion, including property and noise compensation, a Community Compensation Fund, and measures to mitigate against air pollution and climate change.
Inviting people to participate in the consultation, Emma Gilthorpe, Heathrowโs Executive Director for Expansion, said:
โHeathrowโs expansion is a project of huge national and local significance, and it is critical to our countryโs economic growth. An expanded hub airport will allow the country to access more of the world, create thousands of jobs locally and nationally and it will open up new trading routes. But we canโt deliver these plans alone. We urge everyone to have their say in this consultation, to shape our plans, and to help us deliver expansion in the fairest and most sustainable way.โ
Heathrowโs expansion is a project of huge national and local significance, and it is critical to our countryโs economic growth. An expanded hub airport will allow the country to access more of the world, create thousands of jobs locally and nationally and it will open up new trading routes. But we canโt deliver these plans alone. We urge everyone to have their say in this consultation, to shape our plans, and to help us deliver expansion in the fairest and most sustainable way.
Following the conclusion of this consultation and after feedback has been incorporated, Heathrow will submit a final proposal to the Planning Inspectorate in 2020, kickstarting an 18-month approvals process. The decision on whether to grant the DCO will be made by the Secretary of State following a public examination period led by the Planning Inspectorate.
JAL’s first Airbus A350-900 completes its first flight
The first Airbus A350-900 for Japan Airlines (JAL) has successfully completed its first flight in Toulouse, France. The A350-900 is the first aircraft to be produced by Airbus for the airline and features a special A350 logo on the fuselage.
Photo: Airbus.
The aircraft will now enter the final phase of production, including cabin completion, as well as further ground and flight tests leading to customer acceptance and delivery.
Photo: Airbus.
Altogether JAL has ordered 31 A350 XWB aircraft, comprising 18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s). The A350-900 will initially be operated by JAL on major domestic routes, with a three class configuration seating 369 passengers.
At the end of April 2019, the A350 XWB Family had received 893 firm orders from 51 customers worldwide, making it one of the most successful wide-body aircraft ever.
Top Copyright Photo: JAL-Japan Airlines Airbus A350-941 F-WZHF (JA01XJ) (msn 321) (Airbus A350) TLS (Eurospot). Image: 946406.
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CNBC: Singapore Airlinesโ order of 31 Boeing 737 MAX jets remains โintact,โ CEO says
From CNBC:
“Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong said Friday that an order for 31 Boeing 737 MAX jets remains โintactโ despite the aircraftโs two deadly crashes.”
Read the full article.
Subsidiary SilkAir grounded its six Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in March.
Top Copyright Photo: SilkAir Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 9V-MBD (msn 44241) SIN (Pascal Simon). Image: 945011.
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Boeing statement on 737 MAX certification and return to service
Boeing has issued this statement:
Boeing has completed development of the updated software for the 737 MAX, along with associated simulator testing and the companyโs engineering test flight. To date, Boeing has flown the 737 MAX with updated MCAS software for more than 360 hours on 207 flights.
Boeing is now providing additional information to address Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requests that include detail on how pilots interact with the airplane controls and displays in different flight scenarios. Once the requests are addressed, Boeing will work with the FAA to schedule its certification test flight and submit final certification documentation.
โWith safety as our clear priority, we have completed all of the engineering test flights for the software update and are preparing for the final certification flight,โ said Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg. โWeโre committed to providing the FAA and global regulators all the information they need, and to getting it right. Weโre making clear and steady progress and are confident that the 737 MAX with updated MCAS software will be one of the safest airplanes ever to fly. The accidents have only intensified our commitment to our values, including safety, quality and integrity, because we know lives depend on what we do.โ
In addition, Boeing has developed enhanced training and education materials that are now being reviewed with the FAA, global regulators, and airline customers to support return-to-service and longer-term operations. This includes a series of regional customer conferences being conducted around the world.
The Seattle Times: How much was pilot error a factor in the Boeing 737 MAX crashes?
By Dominic Gates of the Seattle Times:
Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri basically blamed the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes on the foreign pilots and the lack of proper “training”.
This article explores this accusation and issue: Read the full article.
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