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The winter is coming to the United States and as expected the large airlines have increased ticket prices for the pending holidays. Smaller airports may also see an increase in traffic as their users can be doing some visiting too. The fixed base operator that has purchased Lindbergh aircraft tugs should check on his purchase [...] Even after nearly one billion dollars of necessary upgrades, the work at Indianapolis International still isn’t quite complete. Underway now is the resurrection of an additional facility of about forty thousand square feet that is slated to be complete and ready for use in August. The new building’s main purpose will be to house extra [...] Contract disputes have left the very popular Spirit Airlines planes on the ground for several days since pilots walked off the job last Saturday. The airline offered full refunds to customers for missed flights and in some cases even offered a bonus in addition to the refund to be used on future flights to remain [...] It took nearly four million dollars in government stimulus funds and almost a year of hard work to complete, but the brand new 20,000+ square foot fire station at the Piedmont Triad International Airport is all but ready for action. The new, state of the art facility is replacing the much smaller fire station that [...] Although they may be happy to have a job in the midst of a recession, American workers are increasingly unhappy with their jobs. A survey by the Conference Board research group found job satisfaction is at its lowest in 22 years. Only 45% of U.S. workers said they were satisfied with their jobs. This is [...] Not long ago the future of FBOs was looking pretty rosy. Business travel was booming worldwide and aviation industry gurus predicted a robust future for FBO operations. Then the U.S. economy tanked sending global markets sprawling. Financial woes pulled the plug first on personal airline travel, then on business travel. Airlines were an early casualty [...] Hope is on the horizon. The airline industry is starting to climb out of the recession, but it could be years before business travel returns to its pre-recession level, if it ever does. Pre-recession, business travel was the most important growth segment for passenger airlines. Unfortunately, the recession forced frequent corporate travelers to adopt less [...] Airlines are outsourcing major aircraft repairs to foreign countries in ever-increasing numbers. National Public Radio reported this week that in 2007 U.S. air carriers sent 71% of “heavy airframe maintenance” to private facilities in cheap foreign labor markets (see our Oct. 19, 2009 post). Airlines cite a recession-driven need to lower maintenance costs as the [...] The airwaves have been blistering the morning with news about U.S. airlines outsourcing maintenance to cheap foreign labor markets. Kicking off a two-part series this morning, NPR (National Public Radio) reported that U.S. air carriers sent 71% of “heavy airframe maintenance” to private maintenance facilities in 2007. As NPR pointed out, that’s a considerable increase [...] |
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