After nearly 2 years, the passenger airlines in the United States are finally adding jobs again. The increase was a mere 0.2 percent, but according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the aviation industry workforce rose to 379,651 from 378,953 last year. Delta Airlines was one of the airlines to hire back staff that [...]
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Budget airline, Tiger Airways, based in Melbourne, Australia, has just announced that it will be purchasing to 2 new Airbus A320 planes that will run out of Avalon Airport. This move is expected to create about 100 airline jobs in Avalon, and the potential for many more across the region, as this announcement has encouraged [...]
Things are picking up for many United States airlines as the low fuel costs helped them to profit this last quarter. Continental Airlines and Southwest Airlines were two of the major improvers in share prices with Southwest gaining by 2.8 percent in the afternoon trading on Thursday. The Chairman of Continental, Jeff Smisek, noted that [...]
Thanks to a partnership between China Aviation Industry Corp (AVIC) and General Electric Co. (GE), 200 new aviation industry jobs are expected in the United States pending regulatory approval in mid 2010. The joint venture will allow avionics equipment and systems to be exported from both countries. They are to be integrated into the new [...]
