With the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup just a few months away, South Africa has been upgrading all of its main airports in anticipation of the millions of tourists expected to arrive in June. The airports are completed or are due to be completed by the end of the month. With the upgrades, many jobs have been created over the last few years, but the completed airport terminals and aprons will now be ready to create many other airport jobs. OR Tambo International Airport, known as Ortia, cost about $2.3 billion and is 90 percent complete with the 7 new aircraft aprons to be completed next month along with the multi-story parkade. The airport central terminal was completed in December and now has the capacity for 28 million passengers per year. The operational plans are due to be completed in Ma...

British Airways are busy building an energy plant that hopes to produce jet fuel out of wastage and this is expected to create up to 1200 airline jobs within the first 2 years. BA says that the plant, to be located in east London, will produce two percent of the amount of fuel needed to fly from London Heathrow, whilst from London City it will produce twice the amount. There are 500 000 tons of waste that can be used every year to make about 16 million gallons of fuel. This will help the environment greatly, as it will prevent a huge amount of waste from going to the landfill. This normally produces methane gas which is said to be more potent and damaging a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. United States company, Solena Group, has agreed to build the energy plant and BA has agreed to buy...

With the terrible falling share prices in 2009, things are finally looking up for United Airlines and their parent company UAL Corp. Recent passenger unit revenue rose by 9.5 percent and this is good for the entire industry. At one point United Airlines, the largest airline in the country dropped to below the industry standard. What this did was make people think that the entire industry was falling. This was also more evident as United Airlines was the most prominent international premium business class carrier. When you look at the passenger unit prices you will see that they have been increasing steadily since there was the possibility of the industry sinking. This would not have been allowed to happen and the investors started pumping more money into the airlines. With the various boos...

There are many people in the world who would love to get into an aircraft and fly for a living. This dream, unfortunately, only comes true for some people, and for the rest, we have to be content with taking other airline and airport jobs such as being an air traffic controller. This is an important job without which planes and other aircraft would not be able to take off and land at certain airports. Most air traffic controllers are employed by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), and some are employed by the actual airport committee. You will require very particular skills if you hope to take your air traffic controller examinations and pass the courses that you will need to take so that you can be fully qualified. Most air traffic controller job training can be done at an aviation...

If you have always wanted an airline job, then you have come to the right place. There are so many different types of work you can do for an airline and these require different skills and qualifications. Here is a basic breakdown of the airline careers you can apply for when you join Airline Job Finder and become a member. Flight Attendant Jobs Flight attendants are an important part of the airline industry making up almost 20 percent of the more than 515,000 employees. They make sure that passengers are safe and are responsible for offering excellent customer service. If you love travelling while you earn then this job is might be perfect for you! Find Work in the Airline Industry Airline Administrative Support In the background of every airline, there are employees making sure that every...

Three cities are in the running for the 400 or so airline jobs that are up for grabs since Republic Airways Holdings Inc purchased Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines. The three cities in the running are Milwauake, Indianapolis (where Republic Airways is based), and Denver. The 400 airline jobs are linked to heavy airline maintenance and airline reservations. The three cities are vying to host the 400 jobs to build up the economies in each area with Denver already committing to job creation costing $ 1 million and various training tax credits. It is not yet clear which city will be chosen and according to the spokesperson for Republic Airways, the airline jobs could even be split amongst all three. Of the 400 positions available, 250 of them are in aviation maintenance and parts. This w...

The Hernando Country Airport in Florida currently has 100 businesses on its land which spans 2400 acres. These 2400 acres only accounts for about 26 percent of the available land under that airport’s name. It is hoping to attract yet another large company to lease 100 acres of the land for free which is set to provide 500 more jobs in the aviation industry. The airport’s director Don Silvernell says that the proposal, which was recently approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will be a great boost the economy of the area as well as beneficial to the airport itself and it is set to create 500 job opportunities for the people of Brooksville, Spring Hill, Ridge Manor, Hernando Beach, Masaryktown, Weeki Wachee, and Lake Lindsey. The benefits that were presented to the commis...

With up to date resources, current jobs that are just waiting for your application, resume and job advice, among other benefits, the various job finder websites offer you, the job seeker a host of brilliant reasons to become a member. If you love the thrill and adventure behind the cruise liner industry, then you will love searching for a cruise ship job in the member’s area of Cruise Job Finder. If you dream of becoming a pilot, but have no idea where to start, then joining Airline Job Finder is perfect for you. Working in Alaska as an ice road trucker, king crab fisherman, or at a processing plant will see you earning a large salary, so to get in on the action, become a member of Alaska Job Finder. The oil and gas industry might be calling you, and you can search and apply for current ...

Boeing has recently completed its very first Freighter plane in the 777 series and has delivered it to customer Aero Logic. Aero Logic has another eight Boeing 777 Freighters on order to complete a fleet designed specifically for cargo and commercial aviation purposes. This is part of a joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo in cooperation with Deucalion Capital. The new Freighter, with its twin engines, and carrying capacity of 226, 800 Pounds over a 4885 nautical mile route was designed exclusively with 3D software and contains various important E enabled tools, maintenance tool box, and aviation health management. The managing director of Aero Logic has expressed that the day was a historic one, and that this fleet would offer them (a small start up cargo business) the bo...

About $14 million is going to be spent on placing solar farms at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. At the moment 7 to 10 acres of the airport’s property is going to be set aside for these solar projects. The solar power will only be enough to power a small percentage of the airport’s energy, but eventually the airport wants to expand its solar farms to cover much more of Charlotte/Douglas International’s 6000 acres of land. Jerry Orr, the airport director says that if the project proves to be economically feasible, they will be expanding the solar farms in the near future.  This move was inspired largely by Denver International Airport, who completed their solar farm project last year, as well as Long Beach Airport in California. Denver International opted for a 5 acre solar ...