In a deal between new AirAsia X airline based in Malaysia and Christchurch Airport in New Zealand, 600 new airline jobs and airport jobs will be created. This is thanks to the direct flights between Christchurch and Kuala Lumpur which will be offered from March 2011 with 4 return flights each week. The deal will [...]
Airline Jobs
A slightly improving economy means more travel, and where there is more air travel, there is a need for various airline staff including flight attendants. After letting many of them go, Delta Airlines is now turning things around offering 1000 flight attendant jobs. Another 425 flight attendants who were on a voluntary leave of absence [...]
Glasgow Airport is the new base for budget airline Jet2 who announced recently that they would be creating 150 airline jobs as part of the expansion. The airline will fly to major holiday destinations including Majorca, Alicante, Tenerife, Nice, Faro, and Paphos and others, which is expected to bring many more passengers to Glasgow Airport. [...]
In response to budget airline Ryanair’s announcement that it will be pulling out of Belfast City International from the 30th October 2010, Flybe, a Devon based airline has announced that it will be flying to three new locations in the UK from Belfast starting on the 31st October. These locations are Bristol, Liverpool, and the [...]
If all goes according to plan, ex airline pilot Richard Ashbrook could get it right to create 50 to 100 aviation jobs at the Clarkesville-Montgomery County Regional Airport. The initiative is something that he has thought about for many years and will focus the airport to handle more corporate aircraft and passengers. The old maintenance [...]
JFK International Airport will be getting a makeover in its Delta Airlines Terminals, it was announced by Delta Airlines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday. They plan to tear down the old Pan American WorldPort and spend $1.2 Billion to make the carrier’s home at JFK more effective, efficient, [...]
At a time when airlines are still cutting back, Virgin America is planning to expand its fleet from 28 to 90 by the year 2016 allowing more airline jobs to be created. According to the announcement made on the 22nd July, the company has ordered 40 new Airbus A320 aircraft which are going to be [...]
In an effort to promote biofuels for use by aircraft, Portland International Airport has joined with the Northwest Aviation biofuels industry as part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest Project. Other companies involved in the project are the Port of Portland, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK), Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International [...]
According to a recent survey, it seems as though the level of customer satisfaction for most airlines is improving with Southwest Airlines at the top of the list for the 17th year in a row. United Airlines brings up the rear. The survey was conducted by interviews with various passengers who were asked about the [...]
Since the closure of hundreds of airports all over Europe due to the “ash cloud” from the volcano eruption in Iceland in March 2010, the aviation industry has taken a huge knock and lost billions in revenue. Luckily things seen to be back on track and airlines, as well as airports are recovering as air [...]
