As the World Airport Survey closes, the winners will be announced in a Copenhagen ceremony on the 30th March 2011. The prestigious awards have been around since 1999 and Skytrax have been working over the last 8 months to tally daily results from airports around the world regarding the monitoring, assessing and validation of customer [...]
Aviation Jobs
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 [...]
After 2 years of trying to get the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) reauthorization bill seen to, the Senate in Washington finally brought it to the floor. The bill centers around modernizing and improving the air transport industry by introducing brand new Next Generation (or NextGen) Air Transport Systems. These will not only reduce the risk [...]
The Southampton Airport was the location of the Hampshire Travel Hub’s Career Fair where 100 airport jobs were being offered including airport security jobs, baggage handler jobs, cabin crew jobs, and ground staff jobs, as well as those in the retail sector, cleaning, check in staff, catering, and IT. Over 5000 people queued around the [...]
The third job featured in our Best Jobs of 2011 segment is a commercial pilot job. Airlines are not the only places where you can find work as a pilot and being privately employed can have far more benefits than you might think. Commercial pilots work for numerous companies flying people and cargo around. You [...]
In order to strengthen their presence in Wales and create more than 200 aviation jobs in the Swansea area, including those in airline reservations and customer relations, Virgin Atlantic has just opened its new customer service center. Ieuan Wyn Jones, the Deputy First Minister, said, “Virgin Atlantic is one of the best known brands in [...]
Due to the expansion in services with larger planes and more international flights, U.S Airways has announced that it will be recalling and hiring 500 pilots and flight attendants for 2011. These airline jobs will see employees being based in Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington D.C and Phoenix. Flight attendant airline jobs make up 420 of the [...]
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 [...]
According to Boeing, the world is in need of more aircraft pilots and aircraft maintenance crew especially in Asia. The demand for pilots and aviation crew as well as maintenance staff will exceed 1 million in the next 20 years which is great news for those studying aviation. If you are still not sure what [...]
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 [...]
