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Alenia Aermacchi signs USD 141 million contract for the production of components and for the assembly of the first complete wing for the F-35 JSF programme
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a USD 141 million contract by Lockheed Martin for the production of components and for the assembly of the first complete wing for the F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) programme.
Alenia Aermacchi… Continue reading
Confirming A350 XWB safety with lightning strike evaluations
Lightning strike testing has been performed for the A350 XWB, completing a key required step in preparations for this next-generation Airbus jetliner’s maiden flight.
These so-called “electromagnetic hazard” evaluations – which took place mid-month at Airbus’ Clément Ader facility in… Continue reading
Korea – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress March 29 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Korea for 60 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and… Continue reading
Iberia strike called off after deal: company
AFP
Workers of Spanish airline Iberia called off a third five-day strike in a dispute over thousands of job cuts after unions accepted a mediation plan, the company said on Wednesday.
“Iberia and the union representatives of 93 percent of… Continue reading
Iberia strike set to ground over 1,000 flights this week
REUTERS
Workers at loss-making Spanish flag carrier Iberia were set to begin a five-day strike at midnight on Monday, grounding over 1,000 flights and costing the airline and struggling national economy millions of euros.
Staff, including baggage handlers, pilots and… Continue reading
India’s Kingfisher airline staff end strike
(AFP) Staff at India’s Kingfisher airline, whose fleet has been grounded since October 1, have agreed to end their strike over unpaid wages and return to work, the company’s chief executive said on Thursday.
Kingfisher planes will however be unable… Continue reading
Stennis Strike Group Conducts Flight Operations While Operating Forward
USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea (NNS) — The John C. Stennis Strike Group conducted flight operations Oct. 5, in the South China Sea as it prepares to enter U.S. 5th Fleet in the coming weeks.
Stennis, which deployed from… Continue reading
Lufthansa cabin crew to hold fresh strike Tuesday
(AFP) Cabin staff at German airline Lufthansa will hold a fresh strike which is expected to have a bigger impact than recent walkouts, their union said Sunday.
The UFO labour union said the strike would begin on Tuesday, but they… Continue reading
Strike looms for Lufthansa as wage talks fail
German airline Lufthansa, already battling strong headwinds from soaring kerosene prices and competition, was left facing potentially costly strikes Tuesday after wage talks with cabin crew crashed.
Unions have held off from taking strike action while last-ditch wage negotiations were… Continue reading
Belgian F-16 crashes after Bird Strike.
An F-16 fighter plane (registration Fa-99) belonging to the Belgian military crashed and burned near the Dutch border Thursday after colliding with birds, the country’s defence ministry said.
“The pilot is safe and well,” a ministry spokesman told AFP.
Finnair hit by strike
Some 1,000 Finnair technical services staff walked off the job Tuesday in what unions said would be a week-long protest against the company’s plans to cut jobs as part of an outsourcing deal.
The strike will hit maintenance services for… Continue reading
Cabin crew strike grounds over 100 Iberia flights in Spain
Spanish national airline Iberia has been forced to cancel 108 flights as a result of strike action by cabin staff, local media reported on Friday.
The 108 cancelled flights represent around a third of the 326 flights the airline had… Continue reading