Faced with ongoing drop in load factors, excess capacity and falling yields, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started preliminary talks to get its passenger plane pilots to take voluntary no-pay leave. This follows the recent agreement with 25 of its cargo pilots who voluntarily will go on no-pay leave for up to 30 months, with up to 25 more cargo pilots expected to be asked to also opt for the scheme. This comes as the airline prepares to slash up to 11 per cent of capacity by grounding 17 … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: No-pay leave may be extended at SIA
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SINGAPORE: SIA cargo and pax numbers continue slide
Singapore Airlines’ cargo volumes for February slid by 16.9 per cent to just below 80,000 tonnes, year-on-year, with SIA filling 56.7 per cent of available freight space. This was down 5.5 percentagepoints from last year. In the same month SIA carried just 1.18 million passengers, a 20.2 per cent drop from the same month a year earlier. The steep fall came despite a 8.5 per cent cut in capacity. Across its network, the airline filled just 9.7 per cent of available passenger seats. … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: SIA cargo and pax numbers continue slide
NORTH KOREA: N. Korea warn away carriers from its skies
The United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organisation called on North Korea last month to retract its threat against South Korean passenger planes. The North said it could not guarantee the safety of South Korean passenger jets flying near its airspace if Seoul continued with its plans to conduct 12 days of joint military drills with the US in March. Korean Airlines and Asiana rerouted flights away from North Korea as a precaution. A military threat to the normal operations … [Read more...] about NORTH KOREA: N. Korea warn away carriers from its skies
JAPAN: JAL lowers cargo fuel surcharge
Japan Airlines ( JAL) has filed with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for a decrease in fuel surcharge for international cargo flights departingJapan, with effect from 1 April, 2009. The international cargo fuel surcharge on long-haul international routes for flights departing Japan will decrease from 115 yen (US$1.71) to 31 yen per kg. In the case of medium-haul international routes, the surcharge will decrease from 99 to 27 yen per kg, and on … [Read more...] about JAPAN: JAL lowers cargo fuel surcharge
JAPAN: JAL lowers cargo fuel surcharge
Japan Airlines ( JAL) has filed with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for a decrease in fuel surcharge for international cargo flights departingJapan, with effect from 1 April, 2009. The international cargo fuel surcharge on long-haul international routes for flights departing Japan will decrease from 115 yen (US$1.71) to 31 yen per kg. In the case of medium-haul international routes, the surcharge will decrease from 99 to 27 yen per kg, and on … [Read more...] about JAPAN: JAL lowers cargo fuel surcharge
JAPAN: FedEx MD-11 crashes while landing at Narita
A FedEx cargo aircraft en route from China has crashed this morning while attempting to land at Tokyo’s Narita airport in strong winds, bursting into flames and killing two pilots on board. The FedEx MD-11 was coming from Guangzhou, China, and crashed at 6:49 AM local time, according to the Japanesetransport ministry. Television footage showed the threeengine wide-body aircraft tip sideways shortly after touch-down in strong winds and then, as one of its wings clipped the ground … [Read more...] about JAPAN: FedEx MD-11 crashes while landing at Narita
