Gabriel Mocho, civil aviation secretary at ITF, which represents more than 275 unions in aviation, said that many airlines now “prioritise cost over safety” and called on authorities to address growing concern among its members.
July 7, 2011
Mexicana de Aviacion’s former employees have sued PC Capital, which was unable to come up in March with the $200 million it offered for the bankrupt carrier, for fraud.PC Capital committed alleged fraud against “more than 8,000 workers” of Compañia Mexicana de Aviacion, or CMA, “by delaying the airline’s sale for more than four months via an offer that lacked economic resources,” a group calling itself the Coalition of Workers of Mexicana de Aviacion said.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its Annual Safety Review for 2010. The review shows a high level of safety for commercial air transport operations in EASA Member States*. Indeed, it was the first year in the history of aviation in Europe that no fatal accidents occurred for commercial helicopter and aeroplane operations.
The grounding of Singapore-based budget carrier Tiger Airways is an indication that safety regulation procedures have not kept pace with the fast expansion of the low-cost airline model.
This is the view of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the global umbrella group for unions across 154 countries, including 275 unions from the aviation sector, which has issued a statement about the unprecedented grounding of an airline’s entire fleet.
July 5, 2011
MORE than 100 Tiger flight attendants are in limbo with the grounding of the budget airline.
July 4, 2011
Virgin Australia, Qantas and Jetset are attempting to save the holidays of thousands of Australian families after the grounding of budget operator Tiger Airways by safety authorities until at least July 9.
(Reuters) – Australia’s grounding of Tiger Airways (TAHL.SI) on safety grounds sent shares of the Singapore budget airline tumbling as much as 16 percent to a record low on Monday and boosted those of its bigger rivals down under, which hope to steal market share and end a price war.
ICAO adopted a code of conduct to oversee the collection, sharing and use of aviation safety information. “Transparency and sharing of safety information are fundamental to a safe air transportation system. The new code of conduct will help ensure that the information is used in a fair and consistent manner, with the sole objective of improving safety,” said ICAO Council President Roberto Kobeh González.
July 2, 2011
