Nav Canada’s seven hundred aviation technicians represented through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to pass a tentative group negotiating arrangement achieved last month with the air navigation products and services supplier.

The brand-new contract goes until Aug. 31, 2011, and provides for wage increases of 1% retroactive to Sept. 1, 2009, 1% retroactive to March 1 and 1% retroactive to Sept. 1. There’ll be an extra 1.5% raise on March 1, 2011.

British Airways, Iberia Airlines and American Airlines on Wednesday presented a long-awaited shared project and announced four completely new flight routes that will commence next April.

American Airlines said they intend to re-hire approximately 800 furloughed flight attendants and pilots partially to capitalize on the opportunities created by the new business. Read the rest of this entry

Emergency talks between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and its cabin crew union collapsed on Tuesday, with the staff threatening to push on with a strike by the end of the month, the union said.

The airline urged had Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to stop the planned walkout by forcing both sides to settle through arbitration with the government.

But after the labour ministry-brokered talks failed to resolve the dispute, union president Bob Anduiza said it would go ahead with the action as announced. Read the rest of this entry

In what could possibly be a sign of a contraction within Southern California’s defense industry, Northrop Grumman Corp. stated Monday that it will eliminate 500 job positions in its aerospace department, with the majority of of the cuts anticipated to strike its vast facilities in El Segundo and Redondo Beach. Read the rest of this entry

Aviation job cuts took over the very first debate within Kansas’ 4th Congressional District contest.

Democratic candidate Raj Goyle promised Thursday to eliminate a taxation loophole which induces businesses to be able to move job opportunities offshore. He blames the job cuts on a provision by which corporations that allow companies to not pay taxes whenever they establish international subsidiaries. Read the rest of this entry

Just days after union production-line workers at Cessna Aircraft were forced by default to accept a new contract, the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer announced this morning that it is again scaling back Citation business jet production and, as a result, will lay off 700 more employees. Parent company Textron today reported that it is “adjusting aircraft production schedules and reducing headcount at its Cessna business unit due to continued weakness in new aircraft orders. Read the rest of this entry