IFALPA Daily News – 21 January 2013

Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
Air India pilots threaten to go on strike over non-payment of salaries
Pilots of Air India have threatened to go on strike if long-pending dues are not paid to them soon, as per
a Mumbai Mirror report.
Air Canada Jazz plane wheel falls off after landing at Toronto airport
No passengers or crew were injured when a landing gear wheel fell off an Air Canada Jazz plane following
its landing at Toronto’s Pearson airport.
Jets collide near the gates at Miami International Airport
Authorities say no one was injured when two commercial jets collided near the gates at Miami International
Airport.
Heathrow Airport: snow causes more flight delays
Passengers at Heathrow Airport have faced further delays with at least 300 flights, more than a fifth,
cancelled as more snow fell in London.
Strike delays THAI flights
Thai Airways International (THAI) was hit by flight delays and passenger complaints Saturday as a strike
by the national carrier’s staff entered its second day.
Leahy: Kingfisher’s A380 order still active
Airbus, which said the A380’s order book comprises 262 firm orders from 20 customers, acknowledged
India’s Kingfisher Airlines order for five of the type “looks shaky.”  Kingfisher has ceased operations and
its aircraft have been impounded.
CAA publishes review of NATS regulation
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published a review of its regulation of the en route part
of NATS’ air traffic control business, NERL.