IFALPA Daily News – 7 January 2014‏

Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
JetBlue cancels Northeast flights to rest crews

Flying JetBlue Airways? You might have to wait until your flight crew rests up if your travel includes

Boston’s Logan International Airport or the three New York City-area airports.

PH prepares for audit of air safety standards

The US Federal Aviation Administration may push through with an audit of the Philippines’ air

safety standards this month—an exercise seen as a key step for the country in getting a coveted

US aviation upgrade, a government official said Monday.

Delta Air Lines retires last of its DC-9 fleet

The American carrier Delta Air Lines is retiring the last of its DC-9s, the oldest passenger plane in the

fleet of the big US airlines.

The ICAO outcome and its impact on the EU Aviation Emissions Trading Scheme

As the EU Parliament prepares to vote on the latest proposals to amend the Aviation ETS, this client

alert examines the proposals in the context of the developments at the ICAO Assembly held in

October 2013.

Boeing delivers record 648 jets in 2013

Boeing delivered a record 648 airliners in 2013, beating its own target and likely securing top spot as

the world’s biggest plane maker for the second year in a row.

Alliances set sights on Air Astana

Resolved on tapping the booming Central Asian market, global alliances SkyTeam, OneWorld and Star

Alliance have approached Kazakhstan national carrier Air Astana with offers to join their ranks.

 

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