Recently, United launched United Ground Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines, that will provide cost effective ground handling services at traditionally outsourced locations. With approximately 150 outsourced stations within the U.S., this will provide an opportunity to take on some work that was previously handled by business partners. While being a separate company from United Airlines, it will allow United to mirror their flyer friendly service philosophy, providing customers with a seamless travel experience.
United Ground Express will provide customer service, station operations, ramp, baggage handling and cargo service. The company will launch service later this year in select stations and will also provide ground handling for United’s new service to and from AZO (Kalamazoo, Michigan) starting Dec. 9, 2015. It will expand to more locations in 2016. United will continue to use ground handling business partners in markets where it makes financial and logistical sense to do so.
United Ground Express began recruiting to place qualified applicants in available positions and launched a new website with additional information, UnitedGroundExpress.com.
We are excited to announce that Air Wisconsin has entered into a commitment to provide electronic flight bags (EFBs) to our cockpit crewmembers, which will replace our paper flight manuals and navigational charts. This commitment represents yet another investment into technology and tools necessary to enhance and build upon our great operating performance while providing our pilots with the ease of accessing volumes of data in electronic format. Beginning in November, pilots will begin transitioning away from paper to an EFB contained on an iPad, which will enable pilots to reference their flight manuals and navigational charts with ease. This technology will assist crewmembers and allow them to be more efficient in the cockpit, as well as lighten their load during trips.
In conjunction with this new technology, we have entered into a three-year partnership with Navtech to provide the navigational charts for the EFBs. Navtech’s reputation for great service and quality has earned them business worldwide by providing charts to more than 100 carriers. Their charts customer base includes carriers of all sizes and business models such as Flybe Finland, Cathay Pacific, and Ryan Air. By partnering with Navtech, we will become their launch customer in the United States and we look forward to working with them and their dedicated commitment to ensuring the success of this important project.
This initiative is the result of tremendous coordination and effort across virtually every department of the company including, but not limited to, Flight, IT, Maintenance, Finance and Strategic Sourcing. Over the next several weeks, there will be a lot of communication, coordination and training to ensure a successful rollout of the EFB. Please take the time to stay informed as this exciting project continues to move us forward while becoming an integral part of our daily flight operations.
Ameriflight is excited to announce the addition of two EMB-120 Brasilias to our fleet; increasing our EMB-120 fleet size to ten. The first of the two Brasilias is currently undergoing cargo conversion at Worldwide Aircraft Services in Springfield, MO and is scheduled for delivery in early September; at which time it will go through the FAA conformity process and be on-line by mid-month. The second aircraft will follow approximately 60 days later.
Ameriflight operates a fleet of over 200 aircraft including the Embraer EMB-110 and EMB-120, Beechcraft Be99 and Be1900, Fairchild Sa227, and Cessna C208, providing daily service for the largest international integrators and manufacturers throughout North America and the Caribbean.
Republic is reaching out to universities and the top flight schools across the country to establish partnerships. Earlier this year, Republic and Purdue University announced an innovative new partnership that will match students from one of the nation’s top aviation programs with a career track at the world’s largest operator of Embraer aircraft – an educational first in the state of Indiana and a first for the regional airline industry.
Called the Industry–Purdue Opportunity Pipeline (iPOP), the collaborative initiative concentrates on enhancing a clear university/industry education pathway for students in Purdue’s Department of Aviation Technology, which work on real-world scenarios and projects with Republic. Upon graduation, iPOP participants will receive a guaranteed employment interview with Republic for positions such as pilots, engineers, mechanics and other corporate functions.
PSA is hiring first officers. New hires can expect little to no reserve time and the fastest upgrade time in the industry.
SkyWest Airlines’ pilots have voted in favor of a new three-year pay agreement, securing top compensation and work rules in the regional industry. The new agreement provides salary increases for all pilots, a substantial increase to first-year pay, guaranteed profit sharing and an increased 401(k) match, as well as a number of enhancements to work rules. The previous agreement became amendable in January 2015.
CommuAir’s Doing it…Up to 15,000 Sign-on Bonus:
Have an ATP/CTP? Earn $7,000 sign-on BONUS.
Need an ATP/CTP? CommutAir is offering you a FREE ATP/CTP($5000 value) plus additional $2,000 sign-on BONUS!
We Value Your Experience– Earn $5/flight hour BONUS for every 121 equivalent hour (121 PIC/SIC; Qualifying 135 or 91K PIC) up $8000!
Emirates, the world’s most valuable airline brand, is looking for motivated, technically proficient and experienced American pilots to join its team of 4,100 flight deck crew members. Emirates pilots are based at the airline’s state-of the-art hub in cosmopolitan Dubai, a city which offers an exceptional lifestyle, a vast range of leisure and cultural attractions and sunny weather year-round.
Interested applicants with an ICAO ATPL, ICAO English level 4 certification or above, and experience flying jet or turboprop aircraft are encouraged to apply at www.emirates.com/pilots or learn more about the airline at upcoming Aero Crew Solutions Job Fairs in Denver on September 25, 2015 and Fort Lauderdale on November 13, 2015.
Emirates currently flies to 10 North American Gateways, including Orlando, which commenced on September 1st. The airline also announced flights from Dubai to Panama City, which at 17 hours 35 minutes, will be the longest non-stop flight in the world when service commences on February 1, 2016.
