The News Review:
- GE Aviation to cut 1000 jobs this year: spokesman
- Greensboro A Finalist To Land 800 Aviation Jobs
- No-jet rule to be stripped from bill
- Iran interested in Boeing jets
- Can aviation increase and carbon emissions fall at the same time?
- Seattle airport will air-condition parked planes
GE Aviation to cut 1000 jobs this year: spokesman
Reuters
The job cuts off a base of 16000 salaried employees would come through attrition retirements buyout packages and some layoffs said Rick Kennedy a spokesman for GE Aviation the world’s largest maker of jet engines. The company does not plan to reduce its manufacturing head count. “This is the most difficult year for anyone in aviation to try to forecast” Kennedy said citing the global financial crisis. (Reporting by Scott Malone editing by Gerald E.
Greensboro A Finalist To Land 800 Aviation Jobs
MSNBC
Johnson said Guilford Technical Community College with its various aviation-based training programs is proving to be a major factor in the company’s decision. “I think it’s a big factor that we have the workforce that we have GTCC with its various schools. ne is upholstering” Johnson said. Johnson said executives from the company visited Greensboro recently and liked what they saw. “They were very pleased.
No-jet rule to be stripped from bill
Kansas.com KS
A provision requiring companies receiving federal bailout money to divest of their private aircraft or leases is being stripped from a House relief bill U. Todd Tiahrt's office said.
Iran interested in Boeing jets
The Associated Press
sanctions are self-defeating because they denies Boeing huge profits. Jafarzadeh says sanctions have also forced Iran to import technology from Ukraine and build planes itself. Since the 1979 Islamic revolution Iran has been subject to U.
Can aviation increase and carbon emissions fall at the same time?
guardian.co.uk UK
n the one side are environmentalists who claim aviation accounts for up to 13% of UK greenhouse gases and is the fastest growing source of emissions and millions of residents who live under the flight paths fear a great increase in noise local air pollution and congestion. n the other side are supporters who claim the demonisation of flying is exaggerated because aviation makes up only 2% of global greenhouse gas pollution. They also claim that more direct flight paths and technological advances in biofuel engines will curb emissions rises even as the industry grows. A more emotional argument underlies the statistics. This is between those who feel there is something deeply wasteful and unfair about rich people flying around the world when others face drowning in Bangladesh and mass extinctions are threatened; and those who believe aviation helps fuel the world economy connects family and friends and allows people to enjoy well-earned holidays or follow the human instinct to travel.
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Seattle airport will air-condition parked planes
USA Today
(AP) — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport plans to supply air conditioning to parked planes so airlines can cool their jets without adding to air pollution. Port of Seattle commissioners approved design work Tuesday for the project that will cost $33 million. Grants from the Federal Aviation Administration are expected to cover $22 million. The cooled — or heated — air would be piped into planes at each gate from a central utility plant. The ports says allowing planes to shut down auxiliary power plants will save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Construction is to start in 2010 and the “precondition air” should be blowing by the end of 2012. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.