IFALPA Daily News – 21 August 2013‏

Dear Colleagues,
 The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
 Association appeal to airlines to employ more Nigerian pilots
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers on Tuesday appealed to airline operators
to employ more Nigerian pilots, instead of their foreign counterparts.
 Pilot complement dictated by restricting plan – Air Malta
A meeting between pilots’ union ALPA and Air Malta management yesterday turned out to be
“inconclusive”, according to a statement by the union, which will be proceeding with a dress-down
directive for its members.
 Qantas hurt by tighter curfew at Sydney Airport
Transport Minister Anthony Albanese’s bureaucrats have stripped Qantas of three early-morning
arrival slots a week for international flights, further restricting Sydney Airport’s capacity.
 UAE carriers heading Eastbound for new destinations in China
The UAE represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed a record of discussion
with the Government of the People’s Republic of China in Yinchuan, Ningxia on August 15, 2013.
 Union pressure likely to limit Finnair sell-off
Union pressure is likely to limit the sale of Finnish state holdings including its stake in national carrier
Finnair when the government announces its 2014 budget proposals next week.
 BA extends superjumbo flights to Frankfurt
British Airways will continue flying its first superjumbo A380s between Heathrow and Frankfurt until
mid-October.
 Second Ho Chi Minh airport planned
A new, second airport in Ho Chi Minh City is necessary to ease traffic congestion at the existing airport
in the commercial hub in south Vietnam, the Vietnamese Transport Ministry has said.
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