Over the next 20 years, some 216,000 new pilots and 224,000 technicians will be needed to staff the region's growing fleet of jetliners.
Once the busiest carrier at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, Midway had a fleet of 40 jetliners before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 13.
Singapore Airlines, Asia's most valuable flag-carrier, said Wednesday it had ordered up to 31 long-range Boeing 777-300 jetliners as it expands its fleet.
Air Canada plans to renew its fleet of widebody jetliners with the purchase of as many as 96 Boeing 777 and 787 planes in what Boeing said Monday could be the largest deal so far for its new Dreamliner model.
The deal is the largest yet for Boeing's new generation of 737's, an update of its classic short- to medium-range single-aisle jetliner, and the biggest one-time fleet expansion at Southwest.
This operation involves 1,500 people and millions of dollars in equipment in addition to a fleet of wide bodies, jetliners and feeder aircraft that take over the airfield each night.
It was the most serious safety scare for the world's largest and newest jetliners, and prompted Qantas to ground its fleet.
American Airlines said that its fleet of 300 MD-80 jetliners was back to full strength on Sunday, after the cancellation of about 3,300 flights last week.
The planes will replace a third of the carrier's fleet, including 25 Airbus A320 jetliners and 27 older 737's, making Boeing its sole supplier of single-aisle planes, the airline said.
[C1.] BACK IN THE AIRAmerican Airlines said that its fleet of 300 MD-80 jetliners was back to full strength on Sunday, after the cancellation of about 3,300 flights last week.
