American Airlines files injunction
TWU-IAM says they need a contract
Race to sonic transport
Hermeus faces off with BOOM
Hermeus Corporation, a startup
increasing the speed of air transportation
by developing hypersonic aircraft,
today announced a Seed round
investment. The round was led by
Khosla Ventures, with additional
participation from private investors.
The fi nancing will further the development
and test of Hermeus’ hypersonic
propulsion system.
BOOM superspnic had previously
announced its progress on its
supersonic aicrcaft that it plans to
bring to reality in a coupleof years
with 3.5 hour crossing from NY to
London.
Now Hermeus has announced
its hypersonic aircraft which will
do the dame distance in 1.5 jhours.
Both aircraft are inderdevelopment
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and use different technilogy
thereby accountinf roteh difference
is travel time.
“Hermeus is developing an aircraft
that not only improves the aviation
experience with very reduced
fl ight times, but also has the potential
to have great societal and economic
impact.” said Vinod Khosla,
founder of Khosla Ventures.
“We’ve set out on a journey to
revolutionize the global transportation
infrastructure, bringing it
from the equivalent of dial-up into
the broadband era, by radically increasing
the speed of travel over
long distances.” said co-founder
and CEO AJ Piplica. “We’re excited
to work with Khosla Ventures to
turn this vision into reality.”
Mechanics at AA have been at
the negotiating table on and off the
fi ve years. Recently the rhetoric
has risen and tempers are running
short.
The following is a statement from
Richard Honeycutt, Vice President of
Communications Workers of America
District 3 and Chair of the CWA
Airlines Council, in response to news
that American Airlines has fi led for
a preliminary injunction against the
International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers and the
Transport Workers Union of America.
The TWU-IAM association has
been attempting to negotiate a collective
bargaining agreement for mechanics
and ramp workers at American
for fi ve years.“CWA’s passenger
service agents are united in support
of the members of the TWU-IAM association
at American Airlines and
their fi ght for a fair contract. Our
passengers deserve to travel on safe
and reliable aircraft, and sending
more maintenance work to offshore
contractors does not meet the high
standards that American should be
striving to achieve.
American Airlines modernizes fleet
Uses Boeing 777 on transatlantic flights
For American Airlines, this is a
summer of building trans-Atlantic
service, boosted by unique strategies
that include fl ying all Boeing
777s from New York Kennedy and
adding the fi rst-ever Chicago-Athens
nonstop fl ight.
The world’s largest carrier is taking
an innovative approach, with
the JFK strategy as the most striking
piece converting its JFK trans-
Atlantic operation to all Boeing 777s.
American will add 1,216 trans-
Atlantic fl ights this summer, nearly
twice as many as Delta and United
combined, according to Luton,
England-based OAG, a provider of
air travel information and applications.
American could use growth in
the trans-Atlantic, where it lags
competitors. In the fi rst quarter,
United reported $1.3 billion in Atlantic
region passenger revenue,
while Delta reported $1.1 billion and
American reported $673 million.
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Artist rendering on newest hyper-sonic aircraft from Hermeus.
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