By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-05-11T21:13:00+01:00
The US House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would prevent cut-rate airlines which have been established under “flags of convenience” to operate in the US.
The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio says on 11 May that the “Fair and Open Skies Act” is designed to force foreign airlines to “play by the rules” rather than offer services under conditions that would be illegal in the USA.
“In the past, we have seen foreign airlines set up under a flag-of-convenience business model to exploit weaker labour laws outside their home countries in order to save money, undercut competition, and skirt important labour standards to get a leg up,” DeFazio says. “By preventing such an airline from serving the US this bipartisan bill protects American jobs from predatory and unfair competition.”
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The planned December launch of Norse Atlantic Airways as a potential Norwegian Air successor has raised concern from the most powerful labor unions in the U.S. airline industry.
But while the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) used tough language in a statement about Norse Atlantic on Tuesday, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) president Sara Nelson said Monday that her initial discussions with Norse Atlantic majority owner Bjorn Tore Larsen have been encouraging.
Norse Atlantic formed in March, announcing its intent to fly Boeing 787 Dreamliners between European destinations such as London, Paris and Oslo and U.S. destinations such as New York, Los Angeles and Miami. The new airline hopes to follow in the footsteps of discount carrier Norwegian, which formally abandoned U.S. flying in January after pausing transatlantic service early in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Airline SAS Announces New CEO
Dutchman Anko Van der Werff will take over as President and CEO of Scandinavian Airlines later this year.
Anko Van der Werff is a 45-year-old Dutch native with an “outstanding career in the global airline industry,” according to the SAS press release.
The new Scandinavian Airlines livery. Photo: SAS
He currently leads the airline group at Avianca Holdings in Colombia and will take over SAS by July. The Dutchman also has experience with Aeroméxico, Qatar Airways and Air France-KLM.
Van der Werff replaces Rickard Gustafson who SAS announced in January would be leaving his role as CEO. Current SAS commercial director Karl Sandlund will step into the role of acting CEO during the transition period.
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