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| 09.08.2008 |
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CRJ 1000 Flies
Bombardier’s prototype CRJ1000 NextGen jetliner took off on its maiden flight last week, successfully testing its new fly-by-wire systems. Serial number 19991, made its successful inaugural flight from the Bombardier facility at Mirabel, Quebec...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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RJET Invests in Midwest, Contract Angers Pilots
In its second investment in a financially troubled carrier, Republic Airways Holdings (RJET) cut a new 10-year contract with Midwest Airlines fly 12 76-seat Embraer ERJ 170s as a Midwest Connect starting October 1. The deal, part of a $60 million Midwest...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Fitch Rates Sukhoi
Fitch Ratings, last week, assigned Russian-based Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) a Long Term Issuer Default (IDR) rating of BB+, a senior unsecured rating of BB+ and a Short-term IDR of B. All ratings apply to foreign and local currency debt, said...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Mainlines, LCCs Replacing Competitor’s Dropped Services
The total impact of capacity cuts remain in flux as mainline carriers find opportunities in the service cuts of their competitors. In addition, low cost carriers are moving to fill some voids left by American but so far the moves are a drop in the bucket...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Sound Bites
Small City Fares Jump 37 Percent FareCompare.com reports that fares between small cities, largely served by regional airlines, rose 37 percent on average since the beginning of the...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Quick Takes – ASA, XJT, ATR
ASA Appoints New VP-In-Flight Services Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) named Brandee Reynolds as vice president – In-flight Services. Reynolds will direct the daily operations of more than 1,000 ASA flight attendants and lead the company’s...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Market Watch – Delta, Horizon, Embraer, Porter, ATR
Delta Exits CVG Concourse C After announcing it was cutting capacity at Cincinnati by 25 percent this fall, the latest in years of similar cuts, Delta is now abandoning its Concourse C operations in favor of 58 gates in concourses A and B. Putting a positive...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Energy/Air Service Task Force Issues Report, Recommendations
In a wide-ranging report which includes suggestions for 9/11-like government bailouts of both airlines and airports and finally shifting security costs to the government, the AAAE Energy/Air Service Task Force issued recommendations from its July summit...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Eco Watch – Airlines Tout Fuel Efficiency
At a time when airlines have become easy targets in the war on global warning The Air Transport Association (ATA) released its 2008 Economic Report documenting the ATA airlines’ environmental progress and concluding passenger and cargo carriers improved...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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Safety Watch – SkyWest, Comair
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two runway incursion incidents and an aircraft separation incident, all of which occurred in the last few days. In the first runway incursion incident, a commuter jet narrowly missed a general aviation...
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| 09.08.2008 |
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FAA Stops EWR Slot Auction, Opens PANYNJ Investigation
After the Federal Aviation Administration stopped plans to auction slots at Newark, Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association applauded the order halting the planned September 3 auction. Almost at the same time, however, the FAA launched an...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Commentary: FAA Does Not Trust Itself
As the Federal Aviation Administration faces more Congressional questioning of its oversight programs, one of the alphabet soup groups has actually quantified the FAA’s lack of standardization actually costs just one part of the industry. The aviation...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Aviation’s Most Exciting Period?
At least one person is enjoying the roller coaster ride that is the international aviation industry today and that is someone from the ivory tower – William Swelbar from MIT’s International Center for Air Transport. Calling this the most exciting...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Skip Week
There will be no Regional Aviation News dated Monday, Sept. 1 – Labor Day; for that is the day off which America's captains of industry bestowed on...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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RAA, ATA Fight New Drug Testing Rules
Saying it raises a host of personnel problems, the Regional Airline Association joined with the Air Transport Association (ATA) asking the Department of Transportation to delay its August 25 requirement that airlines “directly observe” the urine...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Wall Street Tentatively Turns Back to Airlines
After a lengthy dry spell in which Wall Street either completely ignored airlines or drove their per-share prices down beyond measure, US Airways signaled that the market may be softening on airline prospects now that fuel is moderating. Its recent stock...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Mesa Confirms KunPeng Sale, go! Loses $7.4M
For the first time Mesa discussed its proposed sale of its joint venture with Shenzhen Airlines, Kunpeng Airlines, as reported by Regional Aviation News six weeks ago, with investors, saying it has reached a letter of intent, cut in June, to sell its share of...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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TSA Investigating AE for Security Violations
In a move that looks suspiciously like retribution, the Transportation Security Administration slapped American Eagle with an investigation alleging "multiple security violations" at Chicago. The investigation, which could result in $175,000 in...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Happy Birthday, FAA
“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is celebrating its half-century as the “nation’s guardian of aviation safety and maestro of the intricate air traffic ballet that carries more than two million people to their destinations every...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Labor Day Pax to Drop 5.7 Percent
The Air Transport Association of America forecasts that 16 million passengers will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2008 Labor Day holiday period, spanning Wed., Aug. 27 through Wed., Sept. 3. This is a decline of 5.7 percent from the 17 million...
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