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January 5, 2009
Market Watch
Air Panama Launches Saab Service Air Panama took delivery of its first ex Colgan Saab 340B in December, with a second aircraft scheduled for arrival in early 2009. Saab Aircraft Leasing acted as a broker for both the airline and TurboLease, a...
December 22, 2008
Lynx Adds Steamboat
Lynx Aviation, Frontier’s regional subsidiary, began service to its fifth Colorado market, Steamboat Springs/Hayden. The inaugural flight of the four daily roundtrips arrived at Yampa Valley Regional Airport on Thursday. Steamboat Springs/Hayden is...
December 22, 2008
CPI Report Outlines Transportation’s Failures
Could it be somehow symbolic that the announcement for President-Elect Obama’s choice for secretary of transportation was dead last in filling out his cabinet? And, could the two-year failure of the reauthorization legislation be reflective of a lack of...
December 22, 2008
LaHood Tapped for DOT Post
At press time, retiring Republican Representative Ray LaHood (Ill.), who served on the House aviation subcommittee, was to be nominated Friday by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of the Department of Transportation. LaHood ends his 13-year tenure...
December 22, 2008
Aircraft Watch – ATR , BBD, Delta, Embraer/Azul
ATR Begins Ground -600 Ground Tests ATR launched the ground tests of the ‘-600 series’ pre-series aircraft, testing the functioning of the electrical systems and the equipment of the New Generation Avionics Suite, while integrating the first...
December 22, 2008
Colgan Air Pilots Join ALPA
Colgan Air pilots selected the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) to represent the 449 pilots at the airline, according to the National Mediation Board which reported that 313 pilots voted in favor of the union’s representation. Prior to the...
December 22, 2008
Safety Watch – CRJ Gear Failures, Icing
NTSB Investigates CRJ Gear Failures The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the twin gear failures aboard a US Airways Air Wisconsin CRJ 200 in Philadelphia and a Mesa Airlines United Express CRJ 700 at Chicago. The CRJ...
December 22, 2008
Wings Air Goes After Georgia Skies
The world of essential air service is anything but simple but now Georgia-based Wings Air says EAS carrier Georgia Skies has not lived up to its EAS commitment on the Macon-Atlanta and Athens-Atlanta routes on which Wings competes without subsidy. Wings Air...
December 22, 2008
OPEC Doubles Production Drop
Just as the airlines dramatically cut capacity last summer, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plans to follow suit doubling the expected drop in production from...
December 22, 2008
Mesa Requests Q3 Confidentiality
Mesa Air Group requested the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain confidentiality for its third quarter Mesa Requests Q3 Confidentiality 2008 financial report, according to the third quarter report issued last week...
December 22, 2008
Corporate Travelers Cutting Spending Not Trips
Spending cutbacks rather than reduced travel seem to be how businesses are coping with travel costs which expected to continue next year, according new survey results published last week by Orbitz in its Business/Business Traveler Magazine Quarterly Trend...
December 22, 2008
Analysis: Rushing Toward Break Even: The Importance of a Good Aviation Policy
At a time when airlines are one of the bright lights in the economy with predictions of profitability next year, why is it that it has been consistently so acceptable that this important sector of the economy only break even or achieve mediocre profitability...
December 15, 2008
Aircraft Watch
UAL Continues to Bolster Liquidity Following in American’s footsteps, UAL Corporation, raised $150 million on a sale-leaseback agreement added it to the company's unrestricted liquidity. Related Story The company sold 15 Boeing 757 aircraft to...
December 15, 2008
Mokulele Expands Partnerships
After cutting a similar deal with Alaska, Mokulele is partnering with Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet to provide inter-island service in Hawaii. Related Story The partnership, designed to enhance service for inter-island travelers, follows an announcement...
December 15, 2008
Mesa Pilots Ratify Contract
Mesa’s 1,300 pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), ratified a new 24-month labor contract. A key provision in the contract, which won 51 percent of the vote, is a preferential bidding system allowing crews more schedule control...
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