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| 09.29.2008 |
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Hull Insurance Rises
After the longest soft market period in living memory, the airline insurance market is beginning to harden, according to Aon's Airline Insurance Market Indicators, Autumn 2008. Aon reports that the insurance market is hardening for the first time in five...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Market Watch – Allegiant, Porter
Porter Putting Fuel Surcharges in Base Fares Porter Airlines included the cost of fuel in its advertised base fares effective September 19, better reflecting the final cost of a flight for customers. “We’re pleased to make this change for our...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Midwest Pilots File Grievance
As expected, Midwest Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), filed a grievance last week, challenging the company's decision to sub-contract Midwest Airlines' flying to Republic Airways. Under the services agreement with...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Quick Takes
Embraer Taps Flybe for Commercial Services Embraer tapped Flybe Aviation Services for a five-year contract, naming the regional aircraft maintenance company as an authorized service center for the ERJ 145 and E-Jets families. Based in Exeter Airport in the...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Analysis: Re-Regulation Appetite Large
It is the early days of the latest Wall Street crisis, but one thing is clear, the appetite for re-regulation is large. However, it is unlikely to go beyond re-regulating the banking and investment industry that was undone by its own excesses. Indeed, some...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Analysis: Calyon Conference Yields Few Clues for Regionals
Despite numerous questions about regional jets and regional partners, little solid information about what the future may hold for the regional industry came out of the Calyon Airline Securities conference last week. Even so, it was the actions of low-cost...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Quick Takes – RAA, Embraer, Nordic
RAA Adds to Inflight Group FAA regulations, safety procedures, labor relations and training practices are all part of the Regional Airline Association Inflight Committee which added new members last week. The committee elected American Eagle Regional Managing...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Hearing Details FAA’s Rush to Certify First VLJ
More criticism was heaped on the Federal Aviation Administration yesterday as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee held hearings into the rush to certify the first very light jet, the Eclipse 500. The hearing included testimony...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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DOT Holds Third of SCASD Funds for Itself
The decision by the Department of Transportation to take Small Community Air Service Development grant money to pay for its own administrative costs is just the latest attack on the small community air service, which, according to many in Congress, has become...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Mainline Losses Grow
The disparity between the fortunes of the major carriers and their regional partners again raised its head when the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics preliminary data on the industry’s second quarter results...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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RJET Recalls Pilots, FAs, Industry Employment Up Slightly
With its new contract with Midwest Airlines, Republic Airways Holdings is recalling more than 100 pilots and flight attendants out of the more than 500 furloughed in July. However, the deal calls for Midwest to operate the planes under its own certificate in...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Horizon Cuts Capacity by 20 Percent
Horizon Air, expects to reduce capacity in the fourth quarter by about 20 percent compared to the same period last year, which would represent a nine percent reduction for all of 2008. So far, the effect on Horizon's work force a reduction of 75 management...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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FAA Air Safety Reforms Ordered
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters ordered the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement safety recommendations advanced by an Independent Review Team (IRT) formed in the wake of the Southwest Airlines maintenance snafu. However, the...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Solazyme Produces World’s First Algal-Based Jet Fuel
It was only a few months ago that algae-based fuels were cast in the world spotlight at Boeing’s Farnborough display which included an 80-gallon tank of slimy algae. Now, in a decidedly exciting development at a time when fuel prices continue to cripple...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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AE Pilots Reach Tentative Pact
Improvements to work rules and quality of life provisions were the main focus of a tentative agreement between American Eagle management and the 2,800 Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) members in the final amendment round of their 16-year contract. The...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Ngo Becomes VP-Asia/Pacific
Bombardier’s vice president marketing and communications Trung Ngo has been promoted to become vice president sales, Asia/Pacific responsible for leading sales efforts for the CRJ, Q-Series and CSeries...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Pinnacle #1 in On-Time Rankings
Just a few months after it received notification from Delta that its contract was being cancelled for failure to meet performance goals, Pinnacle achieved the number one ranking out of 19 major and regional airlines for having the best on-time arrival rate in...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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AK Equips with RAAS
Alaska Airlines is equipping its entire 737 fleet with the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS), the first major U.S. passenger carrier to equip its entire aircraft fleet with a system designed to help prevent accidents on runways and...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Market Watch – Horizon, Lynx
Horizon Continues its Capitol Expansion Horizon Air will link California’s state capitol at Sacramento with Santa Barbara, the American Riviera, starting Nov. 9, 2008, with new jet service, replacing service lost on September 1 with the end of...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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ALPA Allocates War Chest for Midwest Crews
Angered over more layoffs among pilots and flight attendants at Midwest Airlines and recent revelations that Republic Air Holdings is taking over some Midwest flying, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) allocated $2 million to support the Midwest...
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