AirTran/SkyWest Deal Concerns Pilots
by Staff Writer
As AirTran Airways steps up the competition at Milwaukee, pilots at AirTran are concerned about the airline’s new deal with SkyWest to support AirTrans service at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International. Orlando... Read More

Dismal 2009 Third Quarter GA Airplane Shipments
by Staff Writer
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has released the industry’s third quarter shipment and billings figures, confirming the sad state of affairs for the private aircraft industry.  In the first three... Read More

Signs of Commercial Stabilization Predicted in 2010 Military Helps Offset Commercial Losses
by Staff Writer
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins reports that its fourth quarter 2009 net income slid 26 percent—from $182 million in 2008 to $134 million—from the same period last year. Overall, the aerospace company... Read More

FAA Moves Beyond Task Force to Implementation
by Staff Writer
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is poised to move forward with recommendations on implementing capabilities and technologies to make the National Airspace System (NAS) more efficient, according to an Avionics Magazine... Read More

Airline Cost Decline Trend
by Staff Writer
The Air Transport Association’s quarterly Airline Cost Index, which incorporates data through the second quarter of 2009, registered the second consecutive period of air carrier cost declines.   The composite cost... Read More

NextGen Webinar Round the Corner
by Staff Writer
With the recent addition of Capt. David Strand, Boeing 757/767 program manager and technical pilot with American Airlines, the speaker panel for the Nov. 4 Avionics Magazine Webinar, “NextGen Task Force: Applying The... Read More

Values of Older Aircraft Unlikely to Recover Values of Newer Aircraft Expected To See Some Improvement by 2011
by Staff Writer
With the deepest point of the current recession for aircraft values expected to occur during the winter of 2009/2010, the focus of attention is now on which aircraft types will manage to stage a recovery – and when. In... Read More

Northwest Flight 188 Pilots Are Grounded
by Staff Writer
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Oct. 27 revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. The two wrong-way pilots were previously suspended from... Read More

Less Automation Better for Controllers
by Ramon Lopez
With the nation’s air traffic expected to double by 2025, controllers will probably have to depend more and more on automation. But too much automation could lead to fatal mistakes when that automation fails, a former Texas... Read More

News Notes from All Over: Climate Negotiations, Asia Charters
by Kathryn B. Creedy
ATA Urges Climate Tax Proposals Elimintaed The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) yesterday urged climate negotiators to oppose an exorbitant new climate change tax to be imposed on the airlines and their passengers. The... Read More