Century in Aviation Marked by Bombardier
Bombardier Aerospace, which acquired Short Bros in 1989, is marking its beginnings as the world’s first aircraft manufacturer having launched its business with a contract to build six Wright Flyers for the Wright brothers. Bombardier has, since then, played an increasingly pivotal role in regional... [read more]
Dangerous Year Expected for Horizon
Again posting disappointing results and being described as a drag on parent-company Alaska Air Group's (AAG) results, Horizon and Alaska said they are evaluating the Horizon fleet perhaps to shed the high-cost Bombardier CJR-700s in favor of Q400s this year. Horizon is already shedding its Dash 8s, some of...
Regionals Contribute Strong Results for Partners
Delta Connection, United Express and US Airways Express operations all finished 2007 in profitability, despite intense increases in expenses. This leaves Horizon, Frontier Jet Express/Lynx and American Eagle operations as the loss-making feeder operations reported so far. Continental Express operations...
Mesa Insiders Buy Stock
Signalling their confidence the airline will turn around this year, Mesa board members, executives and family members took advantage of declining stock prices to buy Mesa stock beginning just prior to the release of its Q4/year-end results, when it announced...
Secretary Peters Blames Congress
“Quite honestly, I am a little tired of all the noise from Capitol Hill about how bad aviation delays are when they are sitting on the sidelines in Washington while passengers sit waiting in airports and on taxiways across the country,” declared Department of Transportation Security Mary Peters...
Pilot Hiring to Remain Intense
Aviation Information Resources, Inc. (AIR, Inc.), reported more than 13,000 pilots were hired in 2007 and forecast another 10,650 will be hired this year. “Airline pilot hiring is near an all-time high,” said Kit Darby, president. “The last time we saw numbers like this was in 2000 when...
Quick Takes – Near Midair, Biz Traveler Survey, ExpressJet, Horizon, PSA, ATR, AE
737, 145 in Near Midair In what the FAA is calling a controller error, a Continental 737, narrowly missed a Continental Express Embraer 145 on January 17 at Newark Liberty Airport. While the FAA is investigating, it appears that a controller mistakenly gave the wrong frequency to one of the jets, instead...
BAE System Spares Expands
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft and Ansett Aircraft Spares & Services, announced the first step in developing a long-term relationship, having signed an agreement under which Ansett will relocate its current operations and inventory at Heathrow to the BAE Systems facility at Weybridge. Inventory includes...
Travel & Tourism Leaders Forecast Continued Growth for 2008
Despite repercussions of the ongoing global credit crunch, Travel & Tourism leaders expect the industry will moderately be impacted and signaled continued growth rates for 2008 at a reduced pace. According to the recent research produced by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Oxford...
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