Pan Am Closes Ahead of DOT Revocation
After the Department of Transportation proposed to revoke the certificate of Boston-Maine Airways, dba Pan Am, the Portsmouth, N.H.-based airline shut its airline operations February 29, in favor of operating charter services with the seven BAe Jetstream 31s that it still has flying. It owns a total of 15... [read more]
ExpressJet Pulling Down P-T-P Fleet
After bad fourth quarter results, ExpressJet (XJT) continues to adjust its point-to-point flying, pulling it down to ultimately 31 or 32 aircraft as fuel prices force pressure on developing markets, according to CEO Jim Ream, who reported the company’s fourth quarter loss of $31.7 million to investors...
Embraer Posts $489.3M Net for ‘07
Embraer recorded net income for fourth quarter (4Q07) and for the full year of $200.9 million and $489.3 million, respectively. Net sales in the two fiscal periods included fourth quarter 2007 net sales of $1,875.0 million and net sales for FY 2007 of $5,245.2 million. The firm order backlog on December 31...
AE, ASA, RJET to be Top Pilot Recruiters
Year to date, airlines added 2,151 pilots, with 1,038 in February alone, compared to an increase of 393 pilots from this time last year. AIR, Inc. forecasts approximately 10,650 new airline pilot jobs for 2008. The number of pilots currently furloughed continues to drop from 6,410 in February of '07 to 2,491...
Airlines Carry Record Passengers in 2007
SkyWest, ExpressJet and Executive were listed among the nation’s largest airlines in the 2007 traffic report issued by the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics which reported that U.S. airlines set an annual record by carrying 769.4 million scheduled domestic and...
SAS Settles with BBD, Goodrich, Orders More BBD Equipment
Despite the debacle created by three Q400 crash landings at SAS Scandinavian Airlines, SAS and three of its affiliate airlines have signed firm orders for 27 regional jets and turboprops and have taken options on an additional 24 aircraft as part of a settlement reached with Bombardier and landing gear...
PW127M Engine Certified to Power ATR
Pratt & Whitney Canada received type certification from Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency for the PW127M engine, the newest member in the PW100 regional turboprop family. The PW127M offers five percent more power than its predecessor, the PW127F engine. The PW127M is a derivative...
Growth Flat According to FAA
Regional capacity growth will be modest, passenger demand growth will slow and regional revenue passenger miles (RPMs) will outpace industry growth, according to the 2008-2025 FAA Forecast released last week. Capacity While capacity is forecast to grow in 2008, about the same rate as in 2007, demand growth...
NY Flight Caps Set
The Department of Transportation set New York Area flight operations caps at 83 during peak periods at both Newark and Kennedy. That brings Kennedy’s operations down from 100, effective later this month, while Newark’s caps would start in early May. LaGuardia’s caps have been effective...
Substandard Parts Due to Insufficient Oversight
A recently-released report by the Transportation Department’s Inspector General shows that some jetliners have been built with “substandard” parts, some of which were manufactured in foreign countries where production oversight is spotty. The DOT released the federal oversight report dated...
FAA Adopts Upgrades for Aircraft “Black Boxes”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandated significant upgrades to aircraft cockpit voice and flight data recorders — improvements that will enable investigators to retrieve more data from accidents and incidents requiring investigation. The move comes nine years after the National...
Abbey Joins Seabury Group
Douglas Abbey, a 30-year airline industry consultant with expertise in regional aviation and North American route-development strategies, joined Seabury Group as a senior vice president. In addition, Seabury named Alan Sbarra, who has more than 15 years of aviation and aviation-related experience in the...
Quick Takes – Big Sky, Comair, Embraer/M1
Big Sky Closes March 8 saw the last flight of Billings-based Big Sky Airlines, as the airline folded after announcing its demise last December. Related Story Pilots coordinated their takeoffs from Havre, Glasgow and Sidney to arrive at the same time doing a flyby past Billings Logan Internaitonal Airport at...
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