Delta Slashes RJs
As part of its domestic retrenchment Delta President and CFO Ed Bastion said the airline will slash up to 25 regional jets – largely 50-seats and below – as it reorganizes toward international operations, especially to places no other U.S. carrier is going nonstop such as Africa and the Middle... [read more]
ExpressJet Misses 10-K Deadline, Avoids Proxy Fight
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. missed its March 17 deadline for filing its 10K. The airline said it would file last Friday during its year-end conference call last week. The company cited its continuing assessment of the current marketability of approximately $65 million face value of auction-rate securities it...
Congestion Pricing Threatens 100 Communities
Nearly four months after DOT announced in December that it intended to impose congestion pricing rules, the Regional Airline Association said the proposal threatens air service at more than 100 airports and countless other communities. Rather than threaten air service, DOT should be concentrating on fixing...
Mesa Cited in Aloha Bankruptcy Filing
Aloha Airgroup, Inc., filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, cited “predatory pricing” by Mesa Air Group's go! for its failure. Aloha is suing Mesa for using confidential information to launch go!. Mesa recently lost a similar suit by Hawaiian...
Arbitrator Finds for ALPA in PAI Dispute
An arbitrator ruled that Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. (PAI) and Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (PNCL) violated the pilots' contractual rights when management refused to meet and discuss labor protection issues with them after PNCL bought Colgan Air in early 2007, according to a statement released by the Air Line Pilots...
P&W Prepares for Phase II Testing of Geared Turbofan
Pratt & Whitney installed the flight inlet and nacelle system on the Geared Turbofan demonstrator engine in preparation for Phase II ground testing scheduled to begin next month. The nacelle system, provided by Geared Turbofan demonstrator program partner Goodrich, was installed during a fit check before...
FAA Rolls Out Another Industry Audit
In the wake of the Southwest safety disclosures which temporarily grounded a portion of the carrier’s fleet recently, Acting Federal Aviation Administrator Robert Sturgell ordered federal aviation inspectors to reconfirm that commercial carriers have complied with all airworthiness directives. Sturgell...
Quick Takes – Bombardier, Horizon, Porter, AE
Unidentified Airline Orders Six CRJ 700s An unidentified airline ordered six Bombardier CRJ 700s, taking options on an additional 10. The order is valued at approximately $207 million. If all 10 options are exercised, the value of the order could rise to approximately $562 million. Including the new order...
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