RJET Invests in Midwest, Contract Angers Pilots
In its second investment in a financially troubled carrier, Republic Airways Holdings (RJET) cut a new 10-year contract with Midwest Airlines fly 12 76-seat Embraer ERJ 170s as a Midwest Connect starting October 1. The deal, part of a $60 million Midwest refinancing, has raised the ire of Midwest’s... [read more]
CRJ 1000 Flies
Bombardier’s prototype CRJ1000 NextGen jetliner took off on its maiden flight last week, successfully testing its new fly-by-wire systems. Serial number 19991, made its successful inaugural flight from the Bombardier facility at Mirabel, Quebec. Certification is set for fourth quarter 2009. Following a...
Mainlines, LCCs Replacing Competitor’s Dropped Services
The total impact of capacity cuts remain in flux as mainline carriers find opportunities in the service cuts of their competitors. In addition, low cost carriers are moving to fill some voids left by American but so far the moves are a drop in the bucket compared to the draconian measures taken by mainlines...
Energy/Air Service Task Force Issues Report, Recommendations
In a wide-ranging report which includes suggestions for 9/11-like government bailouts of both airlines and airports and finally shifting security costs to the government, the AAAE Energy/Air Service Task Force issued recommendations from its July summit addressing three fronts – national energy policy...
FAA Stops EWR Slot Auction, Opens PANYNJ Investigation
After the Federal Aviation Administration stopped plans to auction slots at Newark, Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association applauded the order halting the planned September 3 auction. Almost at the same time, however, the FAA launched an investigation into whether Port Authority of New York...
Fitch Rates Sukhoi
Fitch Ratings, last week, assigned Russian-based Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) a Long Term Issuer Default (IDR) rating of BB+, a senior unsecured rating of BB+ and a Short-term IDR of B. All ratings apply to foreign and local currency debt, said Sukhoi, adding the Fitch outlook on the Long Term IDR is...
Market Watch – Delta, Horizon, Embraer, Porter, ATR
Delta Exits CVG Concourse C After announcing it was cutting capacity at Cincinnati by 25 percent this fall, the latest in years of similar cuts, Delta is now abandoning its Concourse C operations in favor of 58 gates in concourses A and B. Putting a positive spin on it, the airline said that is will...
Safety Watch – SkyWest, Comair
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two runway incursion incidents and an aircraft separation incident, all of which occurred in the last few days. In the first runway incursion incident, a commuter jet narrowly missed a general aviation aircraft during a night landing at Fresno...
Eco Watch – Airlines Tout Fuel Efficiency
At a time when airlines have become easy targets in the war on global warning The Air Transport Association (ATA) released its 2008 Economic Report documenting the ATA airlines’ environmental progress and concluding passenger and cargo carriers improved their fuel efficiency by 110 percent from 1978 to...
Sound Bites
Small City Fares Jump 37 Percent FareCompare.com reports that fares between small cities, largely served by regional airlines, rose 37 percent on average since the beginning of the...
Quick Takes – ASA, XJT, ATR
ASA Appoints New VP-In-Flight Services Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) named Brandee Reynolds as vice president – In-flight Services. Reynolds will direct the daily operations of more than 1,000 ASA flight attendants and lead the company’s expanding flight attendant training program. Reynolds...
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