Analysis: Rushing Toward Break Even: The Importance of a Good Aviation Policy
At a time when airlines are one of the bright lights in the economy with predictions of profitability next year, why is it that it has been consistently so acceptable that this important sector of the economy only break even or achieve mediocre profitability? Well, that is clearly better than the losses that... [read more]
Safety Watch – CRJ Gear Failures, Icing
NTSB Investigates CRJ Gear Failures The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the twin gear failures aboard a US Airways Air Wisconsin CRJ 200 in Philadelphia and a Mesa Airlines United Express CRJ 700 at Chicago. The CRJ problems follow the 2007 landing gear problems on...
LaHood Tapped for DOT Post
At press time, retiring Republican Representative Ray LaHood (Ill.), who served on the House aviation subcommittee, was to be nominated Friday by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of the Department of Transportation. LaHood ends his 13-year tenure in Congress at the end of the month. LaHood, a...
Mesa Requests Q3 Confidentiality
Mesa Air Group requested the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain confidentiality for its third quarter Mesa Requests Q3 Confidentiality 2008 financial report, according to the third quarter report issued last week. Alaska Airlines and Allegiant Airlines requested...
OPEC Doubles Production Drop
Just as the airlines dramatically cut capacity last summer, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plans to follow suit doubling the expected drop in production from...
Colgan Air Pilots Join ALPA
Colgan Air pilots selected the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) to represent the 449 pilots at the airline, according to the National Mediation Board which reported that 313 pilots voted in favor of the union’s representation. Prior to the election, the Colgan pilots were unrepresented. "We thank...
CPI Report Outlines Transportation’s Failures
Could it be somehow symbolic that the announcement for President-Elect Obama’s choice for secretary of transportation was dead last in filling out his cabinet? And, could the two-year failure of the reauthorization legislation be reflective of a lack of political will to address issues the industry...
Aircraft Watch – ATR , BBD, Delta, Embraer/Azul
ATR Begins Ground -600 Ground Tests ATR launched the ground tests of the ‘-600 series’ pre-series aircraft, testing the functioning of the electrical systems and the equipment of the New Generation Avionics Suite, while integrating the first software package provided by Thales. The achievement is...
Lynx Adds Steamboat
Lynx Aviation, Frontier’s regional subsidiary, began service to its fifth Colorado market, Steamboat Springs/Hayden. The inaugural flight of the four daily roundtrips arrived at Yampa Valley Regional Airport on Thursday. Steamboat Springs/Hayden is similar to the other...
Corporate Travelers Cutting Spending Not Trips
Spending cutbacks rather than reduced travel seem to be how businesses are coping with travel costs which expected to continue next year, according new survey results published last week by Orbitz in its Business/Business Traveler Magazine Quarterly Trend Report, which examines the most prevalent issues...
Wings Air Goes After Georgia Skies
The world of essential air service is anything but simple but now Georgia-based Wings Air says EAS carrier Georgia Skies has not lived up to its EAS commitment on the Macon-Atlanta and Athens-Atlanta routes on which Wings competes without subsidy. Wings Air has filed a complaint with the Department of...
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