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November 24, 2008
Market Watch
Mokulele Launches Jet Service In the midst of lawsuits with Mesa, Mokulele Airlines launched its Embrear ERJ 170 interisland service with two jets. The service is part of a capacity purchase agreement with Republic Holdings. Related Story However, its new...
November 24, 2008
Performance Based Navigation Discussed
Dispatch from Air Safety Week The aviation industry must accelerate implementation of advanced airspace management technologies to counteract pressure from a public increasingly concerned about the environment, improved schedule reliability and increased...
November 24, 2008
Holiday Express Lanes Expanded, Consumer Rules Proposed
The successful implementation last year for airlines to use military airspace along the East Coast to expand the airspace – the so-called Holiday Express Lanes – have been expanded this holiday season and, at the same time, the Department of...
November 17, 2008
PNCL Flight in Tug Incident
Pinnacle’s Northwest Airlink Flight 2544 from Grand Rapids to Detroit landed at 6 a.m. and was taxiing to the gate when it was struck by a Delta/Comair baggage tug. The tug struck the left wing and dented the fuselage, according to Spokesperson Joe...
November 17, 2008
Quick Takes -- ATR, BBD, ERJ
New VP Training for ATR Ivan Lauthier was named ATR’s new vice president training and flight operations, succeeding Jean-Michel Bigarré. Lauthier holds an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the French Ecole de l’Air and degrees as airline...
November 17, 2008
Delay Task Force Falls Short
After nearly a year of studying and planning, the National Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy On-Board Ground Delays issued its report on what can be done to mitigate such events and largely came up empty. The 62-page report...
November 17, 2008
Panama City Seeking Foreign Trade Zone Status for New Airport
Prompted by statistics showing the importance of foreign trade to Florida, the Panama City – Bay County International Airport Authority directed Airport Executive Director Randy Curtis to evaluate the options for establishing a Foreign Trade Zone at the...
November 17, 2008
Aviation Infrastructure Investment Benefits Economy
Expanding the Federal Aviation Administratin’s Airport Improvement Program to include not only current projects but investment and deployment of NextGen technology provides should be part of the next economic stimulus package, according to Aerospace...
November 17, 2008
Airline Performance Improving
Pinnacle trailed only Hawaiian and Frontier in providing the best industry on-time performance in September, according to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report. Indeed, On-time performance reached a higher rate this past...
November 3, 2008
FAA Forms Runway Safety Council
In its continuing bid to prove it is doing something to improve runway safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) convened the Runway Safety Council, a joint government-industry body that will take a deeper, systemic approach to improving runway...
November 3, 2008
Regional Markets Hit Hard by Rising Fares, Boosts Auction Argument
The administration tried to boost its decision to move ahead with slot auctions again last week, using the airfare data, which, according to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, “underscores the need to allow all airlines access to aviation...
November 3, 2008
Panelists Weigh Election Impact
When asked during last week’s RAA meeting in Washington how a new administration would impact airlines, Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen quipped, “Well, it couldn’t get any worse than what we have now.” Regardless of...
October 27, 2008
Safety Watch – SkyWest, FAA/Runway Safety/Lessons Learned Database, NTSB FDR Rules Lacking
SkyWest Jet, Mx Truck Collide At O’Hare Federal investigators are looking into the cause of a collision last Saturday between a SkyWest Airlines aircraft and a pick up truck at O’Hare as the aircraft was moving on a closed runway from a...
October 20, 2008
Fed Watch -- R/W Lights, New Gear for TRACONs
FAA Expands Runway Status Lights Nationwide Sensis Corp was awarded a $131 million, three-year contract to install runway status lights at 22 major U.S. airports. The award from the Federal Aviation Administration includes two one-year options to install the...
October 20, 2008
News Slots at DCA
The Department of Transportation is assigning a single roundtrips worth of slots to Washington National Airport by year end and Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) hopes to gain the new service if US Airways wins the award. Akron has been working on such service for...
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