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January 29, 2007
New Market Opportunities, Aircraft Webinar From Aviation Today
In a different tack on the role Very Light Jets (VLJs) will play in air transportation, Aviation Today, a web-based sister publication to Regional Aviation News, will discuss whether they will become the answer for passengers abandoned by the airline networks...
January 29, 2007
More Fallout From Pinnacle CRJ Crash
Regional airlines need to establish Safety Management System programs and implement an approved Aviation Safety Action Program and an approved Flight Operational Quality Assurance program, according to recommendations issued last week by the National...
January 22, 2007
FAA Amends MU-2 SFAR
As the result of comments received when it issued its Special Aviation Reuglation on the Mitsubishi MU-2B, the FAA amended its proposed SFAR, adding certain definitions on pilot experience into the Mitsubishi training program. (RAN, October 2, p.8) Its...
January 8, 2007
Airline Division Not Part Of Raytheon Sale
While Raytheon announced its sale to a new company developed in partnership with GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, and Onex Partners for $3.3 billion, the transaction does not include the company's airline division, Raytheon Airline Aviation...
January 8, 2007
Quick Takes
ATR French regional Airlinair is acquiring a new ATR 72-500 in a contract valued at over $17 million. The company is the largest European ATR operator and supplies regional operations to Air France. Its fleet currently includes seven ATR 42-300s, 11 ATR...
December 18, 2006
Regional Feed To Be Expanded If AirTran/Midwest Merge
AirTran (AAI) said it would not only retain Midwest Airlines' (MEH) regional feeder service provided by wholly owned subsidiary Skyways, it would expand the Midwest Connect operation, jettisoning plans for 50 seaters in favor of larger regional jets. The...
December 18, 2006
UA/CO Deal Has Few Overlapping Regional Routes
While the Midwest (MEH)/AirTran (AAI) deal was being announced, United (UAUA) and Continental (CAL) announced preliminary merger talks prompted by the first volley in the merger wars launched by the USAirways (LCC)/Delta (DALRQ) takeover attempt. In a...
December 18, 2006
Calyon Raises Pinnacle Rating
Citing its belief that Pinnacle (PNCL) may be close to reaching an agreement on a new contract with Northwest Airlines (NWACQ), Calyon Securities raised its rating for the airline from Neutral to Add with a target price of $12 per share. "Once the terms...
December 18, 2006
Roger Cohen Named RAA President
The Regional Airline Association (RAA) named Roger Cohen President of the association, succeeding Deborah McElroy who recently joined Airports Council International- North America as senior vice president of government affairs. (RAA, November 6, p.1) Cohen, a...
December 18, 2006
Comair Pilots Authorize Strike
At a time when its failure to establish its expenses lost part of its Delta contract to SkyWest (SKYW), Comair's pilots are continuing threats to strike, but for now are only launching informational picketing. (RAN, December 4, p.1) The strike was authorized...
December 18, 2006
Frontier Aims At Smaller Markets
Within 45 days, Frontier (FRNT), expects to announce who will handle its regional flying after Horizon announced it will no longer partner with Frontier. In the meantime, Frontier is trying to avoid the increasing competition from United (UAUA) and Southwest...
December 18, 2006
NTSB Wants Takeoff Changes
In what observers said may signal a pilot-error decision in the crash of a Comair regional jet last August in Kentucky, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended the FAA require all Part 121 pilots confirm they are on the right runway before...
December 18, 2006
Quick Takes
Embraer Embraer (ERJ) sold one ERJ 170 to the Sirte Oil Company, the company's first customer in Libya. Delivery is scheduled for March 2007 and is already part of its order book, listed amongst its undisclosed customers. The aircraft is outfitted in a...
December 18, 2006
New Market Opportunities, Aircraft Webinar From Aviation Today
On the heels of its highly successful aircraft valuations webinar which projected aircraft values into 2007, Aviation Today has gathered top aviation analysts to discuss the new market opportunities and new aircraft, especially the prospects for the...
December 18, 2006
RAN Skip Weeks
With the advent of the overwhelmingly busy holiday season, Regional Aviation News will not publish the...
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