ATR

ATR delivered its 700th ATR to Indian carrier Air Deccan. The aircraft, an ATR 72-500, is part of the contract signed in 2005 by Air Deccan for 30 new ATR 72- 500s and represents the 6th ATR 72-500 aircraft to be delivered to the airline. The Bangalore-based airline, Air Deccan, was created in 1997 as a division of Deccan Aviation Pvt. Ltd. The low-cost carrier currently operates its ATR aircraft on a domestic network with links to cities such as Hubli, Belgaum, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Chennai, Derhadun, Jaipur, Goa, Vijayawada, Mangalore and Amritsar from Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi. Air Deccan started its operations in 2003 with an ATR 42 aircraft.

Cimber Air

Cimber Air Maintenance Center (CAMC) acquired a new hangar at Billund Airport as part of an effort to increase its regional jet maintenance business. At 44,500 square feet, it can accommodate up to five regional aircraft. CAMC plans to use this facility to expand its Bombardier CRJ200 support activity and eventually offer maintenance to third party customers. It already provides line maintenance work for sister company Cimber Air, which operates a fleet of nine CRJ200s. Early this summer, CAMC won four new contracts. CAMC has 15 engineers dedicated to the new Billund facility, which will also handle line support on the ATR. This number will increase in tandem with CRJ's business growth. The Billund hangar, acquired from Sterling Airlines, complements CAMC's three bay maintenance facility at CAMC's Sonderborg, Denmark headquarters.

Flight Safety Foundation

The Flight Safety Foundation released its new Ground Accident Prevention program, the on-line Cost Model. Located on the FSF website at http://www.flightsafety.org/damagecalculator/, the Cost Model provides an aircraft or airport operator the ability to estimate the cost of ground accidents in its operation. It is the result of a three-year project working with industry safety professionals gathering data to enable the development of the Cost Model which includes direct costs, and, for the first time, indirect costs.

Mesa

Mesa Airlines (MESA) has chosen AeroData's ACARS (Aircraft Communications and Reporting System) Performance and Weight & Balance System for use by its pilots. AeroData uses ACARS combined with customized input and results screens to provide instant performance and weight and balance data. It is fully integrated with the Mesa flight dispatching system, eliminating duplicate data entries by flight crews and dispatchers.

Ship it AOG

Ship it AOG, a distributor of spare parts for the business aviation market, has relocated to a larger facility at the Addison, Tex. Airport. The new 7,000-square-foot space, at nearly five times the size of the previous business headquarters, enables the company to expand its sales force by 25 percent and increase on-site inventories by 150 percent. In addition to greater square footage, the new warehouse features climate controlled storage and a loading dock for easier accessibility. The facility also boasts an upgraded warehouse management system that supports paperless transactions and ties directly into the package tracking programs of major international shipping companies, allowing immediate, on-site status updates of customer orders.

SkyWays Aviation

SkyWays placed an Air Iceland Metro III with Flying America of Argentina. The aircraft arrived in Buenos Aires on September 9, after a four-day ferry flight covering approximately 6,700 nautical miles. This was the last remaining Metro in operation with Air Iceland, leaving its fleet with Fokker 50s, DHC-6s, and two recently received DHC-8-100 aircraft. This is the first transaction carried out by SkyWays Aviation in Argentina. Flying America is an air taxi company founded in 1996 that operates VIP, charter, freight and medical flights with Metro III and Citation aircraft.

SkyWays also arranged the lease of a Fokker 100 from Romania's Carpatair to PGA Portugalia. The aircraft is due for delivery at the end of October 2006 and will operate in Portugal until the end of March 2007. Cabin attendants will be provided by PGA Portugalia while aircraft, flight crew and maintenance will be provided by Carpatair.