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ERA pushes back hardon pax compensation regs
November 1, 2006, 11:10 AM
May 2005

Regional airlines in Europe last month lodged a formal protest alleging that civil servants had misrepresented legislation about passenger compensation for canceled or delayed flights.

Thinning crop of new jet designs taking shape
November 1, 2006, 11:00 AM
May 2005

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Air Wisconsin prepares for life outside the United fold
November 1, 2006, 10:54 AM
May 2005

Last month’s decision by United Airlines to cut loose Air Wisconsin Airline Corp.

AvCraft guardian angles for quick sale
November 1, 2006, 10:32 AM
May 2005

Regional jet manufacturer AvCraft Aerospace GmbH could end up in the hands of a new owner next month following the second bankruptcy involving the Dornier 328Jet. Dr.

Air Zimbabwe Buys Two MA 60s
November 1, 2006, 10:29 AM
May 2005

Xi’an Aircraft Factory has landed the first sale of its new Pratt & Whitney Canada-powered MA 60 outside China with Air Zimbabwe’s order for a pair of the 56-seat turboprops.

Comair Adds Another Piece to Puzzle
November 1, 2006, 10:28 AM
May 2005

Comair’s flight attendants last month voted to accept a new five-year contract that would pay new cabin crew about 20 percent less than current employees, moving Comair one step closer to meeting its cost-cutting goals and adding 35 regional jets starting next month.

SkyWest To Take 20 More CRJ700s
November 1, 2006, 10:27 AM
May 2005

SkyWest Airlines will fly another 20 CRJ700s for United Airlines as part of a deal that saw the St. George, Utah-based regional place another $637 million order with Bombardier last month.

Wheelchairs in 50-seaters?
November 1, 2006, 10:19 AM
May 2005

A proposed DOT rule to lower the threshold to require wheelchair availability in Part 121-operated aircraft from 60 to 50 seats has rung alarm bells within regional airline circles, where 50-seaters account for well over half of the entire U.S. fleet.

Skyrocketing taxes, fees hitting regionals hardest
November 1, 2006, 10:11 AM
May 2005

As a percentage of a $200 airline ticket, taxes and fees more than tripled between 1972 and 2004 thanks to inflation, a decline in the real cost of airline travel and, more recently, increased security charges, as the government struggles to keep pace with the cost of providing the infrastructur

Some airports heeding calls for cost control
November 1, 2006, 9:54 AM
May 2005

When corporate headquarters in Atlanta called on Comair to fly Bombardier CRJs three times a day from Cincinnati into Missouri’s Springfield-Branson Regional Airport, the wholly owned Delta subsidiary faced a dilemma familiar to regional airlines everywhere–how to establish a new station too sma

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