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Other shoe drops as Comair slashes fleet, workforce
October 18, 2006, 10:58 AM
November 2005

Comair will dispose of as many as 30 regional jets and slash between 600 and 1,000 jobs as part of a plan to cut costs by $70 million a year, the company announced last month.

Air Wisky To Close Appleton Base
October 18, 2006, 10:42 AM
November 2005

Air Wisconsin Airlines plans to close its Appleton maintenance facility and move its 105 jobs to other facilities by next May. The decision follows Air Wisconsin’s loss of United Airlines flying from Outagamie County Regional Airport, its headquarters for the past 40 years.

Chautauqua Transfers Last 170
October 18, 2006, 10:41 AM
November 2005

Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines has transferred the last of its once 23-strong fleet of Embraer 170 jets to its sister carrier, Shuttle America. The move relieves parent company Republic Airways of penalties it has had to pay American Airlines for scope-clause violations.

SkyWest To Fly 22 More CRJ700s
October 18, 2006, 10:40 AM
November 2005

SkyWest Airlines and Bombardier have agreed to convert a firm order for 18 CRJ200s held by SkyWest’s new Atlantic Southeast Airlines division to positions on 70-seat CRJ700s.

MidAtlantic Pilots Sue Airlines, ALPA
October 18, 2006, 10:39 AM
November 2005

Noted New York attorney Michael Haber has filed a $400 million class-action lawsuit on behalf of 230 MidAtlantic Airways pilots against ALPA, US Airways, America West, Republic Airways and Republic’s owner, Wexford Capital.

Northwest Plans New Regional Unit
October 18, 2006, 10:35 AM
November 2005

Northwest Airlines has presented its pilot union leaders with a plan to start a new subsidiary specifically to replace the airline’s aged Douglas DC-9s with 70- to 100-seat regional jets.

Mesa looks to upset Hawaii’s
October 18, 2006, 10:32 AM
November 2005

Jonathan Ornstein has heard assorted descriptions of his management style during his years in the regional airline business, but no one can accuse the Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO of standing still.

U.S., Europe and Asia are investing deeply in GPS
October 18, 2006, 10:27 AM
November 2005
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Senior U.S. and international government and industry officials told specialists attending two meetings recently that by 2020 as many as 100 satellites could be radiating GPS-compatible navigation signals to air, sea and land users, with the overwhelming proportion of users being on land.

FAA To Host New Technologies Workshop
October 18, 2006, 10:12 AM
November 2005

The FAA’s Flight Technologies and Procedures Division will host its second annual New Technologies Implementation Workshop from November 29 to December 1 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va.

FAA Approves Rannoch asFlight-tracking Data Provider
October 18, 2006, 10:11 AM
November 2005

The FAA has approved Rannoch as a class-1 provider of ASDI (aircraft situational display to industry) data, adding the company to the list of services that offer online subscribers access to real-time flight information.

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