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AvCraft’s Bartel released from jail
October 2, 2006, 11:51 AM
September 2005

German authorities released AvCraft Aviation chairman Ben Bartel from a Munich jail last month, some two weeks after sending him there on suspicion of tax evasion.

Boston-Maine Airways under fire in DOT probe
October 2, 2006, 11:45 AM
September 2005

The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General’s Office has launched an investigation into charges of fraudulent financial reporting by Boston-Maine Airways, the Portsmouth, N.H.-based airline that flies regional routes with 13 Jetstream 31s as Pan Am Clipper Connection.

Mesa takes on Dornier 328s, seeks lessees
October 2, 2006, 11:37 AM
September 2005

Mesa Air Group has taken responsibility for part of the lease payments on some 30 idle Fairchild Dornier 328Jets as a condition of its new code-share contract with Delta Air Lines.

Colgan Air To Fly as United Express
October 2, 2006, 11:23 AM
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Colgan Air will take Shuttle America’s place at Washington Dulles Airport as the Saab 340 turboprop provider for United Airlines (UAL) under an agreement-in-principle reached between Colgan and UAL last month.

Winds Collapse Chautauqua Hangar
October 2, 2006, 11:21 AM
September 2005

Strong wind gusts from August 5 thunderstorms collapsed part of the roof of a new maintenance hangar under construction for Chautauqua Airlines at Louisville International Airport. None of the construction workers on the scene at the time sustained injuries.

Independence Air in Dire Straits
October 2, 2006, 11:19 AM
September 2005

Discount-fare Bombardier CRJ operator Independence Air raised “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern” in last month’s quarterly filing with the SEC.

FA Cites 9/11 Hysteria in Lawsuit
October 2, 2006, 11:18 AM
September 2005

Former Comair flight attendant (FA) Gilbert Knops has filed suit against the airline, claiming his ethnic appearance and anti-war sentiment bred suspicion of an involvement in terrorism that led to his firing.

ATR Crash Probe Homes In on Fuel
October 2, 2006, 11:17 AM
September 2005

Italian authorities strongly suspect that fuel starvation or contamination caused the crash of a Tunisian ATR 72 off the northern coast of Sicily on August 6, and have placed under investigation the chief pilot, a fuel depot manager and the driver of the tanker truck that fueled the airplane in

Republic set to fly 170s for Delta, US Airways
October 2, 2006, 11:16 AM
September 2005

The FAA certainly tested its patience, but Republic Airways appeared likely to win an operating certificate for its new Republic Airlines division in time to launch Embraer 170 service for US Airways and Delta Air Lines early this month.

Piper’s Meridian gets a makeover, Avidyne style
October 2, 2006, 11:13 AM
September 2005

While buyers will undoubtedly welcome the switch in the Piper Meridian from previous Meggitt Magic avionics to the more capable Avidyne Entegra system, an unintended side effect of the supplier change could turn out to be the fits of jealousy it causes among current Meridian owners.

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