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Delta Connection Pilots Join Forces
February 23, 2010
ALPA-represented pilot groups from Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Compass, Mesaba and Pinnacle Airlines last month established the Delta Connection Pilots Alliance (DCPA). The group lists as its primary goals improvement of safety, training, work environment and the customer experience. It claims to seek to remove competitive pressures and establish a...
moreASA Launches United Express Service
February 23, 2010
Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) last month launched a new code-share partnership with United Airlines covering flights into and out of Chicago O’Hare and Washington Dulles International Airports. ASA began the service with a February 11 flight between O’Hare and Columbus, Ohio. It now flies eight weekday flights from O’Hare and 15 weekday...
moreJazz Eyes Toronto Island with Q400s
February 23, 2010
Air Canada Jazz has signed an MOU with Bombardier that outlines the terms of a firm order for 15 Q400 turboprops, sending a clear signal to rival Porter Airlines of its intention to compete directly on routes from Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport with virtually identical airplanes. The deal, which would include options on another 15 of the...
moreUK start-up opens with Oxford-Edinburgh service
February 23, 2010
New UK domestic regional airline Varsity Express plans single weekday flights between Oxford (60 miles northwest of London) and Edinburgh, Scotland, starting March 1. For the first 10 days, the flights will offer all seats for £49 (about $85) one way. Thereafter, fares will range from £49 to a walk-up “business-class” price of £149 (about $250). Beginning...
moreFAA Proposes Another Fine for American Eagle
February 18, 2010
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed fining Dallas-based American Eagle Airlines for alleged safety violations. The most recent case involves what the FAA called improper repairs on landing gear doors on four Bombardier CRJ700 jets. The agency has proposed a $2.9 million civil penalty for the alleged violations. Earlier this month it proposed a...
moreAirbus grooms five A400Ms for intense flight-test duties
January 31, 2010
With its first A400M in the air, Airbus Military is embarking on an intensive flight trials campaign, with the aim of clearing the baseline common standard aircraft (CSA) configuration for service in 2012. As political controversy surrounded the airplane, with Airbus threatening to stop funding, the flight test team made good progress. By the end of the...
moreHarbin-Embraer’s fate rests with China talks
January 28, 2010
Brazil’s Embraer has given itself until the middle of this year to reach an agreement with its Chinese partners on adapting its assembly line in Harbin to produce 70- to 110-seat E-Jets. Projecting 50-seat ERJ145 production to completely wind down in the first half of next year, Embraer needs to know within a few months whether or not to launch preparations...
moreCRJ1000s Still Grounded
January 28, 2010
The pair of CRJ1000s participating in the program’s flight-test program remained grounded last month as Bombardier engineers continued to work on a solution to the software “glitch” that led to a halt in flight testing last September. “The Bombardier CRJ1000 team is entirely focused on the software glitch and additional testing of the rudder CBW (command by...
moreIndonesia’s ATR 72-500s Enter Service
January 28, 2010
Lion Air subsidiary Wings Air last month introduced the first three ATR 72-500s to the Indonesian market. Wings Air celebrated the milestone with a ceremony in Manado attended by Indonesian Transportation minister Freddy Numberi and North Sulawesi governor SH Sarundajang. Plans call for Wings Air to fly the 72-seat turboprops on routes now served by its...
moreMore ERJ135s in Place for World Cup
January 28, 2010
ECC Leasing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, has leased four used ERJ135s to South African Airlink to replace some of the airline’s oldest Jetstream 41 turboprops in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. Configured in a 37-seat layout and scheduled for placement at South African Airlink’s base in Johannesburg by the end of last month,...
moreHorizon Blazes Waas Trail
January 28, 2010
Horizon Air on December 30 became the first scheduled-service passenger carrier to operate a flight using wide area augmentation system (Waas) technology. Equipped with dual Universal Avionics UNS-1Ew flight management systems, Horizon’s only Waas-capable 76-seat Bombardier Q400 carried out the trailblazing mission on a flight from Portland to Seattle.Using...
moreMesa files Chapter 11, seeks relief on leases
January 28, 2010
Mesa Air Group rang in the new year with a resolution of sorts, as it started the process of restructuring its operations by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 5. The move came some six weeks after United Airlines filed a court complaint to block Mesa’s efforts to replace some of the 50-seat CRJ200s scheduled for removal from the United...
moreRegional Update: UAL Resists Mesa Overture
January 01, 2010
United Airlines has turned the proverbial tables on Mesa Air Group with an effort to block a plan by Mesa to replace some of the 50-seat CRJ200s scheduled for removal from the United system on April 30 with ten 70-seat CRJ700s. Mesa notified United of its intention to introduce the CRJ700s between October 15 and December 15 of this year; however, United...
moreRegional Update: USAPA: Piedmont Jobs in Jeopardy
January 01, 2010
The union that represents the pilots of US Airways has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate the potential for anti-competitive effects of a proposed slot, gate and facility transaction between US Airways and Delta Air Lines at New York La Guardia and Washington Reagan National airports. According to the US Airline Pilots...
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