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Prosecution names Suter, Dosé in Indictments
April 28, 2008
A Swiss federal prosecutor confirmed today that he will indict Moritz Suter, André Dosé and four former employees with management functions of the defunct regional airline Crossair for homicide by neglect in connection with the crash of an Avro RJ100 during approach on Zurich Airport on Nov. 24, 2001. The prosecutor announced plans to bring charges last...
moreExpressJet Rejects SkyWest Takeover
April 25, 2008
Houston-based regional airline ExpressJet said today that a committee composed of independent outside members of its board of directors has unanimously rejected a proposal from St. George, Utah-based SkyWest to acquire the company for $3.50 per share in cash.Formed specifically to evaluate the SkyWest proposal, the committee has started reviewing other...
moreRepublic, Frontier To Part Company
April 24, 2008
Frontier Airlines yesterday said it reached a “mutual agreement” with Republic Airways to end their code-share agreement and gradually remove all 12 of the Indianapolis-based regional airline’s Embraer E170s from the Frontier network by mid-June. The announcement came less than two weeks after Frontier filed for bankruptcy and embarked on a reorganization...
moreTrans States Grounds ERJ 145s for Internal Audit
April 16, 2008
St. Louis-based regional carrier Trans States Airlines canceled 12 flights last night and at least 40 more today to check nosewheel steering mechanism relay switches on its Embraer ERJ 145s. The internal audit comes as the FAA continues a sweep of U.S. airline inspection records that most recently saw thousands of flights canceled by American Airlines last...
moreLatest Superjet schedule shows first flight next month
April 11, 2008
Russia’s Sukhoi expects its Superjet 100 regional jet to fly for the first time next month and likely not enter domestic airline service for at least another year, program officials told AIN this week. That puts the troubled program some six months behind the schedule Sukhoi published last fall. Paolo Revelli Beaumont, commercial senior vice president of...
moreBoeing Delays 787…Again
April 09, 2008
Boeing will delay first flight of the 787, this time by as much as six more months, as it continues to grapple with slower-than-expected completion of work originally meant for suppliers, the company said today. It now expects to fly the first airplane some time during this year’s fourth quarter–at least 14 months later than originally planned. Last...
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