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News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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Partnership works to improve aviation weather data quality

Although the official raison d’etre for the Friends/Partners in Aviation Weather is to coordinate the needs of users and the ability of the Nation

ATC

May 15, 2008

US Air RJ talks collapse as Siegel takes helm

Scope-clause negotiations between US Airways and the Air Line Pilots Association reached an impasse just days after the beleaguered airline early last mont

May 15, 2008

Regionals Update: American Eagle faces more fines from FAA

The FAA has proposed levying a $1 million fine against American Eagle for failing to comply with the company’s oil-consumption monitoring program.

May 15, 2008

Regionals Update: CRJ700 fuel leaks lead to emergency AD

Transport Canada last month notified the FAA of a potentially dangerous fuel system defect in Bombardier’s new CRJ700 regional jet, prompting the U.S.

May 15, 2008

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Regionals Update: Virgin Express-SN Brussels talks collapse

Merger talks between Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines–the renamed regional successor of bankrupt Sabena Airlines–came to a crashing halt in late Feb

May 15, 2008

Regionals Update: Mesa to sell maintenance assets to Pratt & Whitney Canada

Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter a new fleet management program with Pratt & Whitney Canada that would in

May 15, 2008

Regionals Update: Embraer struck by new order deferrals

Milwaukee-based Midwest Express has informed Brazil’s Embraer that it wants to delay delivery of its Skyway subsidiary’s first ERJ-140 regional jets until

May 15, 2008

Regionals Update: Lufthansa CityLine averts pilot strike with last-minute accord

Lufthansa CityLine reached a tentative contract agreement with its 663 pilots in late February, narrowly averting a strike that threatened to derail the Ge

May 15, 2008

Regionals Update: Bombardier expands CRJ base in central Europe

Malev Hungary Airlines last month placed a firm order for two 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets and options for another six.

May 15, 2008

AFA complaints over cabin searches falling on deaf ears

Some two months after first airing concerns over what it called insufficient training of flight attendants for cabin security searches, the Association of

May 15, 2008

American to strip AA* code from STL feeders

American Airlines has responded to a contractual limit on ASM growth at its regional affiliates with a plan to strip the AA* code from certain St.

May 15, 2008

LAL hopes to survive wait for EU nod

Lietuvos Avialinijos, better known as Lithuanian Airlines (LAL), was established in 1991 when Lithuania won its independence after the collapse of the Sovi

May 15, 2008

Time seems ripe for IPOs as regional values blossom

Airline executives whose predictions of regional divestitures raised eyebrows just two years ago watched their prophesies turn to hard reality in late Febr

May 15, 2008

Air Littoral rises anew from ashes of Swissair

Marc Dufour, president of French independent regional airline Air Littoral, finds the prospects “encouraging” for this year–a bold statement coming just mo

May 15, 2008

Trade groups gearing up for fight over FAA’s DRVSM plan

With the anticipated publication this month of an NPRM in the Federal Register, the FAA is laying the groundwork for implementation of domestic re

ATC

May 15, 2008

FAA awards first Nexcom contracts

The FAA has awarded contracts to Rockwell Collins, Honeywell and Avidyne for development of technology that will integrate digital voice and data into air-

ATC

May 15, 2008

Mineta unveils DOT’s plan to defend against GPS jamming

DOT Secretary Norman Mineta announced last month an action plan aimed at mitigating the vulnerability of GPS to inadvertent interference and deliberate jam

ATC

May 15, 2008

FAA’s ATC upgrade program moves to make up lost time

The FAA’s Operational Evolution Plan (OEP) is moving to regain the momentum lost following September 11.

ATC

May 15, 2008

Washington Report: Flight path changes due in D.C. area

Changes in flight paths around the Washington-Baltimore area, which have nothing to do with security implications, are being proposed in anticipation of th

ATC

May 15, 2008

Loran-C suggested as GPS backup

In light of last year’s DOT study of the vulnerability of GPS to unintentional interference and intentional jamming, Boeing and Rockwell Collins suggest th

ATC

May 15, 2008

Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Partnership works to improve aviation weather data quality

Although the official raison d’etre for the Friends/Partners in Aviation Weather is to coordinate the needs of users and the ability of the Nation

US Air RJ talks collapse as Siegel takes helm

Scope-clause negotiations between US Airways and the Air Line Pilots Association reached an impasse just days after the beleaguered airline early last mont

Regionals Update: American Eagle faces more fines from FAA

The FAA has proposed levying a $1 million fine against American Eagle for failing to comply with the company’s oil-consumption monitoring program.

Regionals Update: CRJ700 fuel leaks lead to emergency AD

Transport Canada last month notified the FAA of a potentially dangerous fuel system defect in Bombardier’s new CRJ700 regional jet, prompting the U.S.

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Regionals Update: Virgin Express-SN Brussels talks collapse

Merger talks between Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines–the renamed regional successor of bankrupt Sabena Airlines–came to a crashing halt in late Feb

Regionals Update: Mesa to sell maintenance assets to Pratt & Whitney Canada

Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter a new fleet management program with Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada that would in

Regionals Update: Embraer struck by new order deferrals

Milwaukee-based Midwest Express has informed Brazil’s Embraer that it wants to delay delivery of its Skyway subsidiary’s first ERJ-140 regional jets until

Regionals Update: Lufthansa CityLine averts pilot strike with last-minute accord

Lufthansa CityLine reached a tentative contract agreement with its 663 pilots in late February, narrowly averting a strike that threatened to derail the Ge

Regionals Update: Bombardier expands CRJ base in central Europe

Malev Hungary Airlines last month placed a firm order for two 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets and options for another six.

AFA complaints over cabin searches falling on deaf ears

Some two months after first airing concerns over what it called insufficient training of flight attendants for cabin security searches, the Association of

American to strip AA* code from STL feeders

American Airlines has responded to a contractual limit on ASM growth at its regional affiliates with a plan to strip the AA* code from certain St.

LAL hopes to survive wait for EU nod

Lietuvos Avialinijos, better known as Lithuanian Airlines (LAL), was established in 1991 when Lithuania won its independence after the collapse of the Sovi

Time seems ripe for IPOs as regional values blossom

Airline executives whose predictions of regional divestitures raised eyebrows just two years ago watched their prophesies turn to hard reality in late Febr

Air Littoral rises anew from ashes of Swissair

Marc Dufour, president of French independent regional airline Air Littoral, finds the prospects “encouraging” for this year–a bold statement coming just mo

Trade groups gearing up for fight over FAA’s DRVSM plan

With the anticipated publication this month of an NPRM in the Federal Register, the FAA is laying the groundwork for implementation of domestic re

FAA awards first Nexcom contracts

The FAA has awarded contracts to Rockwell Collins, Honeywell and Avidyne for development of technology that will integrate digital voice and data into air-

Mineta unveils DOT’s plan to defend against GPS jamming

DOT Secretary Norman Mineta announced last month an action plan aimed at mitigating the vulnerability of GPS to inadvertent interference and deliberate jam

FAA’s ATC upgrade program moves to make up lost time

The FAA’s Operational Evolution Plan (OEP) is moving to regain the momentum lost following September 11.

Washington Report: Flight path changes due in D.C. area

Changes in flight paths around the Washington-Baltimore area, which have nothing to do with security implications, are being proposed in anticipation of th

Loran-C suggested as GPS backup

In light of last year’s DOT study of the vulnerability of GPS to unintentional interference and intentional jamming, Boeing and Rockwell Collins suggest th

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