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Mesaba May Soon Lose Avro RJ Flying

Northwest Airlines is considering exercising its right to terminate the Avro RJ85 agreement under which Mesaba leases and operates 36 of the four-engine je

March 19, 2008

Vertex To Cease Beech 1900 Maintenance

The company at the center of a continuing probe into the January crash of an Air Midwest Beech 1900 in Charlotte, N.C., will stop performing maintenance fo

March 19, 2008

Air Wisconsin Inks New Deals with United

A new 11-year code-share contract between Air Wisconsin and United Airlines went into full effect last month, after a U.S.

March 19, 2008

Mesa does UAL’s bidding with move to absorb ACA

It didn’t take long for Mesa Air Group’s seemingly innocuous new code-share deal with United Airlines to raise far wider implications, as Mesa chairman and

March 19, 2008

Lugano’s new steep approach halts Saab 2000 operations

Swiss authorities have implemented plans for a six-degree approach angle at Lugano Agno Airport, effectively banning the airplane most frequently used ther

March 19, 2008

ERJ-135 gets LCY nod

Embraer’s 37-seat ERJ-135 regional jet last month won JAA approval to fly the steep approach into London City Airport.

Aircraft

March 19, 2008

DOT IG: GA Contributes to Air Traffic Congestion

A DOT Inspector General report on Na

ATC

March 13, 2008

Lufthansa To Use Citations, CRJs for Bizjet Service

German-based airline Lufthansa has ordered two Cessna Citation CJ3 and two Citation XLS+ business jets for its Private Jet service, which offers connection

March 11, 2008

Eurocontrol Wants TCAS in VLJs

Warning that the number of very light jets (VLJ) in European airspace is about to soar, Eurocontrol is considering a requirement for turbine-powered airpla

ATC

March 7, 2008

FAA Proposes Hefty Fine for Southwest Airlines

The FAA today said it planned to levy a $10.2 million civil penalty against Southwest Airlines for operating 46 airplanes that hadn’t undergone mandatory i

March 6, 2008

FAA’s ADS-B NPRM Not Exactly a Slam Dunk

The FAA received more than 250 user comments about its ADS-B proposal before the comment period ended Tuesday, and the consensus is a fairly solid “Yes, bu

ATC

March 6, 2008

Emirates A380 to Land in New York October 1

Emirates Airline confirmed yesterday that it will start flying one of its first Airbus A380s nonstop between Dubai and New York JFK Airport on October 1.

Aircraft

March 3, 2008

Reprieve for loran in DHS budget

Just when many thought loran was dead, it is coming back, albeit in a different guise.

ATC

February 27, 2008

BA A318s To Fly London City - New York Route

British Airways last month announced plans to create a business-class service from London City Airport (LCY) to New York via Shannon, Ireland.

Aircraft

February 27, 2008

FAA to consider comments on ADS-B NPRM

March 3 is the final date by which the user community can file its comments on the FAA’s Oct.

ATC

February 27, 2008

Bombardier, AVIC close to deal

Bombardier Aerospace expects to conclude negotiations soon with Chinese state aerospace conglomerate AVIC I on the terms of an agreement under which the Ca

February 27, 2008