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

Entegra: jet tech for the pricey-piston generation

The Avidyne Entegra avionics system–particularly the revolutionary left-side primary flight display (PFD)–is new territory for most piston pilots.

ATC

January 22, 2008

Chautauqua Pilots Rally Against ‘Alter Ego’ Rival

Pilots of Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines planned to walk an informational picket line on March 28 at Louisville International, Ky., and Indianapoli

January 22, 2008

Midwest Express Suspends 328JET, B1900 Payments

Milwaukee-based Midwest Express last month suspended lease and debt payments on 38 of its 58 airplanes, including several Fairchild Dornier 328JETs and Bee

January 22, 2008

Contract control towers: a threat to the system?

Once the ATC system began to recover from the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) strike and the demand for services once more began to rise,

ATC

January 21, 2008

Videos

Concorde’s future cloudy

Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner that is the flagship of British Airways and Air France, could become a victim of the current economic downtu

Aircraft

January 21, 2008

Niagara Falls TFR Becomes Permanent

The FAA recently codified into Parts 91 and 93 flight restrictions that have been in effect “temporarily” (for 10 years) in the vicinity of Niagara Falls a

ATC

January 18, 2008

787 First Flight Delayed Again

Boeing confirmed today that it will delay first flight of the 787 Dreamliner once again, from the end of the first quarter to around the end of the second

Aircraft

January 17, 2008

EGPWS software add-on improves airport safety

Honeywell has started demonstrating an optional software upgrade to its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) that is intended to curb runway in

ATC

January 16, 2008

DayJet Marks First 100 Days of VLJ Air-taxi Service

On Saturday, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet reached its 100th day since starting per-seat on-demand service in the Southeast with its fleet of 28 Eclipse 50

ATC

January 15, 2008

Honeywell OK’d for RNP SAAAR Consulting

Honeywell late last week received FAA designation as a consultant for Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (

ATC

January 15, 2008

Judge Gives Green Light to US Airways-Republic Plan

Federal bankruptcy court judge Stephen Mitchell has approved US Airways’ plan to enter into a new operating agreement with Indianapolis-based Republic Airw

January 14, 2008

ACA Wants Answers from United

Atlantic Coast Airlines last month petitioned a U.S.

January 14, 2008

Canadian Export Development Corp. Boosts CRJ Market

The Canadian government’s export financing arm, the Export Development Corporation (EDC), has advanced another $100 million loan to Delta Connection subsid

January 14, 2008

Poland’s LOT Commits to Embraer 170s

Polish flag carrier LOT confirmed last month that it will place a firm order for ten 70-seat Embraer 170s.

January 14, 2008

Regional Pilots Arrested on Weapons-Related Charges

Authorities recently arrested two regional airline pilots for trying to carry weapons through security and onto their respective flights.

January 14, 2008

Great Lakes finds security in marriage with Raytheon

Great Lakes Aviation appears to have escaped a brush with certain bankruptcy thanks to a recently signed agreement with Raytheon Aircraft that gives the Wi

January 14, 2008

Sans fanfare, reborn Midway takes off into turbulent skies

Morrisville, N.C.-based Midway Airlines has reinvented itself for the sixth time in its checkered history, this time as a US Airways Express affiliate flyi

January 14, 2008

Preliminary findings point to human error in An-140 crash

Ukrainian investigators have blamed “human factors” for the loss of an Antonov An-140 turboprop during a December 23 charter flight from Kharkov, Ukraine,

January 14, 2008

SEC launches new probe into Raytheon Aircraft accounting

The U.S.

January 14, 2008

Choosing the right handheld EFB

In the last couple of years the concept of portable cockpit computers has caught on in a big way.

ATC

January 14, 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

Entegra: jet tech for the pricey-piston generation

The Avidyne Entegra avionics system–particularly the revolutionary left-side primary flight display (PFD)–is new territory for most piston pilots.

Chautauqua Pilots Rally Against ‘Alter Ego’ Rival

Pilots of Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines planned to walk an informational picket line on March 28 at Louisville International, Ky., and Indianapoli

Midwest Express Suspends 328JET, B1900 Payments

Milwaukee-based Midwest Express last month suspended lease and debt payments on 38 of its 58 airplanes, including several Fairchild Dornier 328JETs and Bee

Contract control towers: a threat to the system?

Once the ATC system began to recover from the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) strike and the demand for services once more began to rise,

Videos

More Articles

Concorde’s future cloudy

Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner that is the flagship of British Airways and Air France, could become a victim of the current economic downtu

Niagara Falls TFR Becomes Permanent

The FAA recently codified into Parts 91 and 93 flight restrictions that have been in effect “temporarily” (for 10 years) in the vicinity of Niagara Falls a

787 First Flight Delayed Again

Boeing confirmed today that it will delay first flight of the 787 Dreamliner once again, from the end of the first quarter to around the end of the second

EGPWS software add-on improves airport safety

Honeywell has started demonstrating an optional software upgrade to its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) that is intended to curb runway in

DayJet Marks First 100 Days of VLJ Air-taxi Service

On Saturday, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet reached its 100th day since starting per-seat on-demand service in the Southeast with its fleet of 28 Eclipse 50

Honeywell OK’d for RNP SAAAR Consulting

Honeywell late last week received FAA designation as a consultant for Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (

Judge Gives Green Light to US Airways-Republic Plan

Federal bankruptcy court judge Stephen Mitchell has approved US Airways’ plan to enter into a new operating agreement with Indianapolis-based Republic Airw

ACA Wants Answers from United

Atlantic Coast Airlines last month petitioned a U.S.

Canadian Export Development Corp. Boosts CRJ Market

The Canadian government’s export financing arm, the Export Development Corporation (EDC), has advanced another $100 million loan to Delta Connection subsid

Poland’s LOT Commits to Embraer 170s

Polish flag carrier LOT confirmed last month that it will place a firm order for ten 70-seat Embraer 170s.

Regional Pilots Arrested on Weapons-Related Charges

Authorities recently arrested two regional airline pilots for trying to carry weapons through security and onto their respective flights.

Great Lakes finds security in marriage with Raytheon

Great Lakes Aviation appears to have escaped a brush with certain bankruptcy thanks to a recently signed agreement with Raytheon Aircraft that gives the Wi

Sans fanfare, reborn Midway takes off into turbulent skies

Morrisville, N.C.-based Midway Airlines has reinvented itself for the sixth time in its checkered history, this time as a US Airways Express affiliate flyi

Preliminary findings point to human error in An-140 crash

Ukrainian investigators have blamed “human factors” for the loss of an Antonov An-140 turboprop during a December 23 charter flight from Kharkov, Ukraine,

SEC launches new probe into Raytheon Aircraft accounting

The U.S.

Choosing the right handheld EFB

In the last couple of years the concept of portable cockpit computers has caught on in a big way.

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