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Mesaba Narrowly Averts Strike

Mesaba Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) reached a tentative agreement on a new contract last month for the airline’s 844 pilots, avertin

February 2, 2007

Saab 2000 Returns to Lugano

Swiss International Air Lines may again fly its Saab 2000 turboprops into Switzerland’s Lugano Airport under a new indirect IFR approach procedure proposed

Aircraft

February 2, 2007

Ambiguity at US Air begs for answers about Embraer 170s

Hopes for a first-quarter launch of US Airways’ MidAtlantic division dimmed to a flicker last month as pilots continued their dispute over payscales for ne

February 2, 2007

SkyEurope looks to put fresh face on low fares

In November, when SkyEurope began serving London and Paris from Budapest, Hungarian media mocked the carrier as fapados, meaning wooden bench–the painfully

February 2, 2007

In three years, RJs dominate scene

New airline industry statistics released last month by the office of DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead revealed that regional jets now account for one-qua

February 2, 2007

Few certainties attached to Air Canada regional jet plans

In a scenario all too familiar since the advent of the regional jet age, the pilots of Air Canada and its regional airline subsidiary, Air Canada Jazz, cou

February 2, 2007

Air-taxi company continues growth

After returning to the business aviation industry in 2003, OceanAir Taxi Aeréo has expanded rapidly and now aspires to become one of the industry’s most im

February 2, 2007

FAA prepares to meet airspace challenges

While Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has promised that the government will not stand in the way of innovative aviation ideas, at a January meeting

ATC

February 2, 2007

AG clearing still available in Lanai, Hawaii

Last November the Hawaiian Department of Agriculture ruled it would no longer clear incoming aircraft on the Island of Lanai.

ATC

February 2, 2007

Airline Banned from UK Airspace Has Fatal Crash

The airline that operated the Yakovlev Yak-40 regional jet that crashed on approach to Tashkent Airport on January 13 was banned from using UK airspace jus

February 1, 2007

Public-private co-op could lower AFSS costs

Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS), the labor union that represents more than 2,700 FAA employees who staff the agency’

ATC

February 1, 2007

As major U.S. carriers suffer, so too does the FAA's budget

by John SheridanLast month, FAA COO Russell Chew told a standing-room-only audience at the annual conference of the U.S.

Regulations and Government

February 1, 2007

Eyebrows Shaved Off New Boeing 737s

Boeing has cut a familiar feature of Boeing 737s with its new-production aircraft.

Aircraft

February 1, 2007

Eurocontrol postpones deadline for ELS mode-S implementation

Europe’s ambitious program to introduce mode-S surveillance datalink technology has once again been rescheduled to account for operational and technical di

ATC

February 1, 2007

Security presents challenge for ATC

“The job of a controller is no longer just separating airplanes,” National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr told attendees at a symp

ATC

February 1, 2007

Will ADS-B be the next big FAA equipment mandate?

When the idea was initially being explored a number of years ago, FAA planners saw a use for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) only in Ala

ATC

February 1, 2007