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.

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Motion Fails To Halt Go!

U.S.

November 8, 2006

Island Air Grounds Q400

Excess capacity created by Mesa Air Group’s Go! unit has forced Hawaii’s largest turboprop island hopper, Island Air, to ground its Bombardier Q400 only fi

Aircraft

November 8, 2006

Comair Gets Heavy-duty Nod

Comair’s Cincinnati maintenance and repair facilities received FAA approval to perform third-party heavy maintenance on other airlines’ 50- and 70-seat Bom

November 8, 2006

Embraer To Miss Delivery Target

Production line snags have forced Embraer to reduce its delivery forecast this year from 145 to 135, the company revealed last month.

November 8, 2006

Videos

Four years later, Porter launches Toronto service

It took some deft political maneuvering, arm-twisting, wheeling, dealing and more than anything a lot of waiting, but Porter Airlines finally got airborne

November 8, 2006

Bombardier cuts RJ production

Bombardier Aerospace announced last month it will lay off another 1,330 employees as part of a plan to “realign” regional aircraft production rates with ma

Aircraft

November 6, 2006

New Clips: Verizon Airfone Reverses Course

Responding to customer input, Verizon Airfone said it will continue providing MagnaStar phone users with air-to-ground communications “through at least Dec

ATC

November 6, 2006

Pilots Picket SkyWest Airlines

The union representing the pilots of SkyWest Airlines regional airline subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines on October 13 began picketing the long-time u

November 6, 2006

Bolen slams ATA’s VLJ stance

The “invasion,”–as critics call it, of thousands of very light jets over the next several years has prompted NBAA to fire a shot across the bow of the Air

ATC

November 6, 2006

Comair Pilot Union Holding Out

Comair reached concessionary labor agreements with its mechanics and flight attendants late last month, but at press time a deal with its pilots continued

November 6, 2006

Northwest Sets Out with Compass

Northwest Airlines won approval from the DOT in late September to launch Compass Airlines, a new wholly owned regional subsidiary to which Northwest plans

November 6, 2006

Order Split Between Embraer, Bombardier

Northwest Airlines last month split an order for 72 regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier.

Aircraft

November 6, 2006

Mesaba Employees Will Appeal Strike Ban

U.S.

November 6, 2006

Air Routing keeping tabs on gridlock

Air Routing International (ARI) of Houston has introduced a new service for U.S.

ATC

November 6, 2006

FAA To Hire 12,500 New Contollers

Hoping to stave off a shortage in air traffic controllers caused by an expected wave of retirements, the FAA will hire 12,500 controllers over the next 10

ATC

November 3, 2006

Eurocontrol reduces its ATC charges

Operators will see en route ATC charges for most of Europe reduced by an average of 7 percent starting this month.

ATC

November 3, 2006

Embraer 175 Certification Imminent

Embraer expected to win Brazilian certification of its new 78- to 86-seat 175 soon after AIN went to press last month, marking the official introduc

Aircraft

November 2, 2006

LABACE 2005: RVSM arrives in Latin America with few glitches

Latin America adopted reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) on January 20, along with the rest of the Americas, and the transition to date in Brazil

ATC

November 1, 2006

DayJet reveals first plans for air-limo operations

It’s all too easy for industry analysts to say that if the air-limo concept–point-to-point service for the masses–is possible, someone would already have d

November 1, 2006

Iridium in Talks with Manufacturers on Satellite Replacement Strategy

Iridium has entered into preliminary discussions with satellite manufacturers about potential replacements for its network of low-earth-orbit communication

ATC

November 1, 2006

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

Motion Fails To Halt Go!

U.S.

Island Air Grounds Q400

Excess capacity created by Mesa Air Group’s Go! unit has forced Hawaii’s largest turboprop island hopper, Island Air, to ground its Bombardier Q400 only fi

Comair Gets Heavy-duty Nod

Comair’s Cincinnati maintenance and repair facilities received FAA approval to perform third-party heavy maintenance on other airlines’ 50- and 70-seat Bom

Embraer To Miss Delivery Target

Production line snags have forced Embraer to reduce its delivery forecast this year from 145 to 135, the company revealed last month.

Videos

More Articles

Four years later, Porter launches Toronto service

It took some deft political maneuvering, arm-twisting, wheeling, dealing and more than anything a lot of waiting, but Porter Airlines finally got airborne

Bombardier cuts RJ production

Bombardier Aerospace announced last month it will lay off another 1,330 employees as part of a plan to “realign” regional aircraft production rates with ma

New Clips: Verizon Airfone Reverses Course

Responding to customer input, Verizon Airfone said it will continue providing MagnaStar phone users with air-to-ground communications “through at least Dec

Pilots Picket SkyWest Airlines

The union representing the pilots of SkyWest Airlines regional airline subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines on October 13 began picketing the long-time u

Bolen slams ATA’s VLJ stance

The “invasion,”–as critics call it, of thousands of very light jets over the next several years has prompted NBAA to fire a shot across the bow of the Air

Comair Pilot Union Holding Out

Comair reached concessionary labor agreements with its mechanics and flight attendants late last month, but at press time a deal with its pilots continued

Northwest Sets Out with Compass

Northwest Airlines won approval from the DOT in late September to launch Compass Airlines, a new wholly owned regional subsidiary to which Northwest plans

Order Split Between Embraer, Bombardier

Northwest Airlines last month split an order for 72 regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier.

Mesaba Employees Will Appeal Strike Ban

U.S.

Air Routing keeping tabs on gridlock

Air Routing International (ARI) of Houston has introduced a new service for U.S.

FAA To Hire 12,500 New Contollers

Hoping to stave off a shortage in air traffic controllers caused by an expected wave of retirements, the FAA will hire 12,500 controllers over the next 10

Eurocontrol reduces its ATC charges

Operators will see en route ATC charges for most of Europe reduced by an average of 7 percent starting this month.

Embraer 175 Certification Imminent

Embraer expected to win Brazilian certification of its new 78- to 86-seat 175 soon after AIN went to press last month, marking the official introduc

LABACE 2005: RVSM arrives in Latin America with few glitches

Latin America adopted reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) on January 20, along with the rest of the Americas, and the transition to date in Brazil

DayJet reveals first plans for air-limo operations

It’s all too easy for industry analysts to say that if the air-limo concept–point-to-point service for the masses–is possible, someone would already have d

Iridium in Talks with Manufacturers on Satellite Replacement Strategy

Iridium has entered into preliminary discussions with satellite manufacturers about potential replacements for its network of low-earth-orbit communication

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