Content Archive: May 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

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
Accidents

NTSB to respond to ATR Roselawn petition

The NTSB has confirmed talk that the Board is “about to release” a report modifying some of its findings in the October 1994 crash of an American Eagle ATR

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
Avionics

Some could be caught short in rush to install TAWS units

Installation centers anticipating extra demand nearer the start of the March 29, 2005, mandate for terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) in the exis
ATC

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