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Mesaba Battered by WorldCom Investment

The insidious and far-reaching effects of the WorldCom debacle hit home for Mesaba Airlines, as the Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlink partner watched its

May 6, 2008

Senate Appropriates $128 million for EAS

Small communities and regional turboprop operations received what some consider unexpectedly generous support for the Essential Air Service program in late

May 6, 2008

Has ACARS’ time finally come for cost-conscious regionals?

Largely obscured by the preoccupation with new security directives inspired by September 11, the debate over the FAA’s now binding interpretation of a long

May 6, 2008

Pilot gripes over scope put ALPA on defensive

A festering animosity between regional airline pilot groups and the Air Line Pilots Association showed no sign of subsiding last month, as nearly 300 Comai

May 6, 2008

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FAA command center guards U.S. National Airspace System

Perhaps deliberately, the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) is not easy to find.

ATC

May 6, 2008

U.S. Air Force Lukewarm on Tiltrotor

Even as the design was subjected to a grueling series of tests intended to determine its very future, an additional $1.5 billion in funding was approved la

Rotorcraft

May 6, 2008

British European is now Flybe, and has a new yield strategy

To fly BE or to Flybe is the question that may confuse UK regional airline passengers, since British European Airlines announced on July 18 its plans to re

May 6, 2008

Great Plains Applies for Loan Guarantees

Tulsa, Okla.-based Great Plains Airlines became the second regional airline to seek federal loan guarantees under the Air Transportation Safety and System

May 6, 2008

Augsburg Restructuring Costs 150 Workers, Dlugi Their Jobs

Lufthansa Airlines absorbed the sales, marketing and ticketing functions of Team Lufthansa partner Augsburg Airways last month, completing a restructuring

May 6, 2008

Air Canada Jazz Adopts Fee-per-departure Model

Air Canada signed a new agreement with its wholly owned regional subsidiary, Air Canada Jazz, to adopt what it calls a capacity purchase model to replace t

May 6, 2008

Embraer Lands New 170 Commitment

Brazil’s Embraer said it expects to complete negotiations on a firm order for six of its 70-seat 170 jets “in the coming weeks” with Italian flag carrier A

Aircraft

May 6, 2008

Great Lakes Pleads Case to Nasdaq

Great Lakes Aviation has requested a hearing before a Nasdaq listing qualification panel to contest the planned delisting of its shares from the Nasdaq Sto

May 6, 2008

Feared trend now a reality

US Airways’ June 27 announcement that it would replace Boeing 737-300s with de Havilland Dash 8s on its Charlotte to Asheville, N.C., route not only illust

May 6, 2008

The Navy makes the impossible a iittle easier

Steel-jawed ex-Navy Top Guns may be disappointed to learn about the plan to fully automate aircraft carrier deck landings, in the interest of safety and ef

May 6, 2008

Business traveler airline to launch

Aviation Development Holdings (ADH) of Phoenix intends to launch a “clean-sheet, breakthrough regional airline jet service, independent and decoupled from

May 6, 2008

FAA wants more info on UAVs flying in domestic airspace

Powered by quiet motors and armed with conventional and infrared cameras and other specialized sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming more a

ATC

May 6, 2008

Controller Retirements Could Squeeze U.S. ATC

The FAA could face a shortage of air traffic controllers in the next decade unless it makes more adequate plans to replace as many as 11,000 current contro

ATC

May 6, 2008

FAA Picks ADS-B Architecture

The FAA has decided that automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) will use a combination of the 1090-MHz extended squitter surveillance link for

ATC

May 6, 2008

Installation of New Controller Aids Begins

As part of its ongoing Operational Evolution Plan (OEP), the FAA has begun installing new equipment that will simultaneously provide weather and aircraft p

ATC

May 6, 2008

Operators fume over steep costs of DRVSM

August 8 marked the official close of the rulemaking comment period on the contentious FAA proposal calling for implementation of domestic reduced ve

ATC

May 5, 2008

Aerospace & Defense

Latest

Mesaba Battered by WorldCom Investment

The insidious and far-reaching effects of the WorldCom debacle hit home for Mesaba Airlines, as the Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlink partner watched its

Senate Appropriates $128 million for EAS

Small communities and regional turboprop operations received what some consider unexpectedly generous support for the Essential Air Service program in late

Has ACARS’ time finally come for cost-conscious regionals?

Largely obscured by the preoccupation with new security directives inspired by September 11, the debate over the FAA’s now binding interpretation of a long

Pilot gripes over scope put ALPA on defensive

A festering animosity between regional airline pilot groups and the Air Line Pilots Association showed no sign of subsiding last month, as nearly 300 Comai

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FAA command center guards U.S. National Airspace System

Perhaps deliberately, the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) is not easy to find.

U.S. Air Force Lukewarm on Tiltrotor

Even as the design was subjected to a grueling series of tests intended to determine its very future, an additional $1.5 billion in funding was approved la

British European is now Flybe, and has a new yield strategy

To fly BE or to Flybe is the question that may confuse UK regional airline passengers, since British European Airlines announced on July 18 its plans to re

Great Plains Applies for Loan Guarantees

Tulsa, Okla.-based Great Plains Airlines became the second regional airline to seek federal loan guarantees under the Air Transportation Safety and System

Augsburg Restructuring Costs 150 Workers, Dlugi Their Jobs

Lufthansa Airlines absorbed the sales, marketing and ticketing functions of Team Lufthansa partner Augsburg Airways last month, completing a restructuring

Air Canada Jazz Adopts Fee-per-departure Model

Air Canada signed a new agreement with its wholly owned regional subsidiary, Air Canada Jazz, to adopt what it calls a capacity purchase model to replace t

Embraer Lands New 170 Commitment

Brazil’s Embraer said it expects to complete negotiations on a firm order for six of its 70-seat 170 jets “in the coming weeks” with Italian flag carrier A

Great Lakes Pleads Case to Nasdaq

Great Lakes Aviation has requested a hearing before a Nasdaq listing qualification panel to contest the planned delisting of its shares from the Nasdaq Sto

Feared trend now a reality

US Airways’ June 27 announcement that it would replace Boeing 737-300s with de Havilland Dash 8s on its Charlotte to Asheville, N.C., route not only illust

The Navy makes the impossible a iittle easier

Steel-jawed ex-Navy Top Guns may be disappointed to learn about the plan to fully automate aircraft carrier deck landings, in the interest of safety and ef

Business traveler airline to launch

Aviation Development Holdings (ADH) of Phoenix intends to launch a “clean-sheet, breakthrough regional airline jet service, independent and decoupled from

FAA wants more info on UAVs flying in domestic airspace

Powered by quiet motors and armed with conventional and infrared cameras and other specialized sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming more a

Controller Retirements Could Squeeze U.S. ATC

The FAA could face a shortage of air traffic controllers in the next decade unless it makes more adequate plans to replace as many as 11,000 current contro

FAA Picks ADS-B Architecture

The FAA has decided that automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) will use a combination of the 1090-MHz extended squitter surveillance link for

Installation of New Controller Aids Begins

As part of its ongoing Operational Evolution Plan (OEP), the FAA has begun installing new equipment that will simultaneously provide weather and aircraft p

Operators fume over steep costs of DRVSM

August 8 marked the official close of the rulemaking comment period on the contentious FAA proposal calling for implementation of domestic reduced ve

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