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Delta Chooses CRJ900s

Delta Air Lines last month signed a letter of intent with Bombardier to acquire as many as 60 CRJ900s to deploy with its Delta Connection regional affiliat

Aircraft

January 23, 2007

Big Sky To Cover Boston

Big Sky Airlines will fly eight 19-seat Beech 1900Ds from Boston starting early in the year’s second quarter under a new code-share contract the Billings,

January 23, 2007

Pinnacle Reaches Terms with NWA

A new code-share contract with Northwest Airlines (NWA) will allow Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines to keep its fleet of 124 Bombardier CRJs, potentially fl

January 23, 2007

Republic To Fly E170s for Frontier

Republic Airlines will fly 17 seventy-six-seat Embraer E170s as Frontier Jet Express under a new code-share contract meant to replace and expand service no

Aircraft

January 23, 2007

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Accusations blemish Mesaba bid

Shareholders of Mesaba Airlines parent MAIR Holdings last month accused Northwest Airlines of a conspiracy to suppress the value of its regional affiliate

January 23, 2007

Mediator joins Comair talks, new deadline set

A private mediator joined contract negotiations between Comair and its 1,500 pilots last month as part of a tentative settlement that saw the airline move

January 23, 2007

US Airways takes first Embraer E190s

US Airways expects to launch Embraer E190 service from Philadelphia this month, marking the first application of the Brazilian narrowbody in mainline servi

January 23, 2007

Mesa lends hand to launch new airline in China

Mesa Air Group will help establish a new Chinese regional airline under a contract it signed in late December with China’s Shenzhen Airlines.

January 23, 2007

Controllers claim losses exceed hires

Although the FAA needs to hire 11,800 new controllers through Fiscal Year 2015 to replace retirees and other vacancies, the National Air Traffic Controller

ATC

January 23, 2007

Midwest Airlines hires SkyWest as AirTran foil

A new code-share contract signed last month by St.

January 23, 2007

Pinnacle buys Colgan Air

Pinnacle Airlines bought Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air for $20 million last month.

January 23, 2007

NGATS focus of FAA workshop

At the FAA’s two-day New Technology Workshop last month, the focus was sharply on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS).

ATC

January 19, 2007

Only 30 Days Given for Public Input

Federal agencies on January 8 issued a notice asking for the public’s help to decide if there is a need to continue to operate or invest in the loran-C rad

ATC

January 19, 2007

VLJ Air-taxi Operation Edges Closer

Pogo, a planned very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi operation launched in 2004 by former American Airlines chairman and CEO Robert Crandall, moved its schedule f

January 19, 2007

Eclipse 500 VLJ Fractional Set To Fly

Scottsdale Ariz.-based fractional operator JetsAmerica is scheduled to take delivery of its first Eclipse 500 by the middle of next month, according to com

January 19, 2007

Defense Agency To Phase Out Chart Distribution

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will go forward with a modified version of its previously announced proposal to remove its flight informa

Aircraft

January 16, 2007

New Satcom System Selected for Citations

Cessna Aircraft has selected the AirCell Axxess satcom system as a factory option on the Citation X, Sovereign and XLS.

ATC

January 16, 2007

Wake of Airbus A380 Might Mean More Spacing

The horizontal wake-turbulence avoidance distance currently required when a lighter aircraft is behind a heavier aircraft might have to be doubled when fly

ATC

January 16, 2007

FAA Proposes To Cease Monitoring Selected Navaids

Under an FAA proposal, certain ILS approaches, localizer-type directional aids (LDA), microwave landing systems (MLS) and nondirectional beacons (NDB) at s

ATC

January 16, 2007

Union Rejects FAA Call for Federal Mediation

The union representing air traffic controllers rejected the FAA’s request yesterday for federal mediation to help the agency reach a labor agreement with c

ATC

January 16, 2007

Aerospace & Defense

Latest

Delta Chooses CRJ900s

Delta Air Lines last month signed a letter of intent with Bombardier to acquire as many as 60 CRJ900s to deploy with its Delta Connection regional affiliat

Big Sky To Cover Boston

Big Sky Airlines will fly eight 19-seat Beech 1900Ds from Boston starting early in the year’s second quarter under a new code-share contract the Billings,

Pinnacle Reaches Terms with NWA

A new code-share contract with Northwest Airlines (NWA) will allow Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines to keep its fleet of 124 Bombardier CRJs, potentially fl

Republic To Fly E170s for Frontier

Republic Airlines will fly 17 seventy-six-seat Embraer E170s as Frontier Jet Express under a new code-share contract meant to replace and expand service no

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Accusations blemish Mesaba bid

Shareholders of Mesaba Airlines parent MAIR Holdings last month accused Northwest Airlines of a conspiracy to suppress the value of its regional affiliate

Mediator joins Comair talks, new deadline set

A private mediator joined contract negotiations between Comair and its 1,500 pilots last month as part of a tentative settlement that saw the airline move

US Airways takes first Embraer E190s

US Airways expects to launch Embraer E190 service from Philadelphia this month, marking the first application of the Brazilian narrowbody in mainline servi

Mesa lends hand to launch new airline in China

Mesa Air Group will help establish a new Chinese regional airline under a contract it signed in late December with China’s Shenzhen Airlines.

Controllers claim losses exceed hires

Although the FAA needs to hire 11,800 new controllers through Fiscal Year 2015 to replace retirees and other vacancies, the National Air Traffic Controller

Midwest Airlines hires SkyWest as AirTran foil

A new code-share contract signed last month by St.

Pinnacle buys Colgan Air

Pinnacle Airlines bought Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air for $20 million last month.

NGATS focus of FAA workshop

At the FAA’s two-day New Technology Workshop last month, the focus was sharply on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS).

Only 30 Days Given for Public Input

Federal agencies on January 8 issued a notice asking for the public’s help to decide if there is a need to continue to operate or invest in the loran-C rad

VLJ Air-taxi Operation Edges Closer

Pogo, a planned very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi operation launched in 2004 by former American Airlines chairman and CEO Robert Crandall, moved its schedule f

Eclipse 500 VLJ Fractional Set To Fly

Scottsdale Ariz.-based fractional operator JetsAmerica is scheduled to take delivery of its first Eclipse 500 by the middle of next month, according to com

Defense Agency To Phase Out Chart Distribution

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will go forward with a modified version of its previously announced proposal to remove its flight informa

New Satcom System Selected for Citations

Cessna Aircraft has selected the AirCell Axxess satcom system as a factory option on the Citation X, Sovereign and XLS.

Wake of Airbus A380 Might Mean More Spacing

The horizontal wake-turbulence avoidance distance currently required when a lighter aircraft is behind a heavier aircraft might have to be doubled when fly

FAA Proposes To Cease Monitoring Selected Navaids

Under an FAA proposal, certain ILS approaches, localizer-type directional aids (LDA), microwave landing systems (MLS) and nondirectional beacons (NDB) at s

Union Rejects FAA Call for Federal Mediation

The union representing air traffic controllers rejected the FAA’s request yesterday for federal mediation to help the agency reach a labor agreement with c

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