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01.12.2009		Osmus Succeeds Sturgell In a last minute appointment, the Bush Administration named FAA veteran Lynne Osmus to succeed Robert Sturgell, effective tomorrow, as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, which is largely viewed as a place holder until the incoming...
01.05.2009		Aviation Stimulus Creates 800K Jobs Investing $30 billion on transportation infrastructure would create 834,000 jobs, according to the National Air Transportation Association. In a letter to Congress, President James Coyne said modernizing the air traffic control system increases capacity and...
01.05.2009		Safety Watch AE Plane, Others Hit by Winds A 90 degree turn caused by 60-knot winds on the ramp delayed the boarding of a Detroit-La Guardia American Eagle flight. The ERJ 135 was one of four aircraft battered by winds at Detroit between 5:30 and 6:05 a.m. on Sunday...
01.05.2009		DOT to Cut Cap at LGA Stalled from conducting slot auctions, the Department of Transportation said it will further cut flights at La Guardia as part of congestion reduction...
12.22.2008		CPI Report Outlines Transportation’s Failures Could it be somehow symbolic that the announcement for President-Elect Obama’s choice for secretary of transportation was dead last in filling out his cabinet? And, could the two-year failure of the reauthorization legislation be reflective of a lack of...
12.22.2008		LaHood Tapped for DOT Post At press time, retiring Republican Representative Ray LaHood (Ill.), who served on the House aviation subcommittee, was to be nominated Friday by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of the Department of Transportation. LaHood ends his 13-year tenure...
12.22.2008		Safety Watch – CRJ Gear Failures, Icing NTSB Investigates CRJ Gear Failures The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the twin gear failures aboard a US Airways Air Wisconsin CRJ 200 in Philadelphia and a Mesa Airlines United Express CRJ 700 at Chicago. The CRJ...
12.22.2008		Analysis: Rushing Toward Break Even: The Importance of a Good Aviation Policy At a time when airlines are one of the bright lights in the economy with predictions of profitability next year, why is it that it has been consistently so acceptable that this important sector of the economy only break even or achieve mediocre profitability...
12.15.2008		XJT Targeted in New Tarmac Stats The Department of Transportation revised the data requirements airlines must file including not only include extended runway times for flights that were latter cancelled but flights diverted to alternate airports, two items not now filed with the department...
12.15.2008		IATA Predicts ’09 Worst for 50 Years While the U.S. industry is expected to be profitable next year, thanks to its dramatic and continuing capacity cuts, next year is expected to be the worst the industry has faced in 50 years, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Its...
12.15.2008		Federal Court Stays Slot Auction Industry leaders lauded the decision of a U.S. District Court of Appeals yesterday that precludes the January slot auction planned by the Department of Transportation to auction slots at the New York area airports. The ruling came after Air Transport...
11.24.2008		Safety Watch Dash 8 in Allentown Incident No injuries were reported to the 35 passengers aboard a US Airways Express de Havilland Dash 8 flight that declared an emergency when it could not lower its nose gear. Operated by Piedmont Airlines, the incident occurred at...
11.24.2008		Market Watch Mokulele Launches Jet Service In the midst of lawsuits with Mesa, Mokulele Airlines launched its Embrear ERJ 170 interisland service with two jets. The service is part of a capacity purchase agreement with Republic Holdings. Related Story However, its new...
11.24.2008		Performance Based Navigation Discussed Dispatch from Air Safety Week The aviation industry must accelerate implementation of advanced airspace management technologies to counteract pressure from a public increasingly concerned about the environment, improved schedule reliability and increased...
11.24.2008		Holiday Express Lanes Expanded, Consumer Rules Proposed The successful implementation last year for airlines to use military airspace along the East Coast to expand the airspace – the so-called Holiday Express Lanes – have been expanded this holiday season and, at the same time, the Department of...
11.17.2008		PNCL Flight in Tug Incident Pinnacle’s Northwest Airlink Flight 2544 from Grand Rapids to Detroit landed at 6 a.m. and was taxiing to the gate when it was struck by a Delta/Comair baggage tug. The tug struck the left wing and dented the fuselage, according to Spokesperson Joe...
11.17.2008		Quick Takes -- ATR, BBD, ERJ New VP Training for ATR Ivan Lauthier was named ATR’s new vice president training and flight operations, succeeding Jean-Michel Bigarré. Lauthier holds an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the French Ecole de l’Air and degrees as airline...
11.17.2008		Delay Task Force Falls Short After nearly a year of studying and planning, the National Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy On-Board Ground Delays issued its report on what can be done to mitigate such events and largely came up empty. The 62-page report...
11.17.2008		Panama City Seeking Foreign Trade Zone Status for New Airport Prompted by statistics showing the importance of foreign trade to Florida, the Panama City – Bay County International Airport Authority directed Airport Executive Director Randy Curtis to evaluate the options for establishing a Foreign Trade Zone at the...
11.17.2008		Aviation Infrastructure Investment Benefits Economy Expanding the Federal Aviation Administratin’s Airport Improvement Program to include not only current projects but investment and deployment of NextGen technology provides should be part of the next economic stimulus package, according to Aerospace...
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