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September 5, 2008  N/A
Mainlines, LCCs Adding Dropped Markets
The capacity cuts remain in flux as mainline carriers find opportunities in the service cuts of their competitors. In addition, low cost carriers are beginning to fill the void left by American but so far the moves are a drop in the bucket compared to the...

September 5, 2008  N/A
AAAE Task Force Issues Report, Recommendations
In a wide-ranging report which includes suggestions for 9/11-like government bailouts of both airlines and airports as well as easing rules on foreign ownership, the AAAE Energy/Air Service Task Force issued recommendations from its July summit addressing...

September 4, 2008  N/A
CRJ 1000 Flies
Bombardier’s prototype CRJ1000 NextGen jetliner took off on its maiden flight yesterday successfully testing its new fly-by-wire systems. Serial number 19991, made its successful inaugural flight from the Bombardier facility at Mirabel, Quebec...

September 4, 2008  Avionics
Avionica Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification
Avionica, Miami, the manufacturer of flight data management systems, achieved ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100...

September 4, 2008  Aviation Maintenance
IAM Rejects Boeing Contract Offer
The Intl Association of Machinists (IAM) voted to turn down a contract offer from Boeing Wednesday night and begin a strike. But action on the strike has been postponed by 48 hours, as...

September 4, 2008  N/A
London B-777 Hard Landing Due to Ice
The UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) says ice in fuel lines “most probably” caused a twin-engine British Airways Boeing 777-236ER (G-YMMM) to lose power just prior to landing on Runway 27L at London Heathrow this past January...

September 4, 2008  N/A
Swissair Flight 111 Remembered
Canadian Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon said Sept. 2, 2008, the ten-year anniversary of the crash of Swissair Flight 111, was “a day to remember the victims of one of the most tragic air accidents in Canadian history.” He commended the...

September 3, 2008  N/A
UA Ex Takes on Dropped Horizon Points
Using SkyWest’s 30-passenger Embraer Brasilia, United Express is moving into Horizon’s territory October 12 with new service between Portland and both Klamath Falls and North Bend...

September 3, 2008  N/A
XJT Donates to Returning Vets
ExpressJet donated all the furniture and other assets from its ill-fated branded operations to Lamp Stand Institute and other organization helping vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The airline found it was not cost effective to recover the assets from...

September 3, 2008  Avionics
IS&S, Kollsman Settle Litigation
Elbit Systems U.S. subsidiary Kollsman, Merrimack, N.H., will pay Innovative Solutions & Support, Exton, Pa., $17 million to settle their litigation over the misuse of IS&S’s...

September 3, 2008  Avionics
DO-178 Industry Group Formed
Presagis, Montreal, and HighRely, Phoenix, formed a DO-178 Industry Group with the goal of providing tools and guidance in support of projects requiring RTCA DO-178B certification. The group said it looks...

September 3, 2008  N/A
NTSB Probes Aviation Incidents
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two runway incursion incidents and an aircraft separation incident, all of which occurred in a two-day period. A regional jet narrowly missed a general aviation aircraft during a nighttime landing at...

September 3, 2008  N/A
Abu Dhabi Int’l Surface Surveillance Solution
Searidge Technologies and its partner in the Gulf region, Bayanat Airports Engineering & Supplies, will install an IntelliDAR system at Abu Dhabi International for advanced surface surveillance. IntelliDAR, a non-cooperative system, provides surface...

September 2, 2008  N/A
Kunpeng Takes ERJ 190, MX Contract Signed
Embraer delivered the first of five ERJ 190 jets to China's Kunpeng Airlines Co. Ltd., in which Mesa Airlines is trying to sell its share to partner Shenzhen Airlines since the new Chinese airline no longer needs the ERJ 145s it planned...