American's Regionals Experience Major Losses
American’s regional operational expenses increased from $668 million in the first quarter of 2007 to $721 million in Q108, as regional revenues increased 4.1 percent to $581 million. Regional revenue passenger miles dropped 5.3 percent in the quarter to 2,142 billion from the year-ago period and... [read more]
NTSB: Airlines Post Remarkable Safety Record
No one died during 2007 in U.S. scheduled long-haul and regional air carrier accidents, according to statistics released last week by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). In addition, deaths in general aviation accidents dropped to 491, their lowest total in more than 40 years, according to...
Aircraft Right Sizing Key to E-Jet Success
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil – Despite a softening in the U.S. economy, regional airline traffic demand around the world is increasing at a healthy pace, according to Embrear Executive Vice President Commercial Aviation Mauro Kern, who sees an urgent need for replacement of 650 jets in the 30- to...
Lynx Life Normal
In the wake of Frontier’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, life for the airline and its passengers – as well as its newly launched Lynx Aviation operation – is going on normally to the point the airline continued rolling out is Lynx launch cities. At exactly 8:35 a.m. MDT on April 15...
DOT Introduces LGA Auctions, Other Passenger Measures
Landing with a loud thud in Washington, the newly proposed LaGuardia slot auctions, which the Department of Transportation called an experiment, would withdraw slots from carriers and put them up for auction. The first reaction came from the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), which rejected the...
Trans States Cancels Flights in Inspections
American Connection Trans States Airlines, which also works as a United and US Airways Express, cancelled over 50 Embraer ERJ 145 jet flights out of St. Louis last week in the wake of FAA mandated inspections on nose gear steering controls to determine whether airlines were complying with...
Pilot Error in Shuttle America Runway Overrun
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of a Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170 accident in Cleveland was the failure of the flight crew to execute a missed approach when visual cues for the runway were not distinct and identifiable. The 2007 accident has been cited as...
BBD Icing AD Superseded
An immediately effective Airworthiness Directive was issued by FAA last week resulting from reports of uncommanded roll during take-off of Bombardier CRJs resulting from cold weather operations. The AD seeks to prevent possible loss of control on take-off resulting from even small amounts of frost, ice...
Travelers Wary in Wake of MX Revelations
Against recent FAA and airline industry safety revelations, passengers are less willing to fly, have skipped recent flights and plan to avoid air travel in the future, according to a Business Travel Coalition (BTC) survey querying frequent fliers regarding aircraft maintenance, outsourcing and Federal...
Quick Takes – SkyWest, ATR/Bangkok, Copa/Embraer
SkyWest Airlines will launch new Delta Connection service between Salt Lake City and two new Wyoming destinations – Gillette and Rock Springs, beginning July 7. SkyWest will provide two daily round-trip flights to Salt Lake City using the 30-passenger Embraer Brasilia aircraft. Bangkok Takes Two ATRs...
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