SkyWest Int’l Plans Focuses on Latin America
St. George, UT – At a time when regional growth in the U.S. is expected to be minimal compared to the robust growth since 9/11, SkyWest is focusing more on Latin America than Europe where it is working on a relationship with an unnamed partner whose plans have been stalled because of the run up in fuel... [read more]
Air Midwest to Shut Down Passenger Operations
In the latest news from ailing Mesa Air Group, its wholly owned subsidiary Air Midwest, Inc., will fly its final service June 30 including its Essential Air Service (EAS) operations. The move ends a distinguished, 48-year history of the airline that was founded by Gary Adamson as Aviation Services, Inc. in...
Mesa Shareholders Approve Stock Sale
Mesa Air Group, Inc. shareholders approved the issuance of shares of common stock as may be necessary to repurchase all of its outstanding Senior Convertible Notes due 2023. Without that approval, Mesa said it could not “guarantee the company would have adequate cash resources” if the issuance...
Horizon Re-Evaluating Branded Flying
Everything is being re-evaluated, according to Horizon President Jeff Pinneo at RAA, including the airline’s branded flying which accounts for 63 percent of its operations compared to the capacity purchase agreement it has with parent Alaska Airlines which makes up 37 percent of its business. “We...
Pinnacle Seeking Rate Increases
Following the lead of SkyWest, Pinnacle is talking to its network partners about boosting the pro-rates for some of its routes, especially the Essential Air Service routes, according to comments made by President and CEO Phil Trenary during last week’s analyst’s conference call. The airline has...
CommutAir Plans to Double Fleet
In its 32nd year, CommutAir not only moved its operation out of the Northeast to feed Continental at Cleveland, but gained FAA certification for the Bombardier Q200s it is acquiring from Horizon. It also finished up the latest iteration of fitness after gaining foreign lenders. Finally it is spinning off the...
Defying the Odds in the EAS Program
Indianapolis, IN – And then there was Great Lakes, who, thanks to the fact that most of its Essential Air Service contracts have been negotiated in the last three to six months, is actually making money by serving EAS markets. “We are the last guy standing, at least in the West,” said COO...
Re-Regulation Possibility with Consolidation
Twice during the recent Senate Aviation Subcommittee hearing into the merger between Delta and Northwest re-regulation was mentioned; once by no less than Subcommittee Chair John D. Rockefeller IV, (D-W.V.) who said, “I don’t discount myself entirely from consideration of re-regulation of the...
Sukhoi Capital Infusion, Prepares for First Flight
At a time when Russian capitalists are investing heavily in new aircraft programs such as Adam Aircraft and the Eclipse, it is ironic that Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company is looking to the west for its capital infusions. Last week, shareholders approved an additional stock offering valued at 1 million roubles...
Media Buys DOT Line on EAS
It is extraordinary that in the face of numerous failures of Essential Air Service carriers, that the media continues to insist that airlines are raking in unwarranted profits by serving small communities subsidized by the taxpayers. The latest was a May 2 report on CBS which Regional Aviation Partners is...
Tight Load Factors but Fewer Pax This Summer
The Air Transport Association forecasts that slightly fewer passengers will travel June 1 through August 31 compared to the same period last year. Approximately 211.5 million passengers are expected to fly this summer, down approximately one percent from the 214.2 million passengers who traveled during the...
Quick Takes – Embraer, Air Wisconsin, Midwest, Lynx, Horizon
Embraer to Assemble Biz Jets in U.S. With a new 150,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Melbourne, Fla., Embraer is creating a final assembly line, the first for Embraer in the U.S., to produce both the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 executive jet models. Announced with Melbourne Mayor and Florida...
Jetiquette(TM) Lessons for Business Miss Pax Foibles
Recent bad press related to customer service issues at major airlines, as well as the movement toward a passenger bill of rights, could have been avoided, according to The Sky Steward, Gailen David (http://www.skysteward.com/). All it would have taken, he says, is a little Jetiquette(TM), his plan to keep...
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