Content Archive: January 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
Maintenance and Modifications
Citation service center relocating
Cessna will construct a Citation Service Center at the Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., and close the Long Beach, Calif.
Regulations and Government
Confusion reigns over French visas
Confusion over French visa requirements for U.S.
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.
Millman replaces Redenbaugh at Bell
Mike Redenbaugh, who joined Bell Helicopter in May 2003 as president after being a v-p at Honeywell engines, resigned from the company last month.
ATC
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.
Training and Workforce
Sometimes nothing helps
The FAA wonders why pilots occasionally land on taxiways, and in new Engineering Brief No.
Profits up, departures down in third quarter
Notwithstanding recent complaints of poor operational performance by the nation’s biggest regional airlines, passenger boardings, revenue passenger miles (
