Content Archive: July 2008

JetBlue inks Embraer 190 mega-order

Three-year-old JetBlue Airlines has become the launch customer for the new Embraer 190, signing a firm order for 100 of the twinjets, with options for 100

Gulfstream marketing V-P resigns

Stephanie Snyder, vice president of marketing and communications at Gulfstream Aerospace, resigned unexpectedly last month.

Swanson moves into left seat at Raytheon

Effective July 1, William Swanson, a 31-year Raytheon veteran who was president of the Lexington, Mass.
Charter & Fractional

Short on cash, Indigo ceases regular service

Indigo, the provider of “regular and frequent” business jet service between Chicago Midway Airport and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, suspended flights e

Falcon building new TEB hangar

Dassault Falcon Jet officials broke ground last month on a 32,200-sq-ft building complex across the street from the company’s Teterboro, N.J.
Regulations and Government

DOT IG to review FAA's regional jet oversight

The DOT’s office of inspector general on June 16 opened a review of the FAA’s oversight of the growing use of regional jets and the resulting effects on op
Regulations and Government

EU resolves bickering over satnav initiative

European nations apparently have resolved their objections over budgeting of Galileo, Europe’s $4.2 billion rival to GPS.
Accidents

NTSB: Pilot stalled Meridian returning to airport

According to the NTSB, the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a bank angle of 60 to 80 degrees while trying to return to the Vero Beach Municipal
Charter & Fractional

Raytheon takes majority control of Flight Options

Four months after John Nahill, former v-p of corporate strategy and development at Raytheon Co., took charge of Flight Options from its founder and then ch

United Airlines asks judge's permission to end code-sharing

United Airlines last month asked a judge overseeing its bankruptcy case for permission to end the code-sharing and marketing agreement with regional carrie