Content Archive: December 2010

Delta Regionals To Get Wi-Fi

Delta Air Lines plans this month to start installing onboard Wi-Fi on 223 regional jets flown by Delta Connection carriers, making Delta the first U.S.

Horizon Pilots Ratify New Contract

The Teamsters-represented pilots of Seattle-based Horizon Air ratified a new five-year labor contract in late November, officially ending some four years

Swiss regionals consolidate

Swiss regional airline Baboo, based in Geneva, and Darwin Airline, headquartered at Lugano Airport in southern Switzerland, an-nounced in late November tha
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Offers Dallas-based Mobile Support Team

West Star Aviation has added a mobile support team (MST) to its Dallas facility.
Rotorcraft

China Takes Firefighting Mi-26TC

In November Russian Helicopters delivered a Mi-26TC heavy twin, manufactured by Rostvertol, to Hong-Kong-based import firm Lectern Aviation Supplies.
Rotorcraft

AD Aerospace To Supply FlightVu Cameras on EC175

Eurocopter will fit AD Aerospace’s FlightVu FV-1035 external cameras on the EC175.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bizav Maintenance

“The general aviation industry has been hit hard for the past two years, resulting in massive downsizing in many areas.
Training and Workforce

AS350 EMS sim debuts

American Eurocopter recently unveiled a new full-motion flight and mission simulator for AS350 crew training tailored to EMS and law-enforcement ­applicati

UTAir to Order Superjets

Russia’s UTAir plans to acquire as many as 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100-95s as replacements for its aged Tupolev Tu-134s, Sukhoi general director Mikhail Pogosya

Brazil’s Azul maintains a steep growth trajectory

Azul Linhas Aereos, Brazil’s newest discount airline, registered a 79.71-percent load factor and carried 2.2 million passengers last year, its first full y