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European regional airlines are concerned that a regulatory void could develop as oversight responsibilities pass to a new authority, and they have joined w

European regional airlines don’t need to be told that fuel prices could stunt their growth.

A complete change of approach to its business and, not least, punctual performance have helped Binter Canarias become the European Regions Airline Associat

The first 25 years of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has been a story of “bold creativity, progressive thinking and community service,” acc

Mesaba Airlines became the latest casualty of Northwest Airlines’ financial meltdown last month, when it followed its sole mainline code-share partner into

Swiss International Air Lines will once again segregate its regional operations under the auspices of a new subsidiary, the company announced last month.

Comair will dispose of as many as 30 regional jets and slash between 600 and 1,000 jobs as part of a plan to cut costs by $70 million a year, the company a

Air Wisconsin Airlines plans to close its Appleton maintenance facility and move its 105 jobs to other facilities by next May.

Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines has transferred the last of its once 23-strong fleet of Embraer 170 jets to its sister carrier, Shuttle America.

SkyWest Airlines and Bombardier have agreed to convert a firm order for 18 CRJ200s held by SkyWest’s new Atlantic Southeast Airlines division to positions

Noted New York attorney Michael Haber has filed a $400 million class-action lawsuit on behalf of 230 MidAtlantic Airways pilots against ALPA, US Airways, A

Northwest Airlines has presented its pilot union leaders with a plan to start a new subsidiary specifically to replace the airline’s aged Douglas DC-9s wit

Jonathan Ornstein has heard assorted descriptions of his management style during his years in the regional airline business, but no one can accuse the Mesa

Senior U.S.

The FAA’s Flight Technologies and Procedures Division will host its second annual New Technologies Implementation Workshop from November 29 to December 1 a

The FAA has approved Rannoch as a class-1 provider of ASDI (aircraft situational display to industry) data, adding the company to the list of services that

Business Jet Technologies last month announced FAA certification for the company’s reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) compliance package for the G

John and Martha King this month plan to take the wraps off a new online training course developed for pilots transitioning from traditional instruments to

Starling Advanced Communications, a relatively new name among satcom antenna manufacturers, has officially kicked off a development program for a line of K

Throw BAE Systems and Nav3D into the mix of companies indicating strong interest in sensor and software technology for emerging cockpit advanced-vision sys

Sikorsky’s new S-76D twin-turbine helicopter, scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be equipped with Thales’ TopDeck integrated modular avionics, accord

Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, has received FAA certification for installations of its FlightLogic EFIS avionics in a number of Part 23 airplanes,

One of the recurrent themes at the Toulouse workshop was the inability of ATC services to provide operators opportunities to use the navigation performance

The FAA has implemented performance- based navigation in the form of standard instrument departures (SIDs), en route Q and T routes, standard arrival route

Eurocontrol provided a short guide to RNP and Rnav concepts and terminology as a primer for delegates.

Area navigation (Rnav) performance le

Performance-based navigation was identified in ICAO’s Future Air Navigation System concept of the early 1990s, which defined required navigation performanc

A special military facility dedicated to testing the vulnerability of GPS installations to deliberate jamming is now open to corporate pilots whose operati

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently unveiled its program for JPALS, the joint precision approach and landing system.

Last month Embraer released more details about its very light jet and light jet programs.

Cessna received FAA type certification of its CJ2+ on October 3.