Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Regional upstarts lead Swiss recovery

Switzerland’s long ambulatory regional airline business finally appears headed toward recovery, having registered an increase in passenger boardings for th

October 23, 2006

Last turboprop at Swiss marks end of an era

The company that launched the Saab 340 into prominence in Europe will soon bow out of the turboprop flying business altogether, when Swiss International Ai

October 23, 2006

New Regional Aircraft: East plays catch-up in race for RJ prominence

Antonov: An-148–The only aircraft program ever launched in the former Soviet Union without direct public funding continues its march toward C

Aircraft

October 23, 2006

SAS Commuter gone in name, but not in effect

As the industry gathers in Gothenburg for this year’s general assembly, the ERA will certainly lament the absence of one of its stalwart airline members fr

October 23, 2006

Videos

Wrong Fuel Gauge in Doomed ATR

Accident investigators have determined that Tunisian mechanics replaced a faulty fuel gauge in the ATR 72 that crashed off the northeast coast of Sicily on

October 23, 2006

Regional Traffic Recovery Climbs Higher

Traffic recovery continued to accelerate during the first half of the year, according o the latest statistics from the ERA.

October 23, 2006

ERA Takes Direct Role in Sesame Project

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) will help manage the two-year definition phase of the Sesame Single European Sky implementation program as p

ATC

October 23, 2006

ERA warns of EASA's cash crunch

Two years on from the creation of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the ERA remains worried about that new agency’s cash flow problems.

October 23, 2006

Rule Aims To Improve Child Restraints

The FAA has decided not to require the use of child-restraint systems (CRSs) on aircraft, much to the dislike of the NTSB, but it is amending regulations t

October 19, 2006

Japan to test next-gen SST concept

apan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans soon to resume flight tests of a remote-controlled scaled experimental airplane in its quest to develop a

Aircraft

October 19, 2006

Regionals feel bankruptcy pain too

The giant sucking sound generated by the bankruptcies of two of the largest airlines in the U.S.

October 19, 2006

A global perspective on RNP: A joint Eurocontrol and FAA meeting addressed the ever-evolving concept of performance-based navigation

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

ATC

October 18, 2006

FAA Approves Rannoch asFlight-tracking Data Provider

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

ATC

October 18, 2006

U.S., Europe and Asia are investing deeply in GPS

Senior U.S.

ATC

October 18, 2006

Mesa looks to upset Hawaii’s

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

October 18, 2006

Northwest Plans New Regional Unit

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

October 18, 2006

MidAtlantic Pilots Sue Airlines, ALPA

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

October 18, 2006

SkyWest To Fly 22 More CRJ700s

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

Aircraft

October 18, 2006

Chautauqua Transfers Last 170

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

Aircraft

October 18, 2006

Other shoe drops as Comair slashes fleet, workforce

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

October 18, 2006

Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Regional upstarts lead Swiss recovery

Switzerland’s long ambulatory regional airline business finally appears headed toward recovery, having registered an increase in passenger boardings for th

Last turboprop at Swiss marks end of an era

The company that launched the Saab 340 into prominence in Europe will soon bow out of the turboprop flying business altogether, when Swiss International Ai

New Regional Aircraft: East plays catch-up in race for RJ prominence

Antonov: An-148–The only aircraft program ever launched in the former Soviet Union without direct public funding continues its march toward C

SAS Commuter gone in name, but not in effect

As the industry gathers in Gothenburg for this year’s general assembly, the ERA will certainly lament the absence of one of its stalwart airline members fr

Videos

More Articles

Wrong Fuel Gauge in Doomed ATR

Accident investigators have determined that Tunisian mechanics replaced a faulty fuel gauge in the ATR 72 that crashed off the northeast coast of Sicily on

Regional Traffic Recovery Climbs Higher

Traffic recovery continued to accelerate during the first half of the year, according o the latest statistics from the ERA.

ERA Takes Direct Role in Sesame Project

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) will help manage the two-year definition phase of the Sesame Single European Sky implementation program as p

ERA warns of EASA's cash crunch

Two years on from the creation of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the ERA remains worried about that new agency’s cash flow problems.

Rule Aims To Improve Child Restraints

The FAA has decided not to require the use of child-restraint systems (CRSs) on aircraft, much to the dislike of the NTSB, but it is amending regulations t

Japan to test next-gen SST concept

apan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans soon to resume flight tests of a remote-controlled scaled experimental airplane in its quest to develop a

Regionals feel bankruptcy pain too

The giant sucking sound generated by the bankruptcies of two of the largest airlines in the U.S.

A global perspective on RNP: A joint Eurocontrol and FAA meeting addressed the ever-evolving concept of performance-based navigation

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

FAA Approves Rannoch asFlight-tracking Data Provider

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

U.S., Europe and Asia are investing deeply in GPS

Senior U.S.

Mesa looks to upset Hawaii’s

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

Northwest Plans New Regional Unit

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

MidAtlantic Pilots Sue Airlines, ALPA

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

SkyWest To Fly 22 More CRJ700s

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

Chautauqua Transfers Last 170

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

Other shoe drops as Comair slashes fleet, workforce

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

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN