2009-05-07 Bloomberg
By Angela Greiling Keane and John Hughes May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger rail carrier, would get a subsidy increase of less than 1 percent, to $1.
2009-05-06 The New York Times
THEY have less headroom, legroom and elbowroom than wide-body jets, but smaller planes are playing a growing role in American air travel, whether business travelers like it or not.
2009-04-28 StreetInsider.com
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) invites you to participate in a conference call with its management team on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:00PM Eastern Time to discuss the Company's first quarter results, which it plans to release after the close of the market on the same...
2009-04-27 The Main Street Business Journal
ST. GEORGE, UTAH April, 2009 - SkyWest Airlines is the proud recipient of Bombardier's 2008 Annual Airline Reliability Performance Award. Topping the CRJ100/200 product category for the Americas region, SkyWest took the prestigious title for the second year running.
2009-04-27 Sacramento Business Journal
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. reported increases in March traffic for its Colgan and Pinnacle Airline subsidiaries. Both companies reported an increase in passengers: Pinnacles passenger count increased 1 percent to 888,206 while Colgans count grew 15 percent to 224,649 passengers flown.
2009-04-27 The-Dispatch.com
A spokeswoman for Cape Air says no one was hurt when a portion of a plane's landing gear collapsed as it set down on Nantucket. Airline spokeswoman Michelle Haynes says there were eight passengers and a pilot on board when Monday's morning's Hyannis-to-Nantucket flight landed.
2009-04-27 AviationNews.Net
A number of national aviation associations, including AAAE and the U.S. Contract Tower Association (USCTA), are urging Congress to support full funding for FAA's Contract Tower Program for fiscal year 2010.
2009-04-16 Congoo
Pretoria - British Airways and Comair deliver generally 'more consistent and better' services than SAA, Kathy Harris, the chief executive of Rennies Travel, testified on Friday before the Competition Tribunal.
2009-04-15 Boston Globe
ST. GEORGE, UtahSkyWest Inc., which operates SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, on Wednesday said it expects its first-quarter earnings to miss Wall Street estimates, citing flight groundings and write-downs during the quarter.
2009-04-09 Flightglobal
US trade group the Regional Airline Association (RAA) is expressing cautious optimism that the country's essential air service (EAS) programme will be strengthened under President Barack Obama's administration.
2009-03-18 Calgary Herald
2009-03-18 WRIC ABC-8
Irish Firm Teams with U.S. Companies on Contract for Military Applications DUBLIN and WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Instant UpRight Ltd., a global provider of aluminum access solutions, said today that it has joined forces with military logistics and equipment specialist, CV International (CVI),...
2009-03-18 Kansas City Business Journal
Delta Air Lines is moving 16 of its Comair jets to the East Coast from Cincinnati, as part of an aircraft swap that will further diversify its operations and increase Comairs strength on the coast.
2009-03-18 Financial Content
MEMPHIS, TN -- (Marketwire) -- 03/17/09 -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (PNCL) today released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air, Inc. subsidiary for January and February 2009.
2009-03-17 RTT News
Colgan Air Inc., a unit of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (PNCL: News ), reported that its operational results for January and February 2009. The airline's January traffic jumped 113.
2009-03-15 RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. (fka Dain Rausche)
Mar 15, 2009 (The Sun News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- In an economic climate full of doom and gloom, some observers say recently unveiled direct flights to Myrtle Beach for the tourist season show the local economic outlook is still bright.
2009-03-15 Myrtle Beach Online
In an economic climate full of doom and gloom, some observers say recently unveiled direct flights to Myrtle Beach for the tourist season show the local economic outlook is still bright.
2009-03-13 KSWO
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Jet airplane flights between Santa Fe and Dallas will begin June 11. The city and Dallas-based American Eagle announced Thursday that the airline will offer a nonstop daily flight.
2009-03-13 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Delta Connection flight bound for Mobile, Ala., landed safely Thursday night after hitting birds following takeoff from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, an airline spokeswoman said.
2009-03-12 Deseret News
Facebook Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon St. George-based SkyWest Inc. announced Thursday that its subsidiary, SkyWest Airlines, would cut about 300 full-time jobs following an decision by Delta Airlines to assume additional baggage-handling duties for flights at Salt Lake City International Airport.
2009-03-09 TMCnet.com
(Airline Industry Information Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SkyWest Inc (Nasdaq: SKYW) has reported its combined traffic results for its subsidiaries, SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, for February 2009.
2009-03-09 KRNV CBS-4
Posted: Updated: Local News More RENO - The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) announced that an estimated 5.1 million people visited Washoe County in 2007, according to its annual visitor profile study released today.
2009-03-09 Content Corner
Do you live in or around the Syracuse, New York area? Even if you do not live close to the city of Syracuse, there is still a good chance that you have heard of the Syracuse Hancock International Airport before.
2009-03-08 The Pueblo Chieftain
By THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN THERES GOOD news for the flying public. A new schedule by Great Lakes Aviation will provide a third flight out of Pueblo Memorial Airport and a third back from Denver International Airport each day, starting April 7.
2009-03-07 LaCrosseTribune.com
. APPLETON, Wis. (AP) Bruce Purdy, an industrialist whose inventions helped spur Wisconsins papermaking industry after World War II, died peacefully last week at his California home, his daughter said Friday.
2009-03-06 The Daily Voice
Four crew members from Atlantic Southeast Airlines made history last month when Delta Connection Flight 5202 departed from Atlanta to Nashville, Tennessee.
2009-03-06 Inside Indiana Business
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. says Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. is committed to giving it $40 million in post-petition debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, subject to bankruptcy court approval.
2009-03-06 Memphis Commercial Appeal
Flight 3407's fatal crash near Buffalo, N.Y., shouldn't hurt Pinnacle Airlines Corp.'s financial picture or long-term relations with Continental Airlines, company officials said.
2009-03-06 Aero-News Network
Wegel Hopes To Resurrect Once-Legendary Airline Given the current state of the US economy, now may seem a most unusual (okay, we'll say it, flat-out awful) time to talk about the resurrection of a storied US carrier.
2009-03-05 Community Press
Delta Air Lines today reported that its February traffic dropped 11 percent system wide as compared with the same month last year. The numbers include the traffic from Northwest Airlines - the two carriers merged last fall but still officially operate as two separate airlines.
2009-03-05 Trading Markets
Mar 05, 2009 (The Dallas Morning News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- AMR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- American Airlines Inc.
2009-03-05 Sys-Con
MEMPHIS, TN -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/09 -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) (the "Company") today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2008 results of operations.
2009-03-04 RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. (fka Dain Rausche)
Mar 04, 2009 (The Pueblo Chieftain - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Great Lakes Aviation has added a third weekday flight to its offerings at Pueblo Memorial Airport.
2009-02-27 The Buffalo News
A California aviation attorney, in the first of dozens of lawsuits expected to be filed in the wake of the Flight 3407 crash, says the turboprop plane should never have been flying in icing conditions.
2009-02-27 Ventura County Star (AP)
LEXINGTON, Ky. A small commercial airport in Kentucky and the taxpayers who support it picked up top executives tabs in recent years for Hannah Montana concert tickets, Nintendo Wii video game bundles and even a $4,400 strip club check, according to a state auditors report.
2009-02-23 WBEN 930 AM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Marvin Renslow's dream of becoming a commercial pilot did not come easy. For years he had to fit his training around jobs in travel reservations and sales.
2009-02-23 PR-USA.net
Colgan Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL), today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of Flight 3407: Historically, NTSB investigations are confidential and involve a thorough determination of the facts...
2009-02-20 Sys.Con Canada
DALLAS, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviall Services, Inc., a unit of Aviall, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, announced today that its Product Repair Services division has entered into a long-term agreement with Flight Options, LLC.
2009-02-20 Honolulu Advertiser
Island Air and go! airlines have reached a tentative code-sharing agreement for flights between Kahului and Hilo, and between Kahului and Lihu'e. Mesa Air Group, the Phoenix-based parent of go!, said it hopes to expand the code-sharing agreement with Island Air once a separate code-sharing pact with Mokulele.
2009-02-20 The Buffalo News
WASHINGTON Pilots, aviation accident attorneys and the survivors of a previous plane crash worry that the late crew of Continental Flight 3407 is being unfairly blamed for a crash that cost 50 lives when icy weather might be the real culprit.
2009-02-20 The Buffalo News
An article Wednesday about the experience levels of pilots at regional airlines quoted industry expert Douglas M. Moss. He has about 10,000 hours of flight experience, not 30,000 hours as the article stated.
2009-02-20 The Buffalo News
Tommy Edwards was flying out of Buffalo this week on the same model of plane that crashed in Clarence last week, but he wasnt worried. But John Frame said itll be hard for him to get on a turboprop again.
2009-02-20 Wisc News.com
A Green Bay man says he has a business plan to bring passenger air service to the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Airport, but the proposal will only take wing if local investors will loan him $1 million.
2009-02-19 Wgrz.com
The head of the Regional Airline Association says the crew of Flight 3407 and other commuter flights are well trained. "The pilots of all the regional airlines are exactly flying under the exact same standards as any other airliner that anybody in Buffalo or anywhere else is going to get on," said Roger...
2009-02-19 Sympatico (Canada) MSN News
SAO PAULO Brazil's Embraer plane maker has followed in the footsteps of Bombardier and its other international rivals by cutting its workforce about 20 per cent as the global recession sharply reduces demand for mid-sized passenger jets and corporate planes, the company said Thursday.
2009-02-19 OregonLive.com
The Associated Press MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) Commercial air service is returning to Moses Lake after a two-year hiatus. Representatives of the Port of Moses Lake, the Grant County Economic Development Council and the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce announced the move Tuesday.
2009-02-19 TMCnet.com
(Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Feb. 19--The Memphis-based owners of Colgan Air defended training practices and pilot credentials Wednesday, saying it's premature to speculate about the cause of last week's fatal crash in Buffalo, N.
2009-02-19 AINonline
Aircraft, Regional Airlines Superjet International today announced the official opening of its new North American sales and customer support office in Washington, D.
2009-02-19 AINonline
Accidents, Air Transport and Cargo, Regional Airlines NTSB investigators have turned their attention to human action and pilot training in their probe of the crash of a Colgan Air Q400 outside Buffalo on February 12, according to a Safety Board spokesman.
2009-02-18 Dayton Daily News
The nation's major airlines collectively employed nearly 7 percent fewer people in December 2008 than a year earlier, representing the largest year-to-year decrease since 2003, the government reported on Wednesday, Feb.