2008-11-29 Twin Cities Business Journal

Mesa Air Group Settles Aloha Lawsuit and Agrees to Enter Long Term Licensing Agreement

PHOENIX, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MESA) today announced that it entered into a settlement with the former controlling shareholder of Aloha Airlines concerning the Aloha Airlines lawsuit over Mesa's Hawaiian inter-island flight services operated under the go! brand name.

2008-11-29 Airport Business

DISCONTINUED AIRLINE SERVICE: Airports left behind

KELLY YAMANOUCHI; StaffThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution As airlines struggle to adjust to changing dynamics in the industry, many airports have seen reductions in flights, but some airports have lost airline service altogether.

2008-11-28 Atlanta Journal And Constitution

How Delta, others fit in at small airports

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution As airlines struggle to adjust to changing dynamics in the industry, many airports have seen reductions in flights, but some airports have lost airline service altogether.

2008-11-28 Monsters and Critics

China-made jet makes maiden flight

Beijing - China's first internally developed regional jet, the ARJ21-700, completed its maiden test flight on Friday in Shanghai, the Xinhua news agency reported.

2008-11-23 Airport Business

ExelTech Aerospace announces signing a general terms agreement with Colgan Air

ExelTech Aerospace Inc. ('ExelTech Aerospace', 'ExelTech' or the 'Company'), (TSX-V: XLT), Canada's largest publicly-listed commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul organization, today announced that it has signed a general terms agreement with COLGAN AIR, Inc.

2008-11-22 Joplin Globe

Industry expert predicts smoother flying in 09

Airline passengers have waved goodbye to many cut-rate fares for vacation destinations because of the turbulence that high oil prices caused in the airline industry earlier this year.

2008-11-19 DiGiTAL50

Compass Airlines Announces New President

- Compass Airlines today named Tim Campbell as the new President of Compass Airlines. Campbell comes from Northwest Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, as the Vice President of Regional Airline Operations and replaces John Bendoraitis, who assumes the same position at Comair.

2008-11-18 NewsBlaze

SkyWest, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend 33% and Resumes Repurchasing Its Common Stock in the Market

SkyWest Airlines, based inSt. George, Utah, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. ('ASA'), based inAtlanta, Georgia, are wholly owned subsidiaries of SkyWest, Inc.

2008-11-17 PR Newswire via Yahoo!

Mesa Air Group, Inc. Reports October Traffic Including go! Hawai'i's Low Fare Airline

{'s' : 'mesa','k' : 'c10,l10,p20,t10','o' : '','j' : ''} (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/1999 0210/LAW065) go!'s preliminary traffic figures for October 2008 indicate that its operations generated 13.

2008-11-17 Ktvz.com

Delta alliance gives Alaska Air more destinations, international service

4:25 PM ET SEATAC, Wash. (AP) - Customers of Alaska Airlines will be able to book flights to Beijing and Sao Paulo as part of an expanded marketing alliance announced today with Delta.

2008-11-16 cbs2chicago.com

Plane Slides Down Philly Runway Minus Front Wheels

PHILADELPHIA (AP) A US Airways Express flight made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday after trouble with its front landing gear.

2008-11-14 Calibre Macro World

Bids on airport projects lower than estimates

Nov. 14--There are upsides to a financial downturn, members of the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust learned Thursday. A slow economy and lower fuel prices combined to lower bids by contractors on two construction projects while creating conditions that may be favorable for attracting new air service at Tulsa.

2008-11-14 WJR

Plane collides with luggage tug at Detroit airport

ROMULUS, Mich. - A Northwest Airlink regional jet operated by Pinnacle Airlines collided with a luggage tug in a taxi lane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, leaving the driver of the tug with minor injuries.

2008-11-11 Cyperus

ExpressJet Requests Filing Deadline Extension

HOUSTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ExpressJet (NYSE: XJT) announced today that it intends to request a filing deadline extension from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2008.

2008-11-11 NWAnews.com

HIGHFILL : Airport will lose nonstop to coast

American Eagle intends to end its daily flight to Los Angeles from the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport after April 6. Andrea Huguely, an American Eagle spokesman, said the elimination of the once-a-day flight to Los Angeles is part of American Airlines directive to its regional partner to cut...

2008-11-10 PR Newswire

Senior U.S Aviation Official Megan Rae Rosia Joins Crowell & Moring's Aviation Group

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Megan Rae Rosia, former Assistant Administrator for Government and Industry Affairs for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has joined Crowell & Moring LLP's nationally recognized Aviation Group as partner.

2008-11-10 Street Insider

Senior U.S Aviation Official Megan Rae Rosia Joins Crowell & Moring's Aviation Group

2008-11-08 Routes Online

US regionals look forward to new government, still face 'lackluster future'

Regional Airline Assn. VP-Legislative Affairs Faye Malarkey said the body is hopeful that Barack Obama's incoming administration will be a catalyst for needed legislative relief.

2008-11-06 Travel With Val

Obama Eyes Travel Issues

President-elect Obama will be taking on travel issues in upcoming term, according to bloomberg.com. Obama pledged to keep current limits on foreign ownership of U.

2008-11-06 Salt Lake Tribune

SkyWest's net income in Q3 declines 39%

SkyWest Inc., the regional airline holding company, saw its net income fall 39 percent in the third quarter as it grappled with financial trouble at one of its partners and cuts in scheduled flying hours by another partner.

2008-11-06 Atlanta Daily Report

Obama could prompt airline labor costs to go up

But carriers may also find it easier to protect N.Y. flights; president-elect also has pledged to keep current limits on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines' stock Keith Bedford/Bloomberg News Barack Obama has pledged to work with air controllers, who had starting pay reduced 30 percent under a 2006 union...

2008-11-06 Forbes.com

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Nov 6

Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

2008-11-05 The Wall Street Journal

Small Airlines Hurt by Big-Carrier Cuts

Regional airlines' financial performance is being buffeted by their big-airline partners' cost-cutting amid high oil prices and the weak economy. The mainline carriers are terminating some of their contracts with the regionals.

2008-11-05 TradingMarkets

ExpressJet releases third quarter results

2008-11-05 Bloomberg

Obama May Mean Higher Airline Labor Costs, Fewer Route Auctions

By John Hughes Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. and U.S. carriers may face higher labor costs while finding it easier to protect New York flights with Barack Obama as president.

2008-11-03 Aviation Today

Panelists Weigh Election Impact

When asked during last weeks RAA meeting in Washington how a new administration would impact airlines, Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen quipped, Well, it couldnt get any worse than what we have now.

2008-11-03 Aviation Today

Buckley Joins SuperJet

After a brief hiatus, John Buckley, who left ATR in August, emerged at last weeks Regional Airline Association meeting as the first U.S. sales and marketing representative for the Sukhoi SuperJet 100.

2008-10-31 South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Tallahassee: It's hard and costly to get there direct from South Florida

Tallahassee: It's hard and costly to get there direct from South Florida Airline cutbacks have triggered serious woes for South Floridians who travel to Tallahassee.

2008-10-31 Ledger-Enquirer

Delta begins Northwest integration

MINNEAPOLIS --One day after his airline swallowed Northwest Airlines, Delta executive Ed Bastian was in town with a polar bear tie and a smile in a bid to reassure travelers that little would change.

2008-10-31 TradingMarkets

Tallahassee: It's hard and costly to get there -- direct from South Florida

(Sun Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- DALW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Airline cutbacks have triggered serious woes for South Floridians who travel to Tallahassee.

2008-10-31 Aviation Today

Leach Takes RAA Helm for 09

The Regional Airline Association elected Trans States Holdings President & CEO Richard Leach as the 2009 Chair of the association succeeding outgoing chair Republic Airways Holdings CEO Bryan Bedford.

2008-10-30 TMCnet

Airlines adding flights

(Tulsa World (OK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 30--After much publicized fourth-quarter seating capacity reductions throughout the U.S. airline industry, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are adding capacity in November at Tulsa International Airport, airline and airport executives said.

2008-10-14 Aircraft Maintenance Technology

DOT Continues Slot Auction

Despite a finding by the General Accountability Office that the Department of Transportation's proposed slot auction is illegal, DOT is proceeding with plans to auction 293 slots at the New York airports, announcing it last week under cover of a plan committing almost $90 million over the next eight years to.

2008-10-10 Aviation Today

RAA Blasts DOT Slot Decision

The Regional Airline Association blasted the Department of Transportation's decision to move forward with slot confiscation at New York metropolitan airports.

2008-10-08 Aviation International News

GAO: FAA Has No Authority to Auction EWR Slots: AINonline

The General Accounting Office ruled yesterday that the Federal Aviation Administration lacks the authority to auction arrival and departure slots at Newark Liberty International Airport, at least temporarily laying to rest the controversy that led the Regional Airline Association and the Air Transport...

2008-10-06 Aviation International News

Rockwell Collins lands orders for cockpit and cabin systems

Gulfstream's new G250 super-midsize jet is the latest to feature Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion avionics suite. With three 15-inch displays and dual multifunction controllers that incorporate standby instrumentation, the G250 system-dubbed PlaneView250 by Gulfstream-also offers optional installation of...

2008-10-05 KRON4

Mesa Air Group Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

PHOENIX, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (the 'Company') today announced the appointment of Paul Foley as Chief Operating Officer Mesa Air Group.

2008-10-03 Aviation Today

RAA: New Drug Testing Proposals Harassment

Citing the importance of maintaining the rights and dignity of airline employees, the Regional Airline Association (RAA) in joint comments with the Air Transport Association (ATA) asked the U.