Content Archive: September 2008

Pinnacle To Retire 10 Saabs

Pinnacle Airlines will remove from service 10 of subsidiary Colgan Air’s 40 Saab 340Bs next month as part of a plan to reduce its exposure to pro-rate flyi
Regulations and Government

Congress Extends FAA Funding Until March 31

The House and Senate agreed earlier this week to extend FAA programs and current aviation taxes on fuel and airline tickets for another six months, to Marc
Accidents

Student Pilot Awarded $4.5 Million in Midair Suit

The FAA has agreed to pay $4.5 million in damages to Gavin Heyworth, the sole survivor of a Nov.
Charter & Fractional

JetBird Obtains Funding To Get Off the Ground

European very light jet air-taxi start-up JetBird has raised an additional $14.2 million (€10 million) in launch capital by selling a 9.3-percent stake to

Republic To Speed ERJ Retirements

Republic Airways and Delta Air Lines in late July reached an agreement to remove the Indianapolis-based regional airline’s final eleven 37-seat Embraer ERJ

Farnborough Aircraft Files Bankruptcy

UK-based Farnborough Aircraft filed for bankruptcy protection on September 12.

Delta To Take Back Mesa CRJ900s

Delta Air Lines has notified Mesa Air Group that it plans to cancel its contract to fly Bombardier CRJ900s.

Industry girds for glut of retired regional jets

When Bombardier and Embraer ended mass production of their respective 50-seat jets by 2006, it appeared that the regional airline industry’s love affair wi
Rotorcraft

Noise issue incites furor in Saint-Tropez

Residents of the Saint-Tropez gulf, on the French Riviera, are threatening to block helipads and the road through Saint-Tropez if the city does not make pr