FAA MANDATE ON 737 PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has mandated enhanced safety equipment and emergency procedures to prevent dangerous pressurization problems on more than 700 older Boeing 737 aircraft. Th...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has mandated enhanced safety equipment and emergency procedures to prevent dangerous pressurization problems on more than 700 older Boeing 737 aircraft. Th...
The National Workers' Union (NWU) has warned regional airline, LIAT, it will not support plans to shut down the city office of the airline, claiming there was no "no justification" for the move as ...
The long-delayed FAA reauthorisation legislation, which should receive Senate approval later this month, seeks to allocate nearly $8 billion for airport construction and is being pitched by Democra...
Boeing has confirmed that is has dropped an order for 32 737s from its backlog, although it has added contracts for 10 more aircraft. The identity of the airlines concerned have not been revealed bu...
US carriers cancelled more than 2,000 flights yesterday due to the severe storms that hit areas of the country from Texas to Maine and in the Southwest. The total of flights cancelled this week ha...
Alaska Airlines’ traffic increased 15.8% in January 2011, with the number of revenue passenger miles rising to 1.7 billion from 1.47 billion in January 2010. The airline’s available seat miles ros...
WestJet Airlines has reported a dip in its load factor to 77.8% from 78.8% in January 2010 as it increased capacity by 11.2% from the year-prior period. Traffic rose 9.7%. "We are encouraged by im...
AirTran’s traffic edged up 0.6% from a year earlier to its highest-ever January level as a measure of plane fullness also set a record. The airline also posted a 3.2% drop in capacity, and load fact...
The 767 can continue to sell well as an airliner whether or not the company wins the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief Jim Albaugh stated yesterday. Standing in fron...
StandardAero announced yesterday that it has signed an exclusive maintenance agreement with West Atlantic. This long-term contract covers over 80 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 and PW126A engines. “W...
The large US airlines cancelled more than 5,500 flights – 18% of the day’s scheduled flights - yesterday as the severe snow storm paralysed air travel. United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc and America...
United Continental Holdings has posted a fourth-quarter loss four months into the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines. However the newly merger airlines saw strong revenue gains on i...
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