Content Archive: October 2006

Aircraft

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

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.
ATC

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.
Rotorcraft

Civil helicopters provide support to the Gulf Coast

The TV news might have focused on the contributions of military rotary-wing aircraft– notably hoist-fitted UH-60 Black Hawks from the National Guard and Ja
Safety

HAI urges FAA to step up Gulf safety initiative

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has appealed to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey to further collaborate with the industry to improve communic
Safety

Corporates Take Care of Their Own

Although the desperate situation in New Orleans has garnered most of the media attention, Hurricane Katrina cut a swath of destruction far to the north of
Rotorcraft

Bell Picks Chelton

Bell Helicopter has selected Chelton Flight Systems to provide a synthetic-vision EFIS cockpit for the 407 program.