Content Archive: October 2006

Regional upstarts lead Swiss recovery

Switzerland’s long ambulatory regional airline business finally appears headed toward recovery, having registered an increase in passenger boardings for th
Training and Workforce

First there was glass for GA, now comes an FTD to match

First came glass cockpits for light piston airplanes, and now there is a Frasca flight-training device (FTD) for pilots who want to learn to use the new br
ATC

Raytheon To Conduct ADS-B Trials for Eurocontrol

Raytheon Systems of the UK has received a contract from Eurocontrol to install four ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) ground systems to su
Avionics

Avidyne and Ryan Team on Price Discount Promotion

Avidyne and Ryan International announced discounts of up to $2,000 when customers buy an Avidyne FlightMax EX500 multifunction display and a Ryan 9900BX tr

Results define Gothenburg’s home-grown airline

Circumstances have certainly done few favors for the 2005 ERA General Assembly’s hometown airline.

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.

Last turboprop at Swiss marks end of an era

The company that launched the Saab 340 into prominence in Europe will soon bow out of the turboprop flying business altogether, when Swiss International Ai
Aircraft

Eclipse takes delivery of first flight-ready autopilot for VLJ

Marking an important milestone on the Eclipse 500’s development path, Meggitt last month delivered the first flight-ready autopilot hardware to Eclipse Avi
Engines

Pratt & Whitney celebrates 80 years

When engine maker Pratt & Whitney opened its first machine shop in a tobacco warehouse in Hartford, Conn., 80 years ago last month, former Wright Aeronauti

Airlines can’t just write off ‘fairy tales’ authored by EC

With fuel prices in a steep ascent, do airlines need further inducements from regulators to burn less jet-A? No, says the European Regions Airline Associat