Content Archive: November 2007

Binter Mediterraneo feels pressure over CASA fleet

Consumer organizations in Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, have lobbied for some time to get larger and “more modern” airc

Fresh capital sets stage for Swisswings’ recovery

The management of Swiss regional airline Swisswings (formerly Air Engiadina) has announced the successful completion of a refinancing program that provided

Fresh designs promise answer to evolving market demands

As the global economy slows and sales of current-generation regional jets reach a plateau, new designs conceived during the height of the regional-jet spen

City center airports suffer lull as sector growth diminishes

Growth among small airports serving metropolitan cities has slowed from the vigorous rates seen in the early 1990s, according to statistics from the City C

Trains vs Planes: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

“The Air France flight to Brussels is leaving from Platform Two,” could soon be a commonplace announcement following the French carrier’s partnership with

The ‘new’ Regional builds from bottom up

Events have moved fast since the establishment last November of Regional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, the new integrated Air France subsidiary that merge

More Job Cuts in Toronto

The sagging demand for turboprop airplanes cost 450 Bombardier workers their jobs last month, as the Canadian company handed out layoff notices to 310 prod

Air Littoral reorganizes amid labor discord

Air Littoral, one of the troubled French regional airlines once owned by SAirGroup, has found new footing following a hard-fought agreement with employee u

ERJ-145 operator set to snatch Olympic Airways

The Greek government has conditionally accepted Axon Airlines’ bid to purchase a controlling stake in Olympic Airways, the country’s flag carrier.

Airlines face stiffer railroad competition

Despite the ERA’s furious protest against what it regards as anticompetitive government subsidies to rail operators, the darlings of the powerful European