Content Archive: March 2008

Mesaba May Soon Lose Avro RJ Flying

Northwest Airlines is considering exercising its right to terminate the Avro RJ85 agreement under which Mesaba leases and operates 36 of the four-engine je

Vertex To Cease Beech 1900 Maintenance

The company at the center of a continuing probe into the January crash of an Air Midwest Beech 1900 in Charlotte, N.C., will stop performing maintenance fo

Air Wisconsin Inks New Deals with United

A new 11-year code-share contract between Air Wisconsin and United Airlines went into full effect last month, after a U.S.

Mesa does UAL’s bidding with move to absorb ACA

It didn’t take long for Mesa Air Group’s seemingly innocuous new code-share deal with United Airlines to raise far wider implications, as Mesa chairman and

Lugano’s new steep approach halts Saab 2000 operations

Swiss authorities have implemented plans for a six-degree approach angle at Lugano Agno Airport, effectively banning the airplane most frequently used ther
Aircraft

ERJ-135 gets LCY nod

Embraer’s 37-seat ERJ-135 regional jet last month won JAA approval to fly the steep approach into London City Airport.

Cannes Faces Heliport Closure

The French town of Cannes faces the closure of one of its licensed heliports next March if local authorities do not reach a decision on an alternate site.
Rotorcraft

Keystone To Complete VIP Interiors for S-92 Helos

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., signed a five-year nonexclusive contract with Sikorsky Aircraft to provide executive completions for the new S-92
Accidents

Air-tour Crash Site Nearly Same as 2001 Crash

The fatal crash on September 20 of an American Eurocopter AStar operated by Las Vegas air-tour operator Sundance Helicopters killed all six of the rotorcra
Rotorcraft

Two Helicopter Sales Reported at NBAA Convention

In separate ceremonies at last month’s NBAA Convention, Bell/Agusta announced the sale of a corporate AB139 to American International Group and Eurocopter