Content Archive: May 2008

Aircraft

Still Seeking Partner, Aerion Racks Up Orders for SSBJ

Reno, Nev.-based Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capab
Aircraft

In The Works: Spirit Wing Learjet 25D

Problems with the design of the engine nacelle inlets have caused at least a three-month delay in the development of the Williams FJ44-2C-powered Spirit Wi
Aircraft

Regionals Update: Northwest takes more CRJs

Bombardier won a long-anticipated and hard-fought operational lease deal from Northwest Airlines for 75 CRJ-440 regional jets, the newly designated 44-pass
ATC

Eurocontrol To Study Effects of VLJs on ATC System

To ensure that the increasing numbers of very light jets operating in European skies within the next five to 10 years are handled safely and efficiently, E
Aircraft

Grob-Bombardier Strange Bedfellows on Learjet 85

Eyebrows elevated when Grob was named earlier this year as the single source for the Bombardier Learjet 85’s entire primary and secondary composite structu

Regionals Update: Mesa pulls out of Cincinnati

Mesa Air Group last month reversed its decision to establish a new Cincinnati base and canceled all the flights scheduled to six cities from Cincinnati/Nor
Regulations and Government

Under siege by Italian regs, Gandalf digs in at Bergamo

An unknown municipium in the Roman days, the city of Bergamo, Italy, was sacked and set on fire in the early Middle Ages.

Regionals Update: Air Wisconsin preps for pilot strike

The pilot leadership of United Express affiliate Air Wisconsin last month rejected a proffer of arbitration by the National Mediation Board, triggering the

Industry braces for fallout from Comair strike settlement

An unsettling air of ambivalence descended on Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport last month as Comair pilots ended an 89-day strike that cost Delta Air L

Industry hunting for fresh pilot and mechanic talent

It is common knowledge within the field of aviation that there is a diminishing pool of pilots and mechanics from which to fill a growing demand.