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Penguins plane draws ire of federal regulators in Toronto The Globe and Mail Share     Maybe it was a sign of just how touchy Torontonians are about the Maple Leafs not winning the Stanley Cup in more than 40 years. When a charter airplane landed at Toronto's airport last September emblazoned with the words "Stanley Cup Champions 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins" on its tail, federal regulators pounced, alleging the commemoration violated Canadian transportation regulations. More Atlas Air awarded Boeing contract to operate Dreamlifter fleet Aviation Online Magazine Share
Beginning toward the latter part of 2010, Atlas Air will operate Boeing's Dreamlifter fleet of four 747-400 aircraft that have been modified to transport major assemblies for the 787 Dreamliner from suppliers around the world to Boeing production facilities in the United States. More Delta TechOps to expand maintenance services for Sun Country Airlines Trading Markets Share
The maintenance division of Delta Air Lines, Delta TechOps, recently expanded its relationship with Sun Country Airlines of St. Paul, Minn., with agreements to provide auxiliary power unit and component maintenance services. More New name for general aviation safety publication FAA Share
Starting with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing. "We're changing the name to more accurately reflect the magazine's mission: safety," said John Allen, director, FAA Flight Standards Service. "As for the word briefing," Allen added, "briefings are used in health care, in the military, and in aviation, and are essential to get crucial information before the flight. That's the point of FAA Safety Briefing: Providing pilots, aviation maintenance technicians, and more across the general aviation community with valuable safety information." More Where the jobs are: Airport operations Forbes Share
The airline industry has been battered by high fuel prices and declining air travel over the past two years, and airlines have scaled back their services and reduced their fleet sizes. But after a 15 percent drop in revenue last year, the airport operations industry-companies that provide aircraft refueling, taxi, parking and hangar space and other services-should start to recover in the second half of this year. More American Airlines faces impasse with two labor groups Airline Industry Examiner Share
American Airlines faces a near "perfect storm" from many of it's unionized work-groups, two of whom are nearing the end of a federally mandated process for flight attendants after talks halted recently. The carrier's ground workers also near the end of the process - a strike vote could be held for those workers in coming weeks. More Delta pilots in over-flight event allowed to re-apply for licenses in August Flight Global Share
The U.S. FAA will allow the two pilots of a Northwest Airlines A320 that in October 2009 overflew their destination and ignored air traffic control calls for 91 minutes to re-apply for their various licenses starting Aug. 29, two months earlier than usual. More Airlines mixed with Delta, United trading higher The Wall Street Journal Share
The NYSE Arca Airline Index rose a fraction to 38.23 with five of its 13 components trading up. In the last 52 weeks, the sector benchmark has moved in a range of 38.64 to 13.97 points. More FAA delays response to Paine Field study on commercial flights The Associated Press via USA Today Share
The Federal Aviation Administration says it has received more than 900 comments on an environmental study of whether to have commercial airline service at Everett's Paine Field. The FAA had expected about 700 comments, and hoped to respond to them by the end of March. But FAA spokesman Mike Fergus tells The Herald of Everett that because of the high number of comments, the response won't be ready until June at the earliest. More |
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