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January 28, 2009

Boeing Boom Goes Bust In Fourth Quarter

Strike, 747-8 Delays To Blame For Drop In Planemaker's Fortunes

The mighty have fallen. On Wednesday, Boeing told investors it lost $56 million in the fourth quarter of 2008... and said it plans to more than double the number of layoffs previously announced for 2009, cutting its workforce by 10,000 positions.

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BTS Says Q3 2008 Fares Hit Highest Quarterly Level

Passengers Pay Most At CVG, Least At DAL

Average domestic air fares in the third quarter of 2008 reached $362, the highest level of average fares for any quarter in the 13 years measured by available data, the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Wednesday.

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NTSB: Cape Air C402 Suffered Fuel Starvation

Imbalance Noted Between Left, Right Wing Tanks

Preliminary findings in the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into an incident last Thursday involving a Cape Air Cessna 402C indicate the aircraft's two piston engines suffered fuel starvation due to a stuck valve.

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Delta Posts $1.4 Billion Loss In Fourth Quarter

Yeah, That Merger Is Working Great So Far...

The merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines was meant to bring cost savings and profitability... but so far, that hasn't happened.

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Passengers Hint At Future Lawsuits In Flight 1549

Man Says "He Would Like To Be Made Whole"

And so it begins. While "The Miracle on the Hudson" is gradually fading from the headlines, it appears clerks are toiling away in legal offices around the country to figure out who could be held legally liable in the incident under New York law, the depth of their pockets, and who'd get in line to collect.

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Avian Radars Coming To O'Hare, DFW International

Bird Detectors Now In Use At SeaTac

While safety investigators and attorneys both have they're reasons for looking back on the forced landing of US Airways Flight 1549, the FAA and wildlife biologists are looking ahead to a day when technology might reduce the risk of bird strikes on aircraft.

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Latest Call For Mediation Marks Dubious Milestone For American

All Labor Groups Now Under Supervised Contract Talks

When it comes woeful relationships between labor and management, few companies can compare to the current situation at American Airlines... where across the board, union contract talks are either heading for mediation, or already in it.

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'Miracle On The Hudson' Deja Vu For Pan Am 943 Survivor

All Survived 1956 Boeing 377 Ditching In Pacific

While the story of US Airways Flight 1549's "Miracle on the Hudson" has been reported in some general media as "unprecedented," it's really not. Aviation historians know it, and so do the passengers of Pan Am Flight 943.

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