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October 17, 2008

BTS Says Airline Traffic Continues To Decline

YTD Numbers Down Nearly One Percent; July Falls 2.9 Percent

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on US airlines during the first seven months of 2008 declined by 0.8 percent from the same period in 2007, dropping to 448.5 million, 3.6 million less than a year earlier, the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Friday in a release of preliminary data.

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SPEEA Says Some Progress Made In Latest Preliminary Talks With Boeing

The Latest Round Of Boeing's Labor Woes To Begin October 28

Representatives with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA – IFPTE Local 2001) tell ANN that while talks Thursday with Boeing were at times "heated and confrontational," the meeting did yield what the union calls "the first meaningful discussion of issues since negotiation committees started meeting in March."

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ASAP Comes To An End At American Airlines

Management, Pilots Fail To Reach Agreement On Immunity... Or Anything, For That Matter

"Sad and incomprehensible." That's how one pilot for American Airlines summarized the loss this week of a 14-year voluntary pilot safety program at the Fort Worth, TX-based carrier... the apparent victim of ever-present squabbling between those pilots, and management.

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Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Receives FAA Certification

Prepares MRO Provider In China For The Future

Boeing announced this week Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co., Ltd. (Boeing Shanghai) has received its US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station Certification. The certification allows Boeing Shanghai to conduct operations in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations Part 145.

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Delta, AA, Continental All Post Q3 Losses

Execs Pin Hopes On Low Oil Prices Hanging Around

Airline financial statements are like the old joke from the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson: "How bad are they?" Quarterly reports are starting to come out this week, and actually, so far... they're mixed.

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Fashion Empire Heir Shows Disdain For Air France Crew

Tries To Punch, Grab Crotch Of Pilot

Ya gotta hand it to the French... as even their most ridiculous displays of outrage do carry a certain panache.

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Parker Reflects On US Airways/America West Merger

Says Contentious Combination Saved 35,000 Jobs

For those of us who follow the airline industry, the continuing civil war among pilots of US Airways following its merger with America West three years ago looks like a failure, with a capital "F"... and that's without such passenger-related travesties as $2 for a Dixie cup of Coca-Cola.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.17.08)

Aero-Linx!

Indiana Air Search and Rescue (IASAR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing search and rescue services when needed. IASAR is also dedicated to the restoration of military aircraft and educating the public on military history, as well as paying homage to the veterans who flew in defense of our country.

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