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All News

December 10, 2007

Delta FAs Lean Towards Union Representation

Fears About Post-Merger Fates Spur Call For Vote

One year ago, the threat of a looming hostile merger by rival US Airways hung like a cloud over employees at Delta Air Lines. That merger never came to pass... but renewed talk of another merger is making Delta's flight attendants nervous, and they're exploring options.

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Boeing Sets A Record... But Will It Be THE Record?

Airbus On Track To Capture 2007 Sales Crown

By all indications, 2007 will be a banner year for Boeing and its European rival, Airbus... but while both planemakers look to beat all previous sales records, the question of which manufacturer will come out on top remains up in the air.

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Continental Touts Q400s As An Answer To Newark Congestion

Offer More Passenger Room, Shorter T/O Rolls Than E-145 RJs

Continental Airlines is working hard to move past the stigma attached to the word "turboprop" in the minds of many passengers, as it looks to replace Embraer 145 regional jets with larger Bombardier Q400 propliners on many routes operating from Newark International Airport.

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Unions Furious With UAL's Latest Payouts

UAL Corp To Pay $250 Million To Shareholders

United Airlines parent UAL Corp said it has paid down $500 million in debt, and has approved a $250 million special distribution to shareholders on the basis the airline now has good cash flow, according to the Associated Press.

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Forecast International Says Turboprop Airliner Resurgence Continues

Regional Jet Demand Also Shifts Upward

In its latest study on "The Market for Regional Transport Aircraft," Forecast International projects 3,800 regional aircraft will be produced from 2007 through 2016, including 2,539 regional jets and 1,261 regional turboprops. The new study estimates the overall value of this production at $99.7 billion, as measured in constant 2007 US dollars.

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Flooding Adds Additional Passengers to Portland-Seattle Traffic

Horizon Ups Capacity With RJs To Meet Load Demands

Seattle-bound travelers poured through the Portland International Airport last week, like the rain that has flooded the Northwest. Due to the closure of Interstate 5 at Chehalis, passengers were opting for air travel, according to the Tri-City Herald. Meeting the demand, Horizon Air sold out seats on its larger 70-seat regional jets. Normally the airline flies smaller 37-seat turboprops on the Seattle-Portland route.

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Cyprus Airways On The Verge Of A Strike

Three-Day Strike Announced By Union

An impending three-day strike at Cyprus Airways could affect over 100 flights and 12,000 air passengers. Cyprus Airway's largest union CYNIKA announced the 24-hour strike for December 12 and a 48 hour strike on December 17-18 after failing to reach an agreement. The announcement flooded its telephone lines with questions from concerned travelers. The airline said the strike will ruin them financially but it was examining how to deal with passenger travel, to ease the situation.

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Runway Incursion Investigated At EWR

Jet Crosses Runway, Asked To Hold-Short

FAA investigators are looking into an incident at the Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) where a jet taxied onto a runway as an inbound flight was landing. The FAA investigation comes after a near-miss at the Newark airport Thursday night--just one day after a GAO report ranked the Newark airport as one of the most dangerous for runway accidents.

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Cell Phones, PDAs Being Tested For New Check-in Program

Electronic Boarding Pass A Sign Of The Times

Passengers no longer have to dig for the paper ticket, or worry about where they put their boarding passes before checking in for a flight. Continental Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration launched a program to test using electronic boarding passes on PDAs or cell phones. The first of it kind boarding pass offered by a US airline is called the 'Paperless Boarding Pass' pilot program and was kicked off in Houston, Texas.

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