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December 17, 2008

Delta Shuffles Around Combined Fleet

Northwest Planes, Crews Coming To Delta Routes

Delta Airlines is diving right into the task of reorganizing its fleet deployment following its acquisition of Northwest Airlines. In a break from the now-common strategy of focusing on as few aircraft models as possible to save on training and maintenance costs, Delta will instead embrace fleet diversity to optimize aircraft for routes served.

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FBI Charges Federal Air Marshal With Bribery

Says Fremon Myles Accepted Bribes To Conduct Illegal Database Searches

Acting United States Attorney Laurie Magid and FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk, announced this week the filing of an information charging defendant Fremon Myles, 43, with two counts of bribery of a public official.

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NetJets' Wunderlich Named New NATA Environmental Committee Chairman

Replaces Former DayJet Exec Gruen-Kennedy

National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President James K. Coyne announced Tuesday the selection of Eric Wunderlich of NetJets Aviation as chairman of the association’s Environmental Committee. Wunderlich replaces Traver Gruen-Kennedy of now-defunct DayJet.

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Mesa's go! Sees Uptick In November Traffic Numbers

But Load Factor Drops Noticeably

On Tuesday, Mesa Air Group's interisland subsidiary go! reported preliminary passenger traffic figures for November 2008, and noted it achieved 55,591 passenger enplanements, a 1.27% increase over the 54,895 passengers carried in the prior November.

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IATA: Boeing, Airbus Readying Airline Bailout Packages

Bisignani: Manufacturers May Cover Billions In Loans

The International Air Transport Association predicts 2009 will present airlines with the worst revenue crisis since the end of the Second World War. But there is a bailout on the way... not from government, but from Boeing and Airbus.

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Camelina-Based Aviation Fuel To Power JAL Demo Flight

Boeing 747 Will Fly For About An Hour In Late January

Sustainable Oils, a producer and marketer of renewable, environmentally clean, and high-value camelina-based biofuels will participate in an historic flight by Japan Airlines (JAL) planned for January 30, 2009. The demonstration flight will make JAL the first Asian carrier to fly on fuel derived from sustainable feedstocks, and the first airline to use camelina-based bio-jet fuel.

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Embraer Trains Crews For TRIP Linhas Aereas

FAs First In Line, Followed By Pilots And Mechanics

Ahead of the delivery of TRIP Linhas Aereas' first Embraer 175 early next year, the Brazilian planemaker has begun training the airline's flight crews on the proper operation of the jetliner.

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