Eight 50-Seat Regional Jets Join Fleet

Mesa Air Group, Inc. seems to continue growing at a rapid pace, as the company announced Monday it has reached a final agreement with US Airways to add eight 50-seat regional jets to its existing agreement. This amendment, which is subject to US Airways Board of Directors approval, increases the number of 50-seat regional jets under the contract with US Airways to 67. Mesa currently has 57 of its 50-seat regional jet aircraft in service with US Airways. The eight new aircraft, which will be acquired on an operating lease from a third party lessor, are expected to be placed into service starting in May of 2004. These aircraft will go into service for ten years. Mesa currently operates 159 aircraft with 1,012 daily system de

Results For Nine Months to December 2003

BAA, the international airports group and owner of seven UK airports, including the world's busiest international airport, Heathrow, reported on Monday a continued year on year improvement in passenger numbers, revenue and profit in its third quarter and said that it expected this trend to continue. "Operationally, passenger numbers continued to rise, retail performance has been excellent and operating costs, including increased security and maintenance expenditure, have come in on target", commented Mike Clasper, Chief Executive of BAA. Group revenue was 499 million pounds sterling for the quarter, an increase of 4.2% on the comparable quarter in 2002 (479 million pounds restated(1)) while Group operating profit rose 8.

Safety Is Main Point Of Discussion

Top officials from the FAA arrived in Hanoi Sunday to discuss the recently approved Air Services Agreement, and its impact on bilateral relations. However, the United States wants a review of Vietnam's airport safety standards before it implements the landmark bilateral trade pact that would start direct flights between the two former foes. FAA Deputy Administrator Robert Sturgell and the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation Douglas E. Lavin are heading the delegation. Mr. Sturgell will meet with officials at the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives from the US and Vietnamese airline industries. Officials will discuss the recently-approved Air Servic

Teaching Kids About Aviation

On your next Southwest Airlines flight, you won't be asked to take a test, but you might be asked to help grade a few papers. Celebrating its seventh year, Southwest's Adopt- A-Pilot program has successfully enhanced both educational activities for thousands of students and community relations for the airline.   The award-winning Adopt-A-Pilot program includes creative teaching tools and fun classroom activities, enabling Southwest Airlines Pilots to personally connect with more than 18,000 fifth-grade students across the country. This year, the free educational program is also offered in Spanish, providing translated curriculum and bilingual Pilots to mentor classes with students who speak Spanish as their primary language. <

Claims Pilot Descended Below Minimums

A report profiling a Crossair crash near Zurich, two years ago that killed 24 people, says serious pilot errors were to blame for the accident.    Switzerland's Air Accident Investigation Bureau also criticized shortcomings of the aircraft operator, Crossair. The Federal Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday that it had opened a criminal investigation into possible negligent homicide and grievous bodily harm by negligence. The accident report confirmed that the pilot of the Avro RJ-100 descended below minimums, ignoring automatic alarm signals. The jet, which was flying from Berlin to Zurich on the night of November 24, 2001, crashed into woodland just short of the runway, killing 24 of the 33 people on boa

Barkhurst And Brookshire Climb The Corporate Ladder

Mesa Air Group has promoted two if its managers to the next rung in the corporate ladder. Carla Barkhurst, currently the Company's Senior Director of Customer Service, has been promoted to Vice President of Customer Service. Carla has been with Mesa Air Group since 1994, originally joining the company as Director of Training for Liberty Express, a Mesa Air Group subsidiary. Kristen S. Brookshire, currently the Company's Senior Director of Inflight, has been promoted to Vice President of Inflight. Kristen began her service with Mesa Air Group in 1999 as Director of Inflight. Mesa currently operates 159 aircraft with 1,012 daily system departures to 151 cities, 40 states, the District of Columbia, Canada