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March 11, 2009

AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2009-02-06 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-02-06 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and-500 series airplanes.

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Continental Fleet Workers Consider Teamster Representation

Union Aims To Organize Labor Pool Of Close To 8,000

The Teamsters launched an organizing campaign this week to assist nearly 8,000 Continental Airlines fleet service employees in organizing a union, after previous attempts by workers to organize failed.

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American MD-83 Lands At JFK After Dropping Parts On Queens

Makes Safe Emergency Landing After Number Two Engine Fails

An American Airlines MD-83 made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport Wednesday morning, due to engine failure.

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Branson Airport Adds Second Carrier

Sun Country To Provide Service To MSP

As opening day approaches for Branson Airport, the first privately developed and operated commercial service airport in the US, officials announced this week Sun Country Airlines will provide exclusive non-stop service from Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN to Branson, MO when the airport opens May 11.

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BTS: Airline On-Time Performance Continued Upward Trend In January

Delta Regional Posts Dismal Performance, Including One Flight Stranded Over 7.5 Hours

The nation's largest airlines had a higher rate of on-time flights this past January than in either January of last year or in December 2008, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released Wednesday by the US Department of Transportation.  

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Bombardier Finally Signs Lufthansa To CSeries Contract

Firm Purchase Agreement For 30 Planes, Options On 30 More

Better late than never. Bombardier Aerospace announced Wednesday Deutsche Lufthansa AG, launch customer for the CSeries aircraft program, signed a firm purchase agreement for 30 CSeries single-aisle aircraft. The aircraft will be operated by Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.

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Boeing Agrees To Lease 25 717s To Mexicana

...But Where Will Some Of Those Planes Come From?

Boeing has found a new home for some orphaned narrowbody airliners. The manufacturer signed a lease agreement this week with Mexicana Group for 25 717-200 airplanes, to be used by the carrier's MexicanaClick operation.

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Sun Country Repays December 2008 DIP Loan

Airline Continues Path To Recovery

Sun Country Airlines continues on the road to recovery, even at a time when many other carriers are ailing. The niche carrier announced Tuesday it had repaid in full the Debtor in Possession financing loan the airline received in December 2008.

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AirTran CEO Says Fees Will Mean Profits In 2009

Fornaro Predicts Carrier Will Make Money Each Quarter Of Year

It looks as though all the grumbling endured by the airlines about a la carte fees may have been worth the hassle. AirTran Airways CEO Bob Fornaro says the fees for checked bags and other services are proving a big help in getting through a period during which passenger traffic is falling and fares being cut.

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