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April 23, 2008

BTS Releases Fourth-Quarter 2007 Air Fare Data

Average Fares Rose Four Percent From 2006

If you've flown commercially lately, you already know ticket prices are a lot higher than they were one year ago... and on Wednesday, the DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics released figures to back that up. The government says average air fares in the fourth quarter of 2007 were up 4.0 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006 -- reaching the highest fourth-quarter level since 2001 but remaining 2.7 percent below the high set in 2000 for any October-to-December period.

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Tourniquet, STAT! Delta Posts $6.4 Billion Q1 Loss

Most Of That Is Tied To Bankruptcy Charges

We have a new "winner" in the contest of which US airline managed to lose the most money in the first quarter of 2008... by a significant margin. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines posted a staggering $6.4 billion loss -- that's not a typo -- for the first three months of the year. The carrier attributed the mind-numbing loss to high fuel prices, and a slumping US economy.

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Boeing Posts 43 Percent Increase In Q1 2008 Earnings

Despite Economic Woes, 787 Delays... Boeing Continues To Make Money

Even as most of its domestic airline customers continue to bleed red ink, on Wednesday Boeing posted a 43-percent increase to its first quarter earnings for 2008. Net income rose 38 percent to $1.2 billion, according to the American planemaker, and operating margin rose to 11.3 percent.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-09-05 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-09-05 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747 airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-08-22 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-08-22 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700,-700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-08-26 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-08-26 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 767 airplanes. This AD requires a one-time inspection to determine the material of the forward and aft gray water drain masts.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-08-23 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-08-23 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 737-200C series airplanes.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2008-09-04 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-09-04 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all McDonnell Douglas airplanes identified above.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-08-25 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-08-25 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-400F and -400 series airplanes.

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FAA Congestion Plan Draws Ire Of Upstart Canadian Carrier

Porter Airlines Loses Two Of Seven Routes Into Newark

The FAA's recent decision to impose caps on hourly operations at Newark Liberty International Airport has been criticized in some circles as a blunt instrument... and now one Canadian airline says the FAA caps could put it out of business.

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NTSB Says Failed Clips To Blame For 757 Wing Panel Shedding

Fastener Change Performed As Part Of 1991 AD

It now appears a Boeing 757 which lost a four-by-five-foot composite wing panel somewhere over Maryland late last month, suffered failed fasteners which were installed as part of an FAA airworthiness directive in 1991.

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Everything Must go! Aloha To Sell Off Aviation Services Business

$2.2 Million Sale Price Will Pay Off Main Creditors

Aloha Airlines, which ended passenger service last month in the face of competition from Mesa's go! subsidiary, has been struggling to move forward with sales of its other divisions. The company's hopes of selling its air cargo division have been placed in jeopardy by assertive creditors, and pilots threatening to strike.

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Biman Bangladesh Airlines Orders Four Apiece Of 777s, 787s

Order Includes Purchase Rights For Another Eight Planes

Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Boeing announced Tuesday the airline's order for four 777-300ER and four 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, during a signing ceremony in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.

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Boeing, Airbus Say They'll Cooperate On NextGen ATC

It's An Earth Day Miracle!

Boeing and Airbus said Tuesday they will join forces to support the development of next generation air traffic control, to improve fuel efficiency, and reduce emissions and congestion.

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