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All News

September 06, 2006

FAA Approves New Child Safety Device For Airliners

AmSafe CARES Specifically For Use In Planes

Parents now have a new option for securing their children on commercial airline flights, now that the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a new type of child safety device -- the AmSafe Aviation CARES.

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Change In Plans: BAE Systems Will Sell Airbus Stake After All

Approximately $1.5 Billion Less Than Originally Forecast

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 09.06.06 1915 EDT: We had a feeling it would turn out this way. Just hours after denying rumors the aerospace company planned to sell its 20 percent stake in EADS, BAE Systems announced late Wednesday its board will go ahead with the plan after all.

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Frontier Airlines Orders Its First Turboprops

Bombardier's Q400 Racks Up 10 More Orders, Options For Another 10

In case you hadn't noticed... after the rush to replace turboprop airliners with regional jets a few years back, the propjets are making a comeback. As further proof, Bombardier Aerospace announced Wednesday that Frontier Airlines of Denver, CO has signed a contract to acquire 10 Bombardier Q400 74-seat airliners.

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Honeywell Says Device Could Have Prevented Comair Accident

Awareness System Alerts Pilots To Improper Runway Lineup 

We've already heard a lot of speculation and "what-if's" regarding last month's crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, KY. But perhaps the most ironic "what if" has to do with a device made by Honeywell.

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Passenger Service Resumes At Beirut Airport

First Airliner Lands Since Israeli Blockade Lifted

For the first time since Israeli air raids forced the closure of Beirut's main airport, an international flight landed there Monday... amidst cheers from the terminal and the tarmac.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 09.06.06

Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: Learning The Lessons Of Comair Flight 5191

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 09.06.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.06.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Tom Turner's Aero-Craft 101: 09.06.06 (ANN Special Feature, with Master CFI Tom Turner's analysis of the events surrounding the loss of Comair Flight

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So Long, Delta Pilot Pensions

Carrier Says Move Saves $1 Billion Per Year

Bankrupt Delta Airlines says it now has permission from the court to abandon its pilot pension program -- tossing aside a huge obstacle in the way of the company's hopes of restructuring.

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