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January 15, 2008

Reports: Boeing To Announce Second Delay To 787 Program

Would Push First Flight To Late June, No 2008 Deliveries

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 01.15.08 1845 EST: Several sources, including The Wall Street Journal and Seattle Post-Intelligencer aerospace reporter James Wallace, say Boeing will announce a second delay to its 787 Dreamliner program early Wednesday.

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BTS: Airline Employment Up 3.7 Percent For November 2007

Largest Same-Month Increase Since August 2001

Despite clouds looming on the horizon, in the forms of high fuel prices and a slowing economy... domestic airlines continue to show strong signs of resurgence, according to the latest hiring figures from the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

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NWA's Steenland Sees Benefits From Merger

But Only If It's Done Right

As the board of directors at Delta Air Lines remains silent about the result of last week's meeting to explore a potential merger with another carrier, the CEO of one of the most likely candidates says his airline could certainly benefit... if, that is, the deal is right.

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American Airlines Turns Down Union's Mediation Request

Railway Act Allows APA To Pursue Action Themselves

Asserting that asking a federal mediator to assist in contract talks would only bog the process down, on Monday American Airlines rejected last week's request from the Allied Pilots Association for both sides to seek such action.

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Continental Takes Delivery Of First 737-900ER In US

Long-Legged Next-Generation Narrowbody Can Travel 3,175 NM

On Monday, Boeing and Continental Airlines celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane. With this delivery, Continental becomes the first airline in the Americas to operate the 737-900ER -- a higher-capacity, longer-range derivative and newest member of the venerable 737 airplane family.

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DOT Says Airports May Soon Charge Landing Fees During Busiest Times

Shockingly, ATA Opposes User Fees Imposed On Airlines...

As it turns out, the notion of 'congestion pricing' wasn't as dead as it may have appeared.

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Air Canada Offers Compensation To Passengers

Unsettling Ride Injured 10

Air Canada plans to compensate passengers who endured a jolting ride aboard Flight AC190 last Thursday, in which ten people were injured.

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ANN Names The 'Heartbreakers' of 2007: #2--Airline Implosion

From the Heartbreaker's List #2: Airline Industry Implosion

Even worse than the way the airline industry behaved over the course of 2007 is the way that it performed... ALL over the nation, the confidence in airline travel has ebbed to a point where people have more faith in the inherent honesty of Congress than they do in whether or not their airline flights are going to occur without problems.

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