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All News

May 10, 2006

Luttig Named New Senior VP, General Counsel For Boeing

Former Appeals Court Judge Once Supreme Court Candidate

J. Michael Luttig, a conservative appeals court judge who was once on the short list of possible US Supreme Court nominees in the Bush administration, has resigned from his post to become senior vice president and general counsel for Boeing.

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AirTran, Pilots Union Resume Recurring Talks

They Keep Going, And Going...

After adjourning for nearly a month, on Tuesday talks resumed in Orlando between AirTran Airways and the National Pilots Association, which represents about 1,400 pilots at the carrier.

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What A Difference A Year (And A Merger) Makes

US Airways Reports Q1 Profit

US Airways seems well on its way to fulfilling a promise made by CEO Doug Parker earlier this year, that his airline would be profitable for 2006. After a loss last quarter of $261 million, US Airways Group -- formed by the merger of US Airways and America West last September -- rebounded for the first quarter of 2006 with a profit of $5 million.

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Airbus Receives 180-Minute ETOPS Cert From FAA On Most Single-Aisle Planes

Still Pending On The A318; Others Good To Go

Airbus has been in the news a lot lately, mostly for issues involving the upcoming A350. But here's a little bit of good news from that company... the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the European consortium's A319, A320 and A321 airliners for extended range twin-engine operations of up to 180 minutes.

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Pax Sick, Plane Sits

Bus Line Chicken Fingered In Group Illness

Any veteran of the Army's airborne forces has war stories about the contagiousness of airsickness on a cramped plane. But on a cramped AirTran Flight 497 Saturday, scheduled from BWI to MCO, some of the passengers were green around the gills already when they boarded.

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Irish Priests Posing Holy Hazard To Navigation

Pirate Radio Stations A Problem In Ireland, Too

Earlier this year, Aero-News reported on how broadcasts from "Da Streetz" --  a pirate radio station brodcasting to Cuban immigrants -- were wrecking havoc with transmissions from ATC and planes landing at Miami International Airport. The FAA eventually shut that station down... but Irish broadcasting regulators now face a similar problem, from an unlikely source: Da Priestz.

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