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All News

July 03, 2008

Boeing Delivers 126 Planes In Q2 2008

Marks Seven-Year High In Quarterly Deliveries

Fueled by a 16 percent increase in the number of 737s heading out the doors in Renton, on Thursday Boeing announced it delivered 11 percent more aircraft in the second quarter of 2008, or 126 planes, compared to the same period last year.

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NTSB Says ABX Received Threat Days Before 767 Fire At SFO

No Evidence Of Incendiary Devices Found

In its continuing investigation to determine the cause of the June 28, 2008, fire that burned a hole through the top of the fuselage of an ABX Air Boeing 767 cargo airplane parked at San Francisco International Airport, the National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information.

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DOT IG Says FAA Must Do More To Address Safety Concerns

Faults Agency For Bungling Of Airline Maintenance Issues

A new report from the Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation says that even after this spring's embarrassing public spectacle over the FAA's handling of airline maintenance and safety issues, the agency isn't ensuring full investigations when its safety inspectors find problems.

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Midwest Airlines To Cut Employee Pay

CEO Will Also Take 40 Percent Hit

Call it the cost of doing business. Midwest Air Group, parent company of Midwest Airlines, announced this week it will cut pay for most of its workers, including CEO Tim Hoeksema.

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American Looks At Alliance With British Airways, Iberia

Virgin Atlantic Says Joint Venture Should Be Blocked

In the face of record fuel prices and a plummeting global market, airlines that were once rivals are now increasingly willing to let bygones be bygones, in the mutual interest of surviving these tough times.

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Continental Workers Among Five To Stand Trial Over Concorde Accident

Others Include French Aviation Representative, Concorde Project Engineer

Continental Airlines is among the entities that will stand trial in a Paris court for the 2000 downing on takeoff of an Air France Concorde, French officials declared Thursday.

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A Tale Of Two Cities, And 2.5 Airlines

Southwest Traffic Up, But Load Factors Drop; American's Just Down

Cross-metroplex rivals Southwest Airlines and American Airlines each posted their June passenger numbers Thursday, and each tells the "tale" of that carrier's respective fortunes.

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Airlines, Lawmakers Unite In Opposition To Fingerprinting Plan

Carriers Say They Can't Afford To Pay For Gov't-Mandated Program

Airlines have called upon their friends in Congress to block a White House plan calling for carriers to fingerprint foreign visitors before they travel back home.

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ABX Air Fights To Keep DHL Cargo Business

Parent Company Announced Switch To UPS In May

A large cargo operation's plans to switch to UPS for its air freight business has brought out a competitive streak in the company facing the loss of its biggest contract.

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787 Horizontal Stab Structure Test A Success

Some Good News From Alenia Aeronautica

After seeing its Global Aeronautica joint-venture with Boeing in the news twice in as many days due to production-related issues, Alenia Aeronautica was ready for some good news. The company reported Wednesday it successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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