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August 14, 2017

Midwest Express Mounts Comeback Effort

'We Haven't Forgotten The Cookies', Group Says

Midwest Express, which was absorbed by Republic Airways in 2011, may be coming back as a standalone brand. A group of Milwaukee investors hopes to return the carrier to scheduled service from Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell Airport.

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Pratt & Whitney Canada Expands Global Service Network

Appoints ABA iN Brazil As Its First Designated Maintenance Facility

Pratt & Whitney Canada announced at Congresso Sindag Mercosul 2017 that it has appointed Brazil-based ABA Manutencao de Ltda. (ABA) as its first Designated Maintenance Facility (DMF) under the company's new global network expansion model. The new DMF will serve the agricultural aerial application industry in Brazil, helping to enhance availability and accessibility to a wide range of P&WC maintenance services, tools and spare parts designed to deliver faster service.

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Club Concorde Hits Fundraising Goal For SST Purchase

Has Raised About $155 Million Towards Effort To Get A Concorde Flying Again

The Concorde SST was retired in 2003 by British Airways and Air France after the plane's popularity wane following an accident in 2000 in Paris. But there are some who hope to see the airplane fly again, and they have been engaged in a years-long fundraising effort to make that happen.

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NATS Partners With Quintiq To Solve Complex Planning Puzzle

Has 1,500 Employees Handling More Than 7,000 Flights Daily

U.K Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) NATS has chosen Quintiq to overcome its rostering challenges in a highly complex planning environment. NATS manages air traffic over the UK as well as the eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean and provides ATC (air traffic control) services to 13 UK airports.

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ALC Places $348 Million CFM LEAP-1B Engine Order

Expands LEAP-1B Fleet To More Than 250 Engines

Air Lease Corporation has placed an order for additional CFM International LEAP-1B engine to power 12 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, including five 737 MAX 7 and seven MAX 9 aircraft.  The engine order is valued at $348 million U.S. at list price and deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2022.

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Frontier Airlines Pilots To Vote On Strike Authorization

Balloting Will Be Held August 22

Pilot leaders at Frontier Airlines will ask their members, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), to give them the authority to go on strike if negotiations break down and the federal government authorizes a walkout.

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