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All News

February 18, 2009

CAE 5000 Series Simulator Surpasses 15,000 Hours Of Training

Aeroflot, Zhuhai Flight Training Centre Sims Latest To Earn Level D Cert

CAE announced Wednesday its CAE 5000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS), which was launched in March 2007 and entered service a year ago, has surpassed 15,000 hours of training in its first year of service.

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TSA Starts Testing Of Body-Scanners At Checkpoints

First Trials Begin Wednesday At TUL

Airline passengers may soon be able to skip passing through metal detectors and instead be screened by whole-body, millimeter-wave imaging devices, the Transportation Security Administration announced Tuesday.

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JetBlue Says It Will Refund Tickets For Those Who Lose Their Jobs

Program Mirrors Similar Campaign By British Low-Cost Airline

Call it a sign of the times. JetBlue Airways announced this week it will fully refund tickets for passengers who book travel on the low-cost carrier, but are then involuntarily laid off from their full-time jobs.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 02.18.09

From The Scene Of Flight 3407, With CFII Bob Miller

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 02.18.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 02.18.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- From The Scene Of Flight 3407: 02.18.09 (ANN Special Report, with CFII Bob Miller of "Over The Airwaves.")

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Pratt & Whitney Completes First IAE V2500 SelectOne Retrofit

Adds New Life To 38,000-Hour Turbofan

Pratt & Whitney's Columbus Engine Center in Georgia has become the first in the world to retrofit an International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A5 engine to the V2500 SelectOne engine.

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AD: Pratt & Whitney

AD NUMBER: 2009-04-02 MANUFACTURER: Pratt & Whitney SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-04-02 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney (PW) PW4090 and PW4090-3 turbofan engines with front turbine hub, part number (P/N) 53L601, installed.

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AD: Rolls-Royce

AD NUMBER: 2009-04-03 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-04-03 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A1E and AE 1107C turbofan/turboshaft engines.

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Mesa's go! Posts First-Ever Profitable Quarter

Group Also Sees Net Income In Q1 2009

Mesa Air Group announced Wednesday net income of $15.5 million in the first quarter of FY 2009, on operating revenues of $265.1 million. That compares to a net loss of $2.8 million recorded by the regional operator over the same period in FY 2008.

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Gone West: Former Icelandair CEO Sigurdur Helgason

Low-Cost Pioneer Was 87

If you've ever been cramped into a too-small seat on a trans-Atlantic super-saver fare, you may thank Sigurdur Helgason. And we sincerely mean that.

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Former NTSB Chief Calls For Grounding Of Twin-Turboprop Airliners

Jim Hall Says ATR 42, Q400 Have Inherent Risks In Icing

Even as the National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation into the downing of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo, NY -- and investigators take pains to note it's too soon to draw any conclusions about what caused the fatal crash -- a former head of the NTSB says all twin-engine turboprop airliners should be grounded immediately.

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Obama Administration Considers New Screening Procedures For TSA

New DHS Chief Calls For 'Side-By-Side Comparison' Of Threats, Tactics

While the Obama administration has been no friend of general aviation so far, it may be about to make airline travelers happier. The Wall Street Journal reports reforms to TSA airport screening may be on the way.

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