All articles by Lori Ranson – Page 29
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Naverus secures key FAA endorsement for RNP development
Performance-based navigation (PBN) provider Naverus has received a letter of qualification from the US FAA to design and validate required navigation performance...
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American ready to embrace brave new world of IT
After years of deliberation American Airlines has chosen HP to reinvent its core passenger reservations system
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FAA grants Honeywell approval for new runway alerting software
Honeywell's SmartRunway/SmartLanding technology has been given the green light by the US Federal Aviation Administration following approval for a software...
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FAA and Colorado team up to deploy wide-area multilateration
FAA and the Colorado Department of Transportation have introduced wide-area multilateration (WAM) to allow air traffic controllers to track aircraft in remote...
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Spirit Aero issues debt to repay current borrowings
Spirit Aerosystems plans to offer $300 million in notes due in 2017 through a private placement. In a statement Moody's ratings agency says Spirit...
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FAA approves Honeywell landing system for use in Memphis
The Memphis, Tennessee airport plans to introduce the Smartpath precision landing system developed by Honeywell early in 2010 after securing FAA approval...
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Unsecured emergency slide cover triggered July 2008 Obama flight diversion
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today said the July 2008 diversion of a Midwest Airlines charter flight with Presidential candidate Barack...
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Mexicana sets to enter Oneworld on 10 November
Mexicana plans to officially enter the Oneworld Alliance on 10 November, roughly six months after a previously-announced entry date of May.
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IATA paints a dark picture
IATA has again been forced to reforecast its 2009 financial outlook as the economic slump bites even deeper into airline revenues and profits
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Hawaiian plans to place first A330s on LA-Honolulu flights
Hawaiian Airlines in its preparations for first deliveries of its Airbus A330s in April 2010 has detailed plans to place the first two aircraft on its flights...
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Southwest pilots vote on latest agreement next month
The board of directors for the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) has endorsed a tentative agreement union negotiators reached with management...
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AMR brokers huge liquidity deal
American Airlines' parent AMR has put together a strategic $2.9 billion liquidity and aircraft financing package that includes the advanced sale of frequent...
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FAA grants Honeywell approval for new runway alerting software
Honeywell has secured technical standard order approval from the FAA for a software upgrade to its Mark V/VII enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS)...
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BAE and Quest introduce new cabin air management system
BAE Systems and Quest International UK are partnering to introduce a new air management system for BAe 146/Avro RJ aircraft and potentially other aircraft...
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IATA balloons loss forecast to $11 billion
Already-battered airlines are projected to lose $11 billion in 2009, $2 billion more than IATA's original loss forecast of $9 billion.
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Liat Bombardier turboprop returns to Grenada
Caribbean carrier Liat says one of its Bombardier Q300 aircraft returned to Maurice Bishop International Airport in Grenada this morning as a precautionary...
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Pilot and company negotiators at Southwest move closer to a new pact
Negotiating committees from Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots have reached a conclusion on a new tentative agreement.
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Frontier aims to resume abandoned Mexican markets
Roughly more than a year after abandoning its strategy to serve Mexican markets from cities outside its Denver hub, Frontier Airlines aims to restart flights...
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Project Phoenix delivers first high spec converted CRJ
Bombardier CRJ VIP conversion specialist Project Phoenix says it has delivered the first high-specification CRJ200 (7211) to a Macau-based businessman. The...