Archived Articles -- September 2008
Airline stocks mostly fall
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Airline stocks were mostly lower in afternoon trading Monday as the broader market fell sharply. The decline in airline shares came despite a big drop in oil prices, which is usually a good sign for air carriers.
Light, sweet crude for November delivery fell $8.24, or 7.71 percent, t... [Read More]
A Rescue Offer Revives Italian Airline
Alitalia, with a work force of 19,000 staggered back from the brink of collapse on Thursday when the last of its four major unions agreed to a rescue plan, causing an investor group to revive a 1 billion euro offer that would resuscitate the airline.
The government was able to persuade the union ... [Read More]
American Throws Customers Into Planes
American Airlines is creating priority lanes for its best customers in an effort to get them checked in, through security and on planes faster, it says.
Fort Worth, Texas-based American, a subsidiary of AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), says the perks apply to first-class and business-class passengers, ... [Read More]
Qantas pins its hopes on the new Airbus A380
QANTAS has only just welcomed its first Airbus A380 superjumbo to Australia and already it wants more.
The airline in talks with manufacturer Airbus about adding further A380s to existing order of 20 planes and hopes publicity surrounding today's arrival of the giant plane will help restore i... [Read More]
Boeing machinists walk off the job
Boeing Company’s 27,000-strong machinists’ union walked off the job on Saturday September 6 after the manufacturer failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks. The walkout means there will be no further production of Boeing’s 737, 747, 767 and 777 planes, and that ... [Read More]
CAF Offers Refuge to Lone Star Flight Museum Aircraft
Friday, Sept. 19, the Lone Star Flight Museum ’s B-25N and B-17G will be arriving in Midland for a long-term stay at CAF Headquarters.
Hurricane Ike left behind a wake of destruction in the Gulf Coast area of Texas . An unfortunate victim of the hurricane is the Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM... [Read More]
Chuck Yeager – All American Hero and Aviator
All the “Right Stuff”…that is probably what most people think when they hear the name “Chuck Yeager.” A strong, heroic and courageous aviator in every sense. Without a doubt, while Yeager performed extraordinarily brave and notable deeds throughout his career, he only considered them as part of hi... [Read More]
Fear Of Flying Course Offered
The Albany International Airport will host a series of "Fear of Flying" classes designed to assist travelers who may suffer from a disproportionate fear of flying. The program, under the direction of Shirley McMorris, Ph.D., will begin on October 30th and is open to the public.
“Reco... [Read More]
jetBlue Flight Diverted after Passengers Fight
A jetBlue Airways flight from Boston to Fort Lauderdale was diverted Saturday September 6 when a fight broke out after someone was smoking in the bathroom, federal officials said. One passenger aboard jetBlue Flight 455 was taken into custody at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina... [Read More]
US Airways cuts more flights at former Pittsburgh hub
Continuing the dismantling of what was once the carrier’s largest hub, US Airways (Phoenix) announced Friday that it will end all of its 24 weekly nonstop flights to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida on January 1, 2009. The airport, which boasted over 600 daily US Airways flights to 140+ n... [Read More]
Southwest Airline pilots undergo biometric screening
More than 200 Southwest Airlines pilots will participate in a biometric screening program at Baltimore Washington International Airport over the next two months. The SecureScreen program is using biometric and identification technology from Chicago-based Priva Technologies.
Southwest ... [Read More]
Southwest On Limited Schedule
Southwest Airlines plans to operate a limited schedule to and from Houston Hobby Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 16 and Wednesday, Sept 17. The airline suspended its Houston Hobby operation on Friday, Sept. 12, and plans to remain closed through the close of business Monday, Sept. 15 due to the impact of ... [Read More]
Whacky: Airline News
A middle-aged woman filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines for public humiliation after a Delta security agent approached her on the plane before takeoff and informed her that something in her checked bag was vibrating. She was then escorted off the plane in full sight of onlookers to identify the ... [Read More]
XL holiday firm collapse: More airlines will go under
he XL Leisure collapse has underlined the fact that the airline market has become saturated in recent years with too many airlines chasing ever more passengers at increasingly lower prices.
Despite Ryanair’s offer today of three million flights for £1, the days of thinking that you can fly from ... [Read More]
Air Force Museum Shoots Down
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has gone to court to keep one of its heroes – an F-82 “Twin Mustang” – flying. Ironically, the “culprit” who is trying to ground this unique, twin-engine World War II/Korean War era fighter aircraft is none other than the United States Air Force Museum.... [Read More]
August 2008 Master Instructors
Aviation educators who earned the "Master" title during August are:
RENEWALS
Janice Wray "Jan" WALTON, Master CFI
Marion IA
E-mail: JanWalton@earthlink.net
Janice Walton recently renewed her Master CFI accreditation. Jan owns and operates P & N Flight & Charter (ww... [Read More]
Pilots Furious Over TSA-Damaged Airplanes
Fourteen American Eagle aircraft were damaged in one evening during mid-August, 2008 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when a TSA inspector used externally placed instrument probes as handholds to test the security of the aircraft from tampering, ABCNews reported. Over 40 flights were delaye... [Read More]
Teens Help Build A Plane In Two Weeks
Four teenagers likely have a summer break story that will trump all of their friends' vacation experiences. They helped build an airplane in only two weeks. The teens participated in a Build A Plane project from Aug. 11 through 24, assembling a Sportsman 2+2 at the Glasair factory in Arlington, Wash... [Read More]
Not So Spirit
The Air Line Pilots Association has filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Miramar-based Spirit Airlines.
The federal court suit is asking for relief against what ALPA claims have been “multiple violations of the Railway Labor Act, the law that governs ... [Read More]
JFK Airport baggage handlers accused of stealing jewelry
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two baggage handlers at New York's Kennedy International Airport are charged with stealing $280,000 in jewelry from a suitcase.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Wednesday that the victim, a jewelry dealer, discovered about 925 items missing after his flight arri... [Read More]
Plane forced to land on Adirondack highway
NORTH HUDSON (AP) -- Authorities say a single-engine plane that made an emergency landing on an Adirondack highway is from a Canada college.
The plane landed safely just after 5 p.m. Wednesday on the northbound lanes of Interstate 87 in the Essex County town of North Hudson, 95 miles north of... [Read More]
MIA Welcomes Back Surinam Airways
On Monday, August 25, officials from the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), Surinam Airways and the Surinamese government celebrated the return of passenger service by the airline to Miami International Airport (MIA) after a 16-year hiatus. Flight #463 was welcomed to MIA with a water cannon sa... [Read More]
Gustav The Pain Takes On South West
Southwest Airlines said today that it will cease operations to and from New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport after 5:30 p.m. Central Time today as a result of expected severe weather from Hurricane Gustav. The airline does not expect to operate on Monday, Sept. 1, or Tuesday, Sept. 2. ... [Read More]
