Germany’s Lufthansa Group, Europe’s largest airline group by revenue, reported a 27% drop in third quarter (three months to 30-Sep-2011) operating profit as “the macroeconomic environment darkened significantly” in the period. The group warned the economic gloom is showing no...
Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s privately owned low-cost carrier, has reported another record quarterly profit for the three months to 30-Sep-2011. The airline reported an operating profit of KWD7.5 million and a net profit of KWD6.1 million, its fifth consecutive profitable quarterly result since it...
The year was 1961. John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight Eisenhower as the 35th President of the United States of America. Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3 and Piper Aircraft Co. introduced the world to its first low-wing single-engine airplane, the Piper Cherokee...
At this year's AOPA Aviation Summit, EAA and AOPA jointly announced they will pursue driver's license medical privileges for pilots wishing to operate GA airplanes with less than 180 horsepower with only two persons on board in day VFR. Combined with ongoing events in the LSA industry, it seems a "perfect...
Pilots in west central Idaho and eastern Oregon have cause for celebration: The Payette Municipal Airport (S75) in Payette, Idaho, added 91 AKI ethanol-free, lead-free autogas last month. Currently priced at $4.10, the fuel is more than a dollar less expensive than 100LL, both fuels being sold from...
Pilot medicals are in the news again, with a proposal by EAA and AOPA to let more pilots use a driver’s license for their medical. But is the whole medical certificate process flawed, asks Richard Collins in The Great Debate at the Air Facts Journal. He wants your opinion here. Continue Reading »...
Reader Bill Schmalz sent us this link to Sleeping Dog Productions' aviation demo reel. It's a compilation of scenes from a variety of the company's aviation videos and includes everything from seaplanes to warbirds to spacecraft. Bill recommends watching it in full screen ... and turn up the speakers...
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) today launched a new, free membership benefit, called the AOPA Lifestyles Member Discounts program that offers AOPA members discounts on everything from headsets to car rentals. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 1st, 2011 by Janice Wood...
Kansas State University Salina is one of the few places in the country that offers a degree and certificate program in the new and growing field of unmanned aircraft systems, so finding textbooks for courses was a challenge. But not anymore. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 1st, 2011...
Aviation Day 2011 will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Page Field in Fort Myers, Fla., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with free admission and parking. Aviation Day is an annual community event hosted by the Lee County Port Authority to increase community awareness of the authority's two airports — Southwest...
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has succeeded in his gambit of grounding the airline on 29-Oct-2011 to force concessions from the three unions it is in dispute with and for the unions to end their damaging industrial action, giving passengers the certainty they can book with Qantas without potential disruptions...
J.A Air Center has named David Ufen as Director of Avionics. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 1st, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.
New Singapore Airlines (SIA) long-haul low-cost subsidiary Scoot is doing everything it can to differentiate itself from its parent company but the carrier will likely end up looking a lot like Asia’s other long-haul LCCs, and for good reason: the success of AirAsia X and Jetstar’s long-...
Aircraft Spruce now carries the full line of the EICommander ignition controllers. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 1st, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.
These November 2009 accident reports are provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, they are intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Piper Super Cub.Injuries: None. Location: Three Lakes, Wis. Aircraft damage: Substantial....
Maintenance and crew costs, foreign investments and ExpressJet conspired against SkyWest Airlines to result in a net income of USD116,000 on a 39.1% rise in operating revenues to USD955.4 million for the third quarter. In 3Q2010, the company posted net income of USD25.4 million. The company also cited...
It is a hard ask to sell a product that is losing money, but that is what the Kuwait Government has been attempting to do with the privatisation of Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC). Despite the carrier’s inherent potential – a potential amplified by its position as the national carrier of...
Passenger traffic rose 5.6% year-on-year in Sep-2011, according to IATA, which described the result as a "pleasant surprise". However, despite the better-than-expected figures in the month, IATA stated it was preparing itself for weakness in the months ahead amid deteriorating business and consumer...
Here's a tidbit of information for you: The airport director for my home airport isn't a pilot. For most pilots and other folks who work day in and day out at an airport, that sort of a revelation isn't particularly shocking. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Jamie Beckett...
Aviation reporter Mary Grady recently posted an article on AvWeb editorializing about electric aircraft and their potential appeal. Following the NASA Green Flight Challenge, her timing was as impeccable as her writing. I encourage you to go read the editorial, but what you'll find at least as entertaining...
A Texas physician who lost her husband when Jimmy Leeward's P-51 crashed into the tarmac at the Reno National Championship Air Races, killing 11 and injuring about 70, filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday in Texas state court. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, the suit, the first...
Continuing our examination of shifting travel patterns based on the rise of the Gulf carriers, we once again look at India, a nation whose carriers have yet to achieve their long-haul potential.
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline group and Asia’s largest publicly listed carrier, reported 11.8% reduction in operating profit to JPY50.1 billion (USD641 million) but a 72% jump in net profitability in 1HFY2011 (six months to 30-Sep-2011) to JPY22.9 billion amid a recovery...
Have you experienced an incident using weather in the cockpit? If you have, the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and FAA want to hear from you. The two are conducting a study focused on meteorological and aeronautical information services (AIS) via data link Continue Reading »===> Posted...
Reader Greg Upshur sent along this link to a video from a Detroit band, The Seatbelts, and their video "My Little F4." Check it out... Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.
Airports come in all shapes and sizes and can provide pilots with opportunities for both education and enjoyment at any level. This is the focus of the November/December 2011 issue of FAA Safety Briefing, Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN...
“The Gathering of Mustang and Legends: The Final Roundup” book will be released Tuesday, Dec. 6. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.
The assets of Jet Flight Training, Inc. (JFT), located at Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB) were recently purchased by SkyBlue Jet Aviation of West Palm Beach, Fla. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.
Platinum Aviation has opened its third Cirrus Flight Training and Aircraft Rental Center in Palm Beach, Florida. Continue Reading »===> Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.
From the time he was a young boy growing up in the farmland of Wichita, Kansas, during the Great Depression, veteran pilot and business aviation pioneer Clay Lacy had a natural fascination with flight. He first took to the air at age 8 and began working at a local airport in exchange for flying time...
