By David Bond – Aviation Week
Commercial aviation, faced with worldwide concerns about greenhouse gases and looming regulations to reduce them, can count on advances in technology that will help to clean up its operations to a substantial degree during the coming 20 years. But growth in air travel, both an enabler and a product [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 20, 2007
For Aviation’s Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, It’s Technology Versus Growth
August 17, 2007
Pilot shortage delays new commercial flight service to Jackson
Service halted in March by Feds because of previous carrier’s violations
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Jackson’s McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport will go without commercial flight service through mid-November because of a shortage of trained pilots, officials said.
Commercial service at the airport was halted in March when the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the airport’s previous carrier, Smyrna-based RegionsAir, [...]
August 15, 2007
Becks gets private jets all-clear
By PAT SHEEHAN
August 15, 2007
LA GALAXY have beefed up security around David Beckham as he flies to matches around the United States.
Galaxy had to get special permission from Major League Soccer officials for Becks and the rest of the LA squad to use private jets to get to games.
MLS rules state private jets are [...]
August 14, 2007
Pittsburgh airport expands enclave for private jets
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
There aren’t many places in Western Pennsylvania that can boast about playing host to Tiger Woods, Ben Roethlisberger, Sidney Crosby, Al Gore and a host of other athletes, politicians and celebrities.
Atlantic Aviation Service’s Business Aviation Center at Pittsburgh International Airport is one of them. And the company is [...]
August 10, 2007
Virgin to help fliers, private jet charters connect
Demand for private jet charters is rising, and not just from the usual quarters: entertainers, sports stars, moguls and the idle rich.
The newest charter jet customers once flew commercial first class, when that meant something special.
They are, for example, business executives and professionals who can justify spending tens of thousands of dollars for a [...]
August 9, 2007
What airlines are doing to reduce record delays
With flight delays at a 13-year high, carriers feel pressure to make improvements – and still keep ticket prices low.
New York – JetBlue has extended its flying day to allow flight schedules time to recover from delays. Southwest Airlines has created a new early-warning system to detect holdups before they snarl the whole system. And [...]
August 7, 2007
Citation XLS+ Makes First Flight
August 2007
The first flight of the Citation XLS+, completed last week at Rockwell Collins’ Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility, “was a great success,” according to Cessna Citation XLS+ program manager Kevin Steinert. The flight progressed as planned, he said, and the aircraft performed as expected with the new modifications. A Cessna spokeswoman told AIN that in [...]
