- Wildcat Strikes Hit Alitalia[Jan. 23, 2006]
Alitalia looks set to face a withering week of wildcat strikes, as unions took aim at CEO Giancarlo Cimoli and his cost-cutting plan to rebuild Italy's largest airline.
- ATR became joint top of regionals league[Jan. 23, 2006]
Turboprop manufacturer ATR has revealed its year-end order figures in Paris today and has emerged joint top of the regional aircraft sales league for 2005 with Embraer.
- Sukhoi firms engine deal with PowerJet[Jan. 23, 2006]
Russian airframer Sukhoi's civil aviation division has signed a definitive agreement with the Snecma-NPO Saturn joint venture PowerJet for supply of the SaM146 engines to be installed on the newly-developed Russian Regional Jet (RRJ).
- Challenger 605 performs first flight[Jan. 23, 2006]
Bombardier completed first flight of the Challenger 605 large cabin business jet yesterday at the airframer's facilities at Montreal Trudeau international airport.
- Saudis launch a new low-fare airline[Jan. 10, 2006]
A low-fare airline being set up in Saudi Arabia is expected to launch services by the middle of this year.
- Emirates censured in A340 accident probe[Jan. 10, 2006]
Emirates Airline's training and rostering practices have been criticised by South African investigators in their report into a take-off accident involving one of the carrier's Airbus A340-300s at Johannesburg in April 2004.
- Singapore will expand airlines terminal[Jan. 10, 2006]
Singapore, which operates Asia's sixth-busiest airport, may double the capacity of its S$45mil terminal for budget airlines, Asia's first, betting more people will travel by air on discounted fares.
- Airliners nearly collide over Norway[Jan. 09, 2006]
Airliners carrying a total of 348 people came within 40 seconds of colliding over southern Norway at the weekend, the Oslo newspaper VG quoted a Norwegian aviation official as confirming.
- Alaska may be fined for incorrect lights[Jan. 10, 2006]
US FAA last week proposed to fine Alaska Airlines $500,000 for flying a 737 without required cabin floor lighting on 478 revenue flights between July 12 and Dec. 2, 2004.
- FAA proposes fine against Alaska Air[Jan. 08, 2006]
US regulators proposed a USD$500,000 fine against Alaska Airlines on Friday for allegedly operating a passenger jet on 478 flights without proper lighting to identify emergency exits.