Month: April 2009

Discovering the Glass Cockpit DA40 Diamond Star

Yesterday I picked up the latest edition of Plane & Pilot Magazine and came across a great article about flying the Diamond DA40 Diamond Star. The Diamond Star has always been an airplane on the cutting edge of aircraft design. It has continued to evolve since its original certification over a decade ago. The DA40 now comes with an all glass cockpit – thanks to its Garmin 1000 avionics package – which is as advanced as any I have used in today’s modern airliners.

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Jet Blue and AirTran Report Profitable 1st Quarter

JetBlue Airways posted a first-quarter profit of $12 million, compared to a net loss of $10 million in the year-ago period, and predicted it will “earn a profit every quarter this year.” AirTran Airways posted a company record first-quarter profit of $28.7 million, reversed from a $35.4 million loss in the same period a year ago, signaling “the first steps in a long recovery for our company and our industry,” Chairman, President and CEO Bob Fornaro said.

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Airline Industry Pulls Out of a Nosedive

As the airline industry returns to profitibility and begins to expand, there will be new oppurtunities for those who are trained and ready to take advantage of them. Look to the regional carriers to lead the way back to prosperity though according to Andrew Snyder of Today’s Financial News.

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Allegiant Air Nearly Triples First-Quarter Profit

Allegiant Air reported a first-quarter profit of $28.3 million, nearly three times the $9.7 million earned in the year-ago period. “We held our own in a challenging revenue environment, more than offsetting fare weakness with increased load factors,” CFO and MD-Planning Andrew Levy said. “At the right price we continue to find strong demand for our product.”

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