Pinnacle Airlines Corp. reported increases in March traffic for its Colgan and Pinnacle Airline subsidiaries. Both companies reported an increase in passenger traffic: Pinnacle’s passenger count increased 1 percent to 888,206 while Colgan’s count grew 15 percent to 224,649 passengers flown.
Month: April 2009
Hawaiian Airlines Soars to $23.5 Million Profit
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.
AirTran Recalls All Pilots and Flight Attendants
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.
Airline Industry Pulls Out of a Nosedive
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.”
Three New CFIs Join ATP
ATP welcomes three of its Airline Career Pilot Program Graduates as new CFIs:
- Chris from ATP Phoenix
- Brian from ATP Jacksonville
- Adam from ATP Phoenix