http://www.aviationpros.com AviationPros.com http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627530/precision-aviation-group-pag-launches-new-business-rotorcraft-services-division-at-gardner-aviation-services-gas/press_release/10627530/precision-aviation-group-pag-launches-new-business-rotorcraft-services-division-at-gardner-aviation-services-gas ATLANTA, Feb. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group (PAG), a leading provider of products and value-added services to the Worldwide Aerospace and Defense industries, announces the launch of the Rotorcraft Services... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:30:41 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627530/precision-aviation-group-pag-launches-new-business-rotorcraft-services-division-at-gardner-aviation-services-gas/press_release/10627530/precision-aviation-group-pag-launches-new-business-rotorcraft-services-division-at-gardner-aviation-services-gas http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627175/spirit-airlines-doubles-number-of-cities-served-from-dfw/news/10627175/spirit-airlines-doubles-number-of-cities-served-from-dfw By this spring, Spirit will more than triple the number of cities it serves from DFW since it started offering service to the Metroplex a year ago Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627175/spirit-airlines-doubles-number-of-cities-served-from-dfw/news/10627175/spirit-airlines-doubles-number-of-cities-served-from-dfw http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627200/auvsi-urges-congress-to-consider-advantages-of-unmanned-systems-while-reviewing-2013-defense-budget/press_release/10627200/auvsi-urges-congress-to-consider-advantages-of-unmanned-systems-while-reviewing-2013-defense-budget As the Obama Administration prepares to release its fiscal 2013 defense budget, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) applauds the commitment to maintain and increase the use of unmanned systems and urges Congress to carefully... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:52:39 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627200/auvsi-urges-congress-to-consider-advantages-of-unmanned-systems-while-reviewing-2013-defense-budget/press_release/10627200/auvsi-urges-congress-to-consider-advantages-of-unmanned-systems-while-reviewing-2013-defense-budget http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627189/opening-of-new-a380-maintenance-hangar-at-lufthansa-technik-philippines/press_release/10627189/opening-of-new-a380-maintenance-hangar-at-lufthansa-technik-philippines Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), one of the largest providers of aircraft maintenance services in Asia, has opened a third hangar in Manila for work on widebody aircraft. With this step, the company is preparing for the technical support of the... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:49:05 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627189/opening-of-new-a380-maintenance-hangar-at-lufthansa-technik-philippines/press_release/10627189/opening-of-new-a380-maintenance-hangar-at-lufthansa-technik-philippines http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627180/air-works-becomes-indias-first-easa-approved-general-aviation-mro/press_release/10627180/air-works-becomes-indias-first-easa-approved-general-aviation-mro New Delhi, Feb 10, 2012: Air Works India Engineering Pvt Ltd, India’s leading third party MRO has achieved another milestone by becoming the first independent General Aviation MRO to obtain EASA Part 145 approval in its Delhi Facility. EASA... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:43:44 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627180/air-works-becomes-indias-first-easa-approved-general-aviation-mro/press_release/10627180/air-works-becomes-indias-first-easa-approved-general-aviation-mro http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627164/china-express-airlines-to-operate-up-to-eleven-bombardier-crj900-nextgen-aircraft/press_release/10627164/china-express-airlines-to-operate-up-to-eleven-bombardier-crj900-nextgen-aircraft Announcement made during visit of Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper to China Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:29:37 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627164/china-express-airlines-to-operate-up-to-eleven-bombardier-crj900-nextgen-aircraft/press_release/10627164/china-express-airlines-to-operate-up-to-eleven-bombardier-crj900-nextgen-aircraft http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627201/frontier-to-cut-flights-from-milwaukee/news/10627201/frontier-to-cut-flights-from-milwaukee The carrier will eliminate five non-stop routes from Milwaukee, which will result in the loss of almost half of its daily departures from Mitchell International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627201/frontier-to-cut-flights-from-milwaukee/news/10627201/frontier-to-cut-flights-from-milwaukee http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627202/startup-low-cost-airline-coming-to-newport-news/news/10627202/startup-low-cost-airline-coming-to-newport-news Analyst Michael Boyd says Newport News is a "good market and a well-run airport" but he expressed reservations at the prospect of a startup airline becoming successful in the current industry climate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627202/startup-low-cost-airline-coming-to-newport-news/news/10627202/startup-low-cost-airline-coming-to-newport-news http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627188/indianapolis-international-airport-to-get-expedited-screening/news/10627188/indianapolis-international-airport-to-get-expedited-screening Feb. 10--Indianapolis International Airport is among the newest of the nation's busiest airports to join the TSA's passenger pre-screening program so travelers can zip through security checkpoints. The expedited screening means approved passengers no... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627188/indianapolis-international-airport-to-get-expedited-screening/news/10627188/indianapolis-international-airport-to-get-expedited-screening http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627198/neubert-aero-corp-and-led-international-lighting-inc-unite-for-airport-safety/news/10627198/neubert-aero-corp-and-led-international-lighting-inc-unite-for-airport-safety Feb. 10--BROOKSVILLE -- A potentially lucrative partnership has begun between two manufacturing companies located in the Airport Industrial Park. Neubert Aero Corp., a leading supplier of airport safety products, is collaborating with LED... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627198/neubert-aero-corp-and-led-international-lighting-inc-unite-for-airport-safety/news/10627198/neubert-aero-corp-and-led-international-lighting-inc-unite-for-airport-safety http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627191/ashtabula-county-airport-takes-off-with-a-new-name/news/10627191/ashtabula-county-airport-takes-off-with-a-new-name Feb. 10--DENMARK TOWNSHIP -- A new name for the Ashtabula County Airport is winding its way through the regulatory channels. If approved by the state and Federal Aviation Administration, the county's airport in Denmark Township will become known as the... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627191/ashtabula-county-airport-takes-off-with-a-new-name/news/10627191/ashtabula-county-airport-takes-off-with-a-new-name http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627150/xojet-earns-federal-aviation-administration-elite-diamond-award-of-excellence-faas-highest-industry-award-recognizes-xojets-commitment-to-industry-leading-safety-quality-and-reliability-programs/news/10627150/xojet-earns-federal-aviation-administration-elite-diamond-award-of-excellence-faas-highest-industry-award-recognizes-xojets-commitment-to-industry-leading-safety-quality-and-reliability-programs XOJET Inc. , a leader in private aviation, today announced the latest recognition of its operational excellence by being honored with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Diamond Award of Excellence for Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627150/xojet-earns-federal-aviation-administration-elite-diamond-award-of-excellence-faas-highest-industry-award-recognizes-xojets-commitment-to-industry-leading-safety-quality-and-reliability-programs/news/10627150/xojet-earns-federal-aviation-administration-elite-diamond-award-of-excellence-faas-highest-industry-award-recognizes-xojets-commitment-to-industry-leading-safety-quality-and-reliability-programs http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627197/trust-oks-five-year-jones-riverside-airport-plan/news/10627197/trust-oks-five-year-jones-riverside-airport-plan Feb. 10-- A five-year $15.9 million capital improvement plan for Jones Riverside Airport at Jenks was approved Thursday by the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, which also signed off on a $217,886 contract to renovate four taxi-lanes at the general... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627197/trust-oks-five-year-jones-riverside-airport-plan/news/10627197/trust-oks-five-year-jones-riverside-airport-plan http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627216/visitor-information-center-proposed-by-palm-beach-international-airport/news/10627216/visitor-information-center-proposed-by-palm-beach-international-airport Feb. 10--A high-profile visitor information center is just one of the pluses tourism leaders cited Thursday when they suggested the county's vacant Airport Center for the coming relocation of the tourism agencies. Palm Beach County Convention and... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627216/visitor-information-center-proposed-by-palm-beach-international-airport/news/10627216/visitor-information-center-proposed-by-palm-beach-international-airport http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627217/want-an-aisle-seat-not-for-2000-ralph-nader-tells-american-airlines/news/10627217/want-an-aisle-seat-not-for-2000-ralph-nader-tells-american-airlines WASHINGTON _ As if bankrupt American Airlines didn't have enough problems, along comes consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who's really steamed that for a flight Saturday to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the only way for a non-frequent flyer to get an aisle... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627217/want-an-aisle-seat-not-for-2000-ralph-nader-tells-american-airlines/news/10627217/want-an-aisle-seat-not-for-2000-ralph-nader-tells-american-airlines http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627218/fraport-posts-passenger-growth-of-55-percent-in-january/news/10627218/fraport-posts-passenger-growth-of-55-percent-in-january (RTTNews) - Fraport AG (FPRUF.PK, 0O1R.L, FRA.DE), the owner and operator of Germany's Frankfurt Airport, on Friday reported a 5.5 percent growth in traffic for the month of January, helped by favorable winter weather conditions. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627218/fraport-posts-passenger-growth-of-55-percent-in-january/news/10627218/fraport-posts-passenger-growth-of-55-percent-in-january http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627219/new-runway-becomes-operational-at-rgia/news/10627219/new-runway-becomes-operational-at-rgia HYDERABAD, Feb. 10 -- The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Friday commenced operations from its second runway. The new parallel runway designated as Rwy 09L/27R is 3,707 m long and CodeE aircraft compliant (A340/B747). Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627219/new-runway-becomes-operational-at-rgia/news/10627219/new-runway-becomes-operational-at-rgia http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627226/frontier-airlines-to-offer-non-stop-flights-between-bellingham-and-denver/news/10627226/frontier-airlines-to-offer-non-stop-flights-between-bellingham-and-denver Feb. 10--BELLINGHAM -- Local residents soon will have the opportunity to fly east out of the Bellingham International Airport, at least for the summer. Frontier Airlines announced Thursday, Feb. 9, that it will begin offering nonstop flights from... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627226/frontier-airlines-to-offer-non-stop-flights-between-bellingham-and-denver/news/10627226/frontier-airlines-to-offer-non-stop-flights-between-bellingham-and-denver http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627227/etihad-eyes-talks-to-buy-irelands-aer-lingus-stake/news/10627227/etihad-eyes-talks-to-buy-irelands-aer-lingus-stake MANAVIGATOR-February 10, 2012-Etihad eyes talks to buy Ireland's Aer Lingus stake 10 February 2012 - UAE-based airline Etihad is prepared to negotiate with the Irish government a deal to buy its 25% in airline Aer Lingus (ISE:AERL), Etihadâ(EURO)(TM)s... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627227/etihad-eyes-talks-to-buy-irelands-aer-lingus-stake/news/10627227/etihad-eyes-talks-to-buy-irelands-aer-lingus-stake http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627262/phila-to-boston-the-airfare-tyranny-of-the-monopoly/news/10627262/phila-to-boston-the-airfare-tyranny-of-the-monopoly Feb. 10--Airfares to Boston are going up -- way up -- after Saturday, which is the last day Southwest Airlines flies there from Philadelphia. Ticket prices already are higher on US Airways Group Inc. flights from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627262/phila-to-boston-the-airfare-tyranny-of-the-monopoly/news/10627262/phila-to-boston-the-airfare-tyranny-of-the-monopoly http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627255/turbulence-ahead-for-air-canada/news/10627255/turbulence-ahead-for-air-canada With pilots calling a strike vote, disappointing earnings, and a competitor launching a regional airline, Air Canada is getting battered from all directions Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627255/turbulence-ahead-for-air-canada/news/10627255/turbulence-ahead-for-air-canada http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627267/tom-horton-is-a-kinder-gentler-frank-lorenzo/news/10627267/tom-horton-is-a-kinder-gentler-frank-lorenzo Feb. 10--Employees of American Airlines, meet today's softer, kinder, gentler version of Frank Lorenzo. You know him as Tom Horton, your company's CEO since its parent, AMR Corp., filed bankruptcy papers Nov. 29. A lot has changed since the 1970s... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627267/tom-horton-is-a-kinder-gentler-frank-lorenzo/news/10627267/tom-horton-is-a-kinder-gentler-frank-lorenzo http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627258/congress-demands-drones-over-america/news/10627258/congress-demands-drones-over-america The following information was released by the Center for Democracy & Technology: by Harley Geiger February 9, 2012 Congress is demanding drones in the air over the United States - without considering the civil liberties issues. Within the span of... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627258/congress-demands-drones-over-america/news/10627258/congress-demands-drones-over-america http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627259/flyersrights-reports-passage-of-airline-passengers-bill-of-rights/news/10627259/flyersrights-reports-passage-of-airline-passengers-bill-of-rights FlyersRights.org reported the passage of a new, four-year FAA Reauthorization Act that contains a number of significant new protections for airline passengers. According to a release FlyersRights.org worked to build a coalition of individuals, groups... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627259/flyersrights-reports-passage-of-airline-passengers-bill-of-rights/news/10627259/flyersrights-reports-passage-of-airline-passengers-bill-of-rights http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627257/aopa-urges-changes-to-uas-only-airspace-proposal/news/10627257/aopa-urges-changes-to-uas-only-airspace-proposal The following information was released by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: By Jim Moore AOPA submitted several suggestions that would mitigate the impact of a proposed restricted airspace reserved for unmanned aircraft in North Dakota... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10627257/aopa-urges-changes-to-uas-only-airspace-proposal/news/10627257/aopa-urges-changes-to-uas-only-airspace-proposal http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627322/able-aerospace-services-breaks-ground-on-new-fly-in-facility-in-mesa/press_release/10627322/able-aerospace-services-breaks-ground-on-new-fly-in-facility-in-mesa The multi-state celebration is continuing during Heli-Expo 2012 next week in Dallas, Texas, as Able President and CEO Lee Benson and Mesa City Councilwoman Dina Higgins share highlights of the groundbreaking Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10627322/able-aerospace-services-breaks-ground-on-new-fly-in-facility-in-mesa/press_release/10627322/able-aerospace-services-breaks-ground-on-new-fly-in-facility-in-mesa http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10626740/summit-aviation-signs-long-term-agreement-with-sikorsky-for-transmission-overhauls/press_release/10626740/summit-aviation-signs-long-term-agreement-with-sikorsky-for-transmission-overhauls   Middletown, Del., Feb.11, 2012 – Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, announced today they have signed a long term agreement with Sikorsky Global Helicopters to manufacture, assemble and test transmissions for new production... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:40:37 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10626740/summit-aviation-signs-long-term-agreement-with-sikorsky-for-transmission-overhauls/press_release/10626740/summit-aviation-signs-long-term-agreement-with-sikorsky-for-transmission-overhauls http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10626708/787-dreamliner-at-huntsville-international-airport/news/10626708/787-dreamliner-at-huntsville-international-airport Boeing brought its 787 Dreamliner to Huntsville International Airport (HSV) this past weekend as part of Boeing’s 2nd segment of the Dream Tour Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:16:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10626708/787-dreamliner-at-huntsville-international-airport/news/10626708/787-dreamliner-at-huntsville-international-airport http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10626622/more-airports-join-pre-check-program/news/10626622/more-airports-join-pre-check-program Some frequent fliers on Delta and American will be able to move through faster security lines at Reagan National, JFK, Chicago O'Hare, and Salt Lake City by the end of next month Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10626622/more-airports-join-pre-check-program/news/10626622/more-airports-join-pre-check-program http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10626625/eu-green-tax-global-airlines-warn-of-retaliatory-action/news/10626625/eu-green-tax-global-airlines-warn-of-retaliatory-action Some non-European airlines may have to choose whether to obey the law of their land or that of Europe, says IATA's Tony Tyler Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0600 http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10626625/eu-green-tax-global-airlines-warn-of-retaliatory-action/news/10626625/eu-green-tax-global-airlines-warn-of-retaliatory-action