Thailand-based low-fare carrier One-Two-Go Airlines, a subsidiary of the Orient Thai Airline Co., is grounding its planes from July 22, 2008 to September 15, 2008. According to an article on Bloomberg News, the suspension is the result of fuel costs, which have more than doubled in the past year. But other media sources suggest there may be more to this move than financial restructuring: suspension...

A Mexicana Airlines A320 aircraft overran a runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD) on July 18, 2008, just after 7PM local time. According to the airline, the aircraft, operating as Mexicana Flight MXA802 from Mexico City, had 138 passengers and 7 crew members on board. News reports say that one flight attendant was injured and was taken to the hospital. The flight attendant's injuri...

Australian airline Qantas has just announced plans to let go 1,500 employees worldwide by December of this year. As a part of the work force reduction, the airline's call centers in Tucson, AZ, and London will be closed. The Jetstar crew base at Adelaide also will be shut down. (Jetstar is the low-fare subsidiary of Qantas.)In a statement to the press, Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways Ltd,...

A new rule, titled Reduction of Fuel Tank Flammability in Transport Category Airplanes, has been has been issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation and incorporated into the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The rule requires "operators and manufacturers of transport category airplanes to take steps that, in combination with other required actions, should greatly reduc...

Republic Airways Holdings -- the parent company of regional air carriers Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America -- announced late last week that it will reduce its work force by 10%, or about 500 employees. According to Republic Airways, the company currently employs approximately 5,000 people. The staff reductions will be implemented over the next several months."These reductio...