Monthly Archives: September 2010

SkyWest Airlines’ flight 3074 makes a left main gear-up landing at Milwaukee

SkyWest Airlines’ (St. George) flight 3074 being operated under the AirTran Airways code was forced to make a left main gear-up landing at Milwaukee last night on a flight from Omaha. The Bombardier CRJ200 registered N498CA (msn 7792) with 36 passengers and three crew on board landed safely on runway 07R with no injuries. The regional jet skidded on the runway with the left main gear retracted.

Read the full report (with a video newscast) from KETV Channel 7 in Omaha:

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Top Copyright Photo: Joe Osciak. Sister ship CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N495CA (msn 7774) arrives at Philadelphia.

Bottom Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N498CA (msn 7792) is pictured at Milwaukee before the incident.

Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.

JetBlue Airways wants to grow without any merger

JetBlue Airways (New York-JFK) wants to grow organically rather than growing through a merger according to this report by Reuters.

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Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. This was the first tail design for jetBlue Airways, introduced in 1999. Airbus A320-232 N636JB (msn 2755) taxies to runway 9L at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood.

Tomorrow will be the last day of Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines (Houston) will operate for the last time on September 30 with the last flights of the day. Officially on October 1, 2010 Continental and United Airlines (Chicago) will be merged as “equals” although the United name will survive. Oddly CO’s 1991 livery will live on as the merged airline’s color scheme.

Boeing 737-924 ER N53442 (msn 33536) is the first CO airplane to receive UA titles. Aircraft 285 and 124 should follow.

The first new UA revenue flight is expected to depart Houston (Bush Intercontinental) on Friday morning. More information to follow.

We will be honoring the history of CO over the next few days with additional historical photos.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Honoring the past, Boeing 737-924 ER N75436 (msn 33531) departing Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood was painted in the 1947 “Blue Skyway” livery (initially this livery was introduced on metal fuselages).

Continental Airlines on Flickr Slide Show:

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Continental Airlines on AG Slide Show (press >):

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Allegiant to add Bakersfield-Las Vegas flights

Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) will add newย nonstop jet service between Bakersfield, CA and the Las Vegas hub on November 17.

AirAsia X to start Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo Haneda flights in December

AirAsia X (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) is going to launch low-fare Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo (Haneda) flights in December. The company is planning to add two additional cities.

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Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard. A dramatic picture of AirAsia X’s brand new Airbus A330-343X F-WWYY (msn 1131). it will become 9M-XXG on delivery.

Spring Airlines challenges China Eastern and Cathay Pacific on the Shanghai-Hong Kong route

Spring Airlines (Shanghai) added the mainline Shanghai-Hong Kong route on September 27. The low-cost carrier is challenging incumbents China Eastern Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways on the route.

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Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss. Airbus A320-214 D-AXAQ (msn 4331) rotates at Hamburg (Finkenwerder). The airliner became B-6705 on delivery.

Caribbean Airlines orders nine new ATR 72-600s

Caribbean Airlines (Port of Spain) announced the signature of an agreement for the purchase of nine ATR 72-600 aircraft. With this US$ 200 million order, Caribbean Airlines will become a new ATR operator. The aircraft are configured with 68 seats and equipped with the new ATR -600 series avionics suite and with the new Armonia Cabin. Deliveries will start in late 2011.

With its fleet of brand new ATR 72-600s, this flag carrier will replace its current fleet of five DHC-8 300 aircraft, while adding new frequencies linking Trinidad and Tobago and surrounding destinations. In addition, several of the new ATRs will be operated in the route network of Air Jamaica, recently acquired by Caribbean Airlines.

Frontier Airlines to add Omaha-San Diego service on January 16

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) will launch Omaha-San Diego service on January 16. The new route will be operated by Republic Airlines’ (2nd) Embraer ERJ 190s.

American Airlines and American Eagle to cut flights at San Juan

American Airlines and American Eagle Airlines (Dallas/Worth) are cutting service to seven cities from the San Juan hub effective on April 6, 2011. The total number of flights will drop from 58 to 41 daily flights.

Copyright Photo: Arnd Wolf. Boeing 767-323 ER N395AN (msn 29432) approaches runway 9 at Miami for landing.

RAK Airways to resume operations on October 10

RAK Airways (rakairways.com) (Ras Al Khaimah, UAE) is planning to resume operations on October 10 to Jeddah and Kolkata under a new brand according to this article by The National.

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Copyright Photo: Trevor Mulkerrins. The airline is also switching from two Boeing 757-200s to two 737-400s. 737-46J N213TH (msn 27213) at Shannon was the first to wear the new livery.