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AMR Corporation asks the bankruptcy judge to extend the exit plan deadline to March 11

AMR Corporation (Dallas/Fort Worth) has asked the bankruptcy court judge to extend by six weeks, through March 11, 2013 the period in which the company has the exclusive right to propose an exit plan.

Read the full story from the Chicago Tribune and Reuters: CLICK HERE

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Will American Eagle be spun off? Meanwhile as AMR struggles with this question it is farming out more flying to other carriers like SkyWest Airlines which started flying for AMR on November 15 as a new American Eagle carrier. Ex-Comair Bombardier CRJ100 (CL-600-2B19) N868CA (msn 7427) departs from Los Angeles International Airport.

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SkyWest Airlines starts operating for American Airlines as a new American Eagle carrier

SkyWest Airlines (St. George) as planned, on November 15 started its capacity purchase agreement with American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) for the operation of 23 Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet aircraft. The aircraft are now starting to be operated under the American Eagle Airlines brand from the Los Angeles hub. This is a new type to appear in American Eagle’s colors.

The aircraft are being painted by Dean Baldwin Painting in Roswell, NM. The following statement was issued by Dean Baldwin Painting:

Dean Baldwin Painting, LP. has been painting aircraft for Skywest Airlines for over 12 years. The recently announced contract between Skywest Airlines and American Airlines has become additional slot orders for Dean Baldwin’s Roswell, NM aircraft painting facility. According to recent press releases, Skywest Airlines will be placing 23 regional jets in service flying for American Airlines; all will be in service prior to the first quarter of 2013. The new contract is good news for the 46 year old aircraft painting company, which has painted over 300 aircraft for Skywest Airlines since 1999.

Dean Baldwin Painting, LP paints a number of liveries for Skywest Airlines including US Airway, Delta Connection, United Express in addition the their own Skywest Airlines livery. They have been providing expert aircraft painting services to the aviation industry for over forty-six years. The company has a respectable client base that includes US Airways, SkyWest Airlines, jetBlue Airways, ABX Air, Air Canada, and many other highly regarded air carriers. In addition, the company is an experienced service provider to the US Air Force having completed over 250 strip and paints on C130 aircraft during the past ten years. Dean Baldwin also performs VIP aircraft painting services for corporate and private operators.

With corporate offices located in Bulverde, Texas, Dean Baldwin Painting operates from three locations in the U.S. – Phoenix Goodyear, AZ; Roswell, NM and San Antonio, TX a and fourth location in Peru, Indiana will be coming on line in the fourth quarter of 2012. The company is a certified minority-woman owned, small, privately held business specializing in aircraft refinishing services.

Copyright Photo: James Helbock. Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N464SW (msn 7827) completes its final approach into Los Angeles International Airport.

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Pinnacle Airlines reaches a tentative contract agreement with its flight attendants

Pinnacle Airlines Corporation’s (Memphis) wholly owned subsidiary, Pinnacle Airlines Inc. (Memphis), announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), the legal representative of the Pinnacle Airlines Flight Attendant group. Pinnacle is seeking concessions from all of its employees in order to emerge successfully from Chapter 11 proceedings with a competitive cost structure. The two sides reached a tentative agreement on concessions that cover pay, retirement, work rules and benefits. The concessions would become effective when concessions are implemented for other labor groups and non-union employees. AFA members at the airline will now have the opportunity to vote on the tentative agreement in the coming days and, if ratified, will avoid the Section 1113 litigation process in bankruptcy court.

The tentative agreement also remains subject to required corporate approvals and review by the Bankruptcy Court.

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Pinnacle Airlines’ pilots react to the company’s motion to void the current contract

Capt. Tom Wychor, Chairman of the Pinnacle Airlines arm of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), released the following statement regarding the Section 1113 filing by Pinnacle Corporation.

“Late last night Pinnacle filed a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to reject the pilots’ collective bargaining agreement. While this filing was expected, we do not think that it was necessary for Pinnacle to take this step so shortly after contract negotiations resumed. We believe the filing is an ill-advised distraction from the real work of negotiating a consensual agreement that maintains industry standard pay, work rules and benefits and can garner pilot support to help Pinnacle move through this difficult period.

“We acknowledge that concessions are necessary to allow Pinnacle to successfully reorganize. The extraordinary level of concessions sought by Pinnacle, however, would set a new floor for pilot contracts within the regional airline industry. The bottom line is this: in the five months since company executives filed for bankruptcy, they have not been able to justify the level of concessions they are seeking. Rather than solving its problems, Pinnacle executives are attempting to use the bankruptcy process to gain an overwhelming and unfair competitive advantage in the industry. We firmly believe that if the bankruptcy court allows Pinnacle to implement steep reductions in our wages, work rules and benefits that it is proposing, the cost of pilot attrition and inability to hire new pilots in the future would vastly outweigh the assumed short-term benefits of the imposed cuts.

“We encourage our management to bring to the bargaining table the same energy they have used to run to the courtroom. We must find enough common ground to form the basis for a new agreement, one that provides a future for both Pinnacle Airlines and its pilots.”

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SkyWest to operate 23 Bombardier CRJ200s for American Eagle

SkyWest, Inc. (St. George) announced today that it has signed a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with American Airlines, Inc. (Dallas/Fort Worth) to operate 23 Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet aircraft under the American Eagle designation. SkyWest currently anticipates that it will commence its American flights on November 15, 2012, with all 23 aircraft being placed in service prior to end of the first quarter 2013. SkyWest intends to source the aircraft from its existing fleet where they have previously been operated in behalf of another major partner and anticipates that 12 of the aircraft will be flown by SkyWest Airlines, Inc. and 11 aircraft will be flown by ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. (Atlanta). SkyWest also anticipates that the American aircraft will be primarily operated out of Los Angeles International Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

The CPA, which has a term of four years, provides for SkyWest, through its operating airlines SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, to be compensated in similar fashion to existing capacity purchase agreements with SkyWest’s other major partners.

SkyWest is the holding company for two scheduled passenger airline operations and an aircraft leasing company and is headquartered in St. George, Utah. SkyWest’s scheduled passenger airline operations consist of SkyWest Airlines, also based in St. George, Utah, and ExpressJet Airlines, based in Atlanta, Georgia. SkyWest Airlines operates as United Express and Delta Connection carriers under contractual agreements with United Airlines, Inc. and Delta Air Lines, Inc. SkyWest Airlines also operates as US Airways Express under a contractual agreement with US Airways, Inc., and operates flights for Alaska Airlines under a contractual agreement. ExpressJet Airlines operates as United Express and Delta Connection carriers under contractual agreements with United and Delta. System-wide, SkyWest serves markets in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with approximately 4,000 daily departures and a fleet of approximately 725 regional aircraft.

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SkyWest pilot kills himself after trying to steal a CRJ200 at St. George, Utah

SkyWest Airlines‘ (St. George) pilot, who was wanted for the murder of his former girlfriend in Colorado, attempted to steal an unoccupied SkyWest regional jet from the St. George Airport yesterday (July 17). The pilot then committed suicide after smashing the unoccupied Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N865AS (msn 7507) into the loading bridge according to this report by the The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Delta to drop Newburgh-Atlanta service on September 1

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) will drop the Newburgh (Stewart International Airport)-Atlanta route on September 1 due to low numbers. The route is operated by ExpressJet Airlines. Atlantic Southwest Airlines (ASA) was merged with ExpressJet on December 31, 2011 and adopted the ExpressJet name.

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SkyWest orders 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets

SkyWest Airlines (St. George) has placed a firm order for 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets for deliveries between 2017 and 2020.

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SkyWest Airlines is celebrating 40 Years of flying in 2012. SkyWest cooperates and flies for United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways and Alaska Airlines. With a fleet of 314 aircraft, SkyWest’s more than 11,000 aviation professionals operate more than 1,800 flights each day to 162 destinations throughout North America (see route map below).

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Top Copyright Photo: James Helbock. SkyWest currently operates 159 Bombardier CRJ200s which will be the first aircraft to be replaced in addition to the 42 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias, 92 Bombardier CRJ700s and 21 CRJ900s also operated.

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