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Pace Airlines suspends all operations

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Pace Airlines (Winston-Salem) yesterday (September 11) laid off its remaining employees and suspended all operations. This represents the second major employee job cut this week. 175-215 employees were let go on Tuesday. The company is currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor for alleged non-payment of employees and has been promising to pay its employees for all deferred payments. Pace is also suing DirectAir’s parent for breach of contract. Charter operations began in 1996 flying a single Boeing 737-200 (N487GS) for the Charlotte Hornets.

News link with all of the details:

www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/11/111459/pace-sues-south-carolina-airline-breach-contract/news-local/

Midwest starts code-sharing with Frontier

Republic Airlines' (2nd) Embraer ERJ 190-100LR N164HQ (msn 19000275) is now the third ERJ 190 in Midwest colors. N164HQ (with Midwest Connect titles) taxies at the Milwaukee hub on September 2, 2009. Copyright Photo: Jay Selman.

Midwest Airlines (Milwaukee) and Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) as subsidiaries of Republic Airways Holdings have started a code-sharing program.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Midwest-Airlines-Codeshare-bw-4013904739.html?x=0&.v=1

Iran Aseman Fokker 100 burst tire, starts fire

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Iran Aseman Airlines (Tehran) yesterday (August 11) had a Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) make a hard landing at Isfahan, Iran causing a tire to burst and a resultant fire in the wheel. There were no injuries.

News item:

www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20090812160152/Article/index_html

20 Years Ago: Piedmont is merged into USAir

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Aria Air suspends all flights after the accident

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Aria Air (Tehran) suspended all operations yesterday (July 25) one day after the fiery crash that killed 16 people (mostly crew) at Mashhad the previous day.

News link:

english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6710031.html

Will US Airways dump the Embraer ERJ 190s?

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US Airways (Phoenix) is evaluating whether it will keep or sell off its fleet of Embraer ERJ 190s.

News link from Flightglobal:

www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/07/23/330101/us-airways-considers-cutting-its-e-190-fleet.html

On the financial side, the company reported a net profit of $58 million in the second quarter, exceeding expectations.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Group-Inc-Reports-bw-2130659474.html?x=0&.v=1

US Airways is also partnering with Aircell to offer its Gogo inflight Internet service starting in early 2010.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/WiFi-While-You-Fly-with-US-bw-3165171175.html?x=0&.v=1

Caspian Airlines Tu-154M EP-CPG crashes

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Caspian Airlines (Tehran) lost one its Tupolev Tu-154M EP-CPG (msn 87A748) this morning on flight RV 7908 between Tehran and Yerevan. All 168 passengers and crew died in the crash. The airliner crashed in a field creating a crater after takeoff from Tehran, approximately 75 miles northwest of Tehran in the village of Jannatabad.

Additional details from the BBC:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8151327.stm

Air India Express pulls some international routes

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Business Week news link:

www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2009/gb2009071_170238.htm

US Airways’ 737-4B7 N443US makes hard landing

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US Airways’ (Phoenix) Boeing 737-4B7 N443US (msn 24842) yesterday afternoon (June 27) made a hard landing at Tampa after flying in from Philadelphia. The nose gear collapsed on landing. Television pitchman Billy Mays who was on flight, was found dead this morning in his Tampa home after reportedly hitting his head in the incident.

Here is full local report and video from Tampa:

www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/US-Airways-plane-makes-hard-landing-at-Tampa/J4S8mFG6PEqaw5-jy4S08Q.cspx