UK Chancellor commits £2 billion to make the country a “defence industrial superpower”
Rachel Reeves announced port upgrades, protected budgets for innovation and investment in novel technologies.
Colgan Air announces February 2010 performance stats
Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air subsidiary for February 2010.
Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) showed a small drop of 1.2% to 38,135,000 from 38,604,000 in February 2009, while capacity, in available seat miles (ASMs) was cut by 12.2% to 69,751,000 from 79,450,000. This led to a 6.1 percentage point increase in load factor, with February 2010’s figure being 54.7% compared with last February’s 48.6%.
Colgan carried a total of 162,058 passengers during the month, a 5.9% decrease from the 172,242 carried in the same period last year.
The fleet of 34 Saab 340s and 14 Bombardier Q400s – the same as in February last year – flew 8,902 block hours, 15.0% down on the 10,479 hours In February 2009.
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