Contract Air Cargo Convair 580 Suffers nose gear collapse at Guatemala City, May 11th 2012 – The Aviation Herald

This was the aircraft involved in the Guatemala City incident pictured at it's Pontiac, MI home base back in December 2007.  Photo:  Andrew Thon - OPShots Contributor

A Contract Air Cargo (subsidiary of IFL Group) Convair CV-440, registration N171FL performing freight flight TSU-8138 from Miami,FL (USA) to Guatemala City (Guatemala), landed on Guatamala City’s runway 19 when after touch down the nose gear bent backwards and collapsed. The left hand propeller… Read more

WestJet launches service to the Windy City – Yahoo! Finance

A WestJet 737-7CT pictured at Moncton, New Brunswick in February 2011.  Photo:  Doug McElroy - OPShots Contributor

WestJet today announced the launch of new, non-stop seasonal service to Chicago O’Hare from Vancouver and Calgary. The inaugural flights depart from Vancouver at 11:40 a.m. PDT and Calgary at 4 p.m. MDT. These new flights are timed to connect with WestJet’s code-share partner, American… Read more

Republic Airlines to Operate 32 Q400s as United Express – Yahoo! Finance

A Colgan Dash 8 Q400 pictured at Columbus last November.  Photo:  Stephen Mosley Sr. - OPShots Contributor

Republic Airlines to Operate 32 Q400s as United ExpressAircraft transition to begin in AugustBusiness WirePress Release: Republic Airways Holdings Inc. – 5 hours ago Email PrintCompanies: Republic Airways Holdings Inc.RELATED QUOTESSymbol Price ChangeRJET 5.09 +0.01Fantasy… Read more

Cessna to Assemble Caravans in China – Flying Magazine

A Pacificwings Cessna Grand Caravan sits at Atlanta in 2009.  Photo:  Andrew Thon - OPShots Contributor

Cessna Aircraft has signed a strategic agreement with the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) Company for final assembly, sales and customer support of Cessna Caravans in China for the Chinese market. What does that mean exactly? Cessna wants to make it very clear: Caravans for the… Read more

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