Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for January 2008. Trafffic increased 34.1% over the same month last year, while capacity increased 30.6%. Load factor was 65.6% versus 63.9% in January 2007.

AAR acquires Trax to accelerate digital solutions strategy
Chicago-headquartered AAR CORP. (AAR) has announced its acquisition of Trax Corp. (trax), a leading independent provider of aircraft MRO and fleet management software to accelerate its digital solutions strategy. AAR is a global aerospace and defence aftermarket solutions company with operations in over 20 countries. It supports commercial and government customers through two operating segments: