Saturday Links #27

Boeing will be laying off workers from its commercial division. Flightblogger has a copy of the e-mail that was sent out to employees.
Cranky has a great post describing why he’s happy the industry has changed so much post-deregulation. Well worth the read.
ASA will begin operating CRJ-900s to replace some CRJ-200s.
Sens. John McCain and John Ensign have introduced a bill to try to eliminate perimeter rules at DCA and LGA.
Continental performed a test flight using biofuels on a 737-800 (the first biofuel test on a twinjet).
It appears that Air France-KLM will be Alitalia’s foreign partner for the Italian airline’s relaunch.
Meanwhile, disgruntled Alitalia employees caused the cancellation of over 100 flights in Rome.
Rob Mark has a great piece on what is needed at the FAA during the Obama Administration. (Via Evan Sparks)

Things in the Sky