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January 12, 2007

Chicago Seeks Feds' Approval To Use Ticket Taxes For O'Hare Expansion

Airlines Say City Needs To Reign In Costs, Not Ask For More Money

After receiving a polite but firm 'no' from the airlines, the city of Chicago will seek federal approval to use $270 million in ticket taxes collected from passengers to cover the soaring costs of its expansion of O'Hare International Airport.

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TSA Contemplates Advertisements In Security Bins

This Invasive Search Sponsored By...

The Transportation Security Administration says it understands the frustration of waiting... shoeless... for your personal effects to be irradiated. So they're proposing to provide you reading material.

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Norway Holds Ukrainian Pilots On Drunk Flying Charges

Four Will Not Be Allowed To Leave Until Trial

Norwegian officials have detained three Ukranian pilots on charges of attempting to fly a plane while drunk... and Norway's not messing around.

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Open Skies Talks Set To Resume Between US, EU

Both Sides Reaffirm Commitment To Deal

Trade officials of the European Union and the US will resume talks next month before the World Trade Organization, aimed at relaxing regulation of lucrative trans-Atlantic airline routes.

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Merger Mania: Delta Reportedly In Talks With Northwest, United

Results Could Put Yet Another Carrier In Play

A merger to stave off another merger? Senior managers at Delta Air Lines are reportedly engaged in talks with their counterparts at both United and Northwest, over a possible alliance with one of those airlines. This, to fend off an unwanted takeover bid by US Airways.

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Tail Section, Other Pieces Of Missing Airliner Recovered

Indonesia Says Serial Numbers Match Adam Air 747

Officials confirmed Thursday metal fragments found earlier this week on the bottom of the ocean floor are from the wreckage of an Adam Air 737 missing since January 1.

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SoCal ATC Problem Delays Flights From Ontario

Outage Lasts Close To Two Hours

Controllers briefly lost radar contact this week with flights within a 45-square-mile block of Southern California airspace.

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Merger Mania: AirTran Sweetens Its Bid For Midwest Airlines

Airlines Appeal To Midwest Shareholders

The battle being waged between Delta Air Lines and US Airways over a hostile takeover bid is also playing out between rivals AirTran and Midwest Airlines... albeit on a smaller scale.

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Airbus Names Evrard To Oversee A350XWB Project

Comes From EADS Missile Development Program

More signs of progress for Airbus Industrie's revised A350XWB airliner... as the European planemaker Thursday chose Didier Evrard to oversee the airliner's development program. Evrard is the 53-year-old head of a missile development program for parent company EADS, and starts his new duties immediately.

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