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January 23, 2008

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 01.23.08

A Case For Congestion Pricing, With The Reason Foundation's Robert Poole

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 01.23.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.23.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- A Case For Congestion Pricing, Part Two: 01.23.08 (ANN Special Report, with Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Studies for The Reason Foundati

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American Airlines To Be First To Unveil In-flight Wi-Fi

Aircell-Sourced System To Begin Trial Runs In June

Air France may be the first airline to allow passengers to use cell phones in flight, but American Airlines apparently will be the first to give us in-flight wi-fi.

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FAA Denies Airline Service To NM Airport

Says Taos Not Certified For Planes Over Nine Seats

The northern New Mexico town of Taos only has about 5,200 permanent residents... but it's big enough to have an airline interested in providing scheduled service, especially during ski season. It wouldn't be the first time -- Westward Airways and Rio Grande Airlines both served Taos in years past. Both carriers are now out of business.

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Good Samaritan Returns Wayward Cat To Family

Gracie Mae Snuck Into Suitcase, Flew From FL To Dallas

And now, a story which may restore your faith in the goodness of people... and remove any remaining shred of faith you ever had in baggage screening.

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Boeing, Air Europa Announce Eight-Plane 787 Order

Deal Counted As Part Of 2007 Sales Total

Boeing and Spanish carrier Air Europa announced Tuesday an order for eight Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners valued at $1.3 billion at list prices. The order, placed by Air Europa in 2007, was previously accounted for on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site as an unidentified customer. Air Europa also acquired purchase rights for an additional eight 787s.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas (Boeing)

AD NUMBER: 2008-02-08 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-02-08 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model 717-200 airplanes.

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UAL Posts $53 Million Loss In Q4 2007

Weather, Fuel Prices... And Labor Issues... To Blame

A fierce weather system over the busy holiday travel season conspired with high fuel prices and labor discord to send profits at United Airlines parent UAL tumbling for the fourth quarter of 2007. The airline chalked up $53 million in losses, equivalent to a per-share drop of 47 cents.

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Lufthansa, JetBlue Complete Stock Purchase Transaction

German Airline Now Holds 19 Percent Stake In LCC

JetBlue Airways and Deutsche Lufthansa AG recently completed their previously-announced stock purchase agreement transaction -- giving the German airline a 19-percent stake in the US low-cost carrier.

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China Airlines Places A350 XWB Order

14 Firm Orders, Six Options

China Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, has signed a contract with Airbus for the purchase of 14 A350-900 and taken another six on option. The new generation medium capacity long-haul aircraft is being acquired by China Airlines as part of their future fleet modernization program, according to Airbus.

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