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January 04, 2008

Airlines Raise Fares As Oil Hits $100 Per Barrel

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In a move unlikely to surprise many, airlines around the globe raised fares this week... in an attempt to keep pace with oil prices that surged over $100 per barrel on the futures market.

Planemaker Secured 200 Orders In Last Days Of Year

As ANN reported Thursday night, Boeing established a new record for all-time commercial aircraft sales in 2007, with 1,413 net orders. The question is now, how long with Boeing hold onto the record... as Airbus is expected to release its own record numbers in 12 days.

Global Improvement Attributed To Tighter Regulation

The FAA calls 2007 a year of progress in aviation safety, and now an independent watchdog group is saying the same for the world.

Four Palestinians Deported; Leader Serving Three Life Terms

Despite the best efforts of the US Congress to provide incentives to Pakistan to crack down on terrorists, on Thursday authorities there freed four Palestinians convicted in the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi that killed 22 passengers and crew.

AD NUMBER: 2007-26-20 MANUFACTURER: Pratt & Whitney SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-26-20 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for PW PW4164, PW4168, and PW4168A turbofan engines with certain low pressure turbine (LPT) stage 4 disks, part number(P/N) 51N404, installed.

Fly along with the Aero-TV crew on a practice Rescue and Recovery mission over KSC and Cape Canaveral with Patrick AFB's 920th Rescue Wing... we got HC-130s, launch pads, PaveHawks, in-flight refueling... folks, this was very cool stuff!!!

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