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October 03, 2007

DOT: Airline Performance Better In August, But Still A Long Way From Great

On-Time Flights Slip Over Same Period Last Year

The nation's largest airlines recorded a rate of on-time flights in August that was higher than in July ,but down from the rate posted in August 2006, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released Wednesday by the US Department of Transportation (DOT).

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France: Massive Insider Trading At EADS

Chairman Gallois Calls Findings "Preliminary"

In what analysts see as a tremendous blow to aerospace giant EADS, the French government says investigators have found "massive insider trading" was conducted by 21 top managers in both 2005 and 2006.

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ATR Launches '-600 Series' Regional Aircraft

Updated Planes Will Sport New Engines, Updated Avionics

Despite predictions just a few short years ago the era of the regional turboprop was coming to an end, today 'windmill'-equipped airliners continue to proliferate. Hoping to capitalize on this growing market, on Wednesday European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR announced the launch of the "-600 series", the newest version of its family of aircraft.

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Can’t Decide? Buy Both.

Vietnam Airlines to Buy 787 Dreamliners AND Airbus A350s

Is it a matter of getting the best of both worlds or is it purely political? That’s the question analysts are asking about Vietnam Airlines' plans to spend $5.5 billion on 12 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 10 competing Airbus A350s, as well as 20 A321s.

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Look Up, Wichita! Here Comes The A380

Say, That's No Cessna!

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a whale! No, it's the Airbus A380, soon to make a low pass over Intercontinental Airport (KICT) in Wichita.

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NTSB Determines Failure To Use Thrust Reversers Led To MDW Overrun

Says Autobrakes Distracted Southwest Pilots At Critical Time

The National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday the probable cause of a fatal 2005 runway overrun at Chicago's Midway Airport was the pilot's failure to use available reverse thrust in a timely manner to safely slow or stop the airplane after landing.

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Northwest Sets New Record For Number Of Days Without Cancelled Flights

Carrier Flew All Its Scheduled Flights For 12 Days In September

What a difference adequate staffing can make. After struggling with an atrocious rate of flight delays and cancellations through the summer, Northwest Airlines rebounded nicely in September... setting a new record of 12 days without a single cancellation.

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Flight To Nowhere A Popular Ticket In India

Simulated Airline Flight Gives A Taste Of Travel

You know, we as Americans really are spoiled. Here, we sit and complain of long delays stuck onboard commercial airliners... while there are those in India willing to pay good money to simulate the very privilege of flight.

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