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October 16, 2008

NTSB Recommends Immediate Inspections For Pratt & Whitney PW2037s

Engines Should Be Pulled From Service Pending Checks, Board Says

As a result of its ongoing investigation of an incident involving a Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engine experiencing an uncontained failure, the National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent recommendation Thursday to the Federal Aviation Administration to require all Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines be removed from service for inspection of the second stage turbine hubs when they have accumulated significantly fewer hours (10,880) and/or cycles (4,392) than the incident engine.

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Flu Shots Coming To An Airport Near You

Can Layover-Friendly Dental Care Be Far Behind?

Imagine being poked by a large needle in front of total strangers during your next layover at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, New York JFK or Chicago O'Hare. No, we're not talking about the latest TSA "security" initiative... particularly since this program may actually benefit travelers, for a change.

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Southwest Posts Its 70th Consecutive Quarterly Profit*

* If You Ignore The BIG Hit The Airline Took On Fuel Hedges

Fuel hedges are wonderful for airlines when oil prices are high, as they were this summer... but when the price of oil falls, those hedges are a noose around an airline's fiscal neck. Just ask Southwest Airlines.

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OpenSkies Takes Flight On Inaugural Trip From Amsterdam To New York

British Airways Subsidiary Launches Second Route

British Airways' grand experiment to take advantage of the 19-month-old "Open Skies" agreement between the United States and the European Union has launched its second route. OpenSkies -- the airline -- launched new service Wednesday between New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport.

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American Airlines Discloses Plans To Purchase Boeing 787-9s

Carrier Finally Commits To Big Dreamliner Deal... Sort Of

A long-expected order announcement from American Airlines, stating the carrier plans to purchase as many as 100 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, came to fruition Wednesday... but the order is far from a done deal.

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Airbus Announces 'Pause' To Planned Production Increases

Planemakers Taking Steps To Keep Market Viable

European planemaker Airbus has weathered this year's economic crises relatively well, with orders for 737 planes so far in 2008 and deliveries expected to come close to 470 aircraft. But that doesn't mean Airbus expects the good times to last.

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Drunk Passenger Unsuccessfully Attempts To Hijack Turkish Airliner

Plane Lands Safely, AND On-Time At Destination

The head of Turkey's civil aviation authority says a drunk passenger staged a clumsy, unsuccessful hijack attempt aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Turkey to Russia on Wednesday.

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