AD NUMBER: 2006-23-11
MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-23-11
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive
(AD) for Rolls-Royce, plc (RR) RB211 Trent 768-60, 772-60, and
772B-60 turbofan engines.
On Tuesday, Boeing and Air China celebrated the delivery of the
150th Boeing airplane to the carrier. The new 737-800 is the first
airplane in China to feature the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games livery
highlighting the official mascots -- the five "Fuwa" animal cartoon
characters.
India's Kingfisher Airlines has taken delivery of four A321
narrowbody aircraft. Their first A321 was delivered to the
Mumbai-based airline in late October 2006, in Hamburg, Germany.
Representatives with Rolls-Royce told ANN Wednesday the company
has secured business worth up to $100 million as its share of an
order for V2500 engines and aftermarket services from
Singapore-based Tiger Airways, one of Asia's leading low-cost
carriers.
Say Flights Should Have Been Controlled By Closed TRACON
Below is the unedited text of a release from the National Air
Traffic Controllers Association, regarding two fatal accidents in
Indiana this year... and the union's belief that FAA policies may
have played a role in those accidents.
ANN REALTIME UPDATE 11.15.06 1600 EST:
Flights have been delayed left and right throughout the
day at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, as stiff crosswinds
have forced the bulk of the airport's traffic onto two
crosswind runways.
US Airways Group (USAG) has offered $4 billion cash and 78.5
million shares of US Airways stock to Delta Airlines creditors in a
deal that could create the world's largest carrier.
There were times it looked like this would never happen... but
flight attendants at beleagured regional carrier Comair voted
Tuesday to accept pay cuts and other concessions, to assist the
carrier in its bid to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Two low-cost carriers serving different sides of the US
announced Tuesday they will join forces to market each other's
flights -- nearly doubling the destinations each can offer.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday it has
approved a plan to resume "right turn" departures out of Las Vegas'
McCarran International Airport. The plan routes more aircraft over
affluent neighhborhoods in the northwest section of the gambling
town.
Israeli carrier El Al announced this week it will not go ahead
with its plans to buy 10 Boeing 787 airliners, starting in 2012...
and furthermore, may instead opt for Airbus planes.
Security Takes Medications At Checkpoint; Appear Later On
Plane
A Swedish woman is doing okay now, after she went into allergic
shock and lost consciousness for nearly half an hour while on a
recent flight from Paris to Stockholm. Why did that happen? Turns
out her medication was taken away during a security check in
France.
Representatives with Boeing told ANN Tuesday that
Aeroméxico, Mexico's largest airline, has ordered two more
787-8 Dreamliners, and 10 more Next-Generation 737-700s.
Boeing announced Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement
with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace
Workers, to end a three-month strike at the company's Oak Ridge, TN
facility.