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November 14, 2012

Lewis Jordan To Address The Atlanta Aero Club

Co-Founder Of ValuJet And Its Successor, AirTran Airways Guest Speaker November 29th

Lewis Jordan, who co-founded ValuJet Airlines and its Successor AirTran Airways, will be the featured guest speaker at the regular bi–monthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club scheduled for November 29th. Jordan served as Chairman of AirTran until his retirement from active management in 1997 and continued as an active member of the AirTran Board until the company's acquisition by Southwest Airlines in May 2011.

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Afriqiyah Airways Places Firm Order For Four Additional A350 XWBs

Libyan Carrier Also Up-Sizes Its Original Order For Six A350-800s To Larger A350-900s

Afriqiyah Airways has increased its A350 XWB fleet with a new firm order for four A350-900s. The carrier has also converted its original order for six A350-800s into six of the larger A350-900 model. This brings Afriqiyah’s total A350 XWBs on order to ten A350-900s.

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SESAR JU Making 'Green' Flights A European Reality

AIRE Initiative Uses Existing Technology To Fly More 'Environmentally Friendly' Trajectories

The Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) is co-financing a third series of pre-operational demonstration projects to accelerate adoption of environmentally friendly Air Traffic Management (ATM) operations.

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US Airways Flight Attendant Celebrates 55 Years With Airline

Washington, D.C.-based Bette Nash Is US Airways' Most Tenured Crew Member

It's a career that is definitely worth celebrating. US Airways flight attendant Bette Nash celebrates 55 years of dedicated service with the airline this month. Ms. Nash has the distinction of being the most tenured flight attendant at US Airways with a hire date of Nov. 4, 1957.

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EU ETS On Hold For One Year

Delay Will Give ICAO An Opportunity To Craft International Standards

The European Union will delay the implementation of its Emissions Trading Scheme for non-European flagged airliners for a year, giving the ICAO an opportunity to craft an international plan that can be palatable to the rest of the world.

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ALPA, Airbus Welcome Delay In EU ETS Implementation

Governments Had Threatened Retaliation Against The European Planemaker

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said Tuesday it is encouraged by the European Commission’s proposal to “freeze” the application of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for flights flying to or from Europe.

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United, Continental MECs Send Tentative Agreement To Pilots

Contract's Fate Now In The Hands Of The Membership

The Master Executive Councils of the Continental and United pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association International, have voted to accept a tentative agreement on a joint collective bargaining agreement reached with United Continental Holdings, Inc. The agreement now goes before the pilots for a ratification vote.

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First 787 Dreamliner Delivered To Qatar Airways

Airline To Be First In The Middle East To Operate The 787

The first of 30 787s ordered by Doha-based Qatar Airways has been delivered to the carrier. The airplane is also the first to be delivered to an airline in the Middle East.

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