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Urgent CASA AD: BAE Systems

Applicability: BAE SYSTEMS - BAe 146 and AVRO 146-RJ series aircraft.

ICAO To 'Out' Unsafe Airlines Online

Will Post Safety Audit Records Of Member Carriers

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations' aviation arm, will soon begin calling out countries with poor air safety records by posting their safety records online, ICAO chief Assad Kotaite said Monday.

Finnair Becomes First RR Trent 1700 Customer

Will Power Its Fleet Of A350-900s

Rolls-Royce announced Tuesday that Finnair has become the first airline to select the Trent 1700 to power its fleet of nine Airbus A350-900s, in addition to four options. The deal is worth $470 million at list prices, with deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2012.

Was There An Airline Connection To Martin's 'Incredible' Legal Blunder?

UPI: Transcripts Came From Lawyers Defending United, American In Civil Trials

We may now know more about the motives behind what some analysts have termed the "incredible" legal blunders of TSA attorney Carla Martin.

APA Likes FAA's TIPH Decisions

The Allied Pilots Association (APA), collective bargaining agent for the 13,000 pilots of American Airlines, expressed its support today for the Federal Aviation Administration's upcoming change to an air traffic clearance called "taxi into position and hold" or TIPH.

AD: General Electric

AD NUMBER: PL2006-06-51 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive PL2006-06-51 SUMMARY: This emergency AD results from two failures of the No. 3 bearing in GEAE CT7-8A engines.