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March 31, 2006

NATCA: FAA, Controller Contract Talks 'Break Down'

Blakey Says That's News To Her

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 03.31.06 1945 EST: Aero-News received the following message Friday afternoon from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, regarding what the organization calls the "break down" of contract talks between the two entities. 

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ATA Names Recent FAA'er Sharon Pinkerton VP Of Government Affairs

Leaves FAA Post To Work On Behalf Of The Airlines

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 03.31.06 1045EST: It could be a shot in the arm for those who theorize the FAA and the ATA are in collusion over the issue of user fees. The Air Transport Association (ATA) announced Friday that former FAA assistant adminstrator Sharon L. Pinkerton has been named the organization's vice president of government affairs.

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Emirates Puts Off A340 Orders For A Few Years

Gives Airbus Time To Develop "Enhanced" Airliner

Confirming earlier speculation, Emirates, the largest Arab airline, announced Thursday the carrier will delay its current order for 20 Airbus A340s, in order to give Airbus time to develop a more efficient version of the four-engine airliner.

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Northwest Presents Its Plans For Compass Airlines

Will New Regional Subsidiary Help NWA Find Its Bearings?

Northwest Airlines has high hopes for its new regional jet subsidiary, which is expecting to begin flying as early as June under the name Compass Airlines -- formerly the name of an Australian low-cost carrier that went belly-up not once... but twice, in the early 1990s.

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Delta Pilots March On Atlanta As Marketing Chief Exits Company

Pilots Carry Out "Practice" Strikes At ATL, Other Airports

It was, frankly, a demonstration of outrage in Atlanta Thursday, as some 275 Delta pilots marched through the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport terminal to protest the company's attempts to have their contracts run through the shredder.

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Venezuela Again Delays US Airline Ban

New Deadline April 25

As FAA negotiators left Caracas Thursday to deliberate the possibility of allowing Venezuela to resume flights to the United States after an 11-year ban, that country's government eased off on the deadline for its own move to block US airlines from flying to the South American country.

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First Full Day Of Jury Deliberations In Moussaoui Case Ends Without Verdict

TSA Lawyer Martin May Face Criminal Charges

Can you define the term "weapons of mass destruction"? That's what the jury in the Zacarious Moussaoui death penalty trial wants to know.

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When Jetways Attack?

When you stop to think about it, the traveling public tends to take jetways for granted. Well, one jetway at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was evidently fed up with everyone walking all over it this week... and decided to vent its aggravations on an unsuspecting MD-88 parked at the Delta gate Monday.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2006-07-03 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-07-03 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A321-100 and -200 series airplanes.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2006-07-13 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-07-13 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A310 airplanes, Model A300 B4-600 series airplanes, Model A300 B4-600R series airplanes, Model A300 F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes.

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