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March 02, 2012

Hong Kong Airlines May Cancel A380 Over Over ETS

Carrier Has 10 Superjumbos On Order

The ongoing saber-rattling between Europe and the world's airlines over the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme has kicked up a notch, as Hong Kong Airlines said it is considering cancelling an order for 10 A380 superjumbo airliners.

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First Passenger 747-8 Delivery Goes To VIP

Buyer Anonymous, Thought To Be State Of Qatar

Things are bad, but apparently they're not bad all over. Boeing has just delivered the first passenger version of its enormous new 747-8 to an anonymous customer, who's taking it to a completion center to be decked out as a personal VIP transport. Reuters reports the plane will be transformed into a "jewel in the sky."

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UPS Pilots Encourage LaHood Ahead Of Fatigue Rule Opt-in Meeting

Pilots Support Compliance With Duty And Crew Rest Rules Covering Passenger Airline Crews

Pilots for cargo giant UPS took a preemptive action Wednesday prior to a scheduled meeting Thursday between U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and company executives. In that meeting, LaHood was expected to ask that UPS voluntarily opt-in to the new FAA pilot fatigue rules.

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Bonuses Go Out To Employees Of Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air

Cash Awards Total Nearly $54 Million For 2011

In the midst of airline bankruptcies and labor disputes, it was apparently a pretty good year for employees of Alaska Air Group. The company paid annual bonuses totaling $53.8 million Wednesday to nearly all of its 12,800 employees for exceeding the company's 2011 operational and financial goals.

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US, EU Could Enter Tariff War

Boeing Rejects EUs Offer To Negotiate An End To Trade Fight

The governments of the US and the European Union, in something of a surrogate war on behalf of Boeing and Airbus respectively, have both won findings in the World Trade Organization that some forms of government subsidy violate trade treaties. Now, a suggestion by Europe to negotiate an end to the battle has been called laughable by Boeing.

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Ryanair Sues ExxonMobile Over Fuel Costs

Says Big Oil Companies Have Conspired To Inflate Prices.

You may have wished at some point you could do this, but one budget airline has actually done it - filed a lawsuit against a big oil company for allegedly charging too much for fuel. The Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair claims ExxonMobile has suppressed competition to allow it to inflate prices over a seven-year period. The suit seeks an award of $14.3 million, plus an unspecified additional amount to cover lost profits.

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Boeing Promises 747-8 Will Hit Numbers

Huge Plane Is Heavier, Thirstier, Later Than Projected

It's not unusual for a new aircraft built with composite technology to have production fall behind schedule. But Boeing's 747-8 is a variation on the 747 theme that dates back more than 40 years, stretched to carry up to 467 passengers. The longer version uses of new wings and engines, but has wound up a year behind schedule, an estimated eight-11 tons overweight, and less fuel-efficient than projected.

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Napolitano Hammered On Cuts To FFDO Program

Blogger Notes Selective Application Of Risk-Based Criteria

In a blog post on RedState.com, Brian Darling describes a testy exchange, before the House Homeland Security Committee, between US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Minnesota Republican Chip Cravaack, a former airline pilot. The issue was the Obama administration's proposed 50 percent cut in funding for the Federal Flight Deck Officers Program.

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