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September 10, 2008

AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2008-18-10 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-18-10 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes.

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Emirates Stops Flying Its Only A380 Due To Electrical Glitch

Superjumbo Scheduled To Resume Flights On Friday

The Airbus A380 was nearly two years late in reaching its first customers, due in large part to problems integrating wiring harnesses designed in France and Germany. In an unwelcome irony, Emirates has reportedly taken its first A380 offline to work on an electrical fault.

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Airbus Mulls Over Power8+ Cost-Cutting Program

Includes Plans To Build Parts Factory In Tunisia

EADS appears to be betting a weak US Dollar will remain a problem for its Airbus division through at least 2012. It's union workforce isn't likely to be happy with its response.

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DOT Calls On FAA To Implement 13 New Safety Recommendations

Independent Review Found Areas Where Agency Could Improve

On Wednesday, US Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters directed the Federal Aviation Administration to implement 13 new safety recommendations from an independent review team tasked with reviewing the current US aviation safety system. 

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Continental Furloughs 148 Pilots... But It Could Have Been Worse

Mitigation Agreement Spared 326 Jobs Through Retirements, Leaves Of Absence

The union representing pilots at Continental Airlines announced Tuesday that its efforts, along with the participation of pilots who took part in the programs outlined in a negotiated agreement with Continental, were successful in saving the jobs of 326 Continental Airlines pilots who otherwise would have been furloughed.

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Pilots Tell Congress DHL/UPS Proposal Is 'One Bad Deal'

Say Agreement Would Axe 10,000 Jobs, Slash Competition

The head of the world's largest pilots union called a DHL/United Parcel Service proposal to transfer all DHL flying from ASTAR and ABX to competitor UPS "One Bad Deal" for workers, air express competition, and the US economy in testimony before the US House Judiciary Committee Tuesday.

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AAL Management Bent Out Of Shape By Pilot's 'Too Slow' Taxiing

Union Decries 15-Day Suspension, Warns Pilots Not To Speak With Chiefs

And we thought the relationship between pilots and management at United was contemptuous! Senior officials at American Airlines recently placed a Los Angeles-based pilot on 15-day suspension, after management accused the pilot of deliberately taxiing too slow at Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) in May.

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Aircell's Gogo In-flight Wi-Fi Goes International With Air Canada

Joins Delta, American In Offering Service In North America

Airborne communications provider Aircell and Air Canada, Canada's largest airline, announced Tuesday they have reached an agreement for the airline to offer Aircell's Gogo (TM) mobile broadband service to passengers on transborder flights -- expanding Aircell's North American footprint, and making Air Canada the first Canadian airline to offer inflight Wi-Fi. 

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Russian Airline Aims For Complete Fleet Renewal

S7 To Dump All Soviet-Era Planes By November

The Board of Directors for Russia's S7 Airlines approved a total fleet renewal program during a meeting held September 8... and when they say "total," they mean it.

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