Will Allow Planemaker To "Regain Its Competitive Edge"
It's official. Confirming reports and rumors floating
around the past several days regarding yet another delay to
Airbus's A380 program, on Tuesday the European planemaker issued a
forthcoming -- and one might say, contrite -- release stating the
first customer delivery will occur in October 2007 -- 10 months
later than previously reported, and 22 months later than the
manufacturer's original estimates when the program began.
Two different air controllers, one working a Brazilian Gol
Airlines 737-800, the other handling an Embraer Legacy 600,
evidently assigned both aircraft to the same altitude... possibly
leading to what appears to be a fatal midair collision last
week.
Early Reports Of Two Hijackers Inaccurate; Man Asks For
Asylum
ANN REALTIME UPDATE 10.03.06 1800 EDT: The lone
man who hijacked a Turkish Airlines 737-400 Tuesday surrendered to
authorities shortly after the plane landed in southern Italy,
releasing all 113 passengers unharmed following an incident that
demonstrated how hijackings remain a very real threat in the post
9/11 world.
ANN REALTIME REPORTING 10.03.06 1130 EDT: More
news regarding the latest delay to strike the A380 superjumbo
program was revealed Tuesday, when Emirates president Tim Clark
announced Airbus told the carrier to expect another long wait for
its planes.
While gains in profits over the busy summer travel season are
expected to wane in the cooler months, Northwest Airlines said
Monday it still expects to post "a modest profit" for 2006.
Boeing announced Monday that Larry Dickenson has been named to
lead the Boeing Commercial Airplanes sales team as vice president,
Sales, reporting to Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Scott
Carson.
AD NUMBER: PL2006-20-51
MANUFACTURER: Boeing
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive PL2006-20-51
SUMMARY: This AD results from a report of two occurrences
of engine thrust rollback during takeoff.
Disputes Assertion Jets Will Be "Significant Burden" On
NAS
On Monday, the National Business Aviation Association came out
swinging against allegations made by the Air Transport Association
the emergence of very light jets (VLJs) would impose a burden on
the nation's aviation infrastructure.