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October 25, 2007

Frontier, JetBlue Rally Behind The 'Home' Teams

Each Will Show World Series Games On Planes

Eager to show its pride for the hometown baseball team, Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced it will show World Series games onboard its planes. The Colorado Rockies face the Boston Red Sox in the latest Fall Classic showdown.

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FAA Expands Air Traffic Education Program

Nine New Colleges Selected To Train Controllers

The FAA announced Thursday the number of prospective air traffic controllers is expected to increase significantly now that nine new colleges and universities have been selected by the agency to train students to be controllers.

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Things That Go Bump On The Ramp...

United 767s Touch Wingtips At ORD

Big planes... small gates. About 380 passengers found their travel plans altered Wednesday when two 767s brushed wingtips after being pushed back from adjacent gates at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

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Leaking Roofs, And Leather Couches

NATCA Attacks FAA Over Luxury Items At Facilities

Two months after a high-profile Congressional hearing exposed widespread health and safety problems at Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control facilities across the country -- and in the midst of crippling and unsafe communications outages -- the FAA responded not by improving its maintenance practices but instead by going on an end-of-fiscal year spending spree to outfit scores of facilities with new and expensive furniture, televisions and other high-end items.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2007-22-05 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-22-05 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: Fokker

AD NUMBER: 2007-22-06 MANUFACTURER: Fokker SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-22-06 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: General Electric

AD NUMBER: 2007-22-07 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-22-07 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GE CF6-80C2D1F turbofan engines, installed on, but not limited to, McDonnell Douglas Corporation MD-11 series airplanes.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2007-22-04 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-22-04 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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First Singapore Airlines A380 Flight Takes Off

Charity Seat Auction Raised $1.26 Million

Just after 2100 EDT Wednesday night -- early Thursday morning local time -- the first Singapore Airlines A380 took off on its maiden commercial flight, a quick 7.5-hour hop to Sydney.

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San Diego TRACON Stays On The Job Despite Fires

ATC Operations Largely Unaffected By Blazes

There were some tense moments at the San Diego TRACON Monday, as flames from two separate wildfires raging to the east of the city came within 10 miles of the facility.

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Airlines Protest Gov't Proposal To Cap JFK Flights

ATA's May Disputes DOT's "Meat Ax" Approach To Setting Limits

For all the talk of cooperation leading up to this week's meeting between officials with the FAA and DOT, and representatives of several US airlines, one thing is clear: those airline officials did not enter into the meeting with clear hearts and open minds.

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Embraer Delivers Its 300th E-Jet To Northwest

Will Be Operated By Compass Airlines

In a ceremony held at Embraer's headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil on Wednesday, the planemaker delivered its 300th E-Jet -- an Embraer 175 -- to Northwest Airlines.

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American, Eagle Pilots Reach Agreement On Revised Flow-Through Procedures

Deal Offers Furlough Protections, Career Advancement Opportunities

The pilots of American Eagle and American Airlines reached a tentative agreement with their respective managements recently, that settles three outstanding disputes over the parties’ flow-through/ flow-back agreement.

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GE Aviation Provides FMS Upgrade For Southwest's Older 737s

Will Add Upgraded Tech To Classic Narrowbodies

GE Aviation was recently awarded a contract from Southwest Airlines to provide the flight management system upgrade for 200 Boeing 737-300 and -500 aircraft. Deliveries will take place in 2008 and 2009.

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