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Airbus Reveals Part Of Its Restructuring Plan

Planemaker To Shuffle Production Between Hamburg And Toulouse

As part of its restructuring plan to save money and deal with production delays, European aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus is to build its next-generation A320 aircraft in Hamburg, Germany, while production for A350 and A380 will move to Toulouse, France.

British Airways Crews Vote To Strike

Say Airline Forced Them To Work When Sick

With an almost unprecedented majority for such a dispute, 96% of British Airways' (BA) cabin crews voted to strike earlier today citing disputes over sick pay and pensions.

ATA Blasts LAX Authorities for Arbitrary Airport Rental Rate Increase

The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has issued the following statement in response to the Los Angeles City Council's decision to allow LAX to raise airport rental rates: "We are extremely disappointed that LAX today was given authority to arbitrarily raise airline terminal rates and we question the legality of this unjustified action...

AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2007-01-15 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-01-15 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747- 300, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes.

AD: Bombardier

AD NUMBER: 2007-01-07 MANUFACTURER: Bombardier SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-01-07 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that applies to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes.