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January 04, 2018

Southwest Airlines Rings In The New Year Under Tax Reform

Offers Employee Bonus, Charitable Contribution, And Makes Further Investment In Its Boeing Fleet

The Southwest Board of Directors has authorized a bonus to all Southwest Airlines Employees to celebrate the recent passage of the tax reform legislation. All Fulltime and Parttime Southwest Employees employed with Southwest on Dec. 31, 2017, will receive a $1,000 cash bonus on Jan. 8, 2018.

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Ryanair Applies For U.K. Aviation License

Hedging Against A Brexit Deal That Does Not Include Aviation

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has applied for a U.K. Air Operators Certificate so that it can continue to operate domestically even if any Brexit deal does not include aviation provisions.

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Triumph Expands Space Applications

Awarded Contract For Dream Chaser Spacecraft Landing Gear System

The Integrated Systems business unit of Triumph Group will provide the landing gear system for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, a reusable, lifting-body vehicle in support of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) program that will resupply the International Space Station. The contract for work was signed with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), and includes the main and nose landing gear as well as integrated actuation solutions for the landing gear and gear door systems manufactured at Triumph’s Redmond, Washington site.

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AD: ATR--GIE Avions de Transport Régional Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2017-26-09

PRODUCT: Certain ATR–GIE Avions de Transport Régional Model ATR 42-500 airplanes and Model ATR 72-212A airplanes.

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AD: The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2017-26-10

PRODUCT: Certain Boeing Model 757 airplanes

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AD: Airbus Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2018-01-03

PRODUCT: Certain Airbus Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes (collectively called Model A300-600 series airplanes); and Airbus Model A310 series airplanes.

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DOT IG: FAA Overflight Fee Program Needs Review

Says Agency Should Enhance The Oversight And Management Of The Program

The Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 gave the FAA authority to charge overflight fees to most aircraft operators that fly in U.S.-controlled airspace but do not depart or land in the United States. However, several airlines and air transport associations have sued the agency, stating that it lacked a reliable methodology for determining overflight fees, and the courts frequently overturned FAA’s practices.

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New DHS Simulator Tool Tests Aircraft Explosive Vulnerabilities

Valuable Tool For Assessing Aviation Safety

Each day, more than twenty-six thousand commercial flights transport passengers and cargo to destinations around the world. Several U.S. government agencies work together to secure these flights, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). S&T’s Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability and Mitigation (CAVM) program, part of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Explosives Division, supports testing and evaluation efforts to assess potential vulnerabilities and evaluate countermeasures that can mitigate the impact of explosives on commercial aircraft.

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