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October 14, 2005

Mesaba Aviation Files Chapter 11

Filed to Expedite Restructuring; Mesaba Will Continue Normal Operations

Mesaba Aviation, Inc. has announced it has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota.

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New Airline, New Union

CWA Members Approve New, Joint Association for Agents at Merged US Airways/America West

Members of the Communications Workers of America today approved the establishment of a new Airline Customer Service Employee Association -- a joint alliance with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters -- that will represent passenger service agents at the merged US Airways and America West.

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Comair Slashes Jobs And Fleet To Help Delta 14-Percent Of Workforce

Number "Depends" On Fleet Cuts

By Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. "Hognose" O'Brien Comair, in an attempt to reduce costs mandated by debt-soaked and bankrupt parent Delta, is going to cut up to 650 jobs and 30 Regional Jets by December, 2005.

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Airlines Brace For Bird Flu

Remember SARS?

It was Spring, 2003, and the SARS epidemic was spreading like wildfire -- in large part, because of air travel. Infected passengers carried the illness from Asia to Canada and five other countries just 24 hours after the initial outbreak. Now, health officials worldwide are eyeing the airlines and together with industry executives, they're doing what they can to keep a feared bird flu epidemic contained.

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Air Sahara 737 Finally Moved From Mumbai Runway

Free At Last, Free At Last...

It took more than 200 men and a railway an entire night, but they did it. They moved an Air Sahara Boeing 737 stuck in the soft dirt from the end of a runway at Mumbai, India's international airport. And just in time, too.

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Airbus A380 Hits The Circuit

Super Jumbo To Visit Cities In Europe, Asia-Pacific And Middle East

The world's newest and largest airliner, the Airbus A380, is to visit Frankfurt in Germany for airport compatibility verification tests at the end of this month, and will fly to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in the first half of November. It will then be on display at the Dubai airshow in the second half of November.

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