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November 15, 2006

AD: Rolls Royce

AD NUMBER: 2006-23-11 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-23-11 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce, plc (RR) RB211 Trent 768-60, 772-60, and 772B-60 turbofan engines.

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Air China Accepts Its 150th Boeing Plane

737-800 Sports Olympic Livery

On Tuesday, Boeing and Air China celebrated the delivery of the 150th Boeing airplane to the carrier. The new 737-800 is the first airplane in China to feature the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games livery highlighting the official mascots -- the five "Fuwa" animal cartoon characters.

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Kingfisher Takes Delivery Of Its First A321s

Indian Launch Customer For The Aircraft

India's Kingfisher Airlines has taken delivery of four A321 narrowbody aircraft. Their first A321 was delivered to the Mumbai-based airline in late October 2006, in Hamburg, Germany.

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Rolls-Royce Wins $100 Million Share Of Tiger Airways V2500 Deal

Will Supply Engines For A320-Family Planes

Representatives with Rolls-Royce told ANN Wednesday the company has secured business worth up to $100 million as its share of an order for V2500 engines and aftermarket services from Singapore-based Tiger Airways, one of Asia's leading low-cost carriers.

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Controllers Say Poor Staffing, FAA Rules Contributed To Fatal IN Accidents

Say Flights Should Have Been Controlled By Closed TRACON

Below is the unedited text of a release from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, regarding two fatal accidents in Indiana this year... and the union's belief that FAA policies may have played a role in those accidents.

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Check Schedules If You're Flying Through Dallas

A Tale Of Two Airports, And Strong Crosswinds

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 11.15.06 1600 EST: Flights have been delayed left and right throughout the day at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, as stiff crosswinds have forced the bulk of the airport's traffic onto two crosswind runways.

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US Airways Makes Bid For Restructured Delta

Offers $8 Billion In Cash And Stocks

US Airways Group (USAG) has offered $4 billion cash and 78.5 million shares of US Airways stock to Delta Airlines creditors in a deal that could create the world's largest carrier.

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Comair FA's Approve Agreement, Pay Cuts

Concessions Total $7.9 Million Per Year

There were times it looked like this would never happen... but flight attendants at beleagured regional carrier Comair voted Tuesday to accept pay cuts and other concessions, to assist the carrier in its bid to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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FAA Approves Plan To Change McCarran Departure Rules

Planes Now Permitted To Turn NW After Takeoff

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday it has approved a plan to resume "right turn" departures out of Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. The plan routes more aircraft over affluent neighhborhoods in the northwest section of the gambling town.

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Frontier, AirTran Form LCC Alliance

Don't Call It A Codeshare, Though

Two low-cost carriers serving different sides of the US announced Tuesday they will join forces to market each other's flights -- nearly doubling the destinations each can offer.

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El Al Drops Plan To Buy Boeings

May Switch To Airbus Instead

Israeli carrier El Al announced this week it will not go ahead with its plans to buy 10 Boeing 787 airliners, starting in 2012... and furthermore, may instead opt for Airbus planes.

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Woman Passes Out On Flight After Meds Confiscated

Security Takes Medications At Checkpoint; Appear Later On Plane

A Swedish woman is doing okay now, after she went into allergic shock and lost consciousness for nearly half an hour while on a recent flight from Paris to Stockholm. Why did that happen? Turns out her medication was taken away during a security check in France.

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Boeing Reaches Tentative Deal With Striking TN Machinists

Workers Will Vote On Agreement Wednesday

Boeing announced Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, to end a three-month strike at the company's Oak Ridge, TN facility.

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Aeromexico Orders More Dreamliners, 737s

Representatives with Boeing told ANN Tuesday that Aeroméxico, Mexico's largest airline, has ordered two more 787-8 Dreamliners, and 10 more Next-Generation 737-700s.

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