Kuwait's Jazeera Airways says it is likely to exercise its
option to buy six more Airbus A320s, on top of the 10 narrowbodies
already on order for the expanding low-cost carrier.
More than half of all the commercial airports in the US don't
have a 1,000 foot safety overrun margin or an "arrestor bed" at the
runway departure end, the FAA reported Friday.
Brazilian Air Traffic Controllers Put On High Alert
Many flight instructors will warn you to be very careful
when setting your transponder. They will tell you to be especially
mindful to avoid squawking "7" in the first digit because if you
add another "7" or" 6" or "5", this sets off alarm bells, warning
whistles, and panic horns for the controller--
signalling emergency, lost communications, and hijacking,
respectively.
In one of those stories that makes you realize that sometimes
even supermodels can't get everything they want, Miss Universe
Zulenka Rivera, and a baker's dozen of the most beautiful women in
the world, was denied an airline boarding pass in India this
Saturday.
Three months after security officials broke up a terrorist
plot in London that would have used liquid explosives to bring down
passenger aircraft, the UK has decided to modify the restrictions
against bringing liquids on board.
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