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November 14, 2008

Air Arabia Signs For 10 More Airbus A320s

Follows 34-Plane Deal Announced Last Year

Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, has signed a firm contract for 10 additional Airbus A320 aircraft. The contract follows one for 34 Airbus A320s signed at the end of 2007.

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Continental Pilots To Protest DOT Slot Auction Plan

Will Meet Next Week With Congressional Leaders

Continental Airlines pilots will send their union leaders to Washington DC early next week, to meet with Congressional leaders. The union is protesting the Department of Transportation's planned slot auctions at New York/New Jersey airports.

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Alteon Graduates First Class of MPL Students

Six Multi-Crew Rated Pilots Head To Chinese Carriers

Boeing commercial aviation training unit Alteon announced this week the first graduating class of MPL ( multi-crew pilot licensing program) students. Six cadet pilots, from China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines, completed the beta test of the MPL program at Alteon's Brisbane Campus.

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BTS Numbers Show Continued Decline In Airline Traffic

Passenger Numbers Plummet 5.1 Percent In August

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on US airlines during the first eight months of 2008 declined by 1.4 percent from the same period in 2007, dropping to 516.2 million, 7.3 million fewer than a year earlier, the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Friday.

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Boeing Delays 747-8 Schedule Following IAM Strike

Freighter Deliveries To Being Q3 2010, Intercontinental Q2 2011

There's no question that ripples from a two-month strike by machinists at Boeing are affecting the planemaker's future programs... but that's not the only reason why Boeing announced Friday an adjusted schedule for production and delivery of the 747-8 Freighter and Intercontinental airplanes.

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Next Stop Dubai: Aero-TV Checks Out Emirates' LONG-Distance LAX Route (Part 2)

Thanks To The B777-200LR, Emirates Flies Non-Stop From LAX To Dubai

International airline travel is a function these days of the old "feast or famine" principle... what's good is VERY good and what isn't... well, we really do not want go/fly there. One of the brightest of the shining stars in the International Airline sweepstakes is an amazing airline based in the Middle East, Emirates.

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Report Casts Doubt On Professionalism Of FAMS Officers

Says 'Hundreds' Accused Of Misconduct

A disturbing report by a non-profit journalism watchdog organization paints a frightening picture of the state of the Federal Air Marshal Service.

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UAL To Demonstrate Fuel-Saving Techniques On Trans-Pacific Run

11 Fuel Reduction Initiatives Create Substantial Carbon Emissions Savings

United Airlines will become the first US carrier to demonstrate how next-generation technologies could save more than two thousand gallons of fuel and cut up to 55,000 pounds of carbon emissions on a single, trans-Pacific flight.

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JetBlue Pilots File NMB Petition For Sole Bargaining Agent Authority

Stress Non-Adversarial Relationship With Airline Management

Officials with the JetBlue Pilots Association filed a petition with the National Mediation Board (NMB) this week, to gain recognition as the sole bargaining agent for the nearly 2,000 pilots of JetBlue.

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CAE Receives Orders For Five FFS Trainers

Contracts Worth A Combined $52 Million US

CAE announced this week it has received orders to design and manufacture five full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated training devices, in contracts valued at C$63 million (US$52 million) at list prices.

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