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December 14, 2006

NTSB Calls For New Oil Guidelines After 2003 Engine Failure

Switching Types Led To Coke Formation In A330's Turbines

In its latest round of recommendations for the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday asked the FAA to amend its guidelines for engine oil use, and inspections when a new type of oil is used.

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Midwest Says 'No Thanks' To AirTran Merger Bid

Airline Projects 10% Growth Over Next Three Years

Midwest Air Group, Incorporated -- parent company of Midwest Airlines -- declined a proposed merger agreement with AirTran Holdings yesterday.

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Boeing Begins Construction On First Next-Gen 737-700ER

All Nippon Airways To Receive Aircraft Early Next Year

Boeing recently began final assembly of the first Next-Generation 737-700ER (Extended Range), one of the newest members of the worlds most successful single-aisle airplane family.

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Police Raid San Jose, CA Home In Search For Laser

Light Shone In Cockpits Of Planes Landing At KSJC

Police in San Jose, CA raided a home this week, in the latest attempt to find the source of blinding laser light that is being flashed into commercial aircraft cockpits trying to land at Mineta International Airport. The search did not turn up any sign of the laser.

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Qantas Accepts $8.7 Billion Takeover Bid

Consortium Sweetened Deal After Initial Offer Rejected

Press reports from the land down under say the country's flagship carrier Qantas has accepted a nearly $9 billion buyout bid from a consortium made up of Allco Equity, Macquarie Bank, US buyout specialist Texas Pacific and Canada's Onex.

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Safety Experts Raise A380 Fuel Tank Concerns

European Regulators Protest Inerting Systems

One day after Airbus celebrated the joint EASA and FAA certification of the A380 superjumbo, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and safety advocates say they're concerned the mammoth airliner will be exempt from new US rules designed to prevent fuel tank explosions.

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A380 Certification Shadowed By EADS Office Raid

Police Search Offices Hours Before Ceremony

A day that should have been about celebration for Airbus SAS and parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) got off to an auspicious start. Police raided EADS headquarters hours before Tuesday's ceremony announcing certification of the A380 superjumbo.

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Airport Tells QB He Can't Take Heisman With Him

Sorry, Sir... Your Award Can't Fly

After winning the Heisman Trophy this past weekend, Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith had some difficulty in bringing the presigious award home in Columbus, OH. Seems that airport security in New York wouldn't allow Smith to carry the trophy onto the plane.

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Turkish Airline Workers In Trouble For Unusual Celebration

Sacrifice Camel On Ramp In Thanks For Dumping Avros

A crew of mechanics in Turkey were apparently so thrilled to finally be rid of some trouble-prone Avro airliners, that they sacrificed a camel on the tarmac at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in celebration.

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