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December 20, 2007

Southwest CEO Says Carrier Will Likely Participate In Consolidation

You Are Now Free To Snap Up Your Competitors?

In a recent question-and-answer session with the Dallas Morning News, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said the trendsetting low-cost carrier is interested in consolidation... but he made it quite clear it will be Southwest writing the big check if and when that happens.

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Boeing, UAL Interested In Runway Incursion Technology

Honeywell System May Be Standard In Boeing Birds

A runway-collision-avoidance system manufactured by Honeywell International has attracted attention from American planemaker Boeing, as well as United Airlines.

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Boeing Marks 50th Anniversary Of 707 First Flight

Celebrates 'Birthday' Of Modern Jetliner

On Thursday, Boeing marked the 50th anniversary of the first flight of its 707 jetliner, and the point in commercial aviation history when propellers gave way to the jet age and air travel became affordable and available.

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Boeing Signs 10-Year Agreement With Hindustan Aeronautics

MOU Stands To Bring Over $1 Billion In Aerospace Work To India

On Thursday, Boeing and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to bring more than US$1 billion of new aerospace manufacturing work to India.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 12.20.07

Have You Considered Dispatching? Airline Ground Schools' Danny Mortensen

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 12.20.07 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.20.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Have You Considered Dispatching? 12.20.07 (ANN Special Report, with Danny Mortensen of Airline Ground Schools.)

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Airbus Steps Up Checks Of Composite Rudder Assemblies

EASA Directive Applies To About 420 Aircraft

Conceding its prior recommended method to detect fatigue damage in the composite rudder assemblies of Airbus A300 and A310 aircraft may be inadequate, the European planemaker has stepped up inspections on the vertical stabilizers on about 400 of its oldest planes, as well as handful of newer A330 and A340 airliners.

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NATCA Says Controller Woes Will Affect Safety Under DOT Congestion Plan

New Routes And Procedures Threatened By "Inadequate Training And Staffing"

Be prepared for trouble. That was the ominous message conveyed by Patrick Forrey, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, hours after the announcement of new procedures to be put in place by the government to combat flight delays and congestion along the East Coast of the United States.

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NTSB Asks For Help In Locating Engine Parts

Southwest 737 Shed Parts Over East Texas In November

In its investigation of an uncontained engine failure that occurred on a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas, TX (Love Field), to Little Rock, AR on November 17, the National Transportation Safety Board is searching for engine components that fell to the ground in a sparsely populated rural area of northeastern Texas.

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Boston Aviation Leasing Closes $8.75M Deal With Delta Connection Academy

Lease Financing Includes Aircraft, Simulators

Aircraft leasing firm Boston Aviation Leasing announced this week it has closed an $8.75 million operating lease financing facility with Delta Connection Academy of Sanford, FL. The transaction includes 34 new Cirrus SR20 training aircraft, and six Aerosim flight training devices. Additional funding for 16 SR20s as well as seven advanced Aerosim flight training devices is anticipated for 2008.

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Suspension Follows BA Steward's Alleged Muffin Theft

Carrier Calls Notion The Two Are Connected "Half-Baked"... Eventually

It's uncouth, certainly... but is it grounds for suspension? A cabin crew steward has been suspended by British Airways, after he allegedly ate a discarded muffin.

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