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Travel Survey: Americans Are Flying Overseas Again

Americans are planning more trips overseas this year, despite conflicts and turmoil in Iraq and North Korea, the Al Qaeda threat, cancellations of some international flights and SARS. However, their trust in airport security is lukewarm. A survey of 400 international travelers in the US by 1stAir also found that when traveling abroad, Americans prefer international flag carriers to US carriers.

What's It Going To Be: Time Or Money?

At least one analyst on Wall Street thinks Delta and Northwest might be penny-wise and pound foolish when it comes to demands for deep cuts from labor.

ANN Opinion: NOVA Hits A Sore Spot

NOVA is a program that bills itself a science show and, to reach aviation neophytes, the producers did what television does best. It grabs you by the collar and slaps you in the face to get your attention. Then it tells you what the producers want you to know. In the case of the CBS story on general aviation security, there was no meat. The NOVA piece on Swissair 111, for all its show biz flaws, is filled with facts.

TSA Hopes To Dispel 'Myths' About CAPPS II

Mired in controversy over its plans to gather information on passengers using intelligence, law enforcement and commercial databases, the TSA issued this news release to ANN in hopes of clearing things up a bit.

American Dismisses Raymond James Report

American Airlines last week dismissed a Wall Street financier's claim that mainline carriers are having no competitive impact on limited-choice carriers. "This kind of 'analysis' flies in the face of the facts," said Roger Frizzell, vice president of Corporate Communications for American.

Dassault Systemes and Boeing Partner For 7E7 Program

Working together, Boeing and Dassault Systemes are creating a virtual development workspace known as the 7E7 Global Collaboration Environment (GCE). In this virtual environment, Boeing will design, build and test every aspect of the 7E7 airplane and its manufacturing processes digitally before production begins using the full suite of Dassault Systemes' PLM software solutions.