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February 08, 2006

End Of An Era: Final Boeing 717 Begins Journey Down Assembly Line

Traces Heritage Back To The Original DC-9

The final Boeing 717 began production this week on the moving assembly line in Long Beach, CA. This milestone marks the final phase of assembly before the airliner is delivered to AirTran Airways in May.

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American Airlines Denies BA Merger Talks

Restrictions On Foreign Ownership May Be Eased

The reports around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex started quietly earlier this week, but have since grown more adamant. Despite growing speculation of a potential merger between Ft. Worth-based American Airlines and British Airways, however, a spokesman for AA vigorously denies the rumor.

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Icelandair Selects RR Trent 1000s For Its Dreamliners

First Engine Test Expected This Month

Representatives with Rolls-Royce announced Wednesday that Icelandair has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine to power its new fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

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NTSB Go-Team Sent To Investigate PHL Cargo Plane Fire

Plane Makes Emergency Landing As Flames Shoot Out

A team of investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are rushing to Philadelphia International Airport, where the charred remains of a UPS DC-8 await their scrutiny.

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TSA Wants To Double Ticket Security Fee

Hike Would Raise Add'l $1.3 Billion Annually

In its fiscal year 2007 budget proposal released Monday, the Bush administration has called on the Transportation Safety Administration to cough up an additional $1.3 billion in passenger receipts -- which means passengers may soon be paying an additional $2.50, or five dollars total, for each one-way-trip leg.

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Nigerian Safety Group Claims Airline Safety Has Been Restored

We'll See...

Nigeria's Ministerial Task Force on Audit of Aircraft and Airlines Competencies reported Monday the agency had restored an "appreciable" level of safety standards to the country's much-maligned aviation industry.

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SpiceJet Celebrates Its First NextGen 737-800 Delivery

First Of 10 Ordered, With Another 10 Options

Boeing and New Delhi-based SpiceJet celebrated Tuesday the delivery of the airline's first Next-Generation 737-800 with Blended Winglets -- the first of 10 737-800s ordered.

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AD: Short Brothers

AD NUMBER: 2006-03-05 MANUFACTURER: Short SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-03-05 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Short Brothers Model SD3-60 and SD3-SHERPA airplanes.

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