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March 04, 2008

Boeing Delivers Its 700th 777 To ILFC, Cathay Pacific

No Low-Altitude Fly-Bys This Time

Boeing told ANN this week that on Friday, the American planemaker delivered its 700th 777 -- a 777-300ER (Extended Range) aircraft to International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) and its customer, Cathay Pacific Airways. The 777 Program reached this milestone after 12 years in service -- faster than any other twin-aisle airplane program in commercial aviation history.

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DOT Says January Airline On-Time Figures Improve From December

US Airways, Delta Near Top Of On-Time Rankings; American, United At Bottom

The nation’s largest airlines’ rate of on-time flights this past January was higher than in December but lower than in January 2007, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released Tuesday by the US Department of Transportation (DOT).

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Reason Foundation Supports Third Runway For JFK

Says NextGen Tech Will Help Increase Capacity And Safety

A new study by the Reason Foundation states New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport could reduce delays and increase capacity by adding a new runway between two existing runways. The group adds even with the new runway -- which the Foundation says could safely be built between runways 4R and 4L -- JFK would still have runway spacing that is greater than the current separation between runways at San Francisco International Airport, and similar to Boston’s Logan International.

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DFW Counts Down The Days To Open Skies

Plans "Super Sunday" Event March 30

DFW International Airport in North Texas is counting down the days -- literally -- until the historic Open Skies Agreement between the United States and European Union goes into effect at the end of March.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 03.04.08

PASS Fears 'Labor Fatigue' Getting In Way Of NextGen Talks

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.04.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.04.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- 'Labor Fatigue' Getting In Way Of NextGen Talks: 03.04.08 (ANN Special Report, with representatives of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists.)

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2008-05-10 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-05-10 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Boeing Model 757-200, -200PF, and -200CB series airplanes powered by Rolls-Royce engines.

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'It Was A Dicey Situation. People Were Quite Shaken'

Lufthansa A320 Avoids Landing Mishap In Strong -- STRONG! -- Crosswind

Chances are good your friends have already swamped your email Inbox with the images of a Lufthansa A320 scrapping its left wing fence along the concrete at Fuhlsbuettel Airport in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday -- evidence, caught on tape by a planespotter, of a go-around that very nearly wasn't.

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Porter Airlines Orders Two More Q400 Turboprops

Toronto-Based Airline Converts Options

Bombardier Aerospace announced Monday Porter Airlines of Toronto recently signed a firm order contract for two 70-seat Q400 turboprop airliners. The transaction represents the conversion of two of the 10 options taken by Porter when it placed a firm order for 10 Q400 aircraft in 2006, and brings the total number of firm Q400 aircraft orders placed by the airline to 12.

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