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March 07, 2008

ATA To Pull Out Of Chicago's Midway Airport

Scales Back Scheduled Service, Focusing On Charter Ops

The increasingly-high costs of doing business have resulted in ATA Airlines pulling its service from Chicago's Midway Airport, and reevaulating its business model.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 03.07.08

Inside The Courtroom, With CAPBOR's Kate Hanni

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.07.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.07.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- Airlines Appeal New York's Passenger Rights Law: 03.07.08 (ANN Special Report, with Kate Hanni, founder of the Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights.)

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Southwest Responds To Record FAA Penalty

PASS Questions FAA's Relationship With Airlines

More than few within the aviation industry were surprised to hear Thursday about the record $10.2 million fine proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration against Southwest Airlines, for failing to perform fuselage fatigue inspections on its oldest 737-300 and -500 Classic aircraft in line with federally-mandated timetables.

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Report: Over 100 FAA All-Access Badges Lost

Grant Access To Nearly All Secure Areas, Says Former Pilot

In a scandal reminiscent of last year's expose of careless handling of security badges in Chicago, a Dallas, TX-based television station has uncovered the loss of 122 FAA safety inspector badges over the last five years.

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Analyst Says To Expect Yet Another Dreamliner Delay

Power-Up May Not Come Until Late June, Deliveries In Q3 2009

For Boeing, it's the stuff nightmares, not dreams, are made of. As anticipation builds towards power-on of the first 787 Dreamliner -- scheduled for the end of March -- and the aircraft's first flight sometime this summer, on Thursday an analyst went on record saying he expects another delay in delivery of the highly-popular aircraft. If true, it would be the third delay in the 787 program since the plane was unveiled last year.

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Polehinke Wants To Fly Again, Attorney Says

Comair 5191 FO Only Survivor Of Takeoff Accident

For any of us who've achieved the dream of flying, we know what a motivation that dream can be. Watching people with disabilities achieve the dream is especially inspiring when you know what it takes to get there. James Polehinke is such a case... but this pilot faces challenges beyond getting an FAA medical.

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DOT Proposes To Award New US-Colombia Flights To Four Airlines

Would Open Service From NYC, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale And Houston

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed this week to grant four US airlines the right to operate one new daily flight apiece between the United States and Bogota, Colombia. In a tentative decision, the Department selected Delta Air Lines from New York’s JFK Airport, JetBlue Airways from Orlando, Spirit Airlines from Fort Lauderdale, and Continental Airlines from Houston.

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Boeing Completes 50-Percent Design Release For 747-8 Freighter

Scheduled To Enter Service In Late 2009

Boeing announced Thursday it completed 50 percent of the design releases for the new 747-8 Freighter. The program has released the 747-8 Freighter's detailed designs to Boeing factories and its suppliers in order to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane.

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