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May 31, 2007

Report: Hollywood Director Detained By LAX Security

Ya Need To Watch What You Say Around Airports...

In Hollywood vernacular, a "pilot" is a proof-of-concept production to sell an idea for a TV show or movie. And what cameramen do with cameras is called "shooting" a movie. Perhaps airport security screeners in Los Angeles, CA need training on local vocabulary, or maybe they're just wound a little too tight.

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Reno Controllers Love Their Jobs, But Express Safety Concerns

FAA Manager Replies "We're So Safe, It's Ridiculous"

Regular Aero-News readers are quite familiar with the ongoing war of words between air traffic controllers and the FAA, ever since the agency imposed a new five-year contract following the breakdown in negotiations between the two sides last year. For controllers who are planning to retire this year from their jobs in the control tower at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, though, what is seen by many as a political battle is also a very personal one.

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Northwest Airlines Emerges From Bankruptcy

But Battles Still Lie Ahead

Be honest. When Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the same Septembet day in 2005, how many of you thought both of those carriers would still be around, and solvent, almost two years later? Show of hands, please.

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First Air France 747-400BCF Almost Ready For Redelivery

Carrier Slated To Receive Three Planes

On Wednesday, Boeing and Air France celebrated the impending redelivery of a 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter to Air France, the first of three BCFs scheduled for redelivery to the airline in 2007. The first redelivery is set to take place Monday.

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More Airbus Orders: Avianca Orders 38 Planes

Airline Also Places 27 Options For A320 Family, A330s

Airbus announced Thursday Colombia's national flag carrier, Avianca, will acquire 38 Airbus aircraft -- 33 A319s/A320s, and five A330-200s -- in addition to securing 32 options.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2007-11-15 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-11-15 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-30 and DC-10-30F (KC-10A and KDC-10) airplanes, Model DC-10-40 and DC-10-40F airplanes, and Model MD-10-30F airplanes.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2007-11-16 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-11-16 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F airplanes.

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AD: Embraer

AD NUMBER: 2007-11-14 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-11-14 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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Airline Passenger With Tuberculosis Under Federal Quarantine

Unidentified Man "Didn't Know It Could Be So Dangerous"

The US government has ordered its first quarantine since a smallpox case in 1963. The patient is a man who has been diagnosed with a rare, severely drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, who boarded a commercial jet out of Atlanta earlier this month for a transatlantic trip to his wedding... another for his honeymoon... and yet another back to the US for treatment.

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Airport Groups Want Cap On Passenger Facility Charge Lifted

Airlines Accuse Airports Of Seeking "Easy Funding Source"

In letters this month to the Co-Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, 13 aviation associations urged Senate action to allow an increase in the capped Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) they contend will reduce passenger delays and inconvenience and provide airports with a "critical" funding source.

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EADS Execs Get Grilled In Insider Trading Probe

Who Knew What, When?

The investigation over alleged insider trading at Airbus parent company EADS continues. On Wednesday, the company's French co-chairman, Arnaud Lagargere, was reportedly questioned for nine hours by financial regulators.

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Midwest Airlines Seeks To Increase Capacity On Its Planes

AirTran Says It Is "Flattered" By Apparent Imitation

Low-cost carrier AirTran -- currently locked in a seemingly-neverending takeover bid for competitor Midwest Airlines -- said this week it was "flattered" by Midwest's plan to move to a two-class seating configuration on all its planes.

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Airline Vows To Change Its Ways On Ground Delays

Carrier Wants To Avoid Congressional Intervention 

In an attempt to heed the anguished cries of hundreds of passengers trapped on tarmacs this winter, imprisoned by inadequate planning and apparent lack of compassion by the commercial airline industry -- while also avoiding Congressional action -- United Airlines announced it is changing its policies on ground delays.

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