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All News

June 06, 2006

Northwest FAs Reject Contract

You Know The Drill...

Calling it "harsh and overreaching," on Tuesday flight attendants at bankrupt Northwest Airlines rejected a tentative agreement that, if approved, would have saved the airline $195 million annually.

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Mechtronix Non-Zero Flight Time Sim Receives FAA, AAC Approval

Mechtronix Systems announced Tuesday the company has been granted regulatory authority qualification for its full-flight simulator, the FFS X(TM) Non Zero Flight Time(TM) (NZFT(TM)), which was delivered to Copa Airlines of Panama in January 2006.

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NATCA Accuses DOT, FAA Of Spreading 'Fear And Misinformation' Ahead Of Vote

Says Attempts Undermine Legitimate Congressional Debate

After Monday's announcement by the FAA that the agency would waste no time in imposing a new contract on air traffic controllers -- despite a pending vote on the House floor Wednesday that could send both the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) back to the bargaining table -- NATCA has accused both the FAA and the Department of Transportation of attempting to sway that vote.

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Report: Continental To Buy More Boeing Birds

44-Jet Order To Include 10 Dreamliners

If the rumors coming out of this year's International Air Transport Association meeting in Paris are true, Continental Airlines will soon place a big order for 10 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, and another 34 Boeing 737s, in separate deals estimated to be worth a combined $3.5 billion at list prices.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 06.06.06

NATCA's Ruth Marlin On The FAA's Imposition Of An ATC Contract

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 06.06.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 06.06.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- NATCA's Ruth Marlin: 06.06.06 (ANN Special Feature, with NATCA Executive Vice President Ruth Marlin on the FAA's imposition of a new ATC contract.)

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AD: Dornier

AD NUMBER: 2006-11-19 MANUFACTURER: Dornier SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-11-19 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all DORNIER LUFTFAHRT GmbH Models 228-100, 228-101, 228-200, 228-201, 228-202, and 228-212 airplanes.

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Passengers Injured After Indonesian Airliner Slides Of Runway

Plane Was Reportedly Landing In Rain

At least 13 people onboard a CASA 212 turboprop were injured Monday after their plane overran the runway at an airport on the eastern Indonesian island of Banda.

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Philadelphia Cops Investigated In Alleged Ticket Scam

Officers Racked Up Travel Vouchers

Police Lt. Michael Lista and Officer Joseph Chicano have been walking the beat at the Philadelphia International Airport for five years each. Now, however... they may well be on the other side of the law.

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Tony Blair Flies Coach On Recent Trip From Italy

What's Next? Shopping At Wal-Mart?

When President Bush heads to Texas for a few days on the ranch, he naturally takes Air Force One. Vacation or not -- when the sitting president travels, he goes on his own plane. Not so Mr. Bush's British counterpart, Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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US, EU Clash Over Pax Data In Latest Transatlantic Battle

American officials are to have information on all passengers aboard a particular flight 15-minutes before that flight leaves the airport in Europe. But that agreement has now been declared null and void by the European Court of Justice... and that could mean big problems in travels between the continents.

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