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June 28, 2007

European Commission Adds All Indonesian Airlines To Blacklist

List Also Includes Angolan, Ukrainian Airlines; Goes Into Effect July 6

Authorities in Brussels said Thursday the European Commission has updated its blacklist of unsafe airlines. It issued an operating ban to include all 51 Indonesian airlines as well as Angolan flight carrier TAAG Angola Airlines and Ukrainian cargo airline Volare Aviation Enterprise.

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Angolan Airliner Down In M'banza Congo

At Least Six Lost In Landing Accident

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 06.29.07 1310 EDT: At least six people were reported killed Thursday, when a TAAG Angolan Airlines Boeing 737-700 crashed on landing in the northern Angolan city of M'banza Congo, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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US Airways Pilots File Suit To Vacate Seniority Arbitration Award

Master Executive Council Asks Union To Remain Neutral In Dispute

The Washington, DC law firm of Baptiste & Wilder filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Wednesday on behalf of US Airways pilots who want the Nicolau Seniority Arbitration Award discarded.

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United 777 Takes 'Chunk' Out Of MD-80 At O'Hare

Strikes Parked AAL Airliner In Holding Area

There was some bent metal on the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday, when the wingtip of a United Airlines Boeing 777 clipped the tail of an American Airlines MD-80 as the larger plane jockeyed for position in a holding area.

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Qatar Airways Coy About Reported Dreamliner Order

Carrier Starting Service To US this Month

An unidentified customer placed an order for 30 Being 787 Dreamliners this past April, worth an estimated $5 billion at list prices. Those familiar with the deal identified the customer as Qatar Airways.

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New MSP Runway Usage Prompts Angry Letter From Eagan Mayor

Increase In Takeoffs Results In Increased Complaints

The mayor of Eagan, MN, Mike Maguire, sent an angry letter to the Minnesota Airports Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration recently, complaining the new runway at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport is being used more extensively than originally promised.

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France Announces Support of EU Carbon Trading Plan

President Wants Program To Include All Airlines Flying To Europe

Another country has jumped on the 'goin' green' bandwagon, but only if it's an all-or-nothing deal.

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Boeing To Shut Down Oak Ridge Parts Production Facility

Plant Employs 265 Workers

The axe has fallen. Boeing announced Wednesday it will end parts production operations at its site in Oak Ridge, TN by the first quarter of 2008.

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Africa Establishes Continental Aviation Authority

Agency Hopes To Curtail Disproportionate Number Of Air Accidents

In an effort to make flying in African airspace a safer endeavor, the African Civil Aviation Agency (ACAA) was inaugurated last week.

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Flight Forced To Make Unscheduled Landing Over Apple Juice

Altercation Erupts Between Passenger, Flight Attendant

A Delta Connection flight from LaGuardia to Greensboro, NC was forced to make an unscheduled stop at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday after a passenger got upset because his apple juice was too slow in coming.

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