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NTSB Issues Safety Recommendations For Airline Maintenance Practices

Says FAA Failed To Detect Errors At Chalks Ocean Airways

On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended the Federal Aviation Administration take additional steps to verify the maintenance programs of commercial aircraft operators include stringent criteria to address recurring or systemic discrepancies, including, if necessary, further analysis of the discrepancies through a comprehensive engineering evaluation.

Potential Bidders Visit Airbus Sites In Germany

Will Power8 Be Enough To Resuscitate Airbus?

No one involved is commenting publicly... but a spokesman at an Airbus plant in Lower Saxony says representatives with Stork Fokker and Spirit Aerospace have visited two Airbus sites in recent weeks, apparently sizing up the German facilities for possible buyout.

Northwest Passengers Plagued Once Again By Flight Cancellations

Pilot Shortage Strikes Airline For Second Month

Northwest Airlines may not be the only airline out there to have cancelled flights lately... but it is by far the one getting the most press. The Eagan, MN-based airline -- just two months out of Chapter 11 -- continues to face problems with scrapped flights, discontented pilots... and angry passengers.

NATCA Says Cincinnati Radar Failures Due To Cost Cuts

Blames Lack Of FAA Action For Equipment Shortage

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association reports for the second time in six months, a primary radar failure Sunday morning at Cincinnati Tower (CVG) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), combined with what the union calls a lack of appropriate secondary radar feeds, delayed scores of flights into and out of the nation's 14th-busiest airport at the beginning of a morning rush hour period.

Boeing 757s Becoming Go-To Planes For Trans-Atlantic Routes

But Passengers Feel The Squeeze, Literally

Quick poll -- what would you rather travel on between the US and Europe, a long narrowbody aircraft, or a twin-aisle widebody plane? If you answered the latter (sorry, "in my own private Global Express" isn't an option here) then you may be disappointed the next time you fly Delta, Continental, and a variety of other carriers.