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Mexicana Considers 40-Plane Airbus Order

Needs Planes To Fight Off Low-Cost Operators

If we don't grow now... there may not be the chance to grow later. That's the message Adolfo Crespo, vice president of public affairs for Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion SA, had in telling reporters the second-largest Mexican airline is considering a big order from Airbus SAS.

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Wednesday 08.30.06

The Latest On The Investigation Of Comair Flight 5191

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 08.30.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.30.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- The Latest On Comair Flight 5191: 08.30.06 (ANN Special Feature, with Tuesday's NTSB briefing from Lexington, KY.)

Boeing To Set Up Maintenance Facility In India

Location, Location, Location

With an eye on the remarkable growth of civil aviation in India, Boeing says it'll build a maintenance facility in the central Indian city of Nagpur. The facility will handle routine maintenance, overhaul, and repairs.

FAA Admits LEX Tower Should Have Had Two Controllers

But Would That Have Helped?

Two days after the fatal runway overrun accident at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, KY, the FAA has reportedly admitted the tower was understaffed when the Comair CRJ-100 attempted to take-off from the wrong runway on Sunday.