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August 15, 2007

Boeing To Provide Airplane Health Monitoring For Virgin Atlantic 747s

Part Of Environmental Partnership Agreement

Boeing and Virgin Atlantic Airways announced this week the airline will use Boeing's Airplane Health Management system to monitor the inflight condition of its 747-400 fleet -- another step in the companies' growing partnership focused on reducing the environmental impact of air travel.

New Southeast Asia, US Proving Tours Launch Soon

Here's a BIG world tour worth noting... and we're not talking about the latest Van Halen reunion. The mammoth Airbus A380 will embark for a series of demonstration tours starting August 30, travelling to key airports in the US and Southeast Asia.

AD NUMBER: 2007-16-17 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-16-17 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A300-600, A310-200, and A310-300 series airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2007-16-16 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-16-16 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

AD NUMBER: 2007-17-01 MANUFACTURER: General Electric SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-17-01 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric (GE) CF6-80E1 series turbofan engines.

Raises Bid For Fourth Time In Eight Months 'At Request Of Shareholders'

It STILL isn't over... and we're starting to wonder if it ever will be. After being soundly rejected by Midwest Airlines in its quest to take over that carrier, on Tuesday AirTran Holdings Inc. raised its offer to buy the airline by three percent. The last-ditch bid works out to about $445 million, or $16.25 per share.