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August 21, 2007

Report: Delta Picks Former Northwest Airlines CEO As Grinstein Successor

Richard Anderson Spent 14 Years With NWA, Two As Chief Exec

The question of who will succeed Gerald Grinstein as Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines appears to have an answer. Numerous reports state Richard Anderson, who served as CEO of Northwest Airlines from 2002-2004, will be named as Delta's new CEO Tuesday.

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Runway Closed For Repairs At São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport

New Surface Will Have Grooves To Prevent Water Accumulation

Brazilian airport operator Infraero closed the main runway at the country's largest international airport for repairs to improve safety.

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Work On Temporary Expansion At TAB Begins

Plans For Permanent Work To Be Commissioned in Two Years

Much-needed expansion work has gotten underway at the Crown Point International Airport in Tobago.

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Report: Boeing May Decide Soon On Expanding 787 Production

Aims To Increase Dreamliner Deliveries To 10 Per Month

Even as the company faces questions regarding when its revolutionary 787 Dreamliner will take to the skies for the first time, Boeing is also looking ahead towards full-scale production of its 787 Dreamliner... and how the company will best be able to send the 684 planes ordered to date, out the door.

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China Issues Warnings Of Hijack Threat During Summer Olympics

Officials Conducting Anti-Hijacking Drills

Without giving specific details, China's vice minister of the General Administration of Civil Aviation warned the state newspaper of hijack threats aimed at next year's summer Olympics in Beijing.

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FAA Responds To NATCA Accusations Regarding SoCal TRACON

Says Operational Errors Should Not Be Tied To Staffing Numbers

On Saturday, ANN published statements made by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association regarding the situation at the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON.) FAA spokesman Ian Gregor tells ANN that "NATCA isn't telling you the entire story," however.

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Airlines Preparing For Pilot Shortage

3,800 Pilots Could Be Added If Retirement Age Moved To 65

The commercial air travel industry has grown so much in the past five years, to the tune of eight percent or 683 million passengers a year in 2001 to 740 million in 2006, there are fears a pilot shortage in imminent.

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Congressman Faces Assault Charges In Dulles Incident

Allegedly Pushed Past Baggage Worker, Entered Restricted Area

Maybe he was just trying to show his constituents that he, too, is fed up with the airlines. California Congressman Bob Filner is in some hot water with the law, following an alleged incident involving a United Airlines employee Sunday night at Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC.

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CAPBOR 'Outraged' At ATA Attempts To Hide Flight Diversion Stats

Says Airlines Still Trying To Cover Up Delays From DOT

The Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights (CAPBOR) issued a statement Monday from its founder and executive director, Kate Hanni, on the Air Transport Association's (ATA) response to a recent Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) inquiry that aims to gather delay statistics on flights diverted off their original itinerary and for extended confinements of passengers on the tarmac.

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Carriers Clash Over Latest Routes to China

DOT Due To Make Decision Soon, Possibly By End Of Month

New, highly lucrative, and rare air routes to China -- established by trade talks between that country and the US -- are being opened... and competition between the contenders is getting ugly.

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