ATA Says Prediction Considers Recent Record-Setting Delays
The Air Transport Association issued its forecast Thursday
predicting 15.7 million passengers worldwide will venture out for
the Labor Day period, spanning Wednesday, August 29 through
Wednesday, September 5, and use US carriers to get where they're
going.
Canadian Carrier Says Its Pilot Bears No Blame... FAA
Disagrees
The Federal Aviation Administration and WestJet Airlines, Ltd.
are in disagreement over the most recent runway incursion at Los
Angeles International Airport.
In this case, we're really hoping that no news IS good news. In
its third and final such test, Boeing conducted crucial crash
testing Thursday on the new 787 Dreamliner to test how its
composite barrel fuselage would hold up in a crash situation.
Will Include China's First 787 Full-Flight Simulator
Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training announced this week it will
open a new training center in Shanghai, which will house the first
Boeing 787 full-flight simulator in China.
It took seven days, involved 100 tests and over 2,000 people...
but compatibility tests for the new Airbus A380 at Dubai
International Airport has been successfully demonstrated, Emirates
told ANN this week.
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