The security situation at Johannesburg International Airport
appears to be in disarray, after a KLM Boeing 747-400 cargo
aircraft was robbed at gunpoint -- on the tarmac.
Iraq Airways Resumes International Service After 14 Year
Hiatus
At first glance, there was nothing special about the Iraqi
Airways Boeing 737 as it took off from Amman, Jordan, headed for
Baghdad and then on to Damascus, Syria. But for a country ruled by
a madman for nigh unto 30 years and an airline that hadn't flown
internationally in 14 years, it was a milestone event.
TSA Pledges $3.4 Million For Explosives Detection Systems At
Pittsburgh
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has agreed to
commit $3.4 million to Allegheny County Airport Authority for
improvements to be made to the existing checked baggage screening
system in the North Landside Terminal of Pittsburgh International
Airport, Rear Adm. David M. Stone, USN (Ret.), Assistant Secretary
of Homeland Security for TSA, announced today.
Airbus says it has successfully completed the first in-flight
trial of GSM personal mobile-telephones aboard an airliner, paving
the way for their future widespread use. The trial, which took
place aboard an Airbus A320 flight-test aircraft flying from, and
back to, Toulouse, is part of an ongoing technical development
project to provide an in-flight mobile telephony service to airline
passengers.
BA Cancels Almost 1,000 Flights At Heathrow To Relieve
Congestion
Britain's biggest airline confirms it: British Airways is
canceling 966 flights from Heathrow Airport. And you thought it
could only happen at O'Hare...
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