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September 18, 2007

IATA: Good News Now, Not So Much Later

Airline Group Lowers 2008 Profit Forecast

The world's airlines received some much-needed good news this week, as the International Air Transport Association raised its profit forecast for 2007, to $5.6 billion. That's up a half-billion from its June numbers.

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Thai Officials Say Accident Pilot Landed Despite Wind Shear Warnings

Others Say Tower Told Him To Do So

We're getting a clearer look at the series of events that may have led to the downing of a Thai airliner this weekend. The pilot of the One-Two-Go MD-82 may have chosen to land despite wind shear warnings, officials said Tuesday.

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Southwest Responds To Low Clothing With Low Fares

Ebbert Says Ad Campaign "Exploiting" Her

Southwest Airlines is trying to put the whole "fashion police/dress code" mini-skirt incident to rest... and is doing so in the airline's typically tongue-in-cheek style.

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Bombardier Notes Strong Interest In 2007 Safety Standdown

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Joins List Of Event Partners

Bombardier expects record attendance at its upcoming Safety Standdown 2007. The increasingly popular seminar -- set for October 22-25 in Wichita, KS -- is also broadening participation from the aviation industry, welcoming the NTSB as an official event partner.

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Major Planemakers Vying For Piece of Vietnam Pie

Blossoming Economy Brings New Middle Class To The Skies

Vietnam is proving to be one of the fastest-growing commercial air travel markets in the world... and the plane-making heavyweights are vying for a piece of what could be a very lucrative pie.

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FedEx Donates 727 To D/FW Fire Training Center

Retired Airliner Saluted After Final Flight

Officials at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport tell ANN FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., recently donated a Boeing 727-200 freighter to the airport's Department of Public Safety Fire Training Center to provide hands-on training experience for aircraft firefighters.

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