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September 14, 2011

House Bill Blasts Forced US Inclusion In EU Airline Emissions Scheme

Subcommittee Chair Calls The Carbon Trading Plan A "Violation Of U.S. Sovereignty"

The House Transportation and Infrastructure committee late last week passed H.R. 2594, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011. Committee leadership calls the bill a strong bipartisan response to EU plans to impose a costly fee on any civil aviation operators landing in or departing from EU airports.

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Ten Years After, What's The Cost of Security?

Exact Numbers Unclear, But Report Estimates 'Tens Of Billions'

As the 9/11 anniversary approached last week, the Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney set out to calculate the cost of transportation security. Some of the costs are vague and hard to nail down, but some are clear. In the end, we're spending tens-of-billions of dollars, and still have gaps in our efforts to keep terrorists out of our lives.

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Brazil Turns Focus to Jatropha-Based Bio Jet Fuels

SG Biofuels Teams With JETBIO, Aviation Leaders To Accelerate Production

JETBIO, the leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, has added SG Biofuels to its effort to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation bio jet fuel in Brazil.

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AD: Bombardier DHC-8-400

AD NUMBER 2011-18-17

MANUFACTURER: Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-400 Series Airplanes

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AD: Airbus A330

AD NUMBER: 2011-18-22

MANUFACTURER: Airbus Model A330-201, -202, -203, -223, and -243 Airplanes, Model A330-300 Series Airplanes, Model A340-200 Series Airplanes, and Model A340-300 Series Airplanes

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Father Of TSA Disowns Child

Mica Calls His Brainchild 'Fiasco,' Advocates Dismantling

In the wake of 9/11, there was an outcry for the US Congress to "do something." That's never a very good environment for creating laws that stand the test of time, and Representative John Mica, a Florida Republican, seems to wish he could get a mulligan on the creation of the Transportation Security Administration.

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BTS: Airlines Collected $1.4 Billion From Fees In First Quarter 2011

Baggage, Reservation Change Fees Tracked By U.S. DOT

U.S. airlines collected $1.38 billion from baggage fees and reservation change fees in the first quarter of 2011, according to the airline financial data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The airlines received $784 million from baggage fees and $598 million from reservation change fees in the first quarter.

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CEO John Reimers Resigns From Aviation Partners Boeing

Cites Personal Reasons, Resignation Effective Immediately

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced Monday that APB CEO John Reimers has resigned to pursue other opportunities. John has been with the Company since March, 2006. Mike Stowell, APB's current EVP Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, will assume the role as acting CEO effective immediately.

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