Babies bumped off overbooked flights (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Dozens of mothers with babies have been bumped off some Qantas flights into Canberra after the airline's online booking system failed to register the number of infants booked to fly.
Rolls-Royce 'shovel-ready' on Prince George plant (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Rolls-Royce PLC expects to start construction in late September or early October on the first phase of its planned aircraft-engine components plant in Prince George County, a company executive said. Rolls-Royce and other aircraft-engine suppliers have been affected by the recession and delays in...
Atlas Air Worldwide posts $11.3 million profit despite weak cargo market (Air Transport World)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, reported second-quarter net income of $11.3 million, a more-than-sevenfold increase over a $1.5 million profit in the year-ago period, as it continued to benefit from Polar becoming a DHL Express carrier and its cost-cutting...
Doves fly over the Peace Memorial Park with a view of the gutted A-bomb dome at a ceremony in Hiroshima August 6, 2009, to mark the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing on the city.
Residents in northeast Eagan should prepare for noisier skies (Eagan Sun-Current)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Pauses in conversation due to an upward interruption may become more common in northeast Eagan in the coming months. Air traffic controllers at the Minneapolis-St.
FAA Boss Says He'll Step In if Necessary to Ensure Action on Pilot Fatigue Issue (Washington...
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Two days after The Washington Post published an examination of the living conditions endured by some pilots for regional airlines, Federal Aviation Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt said he will "close the gap" if a government rulemaking committee fails to develop regulations aimed at curbing...
Residents air concerns over airport (WIVB Buffalo)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
The safety of people living around the Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport came front and center Wednesday night, and the Federal Aviation Administration was there to listen and to give advice.
It's a dummy spit of enormous proportions and it has left Qantas reeling - hundreds of babies, flying to Canberra next month for a national home-birth rally, were this week bumped off flights.
A fence knocked down by a falling tree during last week's thunderstorms, combined with a loose horse, wreaked havoc at the Holly Springs Airport Friday morning during heavy air traffic, according to Bill Mobley, executive director of the Marshall County Industrial Development Authority.
Prototype aircraft creates a buzz at AirVenture show (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Thousands of aviation enthusiasts and those involved in the industry got a close-up look at a Carter Aviation Technologies prototype aircraft during the Experimental Aircraft Association's huge AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wis., that came to a close over the weekend.
Japan PM says nuclear arms ban to remain (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Japan said it would stand by a self-imposed ban on nuclear weapons as it commemorated the anniversary on Thursday of the world's first atomic attack on the western city of Hiroshima.
Come Fly With Me: Progress FUSE to Power FAA's Air Transportation System (ebizQ.net)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Progress Software, a provider of application infrastructure software, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected Progress FUSE products to provide the open source integration underpinnings for their System Wide Information ...
Bureau of Transportation Statistics said American's on-time arrival percentage in June was 69.2 percent, which ranked the Fort Worth-based carrier 17th of the nation's 19 largest airlines.
Airline Park Elementary School a good site for magnet, superintendent says (New Orleans...
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Donald Stout/The Times-Picayune archiveChelsea David, 4, wonders what to do with hands full of shaving cream during a celebration of 'The Week of the Young Child' at Airline Park Elementary School in Metairie last year. The school, which has declining...
FAA orders safety changes to Boeing 767 fuel tanks (KOMO Seattle)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered operators to make safety adjustments to the fuel tanks of more than 400 Boeing 767s registered in the U.S. in order to prevent a devastating midflight explosion. The estimated fleetwide cost of complying with the order is $4.6 million.
