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United and Houston Airport System Start $1 Billion Redevelopment plan

2012-01-27T14:22:00.000-08:00

First level one of the project, to be finished in 2013, will create a new Terminal B south concourse dedicated to regional jet operations

Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Airport System, in partnership with United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL), today broke ground on the first stage of a three-phase redevelopment project at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Stage one of the plans, to be completed in 2013, will create a new Terminal B south concourse dedicated to regional jet operations.

The $160 million south concourse plan will replace the existing south side flight stations with a new 225,000 square-foot facility to accommodate United's regional aircraft. At nearly four times the size of the existing space, the new concourse will provide a better customer experience, as it will feature modern and expanded gate lounge areas, concessions and restroom facilities.

Travelers will way in the new concourse from the terminal via a 95 foot wide bridge with 13,000 square feet of food, beverage and retail concessions a 500 percent increase in concession space over the current facility. The concourse will feature 28 foot high floor to ceiling glass windows, offering expansive tarmac-views from spacious central passenger lounge areas with durable and modern interior finishes.

"As I noted in my inaugural address, producing jobs for Houstonians is my number one job for the next two years," said Mayor Parker. "Stage one of this billion-dollar investment with United is the first delivery on that promise. We celebrate the boost to our local economy that will result from this investment. Houston will thrive as our global gateway expands to include more flights and greater access to business connections all over the world."

"Houston is our largest center and a vital international gateway in United's network," said Pete McDonald, United's executive vice president and chief operations officer. "This investment in the Houston hub will let us to accommodate more customers and more aircraft types, provide new amenities for travelers and improve efficiencies for the new United."

Plans for future phases of the $1 billion redevelopment project include redevelopment of the central Terminal-B lobby and baggage claim areas, a new international-capable north concourse for mainline and regional jets, a new Terminal B Federal Inspections Services (FIS) facility and infrastructure advance.

The total three-phase redevelopment project is intended over the next seven to 10 years, based on demand.

The project's design incorporates energy efficient techniques using Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard.

The Houston Airport System is partnering with United on the project and the new construction will be an important investment in the local economy by creating many jobs.

New Law Eases Airport Screening for Troops, Families

2012-01-10T03:33:00.000-08:00

President Barack Obama signed a bill into law yesterday to streamline airport screening procedures for service members and their families traveling on official orders.

The Risk-based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces Act gives the Transportation Security Administration six months to develop and implement a plan to expedite screening services for service members on orders and in uniform and, “to the extent possible, any accompanying family member.”

The act, in part, calls for the agency to establish standard guidelines for the screening of military uniform items, such as combat boots.

In a statement released today, agency officials said they’re in the process of reviewing options for these new procedures in consultation with the Defense Department.

Even before this law, the agency had several measures in place to aid troops through the screening process. For example, troops in uniform with a military identification card aren’t required to remove their boots or shoes unless they set off an alarm, according to the agency’s website.

The agency also seeks to accommodate family members. Families who would like to accompany a deploying service member to the boarding gate or greet them upon their return may receive passes to enter the secure area of the airport, the site said. Family members, agency officials advise, should contact their air carrier representative at the airport for local procedures.

The agency also expedites the screening process for Honor Flight veterans, and partners with the Defense Department to expedite screening for wounded warriors and their families. The Honor Flight Network organization transports veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit their war memorials.

Also aimed at expediting screening procedures, the agency is testing a new program at the airport in Monterey, Calif. In mid-November, troops traveling out of Monterey Peninsula Airport began presenting their DOD identification to a document checker for card-reader scanning.

The pilot program is designed to test the technology to verify service members’ status. If successful, it could pave the way for service members to be included in the agency’s expedited screening program, agency officials said, enabling them to use special lanes at participating airports to pass more quickly through airport security. These expedited procedures could involve not having to remove their shoes, belt and jackets or their laptops from bags

Screeners in Airport to be Monitored for Radiation, TSA Says

2012-01-09T17:06:00.000-08:00

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is looking for monitor the levels of radiation that its employees are exposed to from X-ray technology, as well as airport body scanners, a document from the agency says.

In the document, the TSA said it plans to begin performing radiation measurements using personal dosimeters, which are devices worn on the body that calculate a person's exposure to radiation, at certain airports. Such devices are used by people who work near sources of radiation such as hospital and nuclear power-plant employees.

"The measurements will assist the TSA in find out if the Transportation Security Officers (TSO) at selected federalized airports are exposed to ionizing radiation above minimum detectable levels, and whether any measured radiation doses approach or exceed the threshold where personnel dosimeter monitoring is necessary by [Department of Homeland Security]/TSA policy," according to the document, which was posted on a government website.

The purpose of the document, called "asking for information," is to discover and collect information on vendors that could supply personal dosimeters to the TSA.
Personal dosimeters measure accurately how much radiation a person receives, so the levels can be compared with the limits set by the government.

Experts today show surprise that such devices, which are needed by law for anyone who works with radiation, were not already used by airport screeners.

"I wouldn’t dream of them not having that already," said Dr. Nagy Elsayyad, a radiation oncologist at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. "They really should have some form of monitoring tool," Elsayyad said.

"By any possible definition, they are radiation workers," said David Brenner, director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.

Airport screening and radiation

Some of the airport body scanners, recognized as backscatter scanners, emit X-rays which bounce off the body to create an image. There are about 250 such scanners in use in the United States.

Michael McCarthy, a spokesman for TSA, said personal dosimeters are not at present used by TSA employees because the level of radiation they are exposed to "is well below the minimum threshold where personal dosimeters would be needed."
The actual levels of radiation exposure to airport security workers should be look into, he said. Elsayyad said the plan to start using personal dosimeters should be recommended.

Gray area

The body scanners produce about 0.15 microsieverts of radiation per scan. This dose is equivalent to the radiation a human being would be exposed to in two minutes of flying in an airplane, the TSA said.

The health effects of such small radiation doses are still unsure. "We're sort of in this very big gray area," said Dr. Jacqueline Williams, a radiation expert at the University of Rochester in New York. Though Williams said in a previous interview the effects to an individual passenger are probably negligible.

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Army expert charged for trying to board plane with explosives

2012-01-02T15:58:00.000-08:00

Authorities charged an Army expert for attempting to board a plane with a military-grade explosive at a Texas airport in an incident official downplayed as nothing nefarious.

Trey Scott Atwater, 30, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, was taken into custody.

Transportation Security Administration agents spotty the item in his carry-on through X-ray screening at a security checkpoint at the Midland International Airport, Midland police and city officials said.

The material was recognized as an explosive; though it was determined there was no way to ignite it as there was no detonator or initiator, a law enforcement official told CNN on condition of anonymity. The official was not authorized to release the info to the media.

Atwater was an active-duty army soldier, the official said.

The incident push the evacuation and temporary-closure of a part of an airport terminal, authorities said.

"At no-time was there any risk to the people at Midland International Airport or the community of Midland, Texas," Mark Morgan, an FBI spokesman, said in a report.

Atwater has been arrested on a federal count of trying to board an aircraft with an explosive, Morgan said.

Man caught at airport smuggling x-ray found 250 snakes in a suitcase

2011-12-29T09:50:00.000-08:00

A man attempted to board a plane in Argentina with approximately 250 poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles in his baggage, each carefully labelled with its Latin name.

Czech citizen Karel Abelovsky, 51, was on the way to Spain when airport officials made him open his luggage at Buenos Aires international airport after police recognize the reptiles in the X-ray scanner.

They detect 247 exotic and rare species in all, packed inside plastic containers, bags and even socks.

Authorities believe the Czech was a messenger for a criminal organization that smuggles exotic species whose exports are banned. Authorities said Abelovsky arrived in Argentina only days earlier and wouldn't have had time to collect all the animals.

Judge Marcelo Aguinsky believes the boa constrictors, poisonous pit vipers and coral snakes, lizards and spiders could have get away the cloth suitcase in the unpressurised cabin of the December 7 Iberia flight to Madrid, and maybe attacked people there or at his final destination in Prague, where antidotes for South American snakes aren't common, the source added.

Abelovsky was released on around $US2,500 ($A2,468) bail after surrendering his passport and is refusing to talk even though he faces up to 10 years in prison.

Abelovsky runs a Czech-website that offers reptiles for sale. A woman who responds the contact number given on the site said she was his wife but did not give her name and said only that her husband was normal.

Czech authorities have no information about Abelovsky, said Martina Kankova, spokeswoman for Czech customs administration. She said authorities have traced various people or broken rings of smugglers of several exotic animals in recent years, as well as turtles and parrots.

Czech television described before this year that in 2010, customs officials in the country detained 55 smugglers with dozens of exotic animals.

Most of the animals and bugs are being held under quarantine at the Buenos Aires Zoo, whereas some of the venomous snakes were sent to Argentina's national health institute, which has a high security department where scientists develop-antidotes using venom from snakes.

The species include lizards native to Mexico and snakes, spiders, snails and other species from northern Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. Some were already dead in the bag, while others have succumbed to stress since next. Many were quite weak on arrival at the zoo, but the majority is still alive.

Two arrested for smuggling 400 memory cards from Mumbai International airport

2011-12-29T08:22:00.000-08:00

Two men were arrested by the custom officers at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport for attempting to smuggle 44, 400 memory cards from Hong Kong. The incident occurs at midnight when the duo landed in a Jet Airways flight.

The duo has been recognized as Imran Abdul, 29 and Shakeeb Ghulam, 25. They were caught by the team of Air Intelligence Unit while they were departing through the green channel.

The accused had hid the memory cards in the washroom at the airport after they came to know that the custom officers were waiting for them. The officers retrieve memory cards after detaining Ghulam and Abdul.

"The accused are usual carriers and it was their routine to leave the baggage in the washroom so they can clear the green channel without any obstacle," said Additional Commissioner of Customs, Mahendra Pal.

Afterwards, officers came to know that it was their routine as they used to leave the baggage in the washroom and other person used to collect it from there. Throughout the questioning, the custom officers were shocked when they found out that person attached to their own department can be involved in the issue.

supposedly, the third person who was supposed to collect baggage from the washroom is a driver working with the custom department who has a pass to enter airport building. "Our investigations are on to discover if the driver is involved in the case or not. He has not been arrested up till now but the other two have been arrested who will be produced in the court on Friday," said a custom officer from the airport.

Qantas says grounded passengers will have easy access to free flights

2011-11-08T01:32:00.000-08:00

QANTAS has assured disrupted passengers they will have no difficulty accessing free flights being offered as a goodwill gesture while pilots said it will take more than that for the public to forgive airline management.

The airline today said that the free return economy flight being offered to more than 70,000 passengers pretentious by the grounding was completely separate to its compensation packages or any other payments.

But passengers deprived of their business class flights will have to fly economy if they wish to take up the Qantas free offer, which the airline estimate will cost it about $20 million.

It takes the cost of the grounding to over $50 million.

The pilots' union today dismissed offering free tickets as a waste of airline money, pointing to a survey which they claimed showed people blamed the Qantas management more than unions for damaging the airline's standing.

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Agitated passenger removed from Emirates plane

2011-10-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

An Emirates Airlines flight from London was belated for more than an hour after a passenger demanded to leave the plane, claiming he would be killed on the way to Dubai.

The passenger, believed to be an Iranian male, became nervous when he learned he would require a visa in order to enter the UAE, The National statement.

A witness told the report the man said he would be killed aboard the flight to the UAE.

The passenger was escorted from the Airplane by police, subsequent a security search of the airplane.

In a declaration, Emirates said it tried to accommodate travelers who feel they are weak to fly.

“Emirates can affirm that a traveler asked to be removed from EK004 from London to Dubai on October 16,” the state backed carrier said in an e-mail report.

In April, a British man was imprisoned for three years after triggering a bomb scare onboard an Etihad airliner on the way to London from Abu Dhabi.

The Etihad flight was diverted under fighter aircraft jet accompany to Stansted Airport after James Glen, 37, told a flight attendant that a fellow passenger had a gun and had "threatened to blow himself up.”

Two RAF Typhoon jets were snarled from a nearby military base to escort the aircraft, which had 163 passengers and 15 crew on board.

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The only survivor of Russian hockey team's Airplane crash talks

2011-10-14T17:14:00.000-07:00

The only survivor of the Russian airplane crash that killed 44 people most of them famous hockey players has given his first interview since the Sept. 7 disaster.

Alexander Sizov, 52, was the engineer for the plane that annihilated the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team as it failed on takeoff northeast of Moscow for a game in Minsk.

Sizov, in an interview with Russian reporters that was translated by the Moscow Times, said he knew there was problem when the plane did not take off instantly.

"I quickly realized that we were on unpaved ground," Sizov said."The plane began falling soon after takeoff, and it was clear that we were going to crash."

Sizov, yet hospitalized, spoke from his bed. He has been treated for harsh shock, burns and various fractures.

"On impact, everything began flying. Something strikes me hard, that's why my left side is all broken up," Sizov said. "Once in the water, I truthfully didn't see or notice anything around not the fires, not the plane, nothing."

The human death included 37 players and coaches from Russia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Sweden, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine and the seven member crew. Lokomotiv winger Alexander Galimov at first survived the crash, but died of his injuries five days later.

Amongst the dead were Ex-New York Rangers defenseman Alexander Karpovtsev, a member of the 1994 Stanley Cup winning team, and Ex NHL superstar Pavol Demitra.

Much of the wreckage landed in a tributary of the Volga River. Police said Sizov badly burned one arm while trying to rescue a colleague.

Sizov helped check the plane before liftoff, had been flying in it for the past year, and said it was in "perfect" condition.

"A kind of miracle saved me," added Sizov, who is expected to be released from the hospital soon. "My family and my wife's love helped me stay alive."

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Cuba clears Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport for takeoffs

2011-10-13T17:02:00.000-07:00

The Cuban government has approved to have direct flights from New Orleans for the 1st time in more than 50 years; opening the entry for travel companies from anyplace in the country to apply for permits to make flight plans originating from New Orleans.

In March, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed an application from Louis Armstrong International Airport and seven other air fields to serve as a doorway to Cuba.

But after the doorway was opened on the U.S. side, endeavor to gain permission from the Cuban side for flights seemed to be moving slowly. In August, two officials from the airport and two from Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration Aimee Quirk, adviser to the mayor for economic development, and Richard Cortizas, then executive counsel to the mayor, now acting city attorney traveled to Cuba to make the case for why the Caribbean island nation should get flights from New Orleans.

Airport officials just got a letter from Cuban officials approving New Orleans as one of a handful of U.S. cities able to provide flights.

The government and airport management worked hard on creating a chance for private companies to provide flights from Armstrong International Airport to Cuba, Armstrong Airport's director of aviation, Iftikhar Ahmad, said in a news release. "We expect that private sector will benefit from this opportunity."

Quirk said the approving for flights not only creates the chance for New Orleanians to travel to Cuba, but also for people elsewhere in the country to fly to Cuba through New Orleans. Armstrong International could add to its passenger counts because of the certification for a limited number of U.S. airports, and local tourism companies could make a pitch for travelers to spend a few days enjoying music in New Orleans before departing for Havana. Tour companies from elsewhere in the country could also build route through New Orleans.

"That's one of the allurements here,” she said.

The city administration has aimed attempts to rebuild international air service from New Orleans.

Before the Cuban Revolution, New Orleans was Cuba's major trading partner in the United States. It has long been believed that if the Cuba were to open to U.S. tourism, Louisiana would stand to benefit because cruise companies would probably plan routes from New Orleans to Havana and local companies would find out new export markets in Cuba.

In January, the Obama government relaxed limitations for Americans traveling to Cuba, but it left the long standing prohibitions in place. The new regulations allow travel for cultural, academic or religious purposes; allow Americans to send money to normal citizens in Cuba; and allow for charter flights from more American cities.

In the past, only Los Angeles, Miami and New York were permitted to offer flights to Cuba. But in March, the Obama government said New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Tampa and San Juan, Puerto Rico, could also offer flights, bringing the total to 11 cities from which flights to Cuba could depart.

Airport spokeswoman Michelle Wilcut said airport and city officials made the application to attempt to open doors for local companies. Any U.S. company seeking to run flights now must obtain permit from the Department of Permits and Flight Planning Institute Civil Aeronautics of Cuba.

It's just a issue of a service provider stepping ahead and provide that service, whether it's a charter or tour operator or airline, “Wilcut said. Major airlines often have charter operations on the side.

The New Orleans tour company Destination Management Inc. is also sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury as Cuba service provider.

"It's a fresh and rising market,” Wilcut said.

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Philippine Airlines cancels 53 local and international flights

2011-10-11T15:41:00.000-07:00

A total of 54 local and international flights of Philippine Airlines (PAL) were canceled Monday because of operational problems of the national flag carrier, according to the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA).

Also on Monday, the PAL management said it requested heavier police being there in and around Terminal 2 of Ninoy Aquino Internal Airport (Naia) because of numerous complaints of nuisance and acts of violence against PAL volunteers and service providers.

Last Sunday, 65 foreign and domestic flights of PAL were also canceled because of the same trouble.

The subsequent Philippine Airlines international flights were canceled: PR 318 and PR 312 Manila-Hong Kong and PR 319 and PR 313, Hong Kong-Manila; PR 501 Manila-Singapore and PR 512 Singapore-Manila; PR 732 Manila-Bangkok and PR 733 Bangkok-Manila; PR 352 Manila-Macau and PR 353 Macau-Manila; PR 416 Manila-Busan and PR 417 Busan-Manila; and PR 758 Manila-New Delhi.

40 domestic flights to and from the subsequent PAL destinations were also canceled: Cebu City, Davao City, Bacolod City, Laoag City, Roxas City, Cagayan de Oro City, Legazpi City, Butuan City and Dumaguete City.

In the meantime, 24 local PAL flights to Roxas City, Puerto Princesa City, Iloilo City, Cagayan del Oro, Dipolog City, Tagbilaran City, and Kalibo, Aklan, among others, were serviced at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 3 as an alternative of Terminal 2 because of what the airline company called “operational necessity.”

On Sunday, PAL vice president for corporate communications, Joey de Guzman, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that at least “95 percent of our international flights and 60 percent of our domestic flights are back to normal operations.”

Harassment hit

PAL on Monday said it inquire the Aviation Security Group and Southern Police District to position more policemen particularly in areas where PAL workers pass on their way to and from work.

“We deplore, in the strongest possible terms, the nuisance perpetrated by former PAL employees against our volunteers and service providers. These workers altruistically share their time and skills to keep PAL flying. They deserve protection from authorities,” the airline said in a declaration.

PAL management said it had received many complaints of verbal cruelty and damage done to vehicles of PAL volunteers and former union members who decided to join PAL’s new service providers.

“This morning, ex-PAL employees led by former Palea (employees’ union) leaders stormed the Charter House Hotel in Makati with a very open and clear purpose of harassing PAL volunteers from various outstations. This and many other forms of mistreatment are the kind of nuisance we’re talking about,” PAL said.

The company stressed that PAL volunteers from its regional stations composed of licensed ground equipment operators were not scabs but legitimate workers performing official functions.

PAL said it also asked the police to look out for former PAL employees who take buses and jeepneys en route to Naia Terminal 2 with the plan of verbally mistreat PAL workers and volunteers on their way to work.

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Qantas strengthen for an Asian push

2011-10-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

QANTAS has signed off on the largest aircraft order in Australia's aviation history, paying $9 billion for 110 Airbus 320s in a contract that paves the way for its dual-airline Asian push.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the Airplanes would be used for the carrier's "new, premium airline based in Asia and will support Jetstar's enlargement plans as well as the establishment of Jetstar Japan".

The first 11 aircraft will be fitted out for the new premium carrier, while the remaining together with 78 of the fuel efficient A320 Neo models will be distributed amongst Jetstar's Asian and Australian operations.

Mr Joyce said the new airplane would give the Qantas group more flexibleness.

The Airbus contract came as International Air Transport Association figures bring out airline traffic fell 1.5 per cent between June and July.

Association chief Tony Tyler said the industry has change over gears downward.

Mr. Joyce said it was early to say that the airline market was contracting, but Airbus officials said there were signs that the market in Europe, which recovered powerfully, last year, was flat.

Qantas said profits from domestic passengers for July and August was 7.6 per cent above 2010 figures, whereas international yields, including Jetstar were up 5.6 per cent.

But Commonwealth Bank analysts said yesterday the yields could be force in coming months amid "soft economic situation".

The analysis said extra costs owing to industrial act and weaker yields would see a delay in return to gainfulness at Qantas international, which lost $200 million last year.

The CBA analysts have scaled back their forecasts for cost savings at Qantas from $85 million to $25 million this year, approximation that the roll-out of the new Qantas Asian operations will help produce extra savings in 2012-13.

Airbus is highly optimistic on the long term aviation future in the Pacific region; figure that carriers will need 736 new passenger and freighter aircraft worth $102 billion up to 2030.

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Airport cries out for second runway

2011-10-04T08:06:00.000-07:00

Chennai’s require for a world-class airport is getting late because the secondary runway has hit a roadblock.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has made it clear that without the taking away of barriers like houses, water tanks and trees, it cannot open the full-portion of the secondary runway.

Also, with metro rail works also projected to begin at the airport stretch, the full use of the secondary runway is not possible.

“We are only looking at operating 2,400 metres even after all the obstructions are removed and proper security preparations made for the bridge over Adyar River,” said a senior airport official. About 2,085 metres of the runway was previous used for landing only smaller aircraft, like ATR types.

The AAI had envisaged on the bridge an extension of secondary runway to permit bigger aircrafts to land and also to meet the difficulties from the increased air-traffic.

AAI chairman V.P. Agrawal told Deccan Chronicle that the construction part of extended portion of secondary runway was over but the blockage must be removed to fulfill with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations.

Airport sources said a re-survey was done at Kolapakkam area, where the impediments are present. “We have now minimized the acquisition area and have saved around 26 houses. About four to five houses, trees and telecom towers want to be removed also re locating a public water-tank,” the sources added.

The secondary runway has been closed for the last 15 months and airline operators are under pressure to schedule their flights, especially through the four hours of compulsory closure of the main runway weekly.

“We desire to operate more flights to Chennai, but we are finding it hard to get slots especially on Tuesdays and Saturdays, when the main runway is also closed for two hours,” said a domestic operator.

The airport handles about 310 flights a day and 12 million passengers yearly and will be capable to handle 23 million passengers with the new terminals.

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"Allegiant Airlines to Depart Long Beach Airport(LGB)"

2011-10-03T10:50:00.000-07:00

Long Beach Airport (LGB) declares the opening of three Air carrier flight slots. Allegiant airlines will stop service effective November 3, 2011, following a shift in business direction.

Several airlines instantly expressed interest in providing service from LGB. The airport presently has a total of 41 air carrier slots. LGB has been experiencing more demand from the traveling public than current capacity allows.

“With the availability of these slots, we will be capable to provide more choices and service to new cities with a concentrate on superior customer service,” noted Mario Rodriguez, Airport Director.

Allegiant has loved high passenger load factors from Long Beach, but will be serving other markets with their fleet of MD-80′s. The Airport will reallocate flight slots to increase the potential to extend flight service to better serve Long Beach travelers.

In reallocating these three slots, the Airport is allowing for the possible to have new destinations from around the country connect to Southern California.

While other airports have experienced declining seat capability, passenger seat totals from Long Beach Airport have enlarged 4% since last year.

About Long Beach Airport:

Long Beach Airport (LGB), placed in Long Beach, CA, was founded in 1923, making it the oldest municipal owned airport in California. During its 87-year history, LGB has been a source of substantial economic activity and business chances, also as a leader in maintaining a sustainable environment.

LGB, its tenants and users are dedicated to operating in an environmentally responsible manner by minimizing the crash of business on the environment and surrounding community with methods that are socially responsible, scientifically based and economically sound.

Presently, LGB serves nearly three million commercial airline passengers yearly, offering non-stop service to 14 US cities and is amongst the top five busiest general aviation airports in the world, with more than 300,000 annual operations. As a center for air cargo carriers more than 34,000 tons of cargos are transported via LGB yearly.

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Qantas flights move from Buenos Aires to Santiago in March 2012

2011-09-29T23:41:00.000-07:00

Qantas' South American flights will shift from Buenos Aires in Argentina to the Santiago hub of Chile's flag carrier -- and oneworld partner airline -- LAN, starting on 26 March 2012. Tickets are currently on sale.

It's an inconvenience for travelers heading straight to Buenos Aires, but for just about everyone else heading for South America it's a bonus: there are more connections to other destinations on LAN from Santiago.

Qantas' flight QF27 to Santiago will fly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with return flight QF28 running on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.

Partner airline LAN previously flies six times a week Sydney to Santiago -- but via Auckland, adding time to the journey.

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Security hollered up at Bangalore, Hubli airport

2011-09-26T15:53:00.000-07:00

Following news of the Intelligence Bureau pointing possible terror attacks with the use of hijacked aircrafts, Bangalore International Airport (BIA) authorities on Sunday said they had sufficient security in place to deter any attack.

Intelligence information recommended that there could be attempts by terrorist elements to board aircraft originating at smaller airports like Hubli, hijack them and use them for 9/11 style attacks in cities like Mumbai and Bangalore.

The BIA had before advised passengers to check in early at the airport as there would be enlarged number of checks after the Mumbai blasts. Without exposing sensitive information about the security details, the BIA officials said they had taken all measures to evade and discourage any such attempts.

The police said they had taken detailed security actions, but added that these measures had been in place after the Mumbai blasts.

Following the alert from the Central agency, a large number of police force has been deployed at the Hubli airport.

Hubli Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain, though, declares that the alert was general in nature and not one specific to any particular region. But taking no chances, the Hubli-Dharwad police have made stronger vigil at the airport to insure fool-proof security arrangements to frustrate any untoward incidents.

One deputy commissioner of police, two assistant commissioners and one platoon both of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) and City Armed Police have been placed at the airport.

These measures apart, an anti-sabotage team and a dog squad have also been pressed into service to keep a careful check at the airport. Airport Controller M Basavaraj declined to divulge any information on security preparations at the airport and the possible threat of hijacking planes from here.

According to Hubli Dharwad Police Commissioner Ramachandra Rao, “There is a common security alert from the Centre and a rumors was also making rounds that a plane hijacked from a smaller airport can be used (in attacks), following which security was beefed up here.”

DC Darpan Jain said security measures were in place as per the procedure which was improved following an alert. Claiming that there was only a common alert, he sought to downplay the threat awareness.

“Following the recent terror attack in the Delhi High Court, general security preparations have been made at the airport,” he said.

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Work on Bangalore airport 2nd runway to begin next year

2011-09-19T13:21:00.000-07:00

The Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) planning to take up work on the second runway next year.

According to Mr G.V. Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Group, which has 43 percent stake in BIAL, work on the second runway at the airport would be taken up next year, and work on the third runway will begin after that. He said this on the sidelines of the Regional Celebration of Civil Aviation Centenary at Bangalore on Monday.
BIAL operates the Bengaluru International Airport.

Work on the expansion of terminal building is underway at the airport. BIAL plans to expand the terminal from 72,000 sq.m to 1.34 lakh sq.m. Mr Reddy said that once that expansion work is done, work on the second runway will start.

Speaking at the event, Mr S.V. Ranganath, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, said that work on expansion of regional airports at Mangalore, Mysore and Hubli was also in full swing with the State Government contributing through allocation of land and water.

Other small airports that are coming up throughout the public-private partnership model in the State are at Gulbarga, Bidar, Shimoga and Hassan, he pointed out.

The Karnataka Government is considering having a separate aerospace policy for the State, said Mr Ranganath. “About 65 per cent of the aerospace work in the country is concerted in and around Bangalore.”

The State has also set up an aerospace special economic zone, where 41 industries have signed up to put up shop, said Mr Ranganath.

According to him, the State has been in the forefront still in expansion of air passenger traffic and development of infrastructure such as airports.

Bangalore international airport is the third biggest international airport in India.

Kansas airport false bomb suspect ordered held in jail

2011-09-17T02:59:00.000-07:00

A man who tried to board a Southwest Airlines flight with equipments that resembled bomb parts was ordered held without bond on Friday by a federal judge, authorities said.

Anthony Falco Jr., 47, faces two felony counts alleging he gave fake and confusing statements about the stuffing of his carryon bag so he could board the airplane on Sunday, which was the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Packages in the bag were covered and taped and contained wires, batteries and parts of cell phones and cameras that can reproduce an improvised explosive device, FBI agent John Tucker testify at Falco's custody hearing on Thursday.

Falco warned authorities against opening the packages, saying they would have "a very bad day" if they did so, Tucker said in a confirmation.

Tucker said that Falco also appear to mouth the words, "Father God, America is going to go down."

Falco's public defender, Laine Cardarella, said in court that Falco was alluding to a lawsuit, not a bomb; that he never claimed to have a bomb; and that none of the materials in his bag were against the law to have on a plane.

Prosecutor Justin Davids said Falco bought a one-way ticket with cash, which Cardarella said was as his car broke down and he was trying to fly home.

Falco's mother said her son has been treated for mental illness and wasn't taking his prescriptions, authorities said.

But U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays ordered Falco held without bond. No tests have been ordered to inspect Falco's mental or physical state, authorities said.

United Flight 586 evacuated after engine problem at Dulles Airport

2011-09-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON (AP) - Passengers on a flight bound for San Francisco used emergency parachutes to evacuate a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington after the pilot noticed something was wrong with the engine.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Kimberly Gibbs says the United Airlines flight was on the airport taxiway about 1 p.m. Wednesday when the pilot found a problem.

Gibbs says after the passengers were all off, the airplane headed back to the terminal.

It was not clear how many passengers and crew were on board.

No harms as regional jet skids away Ottawa runway

2011-09-06T13:48:00.000-07:00

For the third time, a United Express regional jet landing at Ottawa International Airport has skid off a rainfall-slicked runway in daylight.

No one was hurt; though the aircraft was badly broken and endured a fuel leak after the landing gear broke and punctured the underside of the wing. There was no fire.

After landing the flight from Chicago on Sunday afternoon, the pilots lost control of the small regional jet and it skidded off the track, Ottawa’s longest and widest. It turned around and its main landing gear under the wings broke as the aircraft slipped on the rain-softened ground.

Like all airlines, this one selected a moniker to identify its flights to air traffic control. Its choice: “Waterski.” So Sunday’s flight used call sign “Waterski 3363.”

Sunday’s mishap came hardly 15 months after another 50-passenger Embraer ERJ-145 landed part-way down Ottawa’s shorter runway after a flight from Washington and ran more than 150 metres off the end of the runway. Both pilots and one of the 33 passengers endured minor injuries and there was significant damage to the plane’s nose after the landing gear under the cockpit collapsed as the aircraft ran off the runway.

Canada Transportation Safety Board investigation into the June 2010 accident isn’t complete up till now.

But a TSB report is complete for a 2004 runway over-run by another Trans States Embraer-ERJ-145. It was a flight from Pittsburgh that landed part of the way down the runway, failed to stop and ran about 100 metres off the end. The TSB concluded the pilots approach in the rain was “high, fast, and not stabilized, resulting in the aircraft touching down nearly halfway down the 8,000-foot runway.”

All three runway mischance at Ottawa involved Brazilian-built Embraer-145 regional jets, flown by Trans States Airlines, a Missouri-based airline that paints its fleet of jets in United Express and US Airways Express colours and flies feeder services for the big airliners. Trans States didn’t react to repeated attempts to contact the airline.

Although pilots on Internet boards sometimes criticize about the smooth, slick asphalt surface at Ottawa, both its main runways are long enough to handle the world’s biggest and heaviest commercial jetliners, such as a Boeing 747 with a landing weight of more than 300 tons. Average landing weight for an Embraer-145 is 20 tons.

The longer of Ottawa’s two tracks and the one involved in Sunday’s incident is 10,000 feet long.

York Airport get state assist for safety improvement

2011-09-02T09:53:00.000-07:00

The York Airport is getting grant money to make upgrade that officials believe will aid make the airport more good-looking for business travelers.

Gov. Tom Corbett announced Thursday a $4 million state investing that will upgrade amenities and improve safety at 18 airports across the state.

The York Airport in Jackson Township will receive $238,500 to take away hazards to get better runway safety, plus will kick in $26,500 of its own money as part of a matching allow.

Tim Tate, vice president of York Aviation Operators, Inc., emphatic the state money comes from a fuel tax paid for by aviators and not from public tax dollars.

Obstructions:

The money will be used for obstacle removal, such as utility poles and trees that will let pilot’s clearer access to the runway. That is particularly beneficial for inclement weather conditions, Tate said, and will give the airport a better capacity to have planes land during less than ideal conditions rather than go somewhere else.

That should be supportive for business customers, he said.

"We want to attract more businesses to utilize the airport and support the local economy," Tate said. "We're trying to make it more available."

Last August, the privately owned public airport was awarded a state allow worth $240,750 to install a perimeter fence to keep wildlife off the runway. At that time, the airport had troubles with deer crossing the runway on the south side of Route 30 near Thomasville.

In the past 16 years, about six deer have roamed into the runway and been hit by planes that were landing or taking off. Even a turkey jumped into the side prance of a plane that was taking off and damage it.

The fence proposed with the last grant was to be tall and secure plenty to block deer and other wildlife. The fence would also include a layer of protection from trespassers.

Post office close to Tampa airport reopens after evacuation

2011-08-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

A post office just south of the Tampa International Airport terminal was reopened this afternoon to employees and the public after material inside a package, which cause two employees to become sick, was intent to not be hazardous, officials said.

Tampa Fire Rescue Captain. Lonnie Benniefield said, The first floor of the post office had been evacuate at around 11:20 a.m. after the employees became nauseous and reported being light headed. The employees in the second and third floors were set aside in place, Benniefield said.

A post office employee, identified as a 60-year-old man, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in stable condition, Benniefield said.

Firefighters got a sample of the substance and had it analyze. It was determined to have a minute level of hydrocarbon, which investigators found out wasn't hazardous, Benniefield said.

Two Airport Rescue and Firefighting units and the hazardous materials unit from Tampa Fire Rescue replied to the post office on Bessie Coleman Boulevard.

It took 90 minutes to examine and recognize the substance. No flights from TIA were affected, Benniefield said.

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2011-08-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

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Stunt man who was walking on Plane’s Wings goes wrong plunges to death

2011-08-22T10:20:00.000-07:00

Throughout a Michigan air show at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, aerial stuntman Todd Green was performing a “wing walking” stunt, in which he attempted to walk across an airplane’s wings and go into a helicopter that was riding alongside.

But something failed at Selfridge Air National Guard Base as around 75,000 people looked on.

Green was balancing on a wing of a airplane, trying to catch a helicopter's skid. The helicopter circled the airplane twice for Green to try to latch on, but he drop on the third try, witnesses said.

Moments after an announcer observed of the wind, Green fell from a wing when he was unable to grab onto the helicopter as part of a trick he had been doing for years.

The National Weather Service in White Lake Township aforesaid winds in the area around the time of the incident were westward at 24km/h. It was uncertain on Sunday if the wind was a factor the accident.

Green has been performing these types of aerial tricks for around 25 years, so he was experienced. But why wasn’t he wearing a parachute? Did it have something to do with his comparatively low altitude, and the fact that, from such a height, a parachute may not have done much? We don’t know. But we do know he leaves wife and two children.

The fall happens at 3:20. While it’s not shown in its whole, it’s still very scary and very sad.

AAI seeks 5,000 acres for new airport project in Chennai

2011-08-19T07:55:00.000-07:00

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has informed to the state government of Tamil Nadu that it was ready to build a second airport for Chennai, located at Sriperumbudur, provided 5,000 acres of land was made available for the purpose.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has absolved the new airport project in its feasibleness study before.

The Airports Authority of India chairman VP Agrawal delivered ICAO's describe to chief secretary Debendranath Sarangi on Saturday. Agrawal said, "We have asked for 5,000 acres of land which will be required to construct the new airport. In the first stage, runways and other facilities will be constructed. Around Rs5,000 crore will be needed for the project".

The civil aviation ministry had earlier announced that the construction of the new airport would not be delivered to the private sector.

According to AAI sources, the government would now make a decision whether to construct a new airport or to construct a parallel runway at the existing airport.

With ability at the existing airport reaching saturation point, the AAI had at first suggested the construction of a parallel runway. However, it was realized that the cost of land acquisition would be prohibitively high.

So, new airport was advised and the previous DMK government identified land at Sriperumbudur for the new project. An AAI study set up the land suitable for the project.

The AAI has assured the state government that on-going expansion works at the existing airport would be accomplished as per the new schedule.

The new domestic terminal would be prepared by December this year while the international terminal would be commissioned by January 2012.

Bad weather makes Christchurch airport shutdown

2011-08-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

Christchurch International Airport was closed by bad weather for the first time in nearly 20 years yesterday.

Although airlines oftentimes cancel flights due to inclement weather, including fog, the airport rarely shuts down.

Yesterday the airport closed for about four hours from 5am after 25 millimeters of snow blanketed runways, aprons and taxiways.

Airport chief executive Jim Boult said the temporary closing was one of the few in living memory", with the exception of the September and February earthquakes.

The previous weather-related closure had been throughout the snow dump in 1992.

The decision was driven by concerns for the safety of staff and the public in trying to access the airport when weather conditions had made roads in and around Christchurch so treacherous, he said.

A Singapore Airlines flight was the first in after the reopening about 9am, but other flights yesterday were at airlines' discretion.

Airport chief fire officer Peter Moore said his squad had worked for 24 hours in an attempt to keep the runway clear.

"One of our duty guys drove a loader all night, so the guys who had been there all day had a break overnight," he said.

Moore also worked during the 1992 snowstorm, which he said had been easier to clear. This week's snow had at times been demoralising, he said.

"We've had painters on squeegees, mechanics and firemen on loaders, and all sorts of people doing whatever they can. There have been no demarcation lines at all; every airport staff member had pitched in to hold the airport operating “Moore said.

Boult said four-wheel-drive vehicles had been used to introduce essential staff.

He said staff had "pulled out all the stops" to assist travelers.

Airport Tax improve Could Be Suspended, Says OSK

2011-08-12T14:23:00.000-07:00

"While we do not know what the discourses centered on, negotiations on passenger service charges may have been on the agenda.

Hence, there is a high probability that the rate hike could be suspended," said OSK in its research report Friday.

It was reported that MAHB would raise the airport tax on international passengers by RM14 to RM65 for all airports. For the low cost terminal, tax on international passengers will be raised by RM7 to RM32.

However, even if the higher airport tax for international passengers from KLIA and Kota Kinabalu's terminal is implemented, the move will have no upside impact on revenue and earnings for MAHB.

This is as the advised RM14 increase to be collected from passengers under the new rates, is currently being subsidised by the government.

Hence, once the tax hike gets, MAHB will be collecting directly from the passengers.

However, the higher tax on international passengers departing from the low cost terminal and Kota Kinabalu airport could potentially lift profit by RM43 million to RM45 million per annum, or 11.3 percent in 2012 financial year.

This is assumptive that there will be no income sharing with the government.

OSK also said that although the quantum of raise is rather substantial at 27 per cent and 28 per cent for the international low cost terminal and non-low cost terminal passengers, it would not substantially cramp passenger growth.

Furthermore, Malaysia's airport taxes are considered comparatively lower than those charged by airports in Thailand and Indonesia, which are seeing strong development in air travel despite their lower per capita income.

U.S airlines roll back fares to pre-shutdown level

2011-08-09T14:33:00.000-07:00

U.S. airlines have began rolling back last month's fare increases, so passengers are likely to pay the same prices still though federal ticket taxes are being gathered again.

US Airways aforesaid it reduced fares late Monday, joining Southwest, AirTran, Delta, American, JetBlue, United, Continental and Frontier.

If that goes on consumers will pay the same total cost instead of seeing additions of around 10 percent on many tickets for travel within the U.S.

American Airlines and JetBlue Airways officials said they had lowered fares on some paths likely those where they contend with Southwest. Representatives for other airlines did not directly comment.

Most U.S. airlines raised fares last month after a draw between Republicans and Democrats in Congress on funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) caused federal excise taxes on tickets to expire. In effect, the airlines caught the money that previously went to the government alternatively of passing the tax break to consumers.

Last week Congress revitalized the taxes through Sept. 16. The challenge forced the FAA to furlough 4,000 employees and stop work on airport projects that employed thousands of construction workers.

Bad news for workers was good news for the airlines. By raising fares to offset the expired taxes, airlines were able to pocket an approximated $400 million in just two weeks.

Travel experts had anticipated that airlines would be forced to give up the fare hikes once the taxes were restored. They said travel demand is already slowing, and many consumers would balk at paying higher fares on top of taxes.

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FAA Stops More than 250 Airport Projects in US Due to Congressional Inaction

2011-08-04T09:46:00.000-07:00

The partial closedown of the Federal Aviation Administration has guided to stop-work orders on 258 airport construction projects all over the country, including several in Colorado, according to an FAA database.

Projects on the stop-work list include a $250,000 contract for Burton Construction at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center involving a piping upgrade.

About 24,000 construction workers in an industry already hit hard by the recession have lost work or their jobs due to the projects suspension, says Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of America. The trade group says the construction industry's unemployment rate was 16% in June when jobs totaled 5.5 million — 2.2 million less than the industry's all-time high in April 2006.

Some of these projects include:

Runway Status Lights: Over $250 million in contracts to design and install runway status lights at airports around the nation. These runway and taxiway lights help pilots know when it is safe to enter, cross or take off on a runway.

Air traffic tower earthquake protection: Nearly $20 million in construction and engineering contracts to make stronger air traffic towers in earthquake prone areas.

Weather Research: Over $14 million in projects to research NextGen weather technology systems for air traffic facilities and for aircraft cockpits.

The lights are slated for installation at the following airports:

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

New York LaGuardia Airport

Los Angeles International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport

Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Chicago O’Hare International Airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Washington-Dulles International Airport

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport

The halt of aviation development projects also threatens 46,000 other jobs in businesses related to construction and jeopardizes to cost the government more than $1 billion in revenue from uncollected airline ticket taxes if Congress doesn't solve the problem until lawmakers return to Washington in September.

President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the FAA's operating authority. The standoff involves House Republicans efforts to change an airline labor rule to make it more difficult for employees to unionize and proposed cuts of $16.5 million in airline service subsidies to rural communities. Senate Democrats oppose both.

According to USA TODAY's analysis of stop-work orders issued by the FAA after Congress didn't re-authorize the agency July 23, 234 development and modernization projects have been halted, and 24 other projects have been partially stopped.

Aviation consultant Michael Boyd says the work stoppages could result in additional costs for the federal government.

"It's expensive to stop construction, and it can be expensive to re-schedule contractors, suppliers and sub-contractors," Boyd says.

The Air Transport Association of America, which represents U.S. airlines, says there's "an urgent need" for a long-term FAA re-authorization.

"The absence of re-authorization creates uncertainty for all sectors of the aviation industry," says Steve Lott, the group's spokesman.

The 10 Biggest FAA projects affected by the FAA funding dispute in Congress:

Contractor	Purpose	Value

Lockheed Martin*	Replacement of air traffic controller displays	$3.5 billion

ITT*	Systems engineering contracts for NextGen air traffic control system	$1.4 billion

General Dynamics*	Systems engineering contracts for NextGen air traffic control system	$1.2 billion

Metron Aviation*	Systems engineering contracts for NextGen air traffic control system	$1.1 billion

Lockheed Martin*	Continuation of computers in 20 air traffic control centers until replacement system is fully operational	$619 million

Sensis Corp*	Airport surface radar safety system to help prevent runway collisions	$390 million

TASC*	Support services for NextGen transition	$384 million

Jacobs Engineering	Architecture and engineering for High Altitude Air Traffic Control Centers	$370 million

Sensis Corp*	Runway lighting systems that help prevent collisions	$214 million

SAIC	Support contract for airport surface radar system	$104 million
* = Project partially stopped

Two Brothers’s Arrested for Attacking Pilot of SFO-Bound Flight

2011-07-28T13:44:00.001-07:00

Two brothers were arrested at Miami International Airport after one of them allegedly punched an American Airlines pilot. American Flight 1755 was headed to SFO but returned to the gate after Jonathan Baez, 27, had looked unresponsive and drunk. He was sleeping and not wearing his seatbelt.

The flight attendant attempted to wake him and noticed his condition, alerting the pilot to return to the terminal. As Baez was being taken off the plane, his brother Luis Baez, 29 decided to get regarded and fend for his brother.

As CBS reports, Jonathan at first left the plane without incident but Luis became aggressive and threatened the pilot, saying, "When you fly to San Juan, I will have you killed." Both brothers are from Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Few moments later, both men left the plane, Jonathan reportedly returned and punched the pilot in the face. A flight attendant who tried to break up the fight was hit in the shoulder. The brothers over again returned to the jet bridge to walk towards the terminal, with the pilot behind them. They then reportedly bounded him again and proceeded beating the pilot.

As ABC7 describes, as the final attack began, passengers jumped in to aid save the pilot.

They were then taken into custody and transported to the Miami-Dade County jail. They have been charged with provoked battery, motivated assault, and simple battery. The FBI is also involved in the probe because attacking an airline crew member is a federal crime.

A few hours later, the flight was able to take off with a new pilot. It reached SFO early this morning.

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Israel cabinet sanctions proposals for new airport

2011-07-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

The new airport will be situated 18km north of Eilat and handle domestic and European flights.

The Israeli government has sanctioned proposals for a new NIS1.7bn ($500m) international airport at Timna, 18km north of Eilat, according to local media reports and the Israeli government website.

The new airport, originally suggested by Israel transport minister Yisrael Katz, will handle domestic and European flights and be connected to Eilat via a new train line. It will also see the building of a new logistics centre, park-and-ride lot and bus station to replace the current Eilat central bus station.

Construction is set to take three years with planning to be finished in the next 12 months.DFNIonline understands that the airport will be financed and operated by the Israel Airports Authority and that the existing Eilat Ovda airport will close when the new facility is operational.

Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu said at Sunday's cabinet assembly: "This airport will be an alternative to Ben-Gurion Airport and will free up considerable land in Eilat, provide a solution for the expansion of Eilat and prevent noise and other pollution in the city.”

According to Katz, the closure of the existing airport in Eilat will enable the improvement of the city and develop quality of life for residents.

Sakal Group-owned company Layam Co is the duty-free operator at the existing Eilat Ovda International airport after winning in 2007 a tender to keep on operating at the location, where it has been present for nearly 20 years.

A judged 1.5m passengers are calculated to use the new airport each year, just about 90% of the passengers on domestic flights, according to reports.

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American makes largest airplane order in airlines history

2011-07-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

At last discovering that it really will necessitate new low carbon aircrafts in order to land in Europe starting in 2012, at least one airline in the US has just ordered the aircraft it will require to do that.

American Airlines just placed the largest purchase in history for a new fleet of fuel efficient airplanes, according to Green Car Congress. The 460 new planes encounter the EU climate regulations to lower airline carbon emissions.

Back in 2007 the EU passed new rules that all airlines landing in Europe after 2012 have to cut down airline emissions, or pay to foul. Apparently, US firms assumed they could just lobby or lawyer their way around this inconvenient fact, along with Chinese airlines.

The whole US airline industry, including AA itself, represented by The Air Transport Association of America, has had lawyers battle the new law. They argued before the European Court of Justice that baronial the system on foreign companies breaks international aviation and climate change agreements.

American Airlines will take deliveries of this gigantic order beginning in 2013 and going on through 2021. But in around five years, it will have the most fuel-efficient fleet among US airlines. And be eligible to land in Europe.

AI plane skids off runway after tyre burst in Kanpur

2011-07-21T12:27:00.000-07:00

An Air India flight carrying 54 passengers skidded off the runway at Kanpur's Chakeri airport while landing for a stopover, burst its front tyre and got stuck in the mud, No one was injured.

A tyre of the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700, operating with the call sign AI-9801, burst as soon as it touched down the IAF-controlled Kanpur airport here and slipped off the runway with the front wheels screeching to a stop in the muddy areas.

Airline sources claimed the runway, kept by the Indian Air Force, was not broad enough. According to them, the front tyre of the Jet had burst as the pilot had banged the emergency brakes when the 70-seater plane commenced to skid.

The aircraft was soon moved back to the terminal building. While 52 of the 54 passengers were travelling to Kanpur, the rest of them were sent to Lucknow for their onward journey after the scheduled 30-minute stopover.

U.S. court continues use of airport scanners

2011-07-18T14:54:00.000-07:00

A U.S. appeals court in Washington upheld the government's right to use full-body scanners to screen air travelers at the nation's airports but said the Transportation Security Administration should have sought public comment before deploying them.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia which reviews challenges to federal regulations, upheld the use of the scanners, the Los Angeles Times reported, known as Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT.L), were not an unconstitutional search and declined to halt their use despite TSA's failure to follow proper procedure.

The need for public security outweighs the privacy travelers give up, Justice Douglas Ginsburg said, accepting the scanners are more invasive than the older devices that detect metallic objects and not powders or other materials that could explode.

"Despite the safety measures taken by the TSA, it is clear that producing an image of the unclothed passenger … intrudes on his or her individual privacy in a way that a magnetometer does not," Ginsburg wrote.

"That balance [between privacy and security] clearly favors the government here," Ginsburg said.

Passengers have the choice of choosing a pat down search if they don't want to pass over the scanner.

Aircraft crash in Brazil kills 16 On Board

2011-07-14T08:12:00.000-07:00

A regional plane rammed in the northeastern city of Recife early on Wednesday, killing all 16 people on board, Brazil's Air Force has declared.

The Noar Airlines twin-turboprop aircraft reported troubles shortly after taking off early Wednesday morning. The pilot tried an emergency landing, and after hitting the ground hard, the plane crashed into a vacant lot at Recife airport and subsequently burst into flames.

Witnesses said that one passenger was making pleading gestures for help through the airplane window, but it exploded before anyone could respond.

Recife Fire Chief Valdyr Oliveira told Estado radio that the fire was controlled quickly and that investigators are working at the scene for clues as to why the plane went down.

The Air Force said the plane that crashed was a L-410, built by LET Aircraft Industries in the Czech Republic. It had a capability for 19 passengers, according to Noar’s website, along with a crew of two.

2 U.S. airmen killed, 2 injured in german airport attack

2011-07-13T09:18:00.000-07:00

A lone gunman armed with a handgun attacked a bus carrying U.S. Air Force troops at Frankfurt airport in Germany Wednesday, killing two U.S. airmen and wounding two other American servicemen before being taken into custody, authorities said.

The shooting was carried out by a 21-year-old Albanian Kosovar. The motivation of the attacker, who is in police custody, is currently unclear, but those on the hyper-patriotic reactionary right are already screaming bloody terrorism.

In Washington, President Obama promised to "spare no effort" in investigating the slayings.

Police authorities said they believe the suspect stormed onto the bus, which was waiting at the terminal, and began shooting.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. "We don't know the details but I would like to say how upset I am."

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Pilot injured in small plane crash near Ohio airport

2011-07-08T07:50:00.001-07:00

Authorities say a small, experimental plane struck a tree and crashed into a home's yard near an airport in eastern Ohio airport. The 61-year-old West Virginia pilot at the controls was seriously injured.

The Highway Patrol says in a news release the 1990 Derjager D-IX bi-plane crashed when it lost altitude after taking off from the Columbiana County Airport in East Liverpool, 34 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

The pilot's name is being withheld until family members have been notified.

New W.K. Kellogg Airport runway opened

2011-07-07T14:50:00.001-07:00

The second runway at W.K. Kellogg Airport in USA is ready for takeoff.

The 4,100-foot new runway opened today with the first plane landing on it at 2:32 p.m. as a crowd of officials and airport supporters looked on.

Airport officials said they expect the airport’s second runway to increase economic development as well as educational and military opportunities in the Battle Creek area.

The runway is the final stage of $25 million airport expansion project that began in 2001.

Malaysia Airlines has planning to ban babies travelling in first class

2011-06-28T07:49:00.000-07:00

Malaysia Airlines is to ban babies travelling in first class flight on the airline's new Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-400 fleet.

The airline said they have introduced the baby ban after getting lot of complaints about crying infants from first class travelers.

Those wishing to travel with infants will have to book bassinets in business or economy sections instead.

Malaysia Airlines CEO Tengku Azmil told the Australia Business Traveller first-class passengers complained about spending a lot of money and not being able to sleep “due to crying Babies”.

Disabled boy barred from easyjet flight

2011-06-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

A MOTHER claims a budget airline refused to carry her disabled son because health and safety rules meant his wheelchair was too heavy for baggage handlers.

Outraged Alexandra Spencer is considering taking legal action after Easyjet Airlines turned away her terminally ill son Declan, 12, from what cold be his last holiday abroad.

Miss Spencer, 29, said she was told by the budget airline that it would not take Declan on a flight to Cyprus because his specialised 95kg wheelchair presented a healthy and safety risk to staff.

An easyJet spokesman said the company was “extremely saddened” at being unable to help, but insisted it was bound by health and safety rules at the airport.

Turkish Airlines named as "Best Airline Europe"

2011-06-23T13:19:00.000-07:00

The Skytrax World Airline Awards Ceremony took place in Paris, France. During a 10 month survey period, 18.8 million airline customers from over 100 different nationalities participated in this customer satisfaction survey.

Turkish Airlines has been also named as the winner of the categories, “Best Airline Europe”, “Best Premium Economy Seats” for its Comfort Class seats and “Best Airline Southern Europe” at the World Airline Awards.

The award was given to Turkish Airlines' General Manager Temel Kotil, Ph.D. by the CEO of Skytrax, Edward Plaisted.

Rickenbacker Airport Crash kills 2 New Jersey doctors

2011-06-20T10:13:00.001-07:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Federal Aviation Administration says two Jersey residents died when a small plane crashed in central Ohio near the end of a runway at Rickenbacker International Airport, just south of Columbus, authorities said Sunday.

The single-engine Cirrus CR22 was leaving Ohio Airport in Columbus for a trip to New Jersey when it crashed shortly before 9 a.m., destroying the airplane and killing both people on board.

The Ohio Highway Patrol identified the pair as pilot Viswanathan Rajaraman, 54, and his wife Mary Sundaram, 50, both of Franklin Lakes, N.J. Troopers said Rajaraman was a licensed pilot.

When Pilot was attempting to take off outbound to New Jersey and crashed east of the runway at airport. The plane caught fire and Hamilton and Madison township fire departments responded to the scene.

The bomb squad was called to the scene to deactivate a parachute deployment charge that the plane was equipped with. The parachute charge was deactivated without incident, the patrol said.

Bomb Threat Temporarily Shuts Down Reagan Airport

2011-06-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

Federal authorities in the District and Ohio are investigating a bomb threat made from an airport ticket counter Sunday that closed Reagan National Airport for a portion of the afternoon.

The threat placed the bomb on U.S. Airways flight 2596 from Dayton, Ohio to Washington, D.C.'s National Airport. After the plane landed Sunday afternoon, authorities swept the aircraft, and interviewed all 44 passengers aboard. No explosives were found and the plane was declared safe four hours later.

The incident temporarily halted flights at Reagan National Airport yesterday.

Authorities say a person, who was not identified, made the bomb threat at a ticket counter in Dayton. Airport police took that person to a mental health facility without immediately filing charges.

A spokesperson for the district office of the FBI says they have no reason to believe anyone else was involved in the incident.

Although the threat was received while the plane was in the air, an airport spokesperson says the aircraft was close enough to Reagan National to allow it to proceed.

The threat shut down the airport for approximately 20 minutes.

At Colorado Airport Suspicious objects found

2011-06-15T13:12:00.000-07:00

The bomb squad was called out to Colorado Springs Airport Tuesday after suspicious items were found in the trunk of a rental car. Bomb technicians evaluated the items and said they were safe.

A worker with Avis Rental found those items while cleaning out a returned vehicle.

Airport officials said the items resembled pipe bombs; they did not say what those items were.

Passengers Escape: New Zealand airplane makes emergency landing

2011-06-09T12:11:00.000-07:00

It was the second incident of emergency landing at the Auckland airport right after its takeoff. It is said that a bird strike is the possibility for the landing. It was said that the engine had some problem and the captain came to know about it when the plane had reached mid air. Due to that, the pilot shut off the left engine of the airplane and did and emergency landing at the Auckland airport.

But the reports have confirmed that the pilot had informed the passengers on board about the condition and also informed the passengers that the occurrence of fire was not a mark of any serious problem.

At present there is an inspection going on the engines. The engineers have reported no visible problem.

Hashish Seized at Kenyan airport

2011-05-31T12:52:00.000-07:00

A driver was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while trying to traffic a haul of hashish to the United kingdom.

The drug had been dried up into 88 slaps and disguised as vegetables for export in 20 cartons when police stumbled upon them on Monday evening.

Police chief Philip Tuimur told that "They had invited officials from the Government Chemist and others from the weights and measures to support them in the inquiry as detectives prepared to arraign the suspect in court. He said they had not established the street price of the drugs seized."

2 more 'fake' pilots arrested

2011-03-22T05:17:00.000-07:00

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2011-03-21T05:21:00.000-07:00

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Edinburgh Airport reopens after security alert

2011-03-18T06:25:00.000-07:00

Edinburgh Airport has re-opened after the terminal was evacuated for a time this morning.

Access roads were closed and the terminal cleared after operator BAA said they were dealing with an "ongoing incident".

It is understood the discovery of a suspect package was behind the alert.

The alarm was raised at 11.30am and an army bomb squad were called to investigate.

However at 12.30pm it was announced that the incident was over and the airport was re-opening.

A spokesman for the airport announced: "Our incident has been stood down.

"We are now re-opening the terminal. Thank you for your patience.

"The roads on approach to the airport have now been re-opened."

Utter carnage at devastated Japan airport

2011-03-15T05:38:00.000-07:00

AT THE once-bustling regional airport in Japan's Sendai city, a lone figure walks across a bridge inside the gutted terminal. Small planes jut out at awkward angles from the thick mud.

The devastation is absolute, revealing the utter force of the massive wall of water that struck Japan's north-east Pacific coast on Friday, following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake - one of the biggest ever recorded.

Clusters of beachfront houses were flattened and smashed into airport buildings - the modest wooden structures turned into flotsam in an instant after the twin natural disasters.

'We were expecting a major earthquake on the coast here and had put plans in place to protect lives, but the level of this calamity is beyond what we planned for,' says Sendai mayor Emiko Okuyama.

'It is extremely painful for me.' As far as the eye can see, the machinery of modern life has been crumpled nearly beyond recognition.

Cars were thrown everywhere, crushed by the swirling waves and then stuck incongruously into the few remaining structures, or balanced on top of huge piles of wooden debris that were once houses.

American Airlines to offer $1 billion in notes

2011-03-08T05:11:00.000-08:00

American Airlines Inc. said Monday it has launched a private offering of $1 billion in senior secured notes.

The notes are expected to be secured by certain of the company's route authorities, airport landing and take-off slots and rights to use or occupy space in airport terminals. Proceeds from the offering of the notes are expected to be used for general corporate purposes.

American Airlines is operated by parent company AMR Corp.

Hiring procedures at TSA are under fire

2011-03-07T05:03:00.000-08:00

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Man faces mischief charge for Trudeau airport incident

2011-03-04T04:39:00.000-08:00

One man faces a mischief charge after two men were arrested when a suspicious object was found in their luggage early Thursday at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

The men, age 43 and 73, were making their way through a security checkpoint in the international departures area around 5 a.m. when a suspicious object was spotted in one of their bags.

According to Montreal police constable Anie Lemieux, the object "resembled an explosive device," and police were immediately called in as a precaution.

The object turned out to be harmless.

The airport was not evacuated, but some international flights were delayed.

The older man was released, but the 43-year-old will be charged with mischief, Montreal police Constable Olivier Lapointe reported.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan released; passport withheld

2011-02-15T05:11:00.000-08:00

Airline group expects 3.3B air travelers by 2014

2011-02-15T05:04:00.000-08:00

The International Air Transport Association says airline travel will jump to 3.3 billion passengers by 2014 as Asia leads an industry expansion.

IATA Chief Executive Giovanni Bisignani said Monday at a news conference in Singapore that Asia will likely account for 45 percent of the 800 million increase in air travelers between 2009 and 2014.

Bisignani said he expects China to be the fastest growing market for international passengers, followed by United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Bisignani reiterated that the global airline industry will likely earn $9.1 billion this year from $15.1 billion last year as higher fuel costs eat into profits.

Islamist rebel says he ordered Moscow airport blast

2011-02-08T06:08:00.000-08:00

Canadian airline to start JWA nonstop service

2011-01-27T03:39:00.000-08:00

Canadian low cost airline West Jet announced Tuesday that it will begin nonstop service from Vancouver and Calgary to John Wayne Airport in May and June, according to a news release from West Jet.

These are the first nonstop international destination to be added since Air Canada broken its JWA service to and from Toronto in October.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors, which oversees the airport, accepted the West Jet flights in December.

Airport tunnel cost report delayed

2011-01-24T06:13:00.000-08:00

City administration is still pulling together the final numbers on the cost of the airport tunnel, delaying a report that had been expected to go before council today.

The results of the highly anticipated cost-crunching exercise are being held up for the moment as the city sorts out some monetary requests being made the Calgary Airport Authority.

This is according to Ald. Jim Stevenson, who declined to give more details, but added he was confident everything would be ironed out in the next few days.

He still believes the final price tag will likely come in between $150 million and $200 million.

"I'm sure it's going to be in that area," he said.

The report will likely come to council in early February.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi said there will be a meeting with Transport Canada next week, where it's hoped the body will give its preliminary approval of the tunnel plans being proposed by the city.

Work is still being done on the construction cost estimates, he said, and there is still some "noodling" of engineering documents.

"It wasn't quite ready yet," Nenshi said. "They needed a few more days and I suggested I'd much rather have them have fully baked numbers than things that may still shift a little bit."

United, American sue over Chicago airport financing

2011-01-19T06:24:00.000-08:00

The lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago just days after the two biggest carriers at O'Hare warned Mayor Richard Daley in a letter that proceeding with a nearly $1 billion airport bond sale later this month could lead to litigation.

The airlines asked the court to declare that the city is obligated to obtain airline approval for the $3.36 billion completion phase of the O'Hare Modernization Program. The carriers also want the court to block the city from constructing all or any part of the completion phase.

"These kinds of capital projects require airline scrutiny and approval because they increase airport costs, which the airlines pay for through landing fees and other rates and charges imposed by the city," United and American said in the lawsuit.

The airline industry has been battered severely in the last decade by sagging travel demand, volatile fuel costs and an economic downturn.

"While this severe economic downturn has left the industry as a whole in flux, airlines operating at O'Hare face an even more challenging economic situation," the airlines said in the lawsuit.

In a statement, the Chicago's aviation department said the city believes it has the legal right to continue to move forward to secure funding for O'Hare.

"We remain willing to discuss modernizing O'Hare with the airlines that serve the airport; however, timing is essential. The opportunity to realize the OMP's benefits for the region and national aviation system cannot be lost," the statement said.

In their January 14 letter to the mayor, United and American said the program's continuation is not needed at this time as both airline delays and operations have fallen at O'Hare.

Instead, the carriers said they want to negotiate a construction timetable with the city using agreed-upon operational triggers, similar to a plan used for phase one of the O'Hare Modernization Program.

"We are alarmed at the city's actions to proceed with the issuance of debt for this project without airline approval, which our leases with the city require," the letter said.

A municipal bond market source told Reuters on Tuesday that a $411 million grant receipts and subordinate line passenger facility charge revenue bond sale is scheduled to price next week through Citigroup. Another $587 million of bonds backed by passenger facility charges will be sold the week of January 31 also through Citigroup.

The preliminary official statements for the deals acknowledged the litigation threat by the airlines but stated that the city intends to proceed with the bond sales as it continues discussion with United, American and other carriers.

In their letter, United and American said, while the initial bonds will be paid off with federal grant funds and enplaned passenger charges and not with revenue tied directly to O'Hare carriers, the bonds sale is "inextricably linked to the second debt issuance, which would be backed by airline revenues."

The airlines asked the court to force the city to provide carriers with the city's proposal for the completion phase at least 45 days before issuing general airport revenue bonds, which the airlines fear would increase their costs.

They also want the court to block the city from issuing GARBs to finance the costs of the completion phase unless it has received the prior approval of the phase and its financing from a majority airline coalition.

The carriers want the court to block the city from charging airlines for operation and maintenance expenses related to the completion phase unless it has the coalition's approval. (Reporting by Karen Pierog and Kyle Peterson; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

Boris Johnson backs new airport for London

2011-01-18T06:21:00.000-08:00

Iran plane crash toll reaches 72

2011-01-10T03:26:00.000-08:00

Tehran, Jan 10 (IBNS) The toll in Sunday's crash of an Iranian airplane touched 72 with the recovery of more bodies, even though 30 people survived the deadly accident, aviation officials said on Monday.

The IranAir Boeing 727, carrying 106 people on board, was flying from Tehran when it came down and broke into pieces near the city of Orumiyeh, a mountenous region, 700km (430 miles) north-west of Tehran.

Details of the survivors are, however, still awaited.

The plane had taken off from Mehr-Abad Airport in the Iranian capital Tehran an hour later than scheduled, and it was making an emergency landing because of bad weather conditions, the officials said.

The rescue efforts were hampered due to heavy snow in the area.

Reports said the plane was about 40 years old but was still flying in Iran.

Passenger airline crashes are not uncommon in Iran which still run ageing fleet and cope with US imposed sanctions.

The US imposed sanction of 1995 bans aviation companies from selling aircraft and repair parts to Iranian airlines directly.

Plane may have clipped trees

2011-01-03T03:53:00.000-08:00

Steven P. Canning said he heard the fatal plane crash that occurred near his home on East River Street around 6 p.m. Saturday.

"I was with a buddy of mine and my son in my electrical shop behind my house," said Mr. Canning. "I heard him gun the engine, then a huge crash. I said, 'A plane just crashed,' and we ran right out."

He and his friend Eddie Verheyen, from Athol, ran outside to his truck. They met up with friend Hans Harris from Petersham, who was on his way to the crash, too.

They ran into the woods with flashlights, looking for the downed plane.

The twin engine Cessna 310F, manufactured in 1960, was about 900 feet from the runway at Orange Municipal Airport. It was upside down in a shallow running brook on private property, its landing gear resting about 100 feet from the plane.

Officials said the pilot had taken off from Keene, N.H., about 4 p.m. for a "local flight." It was doing a touch-and-go landing, in which a plane lands on the runway and takes off again without taxiing, when it crashed just outside a fence on the boundary of the airport off Shingle Brook Road, Federal Aviation Authority spokesman Peter C. Knudson said last night.

Mr. Canning and his friends found pilot Steven T. Fay, 56, of Hillsborough, N.H., yelling for his daughter, Jessica L. Fay, 35, a passenger in the twin engine Cessna 310F, when it crashed.

"He was yelling his daughter’s name,” said Mr. Canning. "We asked him how many people were in the plane, and he said, ‘Just two. Just two.’ He was bleeding from his head. He was in shock and crying.”

It was dark and they all started searching for his daughter, said Mr. Canning.

After several minutes, Mr. Harris found Ms. Fay’s feet, Mr. Canning said.

"I ran down into the water to get her out," he said. "I was able to pull her head up out of the water and hold her up by her shoulders. She wasn’t conscious. I supported her with my leg.”

Mr. Canning said Ms. Fay had been ejected from the plane and was pinned under a tree and branches held down on top of her by the weight of the plane’s tail.

"My buddy tried pulling the tree off her, but there was one big branch we couldn’t get off her," he said. “She was pinned under the branches."

While Mr. Canning continued to support her with his leg Mr. Fay administered CPR on his daughter for about three minutes until a police officer arrived and took over, Mr. Canning said. An EMT later pronounced her dead at the crash site.

"It just happened so fast," he said, still obviously emotional around 2 p.m. yesterday. "I just wish we could have saved her. I'm a pilot, too. I would want someone to do the same for me."

Mr. Fay was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus in Worcester. A nursing supervisor said he was discharged yesterday.

His plane was based at Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene.

Authorities yesterday morning were searching for parts to the plane to help piece together the cause of the crash. Mr. Knudson said investigators would review any evidence at the scene that was "perishable" and planned to move the wreckage to a secure indoor facility for a closer examination.

Mr. Knudson said the plane appeared to have "impacted trees," and both wings separated from the fuselage, which landed upside down.

According to the FAA's aircraft tail number database, the Cessna is owned by Mr. Fay.

State police said the plane was approaching the airport in a north-to-south direction when it went out of control and crashed upside down in a shallow marsh. Authorities were focusing on whether its landing gear struck nearby trees during its approach, causing the plane to go out of control, state police said.

Assistant Airport Manager John G. Vanbobo said the height of trees in the area of the crash may have been a factor. "If the FAA determines the treetops are penetrating the airspace they may determine they need to be removed," he said. "The homeowner owns right up to the fence. If the trees are in line with the main approach (to the airport), there is legal recourse for that."

State police said the airport is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but pilots can activate runway lights themselves and are allowed to land after normal hours.

The crash was the second in the town since August. A Cessna 172 Skyhawk airplane crashed into the woods about 9:15 p.m. Aug.10, roughly 20 minutes after a worker at Orange Airport finished fueling the aircraft. The crash killed the pilot and a passenger.

And last month a Spencer man was killed Dec. 22 at an airport that he owned in Spencer.

Gregg E. Andrews, 50, of 204 Paxton Road, Spencer, was flying a single-engine Piper that apparently clipped the tops of trees as he was approaching the runway. The FAA is continuing to investigate that crash, as well.

In 2010, eight people died in aircraft crashes in the Bay State. Mr. Knudson said sometimes there is a crop of crashes in an area, though the incidents usually are not related. The investigation into the crashes usually yields a preliminary report in about 10 days and a full report in 12 months.

Man strips at Virginia airport checkpoint in protest

2010-12-31T04:36:00.000-08:00

Police say a man naked to his underwear at a Virginia airport checkpoint in a protest next to security procedures.

Airport police said the man took off his shirt and pants at Richmond International Airport on Thursday. He had scrawled across his chest a reference to the Constitution's 4th Amendment protections next to unreasonable search and seizure.

Police recognized the man as 21-year-old Aaron B. Tobey of Charlottesville, Va. He told police he was a student at the University of Cincinnati.

Tobey was interview by airport police and federal authorities, issued a citation for disorderly behavior and released. He is scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 10.

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Russian Airport Disruption Prompts Government Probe

2010-12-28T04:01:00.000-08:00

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has asked prosecutors to review operations at Moscow's airports after flight delays left thousands stranded.

Freezing weather and power outages have disrupted more than 200 flights over the last three days at Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports, causing frustrated passengers to stage protests in some airport terminals.

Rainfall from unusually warm weather created a dangerous sheet of ice that stalled air traffic at both airports.

Passenger Pavel Selin, a correspondent for Russia's NTV stranded at Sheremetyevo airport, today described conditions to RFE/RL's Russian Service.

"What is happening here can be called a total collapse and chaos," Selin said.

"People here not only are stuck for a couple of days, but they cannot get any information at all about their flights. There is not a single official representative of the airport or of Aeroflot. Everyone is gone."

Earlier, Moscow Transportation Prosecutor Yevgeny Pospelov was quoted by Interfax as saying that the authorities had launched a probe meant to, as he said, "protect the rights of passengers" amid complaints of irregular water supply in airport bathrooms, power outages, and a lack of ventilation.

Blizzard Batters East Coast, Creating Havoc for Travelers

2010-12-27T03:57:00.000-08:00

Snow storm delays flights across Europe

2010-12-20T01:10:00.000-08:00

Anxiety for airport shuttle riders

2010-12-15T04:33:00.000-08:00

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I sure wish I had a driver that cared enough to get me to Dulles in time for a martini before my flight. But no, I usually get one of those drivers who obeys the speed laws, signals when changing lanes and does not ram the slowpokes off the highway.

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Rotorua International Airport reaches milestone

2010-12-13T01:30:00.000-08:00

Rotorua Airport reached its goal of 9000 return passengers within the 1st year of its straight flights to Sydney.

A festive function's been held at the airport today to mark the success of the 1st year.

Meeting that goal means the Government will now pick up the bill for all customs, MAF Biosecurity and Immigration processing expenses.

Customs Minister Maurice Williamson says that's about $263,000 per Year.

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Haiti airport close by protests over Presidential election

2010-12-09T01:06:00.000-08:00

Haiti's election results triggered protest that close the country's only international airport after the U.S. expressed worry that the results were "conflicting" with those of foreign observers.

Michel Martelly, who finished in 3rd place, vowed to contest results on alleged vote rigging following ruling party candidate Jude Celestin beat him by less than one percent in the 1st vote since January’s earthquake that killed up to 300,000.

Celestin goes on to a Jan. 16 2nd round vote against front- runner and former first lady Mirlande Manigat.

"The street are going up in flames," Damian Merlo, movement manager for Martelly, said in a phone interview from the capital, Port-au-Prince. "Clearly, the election was ridden with fraud."

Rioters threw rocks and clashed with UN international relations forces in the capital and attacked the headquarters of the ruling party, UN police spokesman Jean Francois Vizena said by phone. UN police were trying to confirm news of at least 2 deaths in southern Haiti as protests spread nationwide, he said.

"It's your right to protest, but do not attack public buildings, businesses and private property," President Rene Preval told protesters in a national radio address.

American Airlines cancelled its flights for today and tomorrow into Port-au-Prince as roadblocks obstructed personnel and passengers from reaching the airport, spokeswoman Martha Pantin said in a phone interview.

Manigat received 31.37 percent of votes, Celestin, a protege of Preval, received 22.48 percent and Haitian pop star Martelly 21.84 percent, according to preliminary results published by Radio Metropole.

The 2nd round will be held next month even as the country battles a spreading cholera epidemic that has killed 2,120 and hospitalized more than 44,000, according to Haiti's Health Ministry.

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Glasgow Airport closes as new snow bring misery

2010-12-06T03:25:00.000-08:00

Just after 9.50am, the airport released a declaration via Twitter stating the runway was closed. It will remain closed waiting at least 12.30pm. The winter climate, which has now battered the country for over a week, continues to cause problems on the roads and rail network. In central Scotland, Extensive problems have occurred on a number of roads as well as the M876, the A80, the M9 and the M80.

In Falkirk and Stirling, FirstBus cancelled all bus services while Arriva Scotland West buses in Glasgow and Renfrewshire, with the exception of the Airport bus, were also halted.

In Glasgow and other part of the west, drivers endured a heavy snowfall during their morning rush hour commute, with delay reported on several local routes.

On the railways, ScotRail reported disturbance to several services in the west region, as well as line problems between Motherwell and Cumbernauld, Dalmuir and Springburn, Glasgow Central and Paisley, Whifflet and Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street and Anniesland.

Services between Argyle Street and Glasgow Central are also disrupted on Monday morning after a passenger became unwell. A ScotRail spokesperson said: "We called an ambulance to go to a passenger on board a train at Argyll Street station." ScotRail have confident people to continue to check their website before they travel.

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2010-12-04T03:01:00.000-08:00

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Virgin Airlines make its first opening flight at DFW Airport

2010-12-02T03:08:00.000-08:00

Texas (AP) - According to linked press airline writer, David Koenig, Richard Branson climbed down from Virgin America's 1st flight to Texas on Wednesday, marking the start of a fight with American Airlines. He apparently was decked out in clothing straight out of a spaghetti western.

Virgin America offers the most excellent service at low prices across the USA, although it has not ever done so. They have also never been in an airport hub like DFW International Airport before as well.

The majority of the flights at Dallas-Ft. value are controlled by the American Airlines Corporation. Branson told the associated press that it's precisely American dominance that has provided for an opening of Virgin.

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New airport explosive scanner tested

2010-11-24T23:26:00.000-08:00

New technology is being tested at Melbourne Airport to see if it can improved detect liquid explosives.

The multi-view x-ray machines and scanners may remove the need for overseas travelers to throw out extra-large containers of liquids

The anti-terrorism requirement has resulted in thousands of containers being thrown out each month.

Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese says he hope the new technology can improve the system.

"We really are just exploring whether this advanced technology has the potential to minimize the inconvenience, while not compromising on the high standards of aviation security," he said.

The two-week trial of the new technology starts at Melbourne Airport today and Sydney Airport next week.

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TSA iPhone App Tries to Ease Air Travel Pain

2010-11-23T23:20:00.000-08:00

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Video of Man Refusing TSA Pat-Down Goes Viral

2010-11-16T03:08:00.000-08:00

S7 air company joined oneworld

2010-11-15T04:44:00.000-08:00

Air Company (S7 Airlines) has become a full-fledged member of oneworld international aviation alliance today, on the November, 15.

Entry of S7 into the oneworld will stimulate competitive capacity of and financial health of air carrier due to providing to its passengers the option to use alliance's global network, which is served by world-first-rate and high-point air companies; it is said in the press-release.

It is also said there that since the entrance into oneworld S7 Airlines provide its passengers full range of services and privileges of the alliance and that oneworld's way to network include Russia and CIS.

People, taking part in the passenger loyalty programs of oneworld's members like American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, Iberia, Finnair, LAN Airlines, Malev Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas and Royal Jordanian can enjoy their discounts and privileges flying with S7 to Russian cities.

It was British Airways, recommended S7 for entry into alliance.

Russia-IC offer you new service, hotel reservation in approximately any Russian and CIS city.

28years old man arrested for airport hoax bomb call

2010-11-11T04:46:00.000-08:00

The airport police under arrest a 28 years old man for allegedly making hoax calls about an imminent blast at the Bengaluru Airport. Basavaraja, alias Abdul Saleem of Sadashivanagar in Nelamanagala was taken into custody and his mobile phone used to make the call was detained.

The police said that on November 8, a nameless person had made a phone call to the BIA and the airport police station, alerting them of a bomb blast in ten minutes in the airport in which hundreds of people will be killed. The police quick to the spot along with the dog squad.

After searching the entire airport they long established that it was a fake call to threaten the officials in the airport. More investigation revealed that the call was made from a mobile phone, and was intended to misguide the police.

The police exposed that Basavaraja was working as a daily wage labourer after quitting from a private company. He had converted to Islam after he married a Muslim girl.

A year ago, on November 20, he made a similar hoax call to Bengaluru Airport and was under arrest and later released on bail. The DCP Ravikanthe Gowda said Basavaraja had a habit of making similar hoax calls. He has been produced in Devanahalli court and taken into police custody for additional investigation.

Qantas A380 passenger talks about engine failure, landing after mid-air scare

2010-11-08T02:06:00.000-08:00

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2010-10-27T03:22:00.000-07:00

Himachal Pradesh Plans for International Airport and Heli Taxi Services

2010-10-26T02:41:00.000-07:00

Though things are still at the preparation and organizing stage, plans are inching towards finalization for development of an international airport near Shimla, the tourist hill town, well-known as Queen of Hills in Himachal Pradesh.

About 200 bighas of land have already been identified at three places in Shimla and Solan district, and a final decision will be announced soon.

The state has many other ambitious air borne plans including starting heli taxi services by December 2011. Also the number of helipads in the state will be increased to 70, with new ones to be set up in Sirmour, Mandi and Kinnaur districts.

With a mountainous terrain, plans are also there to connect all tourist and religious places in the state by ropeways.

In order to give a further boost to tourism Himachal Pradesh state government will put up a request to the Railway Ministry to start heritage trains on UNESCO listed World Heriatge Sites such as Shimla-Kalka and the Pathankot-Joginder Nagar railway lines.

The Himachal Pradesh government has lately started participating in many domestic and international tourism festivals to promote the state’s multi cultural offerings to interested tourist. The state had just held an exhibition in Delhi, promoting tourism in Himachal Pradesh including state handicrafts and cuisines.

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Four Army Soldiers injure In Ohio Parachuting Accident

2010-10-21T22:48:00.000-07:00

Four army soldiers parachuting from a plane during an airborne training process were injured Wednesday when they fixed a wind gust and hit the earth hard, officials said.

3 soldiers suffered probable mild concussions, while the 4th complained of a strained neck muscle after landing at Rickenbacker International Airport, said David Johnson, a spokesman for the Army Reserve 412th Civil dealings Battalion in Columbus. The injured soldiers were taken to local hospitals.

The 3 Army Reserve paratroopers and one Ohio National Guard Special Forces paratrooper be taking part in a routine monthly jump that had 56 soldiers parachuting 1,250 feet from a C-130 military cargo plane, Johnson said.

The Ohio National Guard said the men jumped at on 1 p.m. from a plane that had flown from Pittsburgh.

The injured men "caught some additional wind and land hard," Johnson said. "The wind will catch it and the parachute won't deflate, and the paratrooper keeps going," are getting dragged.

Wind speed at the airport at the time was 15 mph, with gust up to 22 mph, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jeffrey Sites. He said such speeds are not significant but would feel breezy.

One of the men landed on the airport tarmac, while the other 3 came down on the grass. The injured soldiers are ages 26 to 45.

Hard landings are not unusual during the monthly jumps, but the injuries are usually less serious, like sprained ankles and scrapes, Johnson said.

Rickenbacker is home to an Air National Guard base. It is mainly a cargo airport that also has a charter passenger incurable, and it is south of Columbus' main airport, Port Columbus International Airport.

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2010-10-20T22:38:00.000-07:00

Jose Luis Chilavert Allegedly Comes to blow with Argentine Agent in Airport

2010-10-19T00:30:00.000-07:00

Former Paraguay goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert had to be alienated from an Argentine mediator in an Asuncion airport, after an alleged dispute over owed money from previous player transfers.

Pablo Seijas claim that the goalkeeping legend demanded money from transfer the agent was not concerned in.

“Chilavert demanded money from me for his supposed part in the transfers of Argentine players Rolando Zarate to Mexico & Sebastian Romero to Greece, but I told him I had not anything to do with those moves," Seijas told radio station Primero De Marzo.

Meanwhile Chilavert claim that Seijas had offended him in Argentina's Ezeiza airport shortly before a planned flight to Asuncion, calling him a "starving Paraguayan".

The 2 men both got on the plane and continuous their stand-off in the Paraguay capital's Silvio Pettirossi airport, coming to blows when Chilavert challenged the mediator to repeat his abuse on home soil.

"It bothers me that in a foreign land they say whatever, but in our country I am not going to permit," Chilavert stated to 1.020 AM on Monday afternoon.

"He landed a punch on me, but he absolutely got the worst of it."

Chilavert represented Paraguay 74 times and scored 8 goals in a playing career that enclosed over 20 years, and also played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He also managed to score over 60 times from free-kicks and penalties, a record for goalkeepers until Sao Paulo's Rogerio Ceni surpassed him.

Man under arrest for suspected attack of shock jock

2010-10-12T02:46:00.000-07:00

A check-in worker at Auckland Airport will come into view in court later this week accused of assaulting radio host Iain Stables.

The man was under arrest by police behind the controversial shock jock here at the airport on Saturday night to catch a Jetstar flight to Wellington and was told by the employee he was too late.

A stable allegedly called the man "loser" and was then allegedly assaulted by the worker who had to be pulled off by airport security.

A county Manukau spokeswoman established this afternoon that a man had been arrested and would appear in Manukau District Court on Friday.

Major security breach at Mumbai airport

2010-10-07T23:49:00.000-07:00

Storm cause delay at Sky Harbor Airport

2010-10-05T23:10:00.000-07:00

A 2nd straight day of stormy climate caused some lunchtime delay today at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Winds and storms rolled through the Phoenix area late Tuesday morning. That caused for some departure delays and fewer arrivals until the climate cleared.

Assistant airport director Deb Ostreicher said at 1:30 p.m. that 40 to 50 planes were lined up to take off after the weather had cleared. The prospects of more high winds required those planes to be spread out more which makes catching things up at the airport a little longer, Ostreicher said.

SA High Commissioner now happy with Village facilities

2010-09-28T00:35:00.000-07:00

Southwest Eyes Market Growth With AirTran Merger

2010-09-27T00:31:00.000-07:00

Manchester Airport terminal reopens

2010-09-17T06:36:00.000-07:00

Terminal 1 at Manchester Airport in England was reopened Friday after being briefly evacuated since of a suspect package, police said.

Police said they responded today morning after information of the suspect package going through safety at the departures area of the terminal.

They evacuated the terminal and bomb removal officers examined the package, later confirming it posed no threat to the public.

Officers spoke to the man who owns the package and said no offense had been committed.

New flights designed from Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

2010-09-15T03:37:00.000-07:00

2-airlines are adding new flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport one to the Bahamas and one to Savannah, Ga.

Low-cost carrier Allegiant Air will start offering nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Savannah in November. Twice-weekly flights, designed for Thursdays and Sundays, start Nov. 18.

The Las Vegas-based company is contribution introductory one-way fares of $29.99 if trips are booked by Oct. 5. The limited fares are good for travel through March 8.

Bimini Island Air is starting direct repair to Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay and Bimini on Sunday. The airline will offer service on rotating days of the week, with flights operating out of the commuter terminal.

Introductory fares start at $109.

Thai plane searched in Los Angeles airport. After bomb threat

2010-09-08T01:59:00.000-07:00

Investigators found no proof of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written danger was exposed in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los Angeles, officials said.

After landing safely, the Airbus A340-500 taxied to a remote area of the Los Angeles International Airport where official interviewed passengers and crew members, screened luggage and searched the plane.

"No proof has been found to propose a credible threat to the aircraft," FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

The FBI is now investigating to decide who was responsible for creation the threat among the 171 passengers and 18 crew members on the Thai Airways International Flight 794 from Bangkok to Los Angeles, she said.

Eimiller could not verify reports that the threat was scrawled on a lavatory mirror.

Los Angeles airport official were notified of the threat around 90 minutes before the flight's scheduled arrival on Tuesday night.

It was not immediately recognized if passengers were conscious of the bomb threat during the flight.

Thai Airways said in a statement in Bangkok that airline officials were waiting for the plane to be released for its go back to Bangkok.

Cargo plane had 'smoke in cockpit' earlier than Dubai crash

2010-09-06T06:23:00.000-07:00

2 American pilots of the UPS cargo plane, who died in a crash, had to survive in the smoke-filled cockpit as they fought to preserve altitude and requested to land at the airport at this time, UAE's civil aviation right said.

Based on a preliminary report, General Civil Aviation Authority supposed air traffic controller here received information from officials in Bahrain at 7:15pm (local time), minutes before the crash that the plane was returning to Dubai after coverage smoke in the cockpit.

United Parcel Service B744 plane left the Dubai International Airport at 6:53pm for Cologne in Germany and crashed into the desert outside the city.

As per report, ATC issued clearance when the plane was approximately 40km from touchdown; however, the ill-fated aircraft was high on the approach 8500 feet at 24km from touchdown.

The plane passed above the airfield "very high", the GCAA said in a statement, adding that it made a right turn before tracking south west and losing altitude rapidly.

At around 7:42pm, radar contact was lost as the B744 crashed in an unpopulated area between the Emirates Road and Al Ain Highway, 50 minutes after being airborne.

The report confirmed that the investigation team had recovered the "black box" the digital flight data recorder about six hours after the accident and is gathering forensic evidence from the scene.

A team from the National Transportation Safety Board will arrive in the UAE to assist the GCAA in the crash investigation.

The crash on Friday killed Captain Doug Lampe, 48, and First Officer Matthew Bell, 38, the Atlanta-based package delivery company said.

Suspicious package prompts Miami airport evacuations

2010-09-03T02:53:00.000-07:00

Police evacuated 2 terminals at Miami International Airport to investigate suspicious packages and more than a few flights were abstracted to additional parts of the airport, local media reported Friday.

A bomb squad and officials were on the scene investigate a suspicious item found inside luggage in the customs area, according to media reports.

WSVN television said terminals E and F were evacuated around 9:00 pm Thursday and could remain closed off into early Friday.

Passengers and employees were told to leave the affected area.

The Miami Herald said airport traffic slowed to a crawl.

Travelers who could not be picked up by car at the airport left the property on foot instead.

Flight scare for 153 Jet passengers at Mumbai airport

2010-08-29T06:16:00.000-07:00

Indian under arrest at Houston George bush airport with “jihadi” material

2010-08-26T03:37:00.000-07:00

An Indian on his way to Houston, Texas, to deliver a talk to the Hindu Congress of America has been arrested for possessing what has been described by establishment as "jihadi material."

A documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar(40), was arrested at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport previous Friday after official noticed him behaving oddly in the line for a security check, according to reports.

When he was taken aside for minor screening, Mr. Kumar baggage was found to hold books on spying, information on U.S. military weaponry, and numerous publications on Jihad, as well as the talk about the "infidels."

When a set of brass knuckles and approximately $10,000 worth of currency were exposed in his bags, he is an under arrest.

The Houston Examiner quoted an official as saying, "He had a ton of books," as well as publications written in Arabic, adding, “Not your everyday passenger would have this sort of stuff and it absolutely poses a concern for anyone concerned in airport security."

After his arrest, Mr. Kumar bond was originally listed as $50,000. That was reduced to $5,000 after a hearing on Monday at a District Court. Texas media quoted Mr. Kumar attorney Grant Scheiner confirming that Mr. Kumar had surrendered his passport while considering posting bail.

Mr. Scheiner said, "I think that everybody realised that he is not a threat. He is a peaceful man." He added that Mr. Kumar was in Houston to deliver a talk on an interfaith discussion between Hindus and Muslims about the troubles of terrorism.

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2010-08-23T03:05:00.000-07:00

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Dallas Police Chase Ends Along Airport Runway

2010-08-19T23:24:00.000-07:00

A suspected carjacker led police on an hour-long run after Thursday earlier than crashing through a locked chain-link fence and driving across runways at Dallas Love Field, for the moment halting flights, authorities thought.

The afternoon chase ended when police surrounded and rammed a pickup truck next to a busy runway, pulled the shirtless driver from the cab and placed him in chains. Operation on both major runways was stopped from about 3:20 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen. One arriving flight had to make a 2nd approach, and all departure was held on the ground until the chase was over.

The chase began when an in secret police officer marked a truck that had been reported stolen a day earlier in Fort Worth, Deputy Chief Jesse Reyes said.

Television footage showed police appear to patiently pursue the slow-moving pickup from expressways to side streets until it drove through the airport fence, along the airport taxiways and past one end of its busiest runway.

Reyes said that once the chase was on a runway "police were prepared to use deadly force." Instead, a patrol car rammed the truck, disable the vehicle.

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, chairman of the City Council Public Safety Committee, said he was worried that the subject of an apparently routine police chase was able to get onto airport grounds so easily.

I think that the whole game changed when he broken up on the runways and endangered multiple lives, Caraway said. I believe it means safety is something we have to take a look at that airport. I will absolutely be bringing that to the committee and we will post something immediately on our agenda.

Asked about what the safety breach said about Love Field security, Reyes said, everything is under review. He also said the gate the man crashed through met present standards.

The driver was a think in several offenses in both Dallas and Fort Worth, as well as a carjacking and robberies, Reyes said.

Reyes said the man, whose identity has not been released, complained of chest pains after his arrest and was taken to a hospital. He would not be charged until he is released from the hospital, Reyes said.

Since Dallas police arrested the man on federal property, the FBI possible will send the police report to the U.S. attorney's office and let federal prosecutors make a decision how to proceed, said FBI spokesman Mark White.

"We're all kind of looking at it trying to figure out just accurately what is happening here," White said.

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