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• AAR Earns Top Honors From FAA for Fourth Consecutive Year

  WOOD DALE, Ill., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AAR , today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, each of the Company's 11 certified repair stations were recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration FAA for excellence in technical and regulatory training. The Diamond Certificate of Excellence, the highest honor...

  Research articles 2008-10-07

  Tags: AAR Corp., Company, FAA, training

• FAA presents aviation award to AAR Corp.

  AAR Corp. on Thursday received a Diamond Certificate for Excellence award from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  Research articles 2006-05-26

  Tags: AAR Corp., FAA

• AAR Corp. unit receives FAA reward

  AAR Corp.'s Oklahoma City operations received the Federal Aviation Administration's Diamond Certificate of Excellence for Aviation Maintenance Technician training. The Diamond Award is the highest of the FAA's five award levels.

  Research articles 2004-05-11

  Tags: AAR Corp., FAA

• After ValuJet, plane firms get closer look: local 'repair stations' will face a bumpier ride. (airplane maintenance contractors)

  Local airplane maintenance contractors are facing turbulence as their industry endures intensified scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration. Reeling from internal findings that ValuJet Airlines of Atlanta had been operating for at least a yeaLocal airplane maintenance contractors are facing turbulence as their industry endures...

  Research articles 1996-06-24

  Tags: AAR Corp., FAA

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• Safety & Technology Trends

  Flights Expand in Alaska GPS-equipped aircraft in Alaska can now fly more direct, efficient routes in areas lacking radar coverage. The FAA recently approved new procedures that allow GPS-equipped aircraft to proceed from point-to-point directly in areas of limited or no radar coverage. ...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Little Help for Stranded Passengers

  Airline passengers looking for protection against being stranded for hours on tarmacs didn't get much help from a federal task force that discussed the problem for nearly a year. The so-called Tarmac Task Force left it up to airlines and airports to formulate their own plans for...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Emergency AD Issued for Boeing 737s

  The Federal Aviation Administration FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive that orders emergency inspections on some next- generation Boeing 737s because of possible faulty fuel pump wiring that could lead to a fire or explosion of the fuel tank. The FAA said it expected 561 planes...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• ITT Plans ADS-B 'Critical' Services

  The ITT team building the ground infrastructure for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in the U.S. will begin deploying equipment to key sites identified for "critical" services early next year. In August, the team gained initial operating capability IOC from the FAA for a network of...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Southwest Wants Spot at LaGuardia

  FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-22 November 2008-Southwest Wants Spot at LaGuardiaC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Southwest Airlines confirmed that it has submitted a bid that would allow the airline to assume ATA Airlines' rights to operate at New York's LaGuardia LGA Airport through a purchase of ATA Airlines. ...

  Articles 2008-11-22

• Plane, yachts, trucks -- FAA worker steals perks

  SEATTLE -- A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Southern California took illegal perks from his job -- including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty trucks -- and an investigation continues into how widespread the practice was, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Steven Bradley Smith, a field technician with the...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• Runways to Open at Dulles, O'Hare and Sea-Tac

  New Runways Increase Capacity, Reduce Congestion and Delays WASHINGTON -- Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) applauded the opening of three new runways at major hub airports this week, and commended the airports and the Bush Administration for helping to reduce delays and increase aviation efficiency and capacity. Dulles,...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• ACI-NA reports opening of new runways at three US airport

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA), a representative of local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada, announced on 20 November the opening of three new runways at US airports. ...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• Two Pennsylvania airports to receive funds for improving services

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation PennDOT has announced that two airports in Pennsylvania will be receiving a combined investment of almost USD489,000 in federal and state funds to improve facilities and enhance safety. Bloomsburg Municipal Airport will be receiving USD466,450...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• Southwest Airlines announces submission of bid for ATA Airlines

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) has announced that it has submitted a bid to assume ATA Airlines' rights to operate at New York's LaGuardia Airport through a purchase of ATA Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on 2 April 2008. The airline...

  Articles 2008-11-19

• Southwest Airlines Seeks Rights to Operate at LaGuardia Airport

  DALLAS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines confirmed today that it has submitted a bid that would allow the airline to assume ATA Airlines' rights to operate at New York's LaGuardia LGA Airport through a purchase of ATA Airlines. The bid was submitted in connection with the publicly announced...

  Articles 2008-11-19

• FAA absolves pilot in Concord summer buzzing saga

  CONCORD -- A local pilot accused of buzzing his single-engine airplane over his ex-girlfriend's neighborhood n July has been cleared after an investigation that cited insufficient evidence to prove the allegations, the Federal Aviation Administration said today. Thomas Mark Huey, 50, of Concord, had been accused of...

  Articles 2008-11-18

• EAST BAY DIGEST

  San Ramon POOL FILTER INJURY: A pool repair worker was injured Monday evening after a filter cover under high pressure was propelled into his face, according to the San Ramon Fire District. The incident took place at a home in the 4000 block of...

  Articles 2008-11-18

• Rose petals fell from the sky

  Fremont Rose petals fell from the sky: Police last weekend twice responded to the Gurdwara Sikh Temple after complaints that someone in a low-flying helicopter was dropping rose petals onto nearby homes. The Saturday morning act was an unauthorized part of a religious ceremony...

  Articles 2008-11-18

• ADS-B: At What Price?

  Emphasizing the need for affordable equipment along with services that deliver good value for general aviation operators, AOPA on Oct. 31 submitted comments formally expressing its support for key recommendations from the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Committee ARC report on ADS-B. The ARC report echoed several...

  Articles 2008-11-17

• Safety & Technology Trends

  NWA Grounds Jetliners It is reported that Northwest Airlines temporarily grounded 27 of its Boeing 757 aircraft on Friday, Nov. 7 as a result of an internal audit. The planes were cleared to resume flying within three hours. "We learned that we were technically noncompliant...

  Articles 2008-11-17