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Kuwait may sign plane deal in May, Airbus favored: source
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait is studying plans by its airline to buy 25 Airbus jets, a source with knowledge of the matter said, in the most sweeping overhaul since part of its fleet was seized after Iraq invaded the Gulf state in 1990. The proposal calls...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Boeing Co., Air Transportation Delays, Aerospace Manufacturing, Kuwait
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Mid-size airports suffer biggest cuts in airline service
Airline mergers, a deep recession and surging fuel prices have led to sharp cuts in airline service around the country. Hardest hit: medium-size airports. Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, LA/Ontario International Airport and...
Tags: U.S. Airways, Security Measures, Air Transportation, Transportation Security Administration, Los Angeles International Airport
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Kansas control towers to stay open
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsControl towers at five airfields in Kansas will stay open now that the Federal Aviation Administration has cancelled plans to close 149 similar towers across the country. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that control towers at airfields in Topeka,...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Manhattan (New York City)
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US FAA to keep 149 air traffic towers open
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration has sufficient funds to keep 149 low activity contract towers originally slated for closure in June open for the remainder of fiscal year 2013, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration
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Leesburg tower won't close, thanks to funding fix
LEESBURG — The control tower at Leesburg International Airport won't close next month after all now that the Federal Aviation Administration has funding approval, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. The Leesburg tower was one of...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Budget Control Act of 2011, Ray LaHood, Air Transportation Delays, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Julius Genachowski's FCC Swan Song: Get Faster Wi-Fi on Planes
ReutersMay 09 (TheWrap.com) - The airline seat could be about to lose its prized status as the last respite in America from 24/7 broadband Internet access. In Federal Communications Commission's Chairman Julius Genachowski's last meeting as FCC chairman, the...Tags: Air Transportation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Telecommunication Service, Federal Communications Commission, Television Industry
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Flight diverted to toss passenger who won't stop singing Whitney Houston
Singing on a commercial flight is not illegal but apparently it can get you thrown off a plane if you refuse to stop. That was the lesson learned by a woman on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York last week. The flight was diverted...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Whitney Houston
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Five Md. air traffic towers will remain open
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that are part of 149 "low activity" towers nationwide will remain open through the end of the September, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The towers, including those at Martin State...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Ocean City, Baltimore County, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Nearly a third of fliers left devices turned on during flights
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.A study released this week found 30% of U.S. airline passengers accidentally left their tech devices turned on during flights in 2012. The study was conducted by the Airline Passenger Experience Assn. and the Consumer Electronics Assn. as a way to aid...Tags: Air Transportation, Mother's Day, Federal Aviation Administration, Science and Technology, Electronics
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Volusia County, Heavy Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration, Space Programs, Kennedy Space Center
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Boeing resumes Dreamliner deliveries
Tribune reporterBoeing resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner to airline customers on Tuesday, following a four-month gap after federal regulators grounded the plane model because of overheating onboard batteries. Boeing delivered a plane made in its Everett, Wash.,...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing Co., O'Hare International Airport
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Barack Obama, Shareholders, Realty
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