Alaska Airlines Finalizes Next-Generation 737 Wing Slat Inspections.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-5 September 2007-Alaska Airlines Finalizes Next-Generation 737 Wing Slat Inspections(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Alaska Airlines announced that it has completed wing slat inspections on all of its 56 next-generation Boeing 737 aircraft before the deadline set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ...

Icelandair to Extend Canadian Service with Open Skies Pact.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-19 July 2007-Icelandair to Extend Canadian Service with Open Skies Pact(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com he governments of Iceland and Canada have signed an Open Skies agreement to permit scheduled air services for passenger and all-cargo traffic between Canada and Iceland, effective immediately. ...

BRAZIL: WORST AIR CRASH IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY SEVERELY AGGRAVATES AVIATION CRISIS, FORCES DEFENSE MINISTER TO STEP DOWN.
Brazil's aviation crisis became even worse with the deadliest crash in the country's history on July 17 when a plane sped off a runway and into a building. The government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has come under intense criticism over the poor state of the country's...

Company Watch - Continental Airlines.
Jan 7, 2008 Continental Airlines December Unit Revenue Rises. Continental Airlines on Wednesday said consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile, or unit revenues, rose between 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent in December, helped by fuller planes and higher capacity. The fourth-largest US airline by passenger traffic...

NetJets Aviation Names Gary E. Hart as SVP of Flight Operations.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-29 August 2007-NetJets Aviation Names Gary E. Hart as SVP of Flight Operations(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com NetJets Aviation announced that Gary E. Hart has been named senior vice president of flight operations. Hart most recently served as vice president of flight...

Cal supremes grant airport plan a 'common sense' exemption.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that an airport land use compatibility plan qualifies for a "common sense" exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Perhaps more importantly, the court opened the door for the first time to the idea that displacement of development--often an arguable...

Company Watch - Air France.
Jan 7, 2008 Air France KLM launches consolidation with Alitalia talks, VLM buy. Exclusive negotiations between Air France KLM and Alitalia on a possible merger were scheduled to start yesterday following the official approval of Italian Minister of Finance Tommaso Padoa-Schoppia last Friday, according to widespread press...

Location, location, location: Who owns the moon?
Dennis Hope, self-proclaimed Head Cheese of the Lunar Embassy, will promise you the moon. Or at least a piece of it. Since 1980, Hope has raked in over $9 million selling acres of lunar real estate for $19.99 a pop. So far, 4.25 million people have purchased a piece...

Midwest Airlines Garners FAA Diamond Maintenance Award.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-3 October 2007-Midwest Airlines Garners FAA Diamond Maintenance Award(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines has been awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top honor in its Aviation Maintenance Technician awards program. The program recognizes exemplary training of maintenance technicians. The...

Demonstrating competency.
Recently, the importance of "certification" was made abundantly clear to me. I was in Anchorage, Alaska, representing MTNA at the annual meeting of the Trust for Insuring Educators. One of the events, sponsored by The Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau, was a "flight seeing" tour of the...