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Creating Equipment that Meets Carrier Requirements using Open Standards (.pdf)
, the limits and specific tests may vary based on the differences in climate and geography between the U.S.A. and Europe. NEBS-WP1.pub A White Paper from the Experts. In Business-Critical ContinuityTM. Successful Design and Test Methodology for NEBS. Creating Equipment that Meets Carrier Requirements
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Alitalia Expected To Pick Partner This Week
Alitalia is this week expected to choose the foreign partner that will contribute to its rescue and privatization, ahead of the Italian company's rebirth as a new entity on Jan. 13. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are competing to acquire a 25% stake in the carrier. Italian industry sources indicate
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Air France Closes In On Alitalia Ownership
Alitalia's board of directors was due to unveil the names of confirmed bidders for the Italian government's stake in the ailing flag carrier, after its meeting yesterday evening in Rome. As Lufthansa confirmed that it was pulling out of the race (See related story on Page 2). Air France-KLM emerges
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ATA Bankruptcy Forces AMC Scramble
flying. The carrier said it was the result of a sudden - and, according to ATA, still-unexplained - decision by FedEx to drop ATA from its military airlift contract team. Already battered by fuel price spikes and other woes, ATA couldn't withstand the loss of the steady military charter income
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Aircraft Traders Are Nervous About Economic Recovery
of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders (Istat) meeting here last week are any indication, no carrier is safe, manufacturers are over-producing and the credit crunch will be crippling unless government-backed export credit agencies, such as the U.S. Export-Import Bank, are prepared to make more
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AirAsia Doubles A320 Order, Plans Long-Haul Affiliate
in the negotiations. So it adds to Airbus's latest annual total and puts the European manufacturer clearly past 600 narrow-body orders for 2006. AirAsia X aims to start services in July under the air operator's certificate of a small Malaysian domestic carrier and with leased A330-300s, but it will soon place
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Airbus Builds A350 Order Book
, which signals that it is banking on an order rate not unlike the strong uptake Boeing has seen with the rival 787. After Qatar last month said it would buy 80 of the aircraft--in all three versions, the -800, -900 and -1000--Aer Lingus became the latest carrier to commit. It will buy six A350XWBs
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ADs Under the Microscope
a "quick picture" of AD compliance. The agency audited 10 ADs for each carrier and fleet type. The nearly 2,400 checks across 117 carriers uncovered 34 "discrepancies." FAA deemed that effort "Phase One." The second phase began in April as the agency began auditing 10% of all ADs for each aircraft