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• Air France Closes In On Alitalia Ownership
  letter of interest to Alitalia's board, inviting the Italian carrier to "join the world's leading air transport group." Air France said that if its bid were successful, "Alitalia would be able to develop a business plan which is in line with the founding principles of [its] Survival and Transition...
• FAA Finally Publishes Air Tour Rule
  to implement a drug and alcohol testing program and their pilots must have at least a commercial or air transport pilot license. The operators also must obtain a letter of authorization from FAA and meet many of the safety requirements as Group 1 under Part 136. These requirements would include...
• Getting Greener
  industry's environmental activities," answer questions, correct incorrect statements and bring together major stakeholders in the industry. ACI's partners represent a broad cross-section of the air transport community: the International Air Transport Association, the Air Transport Action Group...
• Airlines, Private Fliers Launch 18-Month Battle on ATC Funding
  FIRE WHEN READY. Honoring Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's request that everyone refrain from taking potshots at plans for ATC funding reform that haven't been proposed yet, major aviation interest groups are taking potshots at each other instead. The Air Transport Assn. (ATA), representing...
• Managing the MRO Outsourcing Process
  ] scrutiny now on the use of non-certificated mechanics. But if outsourcing is managed properly, and there is a robust quality assurance (QA) process, it doesn't matter who works on the aircraft," said Basil Barimo, vice president of operations and safety for the Air Transport Association. Barimo and other...
• Industry Drives Toward Digital, Standardized Data
  to each other, he said. Collaboration requires thorough data standardization. Marzulo said at a recent conference on electronic business convened by the Air Transport Association (ATA) that internal information systems must be able to handle standardized data formats so that organizations can exchange...
• Ailing U.S. ATC System Could Be A Drag on MRO
  The maintenance of commercial aircraft is a $41-billion industry likely to grow to a $62.9-billion business by 2017, but only if the U.S. air traffic control system improves fast, says the head of the Air Transport Assn. At a gathering of U.S. airline executives involved in maintaining more than...
• Flying in the Face of Adversity
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• ATA Bankruptcy Forces AMC Scramble
  Arrangement group won a $1 billion firm-fixed price contract from the U.S. Transportation Command covering a year's worth of flying for the entire FedEx team. Apart from FedEx itself and ATA, members included Air Transport International, of Little Rock, Ark.; Purchase, N.Y.-based Atlas Air, Northwest...
• EPA To Invite Comment On Aircraft Emissions
  industry is keeping an eye on the Lieberman-Warner bill since it ultimately could mean increased costs for operators. Air Transport Association President and CEO James May also called the Lieberman-Warner bill punitive, estimating that it could cost airlines. $5 billion through 2012.  . Article...

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