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  • 'One man army' focus of Qaida's new terror plan? - Times of India


    'One man army' focus of Qaida's new terror plan?
    Times of India
    WASHINGTON: On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his ...

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  • Canceling Flights: Prudent by Airlines, Or Easy Way Out? - Wall Street Journal (blog)


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    Canceling Flights: Prudent by Airlines, Or Easy Way Out?
    Wall Street Journal (blog)
    It's not a new problem ? the Northwest Airlines blizzard debacle in Detroit was in 1999. But it's a problem that has yet to be solved. ...
    US Airlines' On-Time Performance Improves In JanuaryWall Street Journal
    US DOT: Airline On-Time Performance Improves in JanuaryTrading Markets (press release)

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  • Northwest union seeks to halt Delta crew integration - Atlanta Journal Constitution


    Northwest union seeks to halt Delta crew integration
    Atlanta Journal Constitution
    In the tug-of-war between Delta Air Lines and unions from merger partner Northwest Airlines, the flight attendants union has lobbed a ...

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  • Delta keeps No. 6 ranking in on-time flights - The Detroit News


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    Delta keeps No. 6 ranking in on-time flights
    The Detroit News
    The Bureau of Transportation statistics come shortly after the Atlanta-based Delta completed the last steps of its merger with Northwest Airlines in ...
    Delta ranked 6th for January on-time performanceAtlanta Journal Constitution
    Airport will drop the propsPeoria Journal Star

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  • Underwear Bomber Was In Database - Baltimore Sun


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    Underwear Bomber Was In Database
    Baltimore Sun
    Top federal officials said Wednesday that the Nigerian who allegedly attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight descending on Detroit last Christmas ...
    US Plans to Grow TSA No-Fly ListHSToday
    Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of Investigation (press release)

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  • Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety - The Associated Press


    Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety
    The Associated Press
    ... a response to an October incident in which a Northwest Airlines plane carrying 144 passengers flew more than 100 miles past its destination of ...

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  • Continental CEO: We're 'big threat' to Delta - Reuters


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    Continental CEO: We're 'big threat' to Delta
    Reuters
    ... until last October, when it quit the airline network following Delta's acquisition of Northwest Airlines, which formed the world's largest carrier. ...
    Continental Open to Merger Should Competition DictateBusinessWeek
    UPDATE 1-Continental CEO: We're 'big threat' to DeltaReuters India

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  • Toyota Has a Question for You - Taipan Publishing Group


    Toyota Has a Question for You
    Taipan Publishing Group
    Fairly recently, there was some cat who decided to fall asleep while flying 200 people on a Northwest Airlines flight to Minneapolis. ...


  • US Airlines Work Force Drops 3.3% In Dec To 17-Year Low - DOT - Wall Street Journal


    US Airlines Work Force Drops 3.3% In Dec To 17-Year Low - DOT
    Wall Street Journal
    Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), which is completing its merger with Northwest Airlines, was the only one of seven network carriers to increase employment. ...
    U.S. airlines staffs shrink for 18th-straight monthBizjournals.com
    Airlines' work force shrinks 3.3% in DecemberBizjournals.com

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  • More travelers loyal to alliances, not airlines - USA Today


    More travelers loyal to alliances, not airlines
    USA Today
    Michael E. Levine, who as executive vice president at Northwest Airlines in the 1990s put together the first alliance with KLM, recalls that the rest of the ...

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  • Abdulmutallab could not have blown up plane


    11 Mar 2010 at 8:25am

    Even if the "Underwear Bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had exploded his device on Christmas day, 2009, the Airbus A330 would have survived, according to an experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team.


  • Al-Qaida eyeing less-complex US attacks after seeing impact of Fort Hood, Dec. 25 militants

    11 Mar 2010 at 12:10am

    On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear.


  • Retired General Is Picked for T.S.A.

    10 Mar 2010 at 6:17am

    President Obama has chosen a retired Army intelligence officer, Maj. Gen. Robert A. Harding, to lead the Transportation Security Administration , a job officials call the most important unfilled position in the administration.


  • Amsterdam airport tightens security at duty free

    9 Mar 2010 at 5:55am

    Security has been tightened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after a team of investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquid onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington, D.C., the airport and the Dutch anti-terror agency said Tuesday.


  • A calming influence

    8 Mar 2010 at 8:38pm

    There's an anxious strain in the voice of the neurosurgeon calling long distance from Toronto.


  • 'Liquid bomb' smuggled onto plane

    7 Mar 2010 at 8:29pm

    Dutch and European politicians have demanded immediate security changes after the incident.


  • FlightAware's new tracker for popular airport traffic

    6 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm

    FlightAware , a service which provides information about commercial and general aviation air traffic, has a new feature in beta test which allows you to see the most popular carriers which fly between two airports and the typical prices for tickets in that market.


  • Airport security tightens with nine more airports kitted-out with body scanners


    5 Mar 2010 at 10:50pm

    The Transportation Security Administration has announced that an additional nine airports in the US will receive full-body scanners within the next week.


  • Lindbergh Field to get full-body imaging scanners

    5 Mar 2010 at 6:22pm

    Lindbergh Field is in line to receive full-body imaging scanners for its security checkpoints by summer, the federal Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.


  • Controller complacency could jeopardize air safety


    4 Mar 2010 at 11:48pm

    For the third time in seven months, the judgment of those who operate the nation's air traffic control system has been called into question and concerns have been raised that complacency may be causing controllers and their supervisors to bend rules.


  • FAA suspends pair after kids radio pilots at JFK


    3 Mar 2010 at 11:27pm

    In this file photo of Sept. 8, 2008, planes taxi on runways at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Monday, Sept.


  • Airlines dictating how you pay for flights.

    3 Mar 2010 at 7:38am

    Airlines are deciding how you pay to fly, writes Jane E. Fraser. They made great efforts to steer us away from using credit cards but now airlines are telling us plastic is fantastic.


  • JFK Runway Closure to Rattle Nerves, Wallets


    2 Mar 2010 at 11:24pm

    One runway, a whole lot of problems. The main runway at John F. Kennedy International will be closed for four months starting March 1. Millions of travelers will experience delays - including some not flying anywhere near the Big Apple.


  • Smashed guitars, airline catfights, and a sky high geek


    1 Mar 2010 at 11:19pm

    While we've been intensely covering events in Lebanon and Ethiopia concerning the crash investigation of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409 , a multitude of other aviation happening have occurred.


  • Watchdog wants to eavesdrop on cockpit talk

    28 Feb 2010 at 11:15pm

    US air safety officials want to monitor "black box" voice recorders in a bid to eliminate the kind of cockpit banter blamed for an airliner crash last year in New York that killed 50 people.


  • Toomey: U.S. anti-terrorism policy criticized

    27 Feb 2010 at 11:13pm

    On Christmas Day, Nigerian al-Qaida terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab breached airport security and nearly succeeded in blowing up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight and killing the 282 passengers on board.


  • Welcome To Scannergate: Terror Scares A Boon for Security Grifters

    26 Feb 2010 at 11:04pm

    Scoop >> Top Scoops >> Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 2:04 pm Opinion: Tom Burghardt Call them what you will: bottom feeders, corporate con-men, flim-flam artists, peddlers of crisis, you name it.


  • Small airports in Ithaca, Elmira flying high

    25 Feb 2010 at 10:46pm

    It's been a bumpy flight for airports and airlines across the country, as passenger boardings decreased from 2007-08 to 2008-09 by almost 7 percent, according to the Bureau of Transportation statistics.


  • U.S. watchdog wants to video, eavesdrop on airline cockpits

    25 Feb 2010 at 10:07am

    US officials want to install video cameras in cockpits and monitor "black box" voice recorders to try to eliminate pilot distractions and banter which have been blamed for several accidents, including a deadly crash in New York.


  • All victims from ET409 Lebanon crash recovered


    24 Feb 2010 at 6:05pm

    According to a brief media release issued by Ethiopian Airlines today, February 23, at 12:30 p.m. local Addis Ababa time, "All bodies of the victims from ET-409 accident have now been recovered and identified.





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