Similar Runway Incidents Investigated From Washington Post "These would appear to be isolated, unrelated incidents," said Les Dorr, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating an incident Sunday at Dulles International Airport. The wing of a Republic Airlines jet, operating a US Airways Express flight, hit the wing of a US Airways plane preparing to travel to New York's LaGuardia Airport, a US Airways spokeswoman said. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said that there were no serious...

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American Airlines moving all London service to Heathrow From Dallas Morning News American Airlines Inc. will move all its London service, including from Dallas/Fort Worth, to London Heathrow Airport this year, the carrier said Monday. American previously said it would keep one of its two daily D/FW-London flights at London Gatwick Airport after a new international air treaty in late March opens up Heathrow to more routes. Airways Inc. and Northwest Airlines Inc., which were kept out of Heathrow by the 1977 treaty, have announced plans to start Heathrow service from U.S....

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US air fare hikes likely to stick-fare tracker From Reuters Quote, Profile, Research ), boosted fares on Friday by $10 on most U.S. domestic flights to offset high fuel costs. The industry had success last year raising fares to pass the fuel expense on to customers, but a softening U.S. economy could reduce travel demand and weaken the industry's pricing power.

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Malaysia Airlines back in the black with record profit From Channel News Asia KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia Airlines said on Monday it had posted a record profit of 851 million ringgit (265 million dollars) in 2007, ending a series of disastrous losses. The national carrier said last month that it was aiming to post up to 309 million dollars in profits in 2008, rising to as high as 927 million dollars by 2012 as its revamps its operations. The airline's target for 2008 was set at 400 million ringgit to 1.0 billion ringgit (124-309 million dollars).

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Comment on Becoming a Southwest Airlines Captain by David From www.blogsouthwest.com How does one make the transition from First Officer to Captain? The FO learns what kind of Leader is the easiest to work with and how vital or appreciated FO input is with certain Captains. At the end of this week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rides along and observes the new Captain, and upon the FAA's blessing, the Captain is now the real deal. HOWEVER, most shiny new Captains now go back to their crew base and fly as FO's, occasionally picking up the odd Captain trip because...

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