Incredible as it sounds, the recent increases to fares for the London Underground has made it cheaper per mile for passengers to fly first class than to take the subway. According to the Travel Daily...
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The Federal Aviation Administration has published a final rule it says will reduce the risks for passengers and crews flying long-range, regularly scheduled commercial routes over remote areas. The...
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The Embry Riddle Aeronautical University at Daytona Beach, Florida, was nearly devastated by two Christmas Day tornadoes that destroyed almost its entire fleet of training aircraft. But thanks to the...
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FAA - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: The FAA is proposing changes to its airmen certification and aircraft registration requirements. Two years after the final rule becomes effective, paper pilot...
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Filed in archive by Beverly Durfee on January 08, 2007
USA Today reported on the U.S. House of Representatives considering an aviation-security measure that would require all cargo on passenger planes to be inspected for bombs. Currently, very few...
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The FAA Safety Team and AOPA Air Safety Foundation have scheduled a "Say It Right!" communication seminar for Monday, January 22, 2007, in Mesa, Arizona. The event starts at 7 p.m. at the...
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by Beverly Durfee on January 03, 2007
The International Business Times reports that 2006 was one of the safest years in aviation history. While there were 156 crashes resulting in 1,292 deaths, the fatality rate was 11 percent lower than...
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