AOPA: Lockheed To Close Five FSS Facilities

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Lockheed Martin dropped a bomb October 15, announcing it will close five satellite flight service stations early next year.
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Turkey is becoming Training Center of EUROCONTROL

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In the meeting, that was arranged during the visit of David McMILLAN, General Director of EUROCONTROL, on 4 March 2008 in General Directorate of Civil Aviation, it has been agreed on to make Turkey training center of Eurocontrol.
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linkedIn group called Aviation training, created

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A new linkedIn group has been published by findTRTO.com

This group is created to discuss aviation training issues and to organize this kind of services. Trainee pilots, instructors, examiners, TRTOs, and FTOs are the prospective users of the group.

United Airlines Faces Losses on Its Contracts for Jet Fuel

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United Airlines

United Airlines said on Wednesday that it was on track to lose $544 million on contracts in the futures market it used to hedge against rising fuel prices this quarter.
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Hawaiian Airlines pilots seek mediation

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Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines pilots are seeking mediation over their contract negotiations with the company.

The pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, said in a statement Tuesday that 18 months of negotiations with the airline have not brought them closer to a contract, so the pilots filed to seek mediation with the National Mediation Board.
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Branson to bid as Gatwick is put up for sale at £2billion

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Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport

Gatwick airport was put up for sale today for an estimated £2 billion.

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic said it was interested in bidding as part of a consortium and many leading airport operators are likely to join the auction.
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Air France Opens New Paris CDG Regional Terminal

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Air France

Air France and Aeroports de Paris last week inaugurated Terminal 2G at Paris Charles de Gaulle, the carrier’s first dedicated terminal at its main hub. T2G is CDG’s first “regional” terminal and is the result of “an exemplary cooperation between Aeroports de Paris and Air France,” ADP Chairman and CEO Pierre Graff said, admitting that the relationship between the two parties has not always been amicable in the past. The new terminal allows AF regional airlines Brit Air, City Jet and Regional to group their flights at a single location at CDG and meets ADP’s more general need to increase capacity.
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New scanner can detect bombs as terrorists walk around airport terminals

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A high-tech scanner that can detect explosives and weapons hidden in terrorists’ clothing and luggage as they walk around airport terminal buildings has been developed by British scientists.
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European consolidation continues; Lufthansa to take over Brussels Airlines

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Lufthansa

Lufthansa will take over Brussels Airlines, the carriers announced yesterday, in a deal that potentially values the Belgian carrier at €250 million ($355.6 million) and could pave the way for its entry into Star Alliance.
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Google gadged - Great circle distance calculator

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Gets great circle distance between two airport using their ICAO and/or IATA codes

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?q=great+circle&hl=en&root=/ig&dpos=top&url=hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/114885349955969281946/AirportCharges.xml

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