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Current news on Aviation:
Airport planners promise expansion will mean fewer delays for O Hare The State - 0 KB- Found 3 minutes ago CHICAGO After decades of debate and scrapped blueprints, crews are moving dirt and pouring concrete at O Hare International Airport for the largest airport expansion in the nation s history. CONTRACTS AWARDED Washington Post - 0 KB- Found 6 minutes ago Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Herndon won a $3.12 billion contract from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide information technology seat management services across the Navy and Marine Corps. Today's meetings The Star Press - 0 KB- Found 19 minutes ago Blackford County Board of Commissioners , 8:30 a.m., courthouse, Hartford City. Blackford County Drainage Board , 10 a.m., courthouse, 110 W. Washington St., Hartford City. WHAT'S GOING ON Star-Gazette - 0 KB- Found 21 minutes ago TODAY CLASSES COUPLES COUNTRY WESTERN PATTERN DANCE LESSON, 6 p.m. beginners, 7 p.m. intermediates, Tioga Trails Cafe, 50 Lake St., Owego. With Valentine Country. $5. 800/872-8067. Air carriers lose more luggage than ever The News Journal - 0 KB- Found 22 minutes ago WASHINGTON -- Travelers increasingly are unhappy with airlines, ranking lost luggage among their biggest complaints, according to an annual survey by university researchers that rates carriers' quality. HIGH OIL PRICES HIT FOUR-ENGINED AIRBUS Tocqueville Connection - 0 KB- Found 23 minutes ago PARIS, April 3, 2006 (AFP) - The four-engined Airbus A340 long-haul airliner has been hit by the high price of jet fuel and is losing orders heavily to the rival Boeing 777, aviation industry sources say. Gripes Against Airlines Grow Los Angeles Times - 0 KB- Found 27 minutes ago Passenger complaints jumped 17% last year from 2004. At the top of the list: lost luggage. Report Says Airline Service Has Suffered WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - 0 KB- Found 29 minutes ago Washington (AP) - People are boarding planes as often as they did before the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings and complaints about airline service are growing as well, says an annual survey of carrier quality.The year 2000 was the high watermark for flight delays, cancellations and seething passengers left stranded in terminals. April brings slew of trade shows to South Florida Miami Herald - 0 KB- Found 32 minutes ago April will be a busy month for trade and business promotion, with trade shows on gourmet foods and apparel getting underway in Miami Beach, while the Homestead Free Zone and the Miami Free Zone both host talks to help businesses learn about trade. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce also holds its annual foray into Latin America with its linkages program. Forecast Today Brattleboro Reformer - 0 KB- Found 34 minutes ago There has never been anything quite like the trial of confessed Al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.
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