Feed Editor Lite 16 Apr 2009 16:13:13 GMT en The U.S. domestic and international air cargo sector will grow 4.1 percent in 2010 after a 7.6 percent loss this year, according to a fresh market forecast from the US Federal Aviation Administration. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:17 GMT http://www.aircargoworld.com/break_news/07042009a.htm CD2A8C78-C374-4E84-9079-79B64996881E There was a spike last year in deaths from crashes of air medical, air taxi and tour flights, according to federal safety officials. The National Transportation Safety Board said there were 56 so-called on-demand flight accidents in which 66 people were killed in 2008. That's the highest number of fatalities for such flights in eight years and an increase of 13 deaths over 2007. The on-demand accident rate was 1.52 accidents per 100,000 flight hours, virtually unchanged from the previous year. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:17 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_oMguK3Pnjy2A-BAjFtRcrnb8QQD97AI1CO0 891B281F-0EA7-4DF9-849C-D5357CB25FFB A new and revolutionary cargo community portal, Calogi, which has saved the Dubai forwarding community an estimated AED 3.5 million, is now being made available across the GCC. Calogi is a self service web based portal designed to serve the information processing needs of the local supply chain community. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:17 GMT http://www.dubaicityguide.com/geninfo/news_dtls.asp?newsid=23771 64DE9A3D-79E2-4FCE-83E7-7A08E81E37A2 U.S. residents will soon be able to travel freely to the island nation off this country’s southern coast that has been off-limits to most Americans for decades if a bipartisan congressional group has its way. Bills introduced in February propose allowing Americans to travel without restriction to Cuba. Although the legislation would not immediately affect the broader trade embargo in place since 1963, proponents see passage of the so-called Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act as a move toward the easing of U.S. rules that bar the sale of all but the most basic food and medical provisions to Cuba. In the aviation industry worldwide, skilled workers in aircraft structure repair are highly in demand because aircraft structures make up 80 percent of the whole aircraft. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:16 GMT http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=33098 40893D33-75A7-4D05-8DFA-E92B6C5EDAB3 American Airlines failed to catch mistakes by maintenance workers who didn't follow procedure before a September 2007 flight, causing the airplane's left engine to catch on fire during a departure climb from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, safety investigators concluded on Tuesday. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:16 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jqUdS1ckhp3gX4Honsh9SL5LAelAD97DMV6O2 A0708D84-F4BD-4CFA-8AC5-2EE4D629920F Beginning this summer, Blue Ridge Community College will offer a program for Light Sport Aircraft Repairman with a Maintenance rating. BRCC’s program is one of only two in the nation that offer this certification. The program provides students with the content and skills needed to inspect and maintain light sport aircraft, and students can complete the program in as little as three weeks. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:16 GMT http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090410/NEWS01/90410010/1002/news01 42E1E8C5-5114-440B-84BA-A6E895C30647 How is the air cargo industry preparing itself to implement the U.S. Government's mandate for screening 100 percent of all international inbound cargo aboard passenger aircraft by August 2010? That's the number one question for the air freight industry as it faces the challenge of meeting the 2007 Homeland Security law. Aviation and security experts will address this critical issue during a free webinar to be released by Air Cargo World. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:16 GMT http://sev.prnewswire.com/airlines-aviation/20090412/3875150en_iCrossing12042009-1.html A001C1F8-DF2C-4F0D-B2D1-813721AF0CFE A doubling of the world's freighter fleet over the next 20 years is being forecasted by the Air Cargo Management Group (ACMG) consultancy even as the industry takes a near-term hit from the global economic crisis. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:15 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/13/325068/air-freighter-fleet-forecasted-to-double-through-2028.html 09E9E895-BC49-48D5-9CA3-ABD91167D556 The government may arrange charter flights to bring Hong Kong residents home if they become stranded in Bangkok and if airlines and tour agents are unable to do so. It has been liaising with the airlines, which gave assurances there will be enough seats and flights to airlift the 1,500 citizens of Hong Kong now in Bangkok back to the SAR, Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong said yesterday. 16 Apr 2009 16:13:15 GMT http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=80808&sid=23451231&con_type=1 07DF70BF-9E68-44A4-9109-0E58CC98C8B1 Last year, the U.S. airline industry slashed flights and eliminated 28,000 jobs. Despite such cost-cutting, airlines are in trouble again. Demand is plunging, forcing airlines to cut fares. Corporate-jet makers are losing customers, too. Will the aviation sector make its way through these "Troubled Skies"? 16 Apr 2009 16:13:15 GMT http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102982061 86016B07-7E0E-48F7-9B11-42EF5E280757 16 Apr 2009 16:13:13 GMT 599A0FF8-0384-4D7D-8D61-F62859D41D9C