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Thursdays Digest (12th January 2006)
Four die as Navy jet crashes in Georgia (CNN.com)Authorities found the wreckage of a missing U.S. Navy jet in a mountainous area of northwestern Georgia Wednesday night, a Navy spokesman said. All four people on board died.Sahara, Jet in talks for `strategic alliance' (The Hindu)AIR Sahara and Jet Airways are ...

Thursdays Digest (12th January 2006)
ATW Daily News (Air Transport World)Connexion by Boeing will add four channels of live television to its high-speed inflight Internet service beginning Jan. 23. The channels are CNBC/MSNBC, BBC World, EuroNews and EuroSportnews.Rival tenant challenged airport leases (Cape Cod Times)By ERIC GERSHON STAFF WRITER Months before county planners and police ...

Wednesdays Digest (11th January 2006)
Midwest Air Group Reports December Performance (RedNova)MILWAUKEE, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. today reported December performance data for Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. Midwest Air Group, Inc.UK air passenger numbers grow (BBC News)UK airports operator BAA says passenger numbers at its seven UK sites grew by 2% ...

Wednesdays Digest (11th January 2006)
DEATH JET 'WAS FAULTY' (Daily Record)FAULTY navigation equipment has been blamed for the air crash that killed a Scottish oil executive in December. Ian Hardy, 57, was killed when the plane in which he was a passenger ditched in the Caspian Sea shortly after taking off from Baku, Azerbaijan.Adenuga's Jet ...

Wednesdays Digest (11th January 2006)
Celebrity island turns away the conservationists (Telegraph.co.uk)A sleepy island off Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, popular with European royalty and celebrity tourists, has snubbed an invitation from the UN's culture committee to extend its World Heritage Site boundaries.Midwest Air Group Reports December Performance (RedNova)MILWAUKEE, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, ...

Tuesdays Digest (10th January 2006)
AIR SCOTLAND: TOP LATE FLIGHTS SURVEY (Daily Record)TROUBLED Air Scotland have the worst delay record of any scheduled airline. The budget firm were singled out by consumer magazine Which? for consistently letting down customers.The frequent traveler: It may be getting easier to charter your own business jet (International Herald Tribune)'We ...

Tuesdays Digest (10th January 2006)
These time shares have wings â€" Fractional jet ownership takes off (Tennessean)Fractional jet ownership grows as business travelers want the convenience but not the expense of owning an airplane.Ex-Jet Edwards lands in Kansas City as coach (Sun-Sentinel)KANSAS CITY, Mo. · Herman Edwards was hired as coach of the Kansas City ...

Tuesdays Digest (10th January 2006)
The frequent traveler: It may be getting easier to charter your own business jet (International Herald Tribune)'We think our Jet Membership Light Card will open the door to a new generation of business jet users - not so much the super-rich but senior executives who have experienced the benefits of ...

Mondays Digest (9th January 2006)
Air Saipan to land on Saipan tarmac in February (Saipan Tribune)Air Saipan, Ltd. reiterated its full commitment to enhance passenger traffic to Saipan, as it disclosed over the weekend that the aircraft it is leasing from a U.S. airline company would arrive the Francisco Ada International Airport on Feb. 15.'Golden ...

Mondays Digest (9th January 2006)
Head of Iranian Revolutionary Guards ground forces Ahmad Kazemi and 12 deputies killed in plane crash in NW Iran. Iran (DEBKAfile)The small Falcon executive jet came down near Oroumieh, 900 km north of Tehran, according to an announcement from Iranâ€s state news agency. DEBKA file â€s Tehran sources note ...