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*** Delta Ramp Workers Reject Union

DELTA AIR LINES scored a major victory when a key vote to
unionize the airline's 10,800 ramp and cargo workers failed to
receive sufficient support. Only 1,868 workers voted for
representation by the Transport Workers Union. At least half the
workers would have had to mail in ballots for the union drive to
succeed. Only Delta's pilots are currently unionized, making the
airline among the least unionized. Industry observers had viewed
the possibility of a successful drive to unionize the ramp and
cargo workers as a likely precursor to unionization by other Delta
employee groups. (Reuters 04:36 PM ET 03/03/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564718983-488

*** Source: Delta threatens ramp workers on union vote

A T L A N T A - 05MAR2000 - (AJN) -- Just days prior to the ramp
workers' TWU vote at Delta Air Lines, sources tell AirJet Airline
World News that Delta management threatened if the employees voted
for union representation the airline would replace all its workers
with contract personnel. Sitting in the wings throughout the
negotiation has been Delta Air Lines Global Services (DGS), a
low cost, wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines which has
been quietly entering markets throughout the U.S. and some
international locations. DGS, formerly Delta Staffing Services
(DSS) has been around for the last few years. It was originally
set up to handle office personnel shortages. Now DGS is in 22
Delta Air Lines' cities performing a number of task including:
* ramp operations
* aircraft mx
* ground equipment support (gse) mx
* fleet service and catering
* skycaps
* ticket & gate agents
* cargo
* weight & balance
* janitorial
* crew drivers
* baggage services
* ground handling for other airlines
In the past many of these task were the responsibility of
higher paid Delta Air Lines' employees, but after years
of haphazard cost cutting measures since 1991, Delta
replace its higher paid, seasoned workers with the low wage
DGS employees. These workers barley make minimum wage
and have very few benefits. However, high turnover and a
less than desirable employee pool have presented a number
of problems for the airline. The savings in wages to the
carrier are apparently worth the risk to safety and other
associated problems involving baggage theft, sexual misconduct
physical assaults, and other issues. Philadelphia, which was hit
hard by the "7.5" cost savings program is a "sad" example of
"how not to do it," according to one 35 year Delta employee.
"There has been nothing but trouble since DGS entered the
picture," he added. The "7.5" program was a cost cutting
measure by Delta Air Lines during the Ronald Allen years.
"7.5" was the cost per seat mile that the airline wanted to
achieve. TWU organizers said the union would consult its
attorneys about whether to pursue legal action about the
airline's campaign. Workers had been questioned about their
vote along with being intimidated and harassed, according
to an AP report. These activities come as no surprise to many
Delta employees who are watching the union vote from the
sidelines. Flight attendants and other employee groups are
seeking union representation as well. AJN©2000
http://airlinebiz.com/amazon/page01.html
*** Delta Ramp Workers Reject Union
http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/000303/delta_unio_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/000304/delta_unio_1.html

*** ALPA & ERAU International Aviation Security Academy

Several educational institutions, aviation organizations
and other entities offer aviation security courses, however
none of them provides the unique perspective of the
aviation security professional who is also an airline pilot.
Because airline pilots "wear the target" on each and every
flight, they have a personal, vested interest in effective
aviation security measures. Airline pilots can also assess
the effectiveness of all such security measures both on
the ground and in the air. In recognition of the distinctive
contribution to security that airline pilot security
professionals provide, the Air Line Pilots Association's
National Security Committee is proud to co-sponsor with
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University the inaugural
International Aviation Security Academy (IASA). IASA
is scheduled for April 10-14, 2000, from 0800 to 1700
Monday through Thursday and 0800 to 1200 on Friday.
http://airlinebiz.com/main/iasa

*** The Oregonian: Horizon records reveal more problems with jet

Thursday, March 2, 2000 -- One day before a top pilot
for Horizon Air refused to fly a commercial jet he
considered unsafe, a Horizon official issued a memo
to reassure pilots that the plane's long-standing
vibration problems apparently were cured. Yet the
next day, just hours before Capt. Richard "Buddy"
Stewart refused to fly the plane loaded with
passengers to Spokane, another pilot reported
troubling vibrations in the same plane
according to internal company records
reviewed by The Oregonian. Stewart was
subsequently suspended and demoted by
the airline -- despite 33 years of
experience and his status as a "check
airman," with the authority to test and
evaluate other pilots on behalf of the FAA.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/00/03/st030204.html

*** ABCNews: Lufthansa May Sue Over Traffic Control Problems

F R A N K F U R T, Germany, March 5 German airline
Lufthansa AG on Saturday threatened to take legal
action against the German government if it fails to
tackle costly delays blamed on the state-owned air
traffic control body. Lufthansa confirmed reports
in German newspapers on Saturday that it was
considering taking the government to court if
it did not take action to reduce flight delays.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/lufthansa_delays000305.html

*** Taliban vows to stamp out terrorism

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The ruling Taliban announced establishment
of a commission Friday to battle terrorism in Afghanistan. The
Taliban-run Radio Shariat aired a statement from the Taliban Foreign
Ministry condemning terrorism and vowing to stamp it out. The
statement did not mention Osama bin Laden, the suspected terrorist
reportedly living in Afghanistan under Taliban protection. Both the
United States and United Nations have asked the Taliban to surrender
bin Laden for trial on charges of masterminding the deadly 1998
bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564713476-0ac
*** Hijacked Afghan plane returns home
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564712935-d59

*** ABCNews: Expedia Defrauded Crime Ring Grabs Millions in Tickets

S E A T T L E, March 3 The Internet travel agency
Expedia.com will set aside $4 million to $6 million to
compensate for fraudulent purchases on its site made
by what appears to be an organized and professional
credit card fraud ring, the company says.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/expedia000303.html

*** Ride to christen airship

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, is
following in the footsteps of Amelia Earhart. Ride will christen the
Spirit of Goodyear airship on March 15 and climb aboard for the first
official ride. The airship replaces the Spirit of Akron, which
crashed in October. In 1929, Earhart, an aviation pioneer, helped
launch the Goodyear airship Defender in Cleveland. Ride, 49, first
went into space in 1983 on a six-day shuttle mission with four NASA
crew mates. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564716855-b5c

*** ABCNews: Congress to Increase Tax

W A S H I N G T O N, March 3 Airports could raise
their passenger taxes by $1.50 a person, to $4.50
under a major aviation funding bill on which Congress
is completing work. That could mean an extra $18 for
a round trip with connections.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/airporttax000303.html

*** New rules seek wetlands protection -- Airports concerned

WASHINGTON (AP) - New regulations that will make it harder to build
roads or homes near wetlands are set to be issued by the Army Corps
of Engineers to curtail destruction of the ecologically sensitive
areas. The Corps completed a 172-page overhaul of its wetlands
regulations this week and is ready to issue the new requirements,
according to government and private sources. The Corps scheduled a
news conference on the regulations for Monday. But sources familiar
with the regulations, said Friday final release may be delayed
because of some technical changes. According to sources who have seen
the new regulations, the Corps will require developers to obtain
specific permits for projects affecting at least a half-acre of
wetlands, compared to 3 acres under current regulations.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564713956-51d

*** China seeks to retake Taiwan

BEIJING (AP) - With Hong Kong and Macau back in the fold, China sees
the recovery of Taiwan as its next "sacred mission," a leader of the
government's top advisory body said Friday. Ye Xuanping, speaking at
the opening of the annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference, said the recovery of Hong Kong from Britain
in 1997 and of Macau from Portugal in December were "important
milestones" in China's reunification. China and Taiwan split amid
civil war in 1949. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province, and
Taiwan says it will unify only when China is democratic. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564710472-014

*** ABCNews: India beefing up aviation security after hijack

NEW DELHI, March 4 (Reuters) - India will spend
four to five billion rupees ($92-$115 million)
annually to bolster civil aviation security after
the hijack of an Indian Airlines plane, the
government said on Saturday.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20000304_264.html

*** Balloonist ends flight in Myanmar

CHICAGO (AP) - Kevin Uliassi Friday abandoned his attempt to become
the first solo balloonist to make it around the world, touching down
safely in the Asian nation of Myanmar after traveling more than
13,000 miles. Flight spokesman Bo Kemper said the Myanmar government
told him Uliassi touched down at about 5:30 a.m. ET in an open field
near some railroad tracks and a road. "It was a nice, normal
landing," Kemper said. Kemper does not know why Uliassi decided to
come down. He also didn't know what happened to his communication
system. Uliassi traveled more than 13,225 miles after launching from
a rock quarry near Rockford, Ill. on Feb. 22. The distance around the
globe at the equator is 24,902 miles.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564712166-b9c

*** DOT Releases Airfare Report For Second Quarter 1999

To provide additional information about domestic airline
prices, the U.S. Department of Transportation has released
its quarterly consumer report on domestic airline fares
covering the second quarter of 1999. The report covers
the same top 1,000 city-pair markets in the 48 contiguous
states that were in the first report of this series, which
covered the third quarter of 1996. The report also looks
at fares in 229 additional city pairs that have been in
the top 1,000 during previous quarters covered by this
report series.
http://www.dot.gov/airconsumer.
*** Department Releases Transportation Statistics
http://www.dot.gov/briefing.htm

*** DOT Issues Guidelines For Code-Share Safety Audits

The U.S. airline audits are to be based on the safety
standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO). The guidance is part of the department's improved
code-share safety program. The guidelines, which build on
earlier efforts undertaken by the Department of Defense and
the Air Transport Association, were developed by a team from
DOT's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation. U.S. carriers may establish
DOT-accepted programs for auditing the safety of their
code-share service on foreign air carriers, specifically
looking for compliance with the standards set by the ICAO
the United Nations' aviation arm. Under the guidelines
only airlines from countries with Category I ratings from
the FAA -- countries whose aviation authorities meet ICAO
standards for safety oversight -- will be allowed to carry
a U.S. carrier's code on their flights.
http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation

* BOEING CO late Thursday said a three-week engineers' strike has
delayed 15 of 42 commercial jet deliveries planned for February
and the company is considering shifting some work to plants
unaffected by the strike. A day after declaring an impasse in
contract talks and threatening to impose its own terms on 18,000
engineers and technical workers on the picket line, the aerospace
giant said it had not yet determined the financial impact of the
strike. (Reuters 06:04 PM ET 03/02/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564696601-cad

* BOEING CO faces a class action lawsuit by 28 female employees
alleging sex discrimination ranging from tolerance of lewd
comments to unequal pay and promotion opportunities, court
documents show. The plaintiffs from Boeing plants in greater
Seattle, St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Wichita, Kansas, claim the
company has ignored internal complaints and plaintiff's lawyers
are reportedly seeking damages of up to $250 million. (Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564698462-bd8

* KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES said on it had signed a deal with
QXL.COM on Internet seat auctions for flights to a series of
cities including London, Rome, Madrid and Geneva. KLM auctions
will start Monday, March 6 and run for two weeks. In a separate
statement, QXL.com said it expected to be auctioning some 100
seats per day in the Netherlands and 300 in Italy. No financial
details of the contract were disclosed. (Reuters 01:17 PM ET)

* British aerospace and defense giant BAE SYSTEMS said that it was
focusing on the United States for its next acquisitions as U.S.
defense spending is on the rise and companies are eager to shed
debt through sales. Company executives said in an interview that
the world's second largest defense group, which bought GEC's
defense arm last year, would be ungeared again by the end of this
year, by which time it would have enough funds to finance any
potential acquisition. An executive reiterated that BAE SYSTEMS
was looking at companies that LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP is putting up
for sale but he said he thought there would be others. (Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564709410-f3e

* MileSource.Com members earn "AwardMiles" every time they visit
websites and shop at the company’s 75 e-commerce partners. "Our
members are able to rapidly earn free flights on American, Delta
Continental and Northwest when they surf and shop online,"
commented Marketing Manager, Erin Lyon. "Our program
represents a fun and easy way for consumers to earn free
flights for engaging in activities they do everyday." Members
can join this exciting program at the Company’s website
http://www.milesource.com/join.php3?referrer=airline

*** FAA: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for February

* 02/01/2000 -- MILWAUKEE DC-9 MIDWEST EXPRESS
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0201_n.txt
* 02/01/2000 -- LOS ANGLES MD-83 ALASKA AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0201_n.txt
* 02/02/2000 SALT LAKE CITY B767 DELTA AIR LINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0202_n.txt
* 02/14/2000 -- COLORADO SPRINGS B737 AMERICA WEST
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0214_n.txt
* 02/14/2000 -- NEW ORLEANS B737 CONTINENTAL
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0214_n.txt
* 02/14/2000 -- LONDON B777 BRITISH AIRWAYS
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0214_n.txt
* 02/16/2000 -- SEATTLE B727 RYAN AIR
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0216_n.txt
* 02/16/2000 -- PALM SPRINGS MD-80 AMERICAN AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0216_n.txt
* 02/17/2000 -- SACRAMENTO DC-8-71F EMERY WORLDWIDE
* 02/22/2000 -- NEW YORK MD-80 TWA
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0222_n.txt
* 02/23/2000 -- SEATTLE DC-8 KITTY HAWK
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0223_n.txt
* 02/24/2000 -- CHICAGO FK-100 AMERICAN AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/a_0222_y.txt
* 02/28/2000 -- INDIANAPOLIS MD-80 USAIRWAYS
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0228_n.txt
* 02/28/2000 LOS ANGELES B747 UNITED AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0228_n.txt
* 02/28/2000 CHICAGO B757 UNITED AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0228_n.txt
* 02/28/2000 NEW YORK B747 BRITISH AIRWAYS
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0228_n.txt

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N A T I O N A L T R A N S P O R T A T I O N S A F E T Y B O A R D
S U N D A Y | March 5, 2000 -- Preliminary Accident Reports
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National Air Disaster Alliance -- http://www.planesafe.org/

*** NTSB: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for February

*** NTSB: Delta Air Lines 757 substantial structural damage

NTSB Identification: LAX00FA097
Scheduled 14 CFR 121 operation of DELTA AIRLINES INC.
Accident occurred FEB-12-00 at EL SALVADOR
Aircraft: Boeing 757-232, registration: N671DN
Injuries: 161 Uninjured.
On February 12, 2000, about 1346 hours central standard
time, Delta Airlines Flight 695, a Boeing 757-232, N671DN
sustained substantial structural damage to the fuselage in
the nose wheel area during landing at San Salvador
International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador. Delta
Airlines, Inc. operated the airplane as an international
scheduled, passenger flight under the provisions of 14 CFR
Part 121. The airline transport pilot captain, first officer
6 flight attendants, and 153 passengers were not injured. The
flight departed Atlanta, Georgia, about 1134 eastern standard
time on a nonstop flight to San Salvador. Visual meteorological
conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The same
flight crew flew the airplane to Atlanta, where another flight
crew boarded the airplane and continued on to Los Angeles
California. No discrepancies were reported by either of the
flight crews, or, the maintenance personnel in San Salvador
or Atlanta. After the airplane arrived in Los Angeles, a
post-flight walk around inspection by the Delta maintenance
department found the outside of the fuselage buckled on the
left side above the nose landing gear door. Further examination
disclosed that structural members were bent and fractured in the
nose wheel well. The digital flight data recorder (DFDR) was
removed and the information stored on it was reviewed by the
Safety Board's Vehicle Recorders Laboratory. A data comparison
was conducted for the landings in San Salvador, Atlanta, and
Los Angeles. Review of the data revealed the airplane's
air/ground logic switch read air, ground, air, ground, during
the landing touchdown in San Salvador. During this phase, a
right roll angle developed, while the pitch angle and control
column movements were more pronounced than on the other landings.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/LAX/00A097.htm

*** NTSB: American Airlines MD-83 off runway

NTSB Identification: DCA00IA027
Nonscheduled 14 CFR 121 operation of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
Incident occurred FEB-16-00 at PALM SPRINGS, CA
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration: N597AA
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
On February 16, 2000, about 0712 Pacific standard time
American Airlines flight 9503, a Boeing (McDonnell Douglas)
MD-83, departed the paved surface of the runway while landing
at Palm Springs, California. The airplane was on a positioning
flight from Los Angeles to Palm Springs. A main landing gear
truck rolled off the pavement and through rough gravel at the
edge of the runway. The airplane received minor damage, and
no one was injured.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/DCA/00A027.htm

*** NTSB: British Airways 747 in-flight upset

NTSB Identification: NYC00LA085
Scheduled 14 CFR 129 operation of BRITISH AIRWAYS, PLC.
Accident occurred FEB-27-00 at PROVIDENCE, RI
Aircraft: Boeing 747-236, registration: GBDXL
Injuries: 1 Serious, 11 Minor, 372 Uninjured.
On February 27, 2000, about 2100 eastern standard time, a
Boeing 747-236, G-BDXL, operated by British Airways, PLC.
as flight 179, experienced an in-flight upset during a
descent in the vicinity of Providence, Rhode Island. Three
flight crew members, 15 flight attendants, and 354 passengers
were not injured. One passenger received serious injures
while 10 passengers and 1 flight attendant sustained
minor injures. Instrument meteorological conditions
revailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan had
been flied for the flight that departed London-Heathrow
Airport (LHR), England, United Kingdom, destined for the
John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York.
The scheduled international flight was conducted under 14
CFR Part 129. In an interview with a Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Inspector, the flight crew reported
that the fasten seat belt sign was "off," and the airplane
was configured for a Category III landing, when they began
a descent from "flight level 350." At the same time, the
flight engineer was reconfiguring the airplane's electrical
system for a Category I landing, due to an improvement in
landing visibility. When the flight engineer closed the
"number one bus-tie-breaker," the airplane's pitch changed
from 2-degrees nose-down, to about 5-degrees nose-up. The
airplane was utilizing the "A" auto-pilot system, which
remained engaged. The pilot disconnected the auto-pilot
leveled the airplane, re-engaged the auto-pilot, and then
continued a normal descent. The airplane landed at JFK
without further incident. Examination of the airplane's
auto-pilot and electrical system performed by maintenance
personnel at JFK, did not reveal any discrepancies. The
airplane's flight data recorder (FDR) was removed and
forwarded to the Safety Board's FDR Laboratory
Washington, DC, for readout. According to British
Airways, on the evening of February 29, the airplane
was flown on a non-revenue flight back to LHR. During
the flight to LHR, maintenance personnel were able to
duplicate a "sudden pitch-up" while using the airplane's
"B" auto-pilot system, and closing the "number two
bus-tie-breaker."
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/NYC/00A085.htm

*** NTSB: United Express (ACA) Canadair CL-600 windscreen crack

NTSB Identification: MIA00SA088
Scheduled 14 CFR 121 operation of ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES
Incident occurred FEB-05-00 at GREER, SC
Aircraft: Canadair CL-600-2B19, registration: N628BR
Injuries: 21 Uninjured.
On February 5, 2000, about 1840 eastern standard time, a
Canadair CL-600-2B19, N628BR, registered to First Union
National Bank Trustee, operated by Atlantic Coast Airlines
as Blue Ridge Flight 735, dba United Express, experienced
a crack in the outer pane of the captain's left windscreen
while on final approach to land at the Greenville
Spartanburg Airport, Greer, South Carolina. Visual
meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and
an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for
the 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled, domestic, passenger
flight. The airplane was not damaged and there were
no injuries to the captain, first officer, flight
attendant, or 18 passengers. The flight originated
at 1745, from the Washington Dulles International
Airport, Washington, DC. According to the Director
of Safety for the airline, while on final approach
the outer pane of the captain's left windscreen
developed a crack. The airplane was landed uneventfully
and taxied to the ramp where the passengers were
deplaned. According to personnel from maintenance
control for the airline, since airplane manufacture
the captain's left windscreen has cracked two times
including the incident occurrence. The first failure
occurred on or about March 16, 1999, and at that time
the airplane had accumulated 2,487.9 hours and 2,005
cycles at the time of windscreen failure. The airplane
had accumulated 2,567.5 hours and 2,199 cycles since
installation of the incident window at the time of
failure. Review of Service Difficult Reports by the
part number for the windscreen revealed four listed
failures between January 23, 1998, and March 9, 1999.
The failure of the original windscreen on or about
March 16, 1999, was not listed. Two of the failures
occurred on the same airplane, and were 4 days apart.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/MIA/00A088.htm

* 02/05/2000 SOUTH CAROLINA CL-600 UNITED EXPRESS
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/MIA/00A088.htm
* 02/12/2000 BOSTON SAAB 340B BUSINESS EXPRESS
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/NYC/00A078.htm
* 02/12/2000 EL SALVADORE B757 DELTA AIR LINES
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/LAX/00A097.htm
* 02/14/2000 RED BLUFFS FK-28 HORIZON AIRLINES
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/LAX/00A098.htm
* 02/16/2000 PALM SPRINGS MD-83 AMERICAN AIRLINES
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/DCA/00A027.htm
* 02/24/2000 -- CHICAGO FK-100 AMERICAN AIRLINES
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/CHI/00A076.htm
* 02/21/2000 -- FRESNO EMBRAER 120 SKYWEST
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/LAX/00A106.htm
* 02/27/2000 -- PROVIDENCE B747 BRITISH AIRWAYS
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/NYC/00A085.htm

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A I R L I N E DAILY | 52 WEEK S T O C K R E P O R T
F R I D A Y | March 3, 2000
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(00s)
SYMBL SECURITY CLOSE CHANGE VOL
---------------------------------------------------------------------
AIR AAR Corp........................... 21 3/4 -1 1/4 1344
AMR AMR Corporation.................... 57 11/16 +3 3/16 18546
ACY Aerocentury Corp................... 7 1/4 - 1/8 10
ACNAF Air Canada Corp.................... 10 1/4 - 3/4 37
AIRT Air T Inc.......................... 3 1/4 unch 0
AAIR AirTran Holdings Inc............... 4 7/32 - 3/32 1878
ABF Airborne Freight................... 18 1/2 - 1/4 2609
ALK Alaska Air Group................... 27 3/16 +1 1/16 2794
AWA America West Holdings Corp......... 13 1/2 + 3/4 2739
AMTR Amtran Inc......................... 16 3/4 - 1/8 281
ACAI Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings In 18 - 7/16 1179
CGO Atlas Air Inc...................... 23 15/16 - 1/16 617
BEAV BE Aerospace....................... 8 9/16 - 3/8 1554
B Barnes Group Inc................... 13 5/8 - 3/8 385
BA Boeing Co.......................... 35 15/16 unch 38841
BAB British Airways.................... 48 + 3/4 351
CEA China Eastern Airlines Corp........ 9 3/8 + 7/16 41
ZNH China Southern Airlines Co Ltd..... 7 7/16 + 3/16 102
CAL/A Continental Airlines Inc........... 33 7/8 +1 7/16 11
CAL Continental Airlines Inc........... 33 1/2 +1 1/4 2428
DAL Delta Air Lines.................... 46 15/16 +3 1/8 21065
FA Fairchild Corp..................... 6 1/8 - 1/4 800
FDX FedEx Corp......................... 34 3/4 + 7/8 16910
FRNT Frontier Airlines Inc.............. 10 3/8 - 7/16 659
GLC Galileo International Inc.......... 18 11/16 - 15/16 6858
GLUX Great Lakes Aviation Limited....... 2 unch 78
HA Hawaiian Airlines Inc.............. 1 7/8 + 1/16 218
JAPNY Japan Airlines..................... 5 3/32 - 3/32 70
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines........... 19 unch 473
KTTY Kitty Hawk Inc..................... 6 1/2 - 5/8 298
LFL LAN Chile SA....................... 9 1/8 - 1/8 234
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp............... 17 - 1/8 17332
MAX Mercury Air Group.................. 7 5/8 - 5/16 64
MESA Mesa Air Group Inc................. 6 1/8 - 1/8 2151
MAIR Mesaba Holdings Inc................ 10 1/2 unch 398
MDWY Midway Airlines Corp............... 4 3/4 - 9/16 1012
MEH Midwest Express Holding............ 24 1/8 - 7/8 253
NWAC Northwest Airlines Corp............ 18 1/8 +1 5/16 10164
PZB Pittston........................... 16 5/16 - 1/8 1343
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings................... 44 1/4 +4 1/8 218
TSG Sabre Holdings Corp................ 47 7/16 +2 1/8 4685
SKYW SkyWest Inc........................ 29 15/16 +2 7/16 1269
LUV Southwest Airlines................. 18 1/16 + 1/4 20411
TRW TRW Inc............................ 52 3/16 -1 7/8 15087
TOWRQ Tower Air Inc...................... 1 1/2 unch 0
TWA Trans World Airlines............... 2 1/2 + 1/16 3004
UAL UAL Corp........................... 50 7/16 +2 7/16 5704
U US Airways Group................... 19 5/8 +1 7/16 4162
UCP UniCapital Corp.................... 2 7/16 unch 1670
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*** Northwest DC-9 smoke in cockpit

A NORTHWEST AIRLINES jet bound for Minneapolis made an emergency
landing at Bradley International Airport shortly after takeoff on
Monday morning when the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit,
officials said. No one was injured. "Smoke was observed from an
air-conditioning unit, a precautionary landing was made back at
Bradley, passengers deplaned, and that was essentially it," Jack
Chmura, a spokesman for the airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut,
told reporters. Chmura said the pilot of the DC-9, with 39 people
on board, reported smoke shortly after the plane took off .(Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564779225-02d

*** FUEL TANKS EXPLODING IN MID-AIR AND THE DEFINITION OF `ACCEPTABLE RISK'

M I A M I - BY IKE SEAMANS -- Special To The Miami Herald
I first heard about `acceptable risk' in the airline
industry after the May 1996 ValuJet crash in the Everglades.
The fire that brought down the DC-9, and killed 110 people
started in the forward cargo hold, which had no fire
suppression system. The Federal Aviation Administration
had never ordered such systems installed, because airlines
said they were too expensive. There may be a couple of crashes
because of the decision, went the reasoning, but that's an
`acceptable risk.' In her book about TWA flight 800, which
crashed off Long Island, N.Y., two months after ValuJet's
accident, Christine Negroni takes the acceptable-risk
concept to such a frightening level you may never again
want to board a plane. The National Transportation Safety
Board has not issued its final report, but it and the
FBI have said an explosion in the center of the 747's
fuel tank probably caused the disaster that killed the
230 aboard. Through solid investigative reporting, Negroni
found that `the practice of flying with fuel tanks in an
explosive state was deemed an acceptable risk' since a
1963 Maryland crash of a Pan Am 707 after a center fuel
tank explosion. She also found there have been 14 similar
fuel tank explosions since the Pan Am crash. All the planes
were built by Boeing. Negroni writes that retired Pan Am
pilot Eugene Banning of Boca Raton investigated the 1963
crash for the airline and made a commitment to prevent
more explosions. Banning was appointed to an FAA committee
studying the problem, and in a 1968 speech, he said there
was technology available to make the tanks safer, and it was
cheaper than far less essential frills. Negroni presents
evidence that Boeing experts had already seen the most
promising fuel-tank technology and dismissed it. The bottom
line: cost. Negroni quotes an Air Force official who reveals
what he claims a Boeing executive told him 30 years ago about
the fuel tank danger. Airlines still don't install some
safety equipment they feel is too expensive. And in the
past, the FAA, in its contradictory roles of overseeing
safety as well as promoting aviation growth, generally
let the industry do what it wanted. One of the lasting
achievements of the NTSB's ValuJet investigation is the
separation of the FAA's two roles. It's now supposed to
concentrate solely on airline safety. Negroni might
have called her book `the air crash detectives,' since
it gives a great inside look at how the NTSB
investigators do their job. It paints an unsympathetic
picture of an FBI obsessed with the bomb/missile terrorism
conspiracy and how the FBI and the NTSB frequently charged
each other with obstruction and interference. Negroni also
takes some shots at former Miami Deputy Medical
Examiner Dr. Charles Welti (incorrectly calling him
Miami's chief M.E.). At the time of the crash, he was
the medical examiner in Suffolk County, N.Y., where the
victims were taken. Negroni says he was `obstinate . . . a
lightning rod for the anger of the families.' Most of
the first half of Deadly Departure includes a review of
what happened before the crash, a chilling reconstruction
of the passengers' last moments, the rescue efforts
politicians who were constantly These subjects are
covered in a more absorbing way in Pat Hilton's In the
Blink of an Eye, but that takes nothing away from Negroni
who covered the crash for CNN and broke many of its important
stories. An investigative reporter of the first rank, she writes
in clear, declarative sentences, avoids jargon and names names.
She's at her best telling about digging up evidence of shocking
decisions that can kill anyone who gets on a plane where an
`acceptable risk' has been taken. Ike Seamans is senior
correspondent for WTVJ-NBC 6.
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*** NYT: Southwest Flight Returns to S. Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A Southwest Airlines flight bound
for Burbank returned to San Jose International Airport just
after takeoff when the pilot reported that an engine had shut
down. The southbound Southwest Flight 1478 departed at 9:40 a.m.
Sunday. It turned around and landed in San Jose without incident
airline spokeswoman Linda Rutherford said. Passengers from the
737-200 were put on other flights, and maintenance workers
replaced the engine.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-BRF-Plane-Returns.html

*** WSJ FRONT PAGE: Emery Faces Safety Probes After Crash

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are conducting an extensive safety
review of Emery Worldwide Airlines after last month's crash of an Emery
DC-8 cargo jet that killed three crew members. The Federal Aviation
Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board and the
Transportation Department's inspector general are conducting separate
inquiries that cover everything from the cargo carrier's flight
procedures to cargo-loading practices and maintenance standards. The
moves come amid continuing allegations from Emery's own pilots of risky
operations. The close attention to the Dayton, Ohio, carrier also may
signal that the government might move toward more aggressive oversight
of all cargo airlines.
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB952300625835491355.htm

*** NYT: El Al to Discuss Deal With Tower Air

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - State-controlled El Al Israel Airlines
will begin talks this week with U.S.-based Tower Air Inc regarding
a potential investment or cooperation agreement, an El Al spokesman
said on Sunday. Tower filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in
February, but opted to continue with regular operations while seeking
to negotiate with creditors. As a non-U.S. company, El Al would not
be eligible to acquire more than 24.9 percent of Tower.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-israel-elal.html

*** WSJ FRONT PAGE: Boeing Goes Ahead With Pay Increases

SEATTLE -- In a bid to lure striking engineers and technical
workers back to their posts, Boeing Co. Sunday imposed the first
year of pay provisions that had been offered by the company during
recent labor-contract talks. Boeing is extending benefits for
employees who are working. Engineers' pay ranges from less than
$40,000 to as much as $120,000 a year for a comparative few.
Technical workers make $20,000 to $74,000.
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB95230332932164388.htm

*** Jet skids off runway in Calif.

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - A Southwest Airlines 737 jet carrying an
undisclosed number of passengers skidded off the end of a runway
Sunday and onto a nearby street, nearly missing a gas station. At
least one car was hit by the plane, but it was not immediately clear
if there was a motorist inside, FOX News Channel reported. It was not
immediately clear if there were any injuries. The plane just missed a
Chevron station and skidded to a halt on Hollywood Way, blocking
traffic. An eyewitness said about 75 passengers departed the plane.
Emergency vehicles were on the scene at Burbank International
Airport. Officials were dousing the plane for safety precautions, but
there were no reports of flames.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564769067-343
*** NYT VIDEO: Six Injured After Jet Skids Off Runway at Burbank
http://play.rbn.com/?url=ap/nynyt/g2demand/0305planecrash.rm&proto=dual

*** Update: 6 injured as jet skids off runway

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - A Southwest Airlines jet landing with 142
people aboard barreled off the end of a runway, slammed through a
retaining wall and came to a halt in the middle of a street, narrowly
missing a gas station. Six people on the plane suffered minor
injuries in Sunday night's accident at Burbank Airport. The plane
also struck a car on the street. The car's hood was pinned under the
aircraft, but the driver and her 4-year-old daughter were not
injured, the fire department said. There was no fire although
officials said the plane leaked about 10 gallons of fuel.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564780006-9cf

*** USA TODAY: Airports cater to every whim

Knowing that you can't always get what you want at an
airport, the enterprising are trying to offer what they
think you need. In the latest twist, the Yab Yum club
an upscale Dutch brothel, is hoping to open a luxury
massage boutique at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport - a
plan that rubs airport officials the wrong way.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/leisure/2000/ltl138.htm

*** NYT: Airlines will change how crowds move through airports

Among the latest developments is a plan by four American
airlines -- Continental, Delta, Northwest and United -- and 23
others that have since joined in, to operate a Web site where
consumers can shop for fares on all 27 airlines and, eventually
they hope, all other airlines as well. The site has yet to be
named, but it is expected to be launched in late spring, and may
eventually sell shares to the public.
http://www.nytimes.com/00/03/06/travel/ta000305.html

*** Dasa seeks German aid on Airbus jet

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The aerospace unit of DaimlerChrysler is
reportedly demanding German government aid for its part in the
development of the A3XX super jumbo jet - saying that the work will
otherwise go to companies in other countries. Dasa claims that it
should be placed on equal footing with other companies in the Airbus
consortium project, according to a report Monday in the Germany
business daily Handelsblatt. Under an international agreement,
governments in the consortium are allowed to subsidize up to 33% of
the development costs for new aircraft development.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564778396-0cd

*** Botswana plane victims found alive

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Officials found Monday the last three
passengers from a plane that crashed five days earlier in
northeastern Botswana. A defense force helicopter spotted Lyn
Stellenberg of Botswana, and Mike Nikolic and Neb Graovac, both of
Yugoslavia, on Monday evening. The men had severe burns but were able
to walk, said Patrick Proctor, general manager of Medrescue
International. They were taken to a hospital. The pilot, Costa
Markanadatos of Greece, and a fourth passenger on Sunday evening
walked into a Botswanan Defense Force camp at Pandamatenga, about 125
miles from the crash site.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564776407-be5

*** USA TODAY: Delta -- No ID, no boarding pass

Among the potential horrors that face travelers
losing a wallet can be among the worst. Airlines
might treat you like a virtual nonentity if you
show up without what they deem valid identification.
Two customers of Delta Air Lines recently found out
just how bad it can be. Kenny Swain lost his wallet
on the subway on his way to the Atlanta airport.
When he got to the Delta counter, it was no ID, no
flight. "It's the biggest inconvenience I've suffered
in my life," says Swain of Athens, Ga. The Federal
Aviation Administration requires passengers to
present picture identification when checking in
for a flight. If the ID is stolen or missing
airlines can treat it as a "common sense
situation," says FAA spokesman Paul Turk.
Swain says Delta wouldn't accept a checkbook
as proof of identity.Delta spokesman Tracy
O'Donnal says the airline follows FAA policy
in demanding to see a driver's license or
other government-issued picture identification
or two forms of non-photo ID including one
that is government issued. Other airlines
say, however, they try help in emergencies.
Often, "we can board you based on alternate
criteria" in the case of lost or missing ID
says Continental Airlines spokesman David Messing.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/leisure/2000/ltl003.htm

*** Boeing imposing last contract offer

SEATTLE (AP) - The Boeing Co. declared Sunday it will impose pay
increases from its most recent contract offer on engineers and
technical workers who have been on strike against the aerospace giant
for three-and-a-half weeks. "Now it's time to get back to work and
start focusing on our customers," said Alan Mulally, president of the
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group. The union for 17,000 striking
workers dismissed the action as an attempt to get workers to cross
picket lines and called it an unfair labor practice. Boeing officials
said employees on Monday will receive pay raises specified for the
first year of the company's Feb. 26 contract offer.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564764734-1bc

*** Update: Boeing imposes last contract offer

SEATTLE (AP) - The Boeing Co. said striking engineers and technical
workers will get a raise Monday - if they decide to return to their
jobs. "It's time to get back to work and start focusing on our
customers," Alan Mulally, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group
President, said Sunday. Charles Bofferding, executive director of the
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, said
Monday that the vast majority of workers remained on strike as of
Monday morning. He said he did not expect many workers would take the
company up on its offer. Boeing declared an impasse in negotiations
last week after a third round of talks broke down late February.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564779358-57b
*** OREGONLIVE: Boeing will raise pay equal to most recent contract offer
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/00/03/st030617.html

*** UPS to spend $4.1 bln in stock buyback

ATLANTA (AP) - United Parcel Service is spending nearly $4.1 billion
of the $5.27 billion it made from its initial public offering last
fall to buy back 68.3 million shares of employee-owned stock, the
company announced Monday. Under the terms of the buyback, each
shareowner could tender up to 27% of his stock, up to 100.9 million
shares, at $60 per share. "The fact that approximately one-third of
the eligible Class A-1 shares were not tendered demonstrates that UPS
employees, retirees and founding families apparently have great
confidence in the company's long-term prospects," UPS chairman and
chief executive Jim Kelly said. UPS shares, which traded as high as
$76 on the New York Stock Exchange, were trading at midday Monday at
$52.87, up 18 cents a share.
http://www.ups.com/bin/shownews.cgi?20000307tender

*** UPS Says China Route Case Means 1,200 Jobs

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 29, 2000 -- UPS (NYSE:UPS) today
informed the U.S. Department of Transportation the award of
direct air-operating rights to China would create 1,200 new
UPS jobs in the United States. In UPS exhibits being filed
with the federal agency, the company outlines plans to create
roughly 1,200 new UPS jobs to manage the increase in U.S.-China
trade if it receives the designation. With more than 200,000
Teamster employees already working for UPS, most of those new
jobs likely will be Teamster jobs. The increased movement of
goods is expected to account for the creation of more than
77,000 jobs throughout the U.S. economy.
http://www.ups.com/bin/shownews.cgi?20000229chinaroute
http://www.chinaquest.ups.com/

*** NYT: Tech Exec Sees Limousines for the Air

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran technology executive Vern Raburn
wants you to order an airplane flight the way you might arrange
for a ride in a limousine. Raburn, one of the first Microsoft Corp.
executives, has formed Eclipse Aviation Corp. to make aircraft small
cheap and efficient enough to foster such a system.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-transport-ec.html

*** UAE signs $6.4 bln deal with Lockheed

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates have
signed an agreement to buy 80 F-16 fighters and related equipment
worth a total of $6.4 billion from Lockheed Martin Corp. The contract
had been under negotiation since May 1998 and was postponed several
times. Last year, the Emirates threatened to pull out if the jets
were not equipped with technology Washington considered too advanced.
More recently, financial issues arose. The 80 jets are to be built in
Fort Worth, Texas by Lockheed Martin. They would have agile-beam
radar systems, radar-jamming devices and computerized flight controls
that are more sophisticated than similar equipment now on board
America's F-16s, according to Lockheed.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564764165-816

*** Clinton eyes wetlands protections -- Airports

WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of deliberations, the Clinton
administration this week will impose tougher requirements on
developers to stem the loss of ecologically sensitive wetlands,
according to sources familiar with the new regulations. Homebuilders
said Friday the new rules are unneeded and will stall economic
development, but environmentalists welcomed the tighter restrictions,
saying construction under old rules led to the loss of thousands of
acres of wetlands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scheduled a news
conference for Monday to announce the new rules, which have been
debated internally for more than four years and were spurred by an
environmental group's lawsuit.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564719358-c67

*** Balloonist blames technical problems

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - American balloonist Kevin Uliassi said Sunday
that minor technical problems forced him to abort an attempt to
become the first person to fly solo around the world in a balloon.
Uliassi landed his craft safely Friday in a field in central Myanmar,
also known as Burma. He had traveled more than 10 days, covering
13,000 miles from the U.S. and across the Atlantic Ocean, North
Africa and India. Upon landing, he hit his head as his balloon tried
to skirt palm trees and struck an embankment.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564755522-9d4

*** Taiwan VP dismisses predictions

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The ruling Nationalist Party's presidential
candidate Monday dismissed predictions that an opposition victory in
the March vote would result in a stock market crash or trigger a
Chinese missile attack. But Vice President Lien Chan said he agreed
with the "general meaning" of such threatening scenarios and that he
was the candidate most capable of preserving Taiwan's security. Lien
made his comments during a briefing for the Taipei Foreign
Correspondents Club. He spoke as tensions with China were on the rise
again less than two weeks before Taiwan's March 18 vote. The two
sides split amid civil war in 1949, and Beijing has long warned that
it would invade if Taiwan seeks formal independence.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564776371-0db
*** China increases military spending
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564780153-ea1

*** Il-76 transport aircraft to have Western engines

(Itar-Tass) via NewsEdge Corporation Russian transport
aircraft Il-76 are likely to be equipped with US-French
engines, CFM56-5 engines of the CFM International firm.
The first step in this direction has been the signing of
a memorandum of understanding between the Ilyushin aircraft
complex and the CFM International, Tass learnt from a
spokesman for the firm.The use of new engines will result
in cutting fuel expenditure by 25-30 percent which will
make it possible to increase the range of the flight.
The noise level will be lowered which will permit Il-76
landings at Western airport where there are stringent
restrictions on the noise level. But, the main advantage
in expert opinion, is that the CFM56-5 engine is more
reliable than its Russian analogue PS-90A. Il-16 aircraft
are to be equipped with an engine whose components are
used in long-range A-340 airliner of the Airbus. The main
problem for implementing the arrangements is financing.
So the sides agreed to launch the programme when Ilyushin
lands customers for the first five Il-76 aircraft. Under
the terms of the memorandum, Ilyushin is to be responsible
for the marketing of Il-76 aircraft with US-French engines.

*** THE ELECTRONIC TELEGRAPH LONDON: Need a Drink?

AIR PASSENGERS are to be banned from drinking their
own alcohol during flights under new laws aimed at
combating the growing problem of "air rage". The change
has been urged by police, airlines and unions which say
that most air rage incidents are caused by drunken passengers.
At present airlines have the power to stop passengers boarding
a flight if they are judged to be under the influence of alcohol
or drugs. BA has already introduced a ban on passengers consuming
their own drinks on its flights. Now the ban is expected to become
law on all flights entering Britain. But the Government has no plans
to introduce compulsory breathalysers for passengers. Ministers have
accepted the airlines' view that such a policy would lead to
unacceptable delays and punish the majority for the behaviour of
a minority.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/home.html

*** Denver Post: Air-cargo complex means jobs

March 2 - A new air-cargo complex at Denver International
Airport should create 1,500 jobs and additional rent for
the airport of at least $1.3 million a year, DIA officials
told members of a Denver City Council committee on Wednesday.
DIA is proposing to issue $60 million in tax-exempt special
facilities revenue bonds to finance the cargo project. But
developers assured council members that neither Denver nor
the airport would bear any credit risk for issuing the bonds.
http://www.denverpost.com/

*** Electronic Telegraph London: Man arrested on Virgin Airways

A BRITISH businessman is in an American jail after being
arrested over an alleged drunken incident on board a Virgin
Atlantic flight. Piers Minoprio, 44, a director of several
companies with trade links to the Cayman Islands, is accused
of assaulting a flight engineer who advised him to take care
as he walked from his first class seat to the lavatory. The
incident and arrest followed a 10-hour flight from London to
Miami after Mr Minoprio, who paid more than £1,800 for his
ticket, allegedly stumbled on stairs from the upper to lower
decks of the Boeing 747.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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* AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS CORP's America West Airlines said that its
February passenger load factor rose to 65.8%, compared with 64.1%
a year earlier. Revenue passenger miles for February were a record
1.3 bln, a 5% increase over February 1999. Capacity increased 2.2%
in February to a record 2 bln available seat miles. (Reuters)

* BOEING CO said on Sunday that it would impose its final wage
offer on 18,000 striking engineers and technical workers because
it was "time to move on" in the face of mounting delays in
aircraft deliveries. Boeing will tell its employees on Monday that
it is implementing annual raises for engineers and technicians
contained in its Feb. 26 final offer, said Alan Mulally, president
of the company's commercial aerospace group. The terms include a
guaranteed 3% raise for individual engineers over the life of the
three-year contract and promises to technicians of a 2% yearly
raise. There are also merit pay and critical skills pay
adjustments. (Reuters 09:34 PM ET 03/05/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564765792-9a3

* BOEING CO is canvassing Middle East customers on the idea of
taking back old Apache attack helicopters to refurbish them at
about a third the cost of new aircraft, a Boeing official said.
The official said around 140 Apaches in service throughout the
Middle East were in need of modernization, including some in the
United Arab Emirates. (Reuters 08:21 AM ET 03/06/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564775122-6be

* Morgan Stanley reiterated its outperform rating on BOEING CO. No
further details immediately available. (Reuters 09:59 AM ET)

* Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said the French-German
Eurocopter consortium and BOEING CO had been eliminated from a
tender to build 145 attack helicopters for Turkey's armed forces.
"Eurocopter and Boeing have been eliminated from the tender
because the information they provided was found to be
unsatisfactory," Ecevit told reporters. Three consortiums led by
Italy's Agusta, BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON and Kamov-A of Russia are
left in the $4.5 bln tender. (Reuters 11:22 AM ET 03/06/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564777884-a2e

* Kenya Airways said it planned to buy five BOEING CO aircraft and
lease another five as part of its expansion plans over the next
four years. Kenya Airways technical director Steve Clarke said the
carrier would spend $500 mln on buying three of the new Boeing
767-400 ERX jets for use on its European routes by mid 2004, and
two new B737-700s in 2003. He said it would lease three Boeing
767-300s for delivery in mid-2001 while a further two Boeing
737-700s will be leased between 2001 and 2002. (Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564778280-665

* Striking engineers and technicians at BOEING CO turned a cold
shoulder to the aerospace giant's decision to grant wage hikes
from its last proposal, saying the move was a bait-and-switch
tactic aimed at splitting the union. The Society of Professional
Engineering Employees of Aerospace said that while the wage move
showcases the most attractive part of Boeing's proposal, more
objectionable parts are sure to follow if enough workers return to
work. But SPEEA stressed that it believed all of the 18,000
striking engineers and technicians had remained off the job,
despite Boeing's offer to implement raises for those who returned
to work. (Reuters 02:53 PM ET 03/06/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564780753-9a9

* A leading Kuwaiti opposition politician said on Sunday his
country was close to signing an arms deal defence experts say is
worth $1.2 bln. The deal is for a command and control system
sought mainly by major British and U.S. defence firms. Defence
experts said that the latest proposed deal for the command and
control system involved three main bidders: a British Aerospace
PLC-LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP consortium, a RAYTHEON CO-led consortium
and a GEC/Marconi-LITTON INDUSTRIES's Data Systems group. The
latter was apparently disqualified for failing to meet a deadline
on presenting some documents, Western defence sources said. This
was not officially confirmed. (Reuters 06:16 AM ET 03/05/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564752542-555

* The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it had signed a
long-awaited $6.4 bln deal with LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP for 80 F-16
warplanes, with delivery to start at the end of 2004. Obaid
al-Kutbi, director of purchasing for the UAE armed forces, told a
news conference the $6.4 bln deal covered 80 aircraft and
associated equipment, including the electronic warfare equipment
from NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP. The contract also covered the cost of
the engines, which UNITED TECHNOLOGIES' Pratt and Whitney and
GENERAL ELECTRIC were still competing to supply, said Kutbi.(Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564760150-97e

* Goldman Sachs & Co. said it raised its ratings on two defense
contractors after a significant contract award. Raised LOCKHEED
MARTIN CORP to market outperformer from market performer. Raised
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP to market outperformer from market
performer. On Sunday, the United Arab Emirates said it had awarded
a long-negotiated $6.4 billion contract to Lockheed for 80 F-16
fighter jets. The contract includes electronic equipment made by
Northrop. (Reuters 09:52 AM ET 03/06/2000)

* A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Boeing 737 carrying 142 people sped off the
end of a Los Angeles airport runway when it came in to land on
Sunday, crashing through a fence and into a car before coming to
rest across a highway, officials said. There were no reports of
serious injuries from the accident at Burbank airport, although
the Federal Aviation Administration said it had received reports
of minor injuries to two passengers and both pilots. Burbank
police said at least three people were taken to a local hospital.
(Reuters 12:39 AM ET 03/06/2000) For the full text story, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564768844-e58
*** Plane dragged to tarmac after skidding onto highway, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564781988-4ec

* TRANS WORLD AIRLINES said Monday that its load factor, a measure
of paying passengers in seats, fell to 63.7% in February, down
from 66.2% a year ago. Revenue passenger miles rose to 1.84 bln
from 1.74 bln a year ago. Available seat miles rose to 2.89 bln
from 2.63 bln a year ago. For the first two months of the year,
load factor fell to 63.0% from 64.4% a year ago. Revenue passenger
miles rose to 3.68 bln from 3.44 bln a year ago in the first two
months of the year. Available passenger miles rose to 5.84 bln
5.35 bln a year ago. (Reuters 01:12 PM ET 03/06/2000)

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*** FAA: Southwest 737 crash landing Burbank

A. Type: Accident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 03/06/2000
From: WESTERN PACIFIC REGION OPERATIONS CENTER
B. Reg.No.: SWA1455 M/M: B737 Desc: MODEL 737
Activity: Business Phase: Landing GA-A/C: Air Carrier
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ACFT LANDED LONG, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY,
AND CAME TO REST ON HOLLYWOOD WAY, THE PAX WERE EVACUATED VIA THE
CHUTES, 2 PAX AND 2 CREW MEMBERS REPORTEDLY SUSTAINED MINOR
INJURIES, THE ACFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THERE WAS SOME GROUND
DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES REPORTED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN,
BURBANK, CA.
WX: BUR METAR 060153Z 25006KT 10SM FEW065 OVC090 09/01 A2965 Damage:
Substantial
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 5 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 2 Unk:Y
# Pass: 137 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 2 Unk:Y
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 UNK:
D. Location City: BURBANK State: CA
E. Occ Date: 03/06/2000 Time: 02:11
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: WP01 DO CTY: VAN NUYS
DO State: CA Others: NTSB
G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: LAS VEGAS, NV Dep Date: 03/06/2000 Time: 01:10
Dest: BURBANK, CA Last Radio Cont: BUR ARPT 0211Z Flt Plan: IFR
Last Clearance: RY8 CLRD TO LAN WX Briefing:
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0306_n.txt

*** FAA: Kitty Hawk Air Cargo hit with proposed haz-mat fines

FORT WORTH -- The Federal Aviation Administration has
proposed to assess a $51,000 civil penalty against a Dallas/Fort
Worth air cargo company for alleged violation of Department of
Transportation hazardous materials regulations. FAA alleged Kitty
Hawk Aircargo, Inc., offered one box containing paint and urethane
catalyst to DHL Airways for transportation by air from D/FW
International Airport to San Antonio, Texas, via Cincinnati and
Austin. An airline employee unloading cargo at San Antonio
discovered the package was leaking a white paint-like substance
and called FAA investigators, who found the box was not classed
described, packaged, marked, or in condition for transport as
required by hazardous materials regulations. In addition, Kitty
Hawk Aircargo failed to make required emergency response
information available.
http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=989

*** FAA: Agency Breaks Ground for Regional Air Traffic Control Facility

WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) held a
ground-breaking ceremony today for a regional air traffic control
facility to serve the entire Baltimore-Washington area. Located at
Vint Hill in Fauquier County, Virginia, the new facility will improve
both the safety and efficiency of air travel in the region.
Called the Potomac Tracon, the facility will consolidate terminal
radar control facilities at four airports - Baltimore-Washington
International, Dulles International, Reagan Washington National
and Andrews Air Force Base - into one. The new Tracon (Terminal
Radar Approach CONtrol) will guide aircraft within about a 75-mile
radius of Washington, DC. Each of the four airports will continue
to be served by its existing control tower.
http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=990

*** FAA: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for March

* 03/06/2000 BURBANK B737 SOPUTHWEST AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0306_n.txt

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*** NTSB: Agency to recover more EgyptAir 990 wreckage

As part of its ongoing investigation into the crash of
EgyptAir flight 990, the National Transportation Safety
Board has asked the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage
and Diving to recover the remaining engine and, if
possible, additional flight control components that
were not recovered during the salvage operations in
December 1999. This effort is being undertaken to
ensure that investigators will have access to all
available wreckage and information that may assist
them in determining the cause of the October 31, 1999
crash. As you may remember, an underwater survey of
the debris field by a submarine following the December
recovery mission indicated that operations with the Smit
Pioneer were successful; the survey also identified the
possible locations of other aircraft components that
might prove helpful to investigators. Once recovered
the wreckage will be taken to the facility at Quonset
Point, Rhode Island, where the previously recovered
flight 990 wreckage has been examined and stored.
The planned recovery operation will begin on or
about March 18, 2000, and will take up to 10 days
to complete. Tentative plans call for the operations
to be conducted with the Carolyn Chouest and a
remote operated vehicle.
http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/2000/000303.htm

NO NEW REPORTS ON FILE.

*** NTSB: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for February

* 02/05/2000 SOUTH CAROLINA CL-600 UNITED EXPRESS

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SYMBL SECURITY CLOSE CHANGE VOL
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AIR AAR Corp........................... 22 5/16 + 9/16 958
AMR AMR Corporation.................... 56 -1 11/16 12359
ACY Aerocentury Corp................... 7 5/16 + 1/16 2
ACNAF Air Canada Corp.................... 10 1/8 - 1/8 246
AIRT Air T Inc.......................... 3 3/8 + 1/8 75
AAIR AirTran Holdings Inc............... 4 3/32 - 1/8 5975
ABF Airborne Freight................... 18 11/16 + 3/16 3549
ALK Alaska Air Group................... 26 1/16 -1 1/8 2533
AWA America West Holdings Corp......... 13 - 1/2 962
AMTR Amtran Inc......................... 16 49/64 + 1/64 91
ACAI Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings In 17 5/16 - 11/16 824
CGO Atlas Air Inc...................... 23 5/8 - 5/16 868
BEAV BE Aerospace....................... 8 7/16 - 1/8 2858
B Barnes Group Inc................... 13 1/2 - 1/8 207
BA Boeing Co.......................... 35 1/8 - 13/16 28795
BAB British Airways.................... 46 9/16 -1 7/16 329
CEA China Eastern Airlines Corp........ 9 7/16 + 1/16 105
ZNH China Southern Airlines Co Ltd..... 7 3/16 - 1/4 201
CAL/A Continental Airlines Inc........... 33 5/8 - 1/4 36
CAL Continental Airlines Inc........... 33 9/16 + 1/16 3657
DAL Delta Air Lines.................... 45 3/4 -1 3/16 11695
FA Fairchild Corp..................... 6 11/16 + 9/16 3038
FDX FedEx Corp......................... 32 3/4 -2 13369
FRNT Frontier Airlines Inc.............. 9 3/4 - 5/8 1981
GLC Galileo International Inc.......... 17 3/4 - 15/16 4777
GLUX Great Lakes Aviation Limited....... 2 1/8 + 1/8 65
HA Hawaiian Airlines Inc.............. 1 7/8 unch 200
JAPNY Japan Airlines..................... 4 3/4 - 11/32 23
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines........... 18 1/8 - 7/8 636
KTTY Kitty Hawk Inc..................... 6 11/16 + 3/16 247
LFL LAN Chile SA....................... 9 1/8 unch 2
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp............... 18 +1 37756
MAX Mercury Air Group.................. 7 7/8 + 1/4 971
MESA Mesa Air Group Inc................. 6 5/16 + 3/16 370
MAIR Mesaba Holdings Inc................ 10 5/8 + 1/8 480
MDWY Midway Airlines Corp............... 6 7/16 +1 11/16 4743
MEH Midwest Express Holding............ 24 - 1/8 1692
NWAC Northwest Airlines Corp............ 17 3/4 - 3/8 7205
PZB Pittston........................... 16 - 5/16 1882
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings................... 45 3/8 +1 1/8 374
TSG Sabre Holdings Corp................ 47 13/16 + 3/8 4704
SKYW SkyWest Inc........................ 29 7/16 - 1/2 2745
LUV Southwest Airlines................. 17 9/16 - 1/2 12018
TRW TRW Inc............................ 56 13/16 +4 5/8 13520

TOWRQ Tower Air Inc...................... 1 1/2 unch 0

TWA Trans World Airlines............... 2 1/2 unch 2739
UAL UAL Corp........................... 48 3/4 -1 11/16 4046
U US Airways Group................... 19 5/16 - 5/16 4329
UCP UniCapital Corp.................... 2 7/16 unch 3011
UPS United Parcel Service.............. 52 3/4 + 1/16 14314
VIRGY Virgin Express Holdings............ 3 7/8 - 1/8 74
WLDA World Airways Inc.................. 1 1/2 - 1/64 536

AADFX Amer AAdvant Inst: ShTrmBI x....... 0.00

XAL Amex Airline Index................. 117.32 -3.24

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*** DAL: Delta Air Lines' New Brand Identity Checks in with Passengers

NEW YORK, March 8, 2000 – At a press conference today, Delta Air
Lines and its global advertising agency Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
unveiled the first brand identity campaign for the carrier since
joining forces last September. The global campaign, which includes
print, out-of-home, radio and television is designed to strengthen
the relationship between the carrier and its passengers by
highlighting Delta’s services and benefits from the passenger’s, not
the airline’s, perspective. Delta, named "Best-Managed Major Airline"
for 1999 by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, is the world’s
most flown carrier.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000308/ny_delta_a_1.html

*** UPSHOT: Continental clunker

A few weeks ago when I was between planes in the Continental
(CAL) terminal at Newark airport, someone offered me a free
digital watch if I signed up for a Continental Airlines Chase
Platinum Visa card with Chase Manhattan Bank (CMB). As I had
an hour to kill before my flight, I took a few minutes to fill
out the application.
http://www.upside.com/Upshot/38c54f330_yahoo.html

*** DFW Airport Welcomes Ozark Air Lines' Inaugural Flight

DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT, Texas, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- DFW Airport
announced new nonstop service today by Ozark Air Lines between Columbia
Regional Airport, Columbia, Mo., and DFW Airport with an inaugural flight
and shower of affection. The original Ozark Air Lines was founded in 1950
and flew routes between Chicago, Sioux City, Iowa; and Columbia, Mo. It was
absorbed by TWA in 1986. The new Ozark Air Lines will fly in its distinctive
green and white livery with the swallows logo. Ozark also flies its own fleet
of new Fairchild Dornier 328 Jets.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000306/tx_dfw_air_1.html

*** NYT: Air Crash Victims' Kin Hail Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air crash victims' families cheered the
Senate passage of an aviation bill Wednesday that would expand
the scope of damages for fatal crashes in international waters.
The measure would amend the 1920 Death on the High Seas Act to
allow victims' families to seek `non-economic' awards in court
from airlines for loss of care, comfort and companionship. The
law currently allows relatives to seek only `economic' damages
such as loss of wages. `Let's call it a good first step,' said
Jim Hammond of Brier, Wash., whose parents died in the crash of
Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia in 1998. `I am pleased that
we are moving away from the contours of an outdated and grossly
unfair law.' The bill also changes the definition of international
waters from three miles to 12 miles from U.S. coasts. The change
would be retroactive to July 16, 1996, the day before the crash
of TWA Flight 800, which went down nine miles off Long Island
N.Y. It also would remove any doubt that an Alaska Airlines plane
that crashed in January went down in territorial waters. That
plane crashed about nine miles from the California coast and about
three miles from some California islands. The changes were included
in the $40 billion Federal Aviation Administration bill, which the
House is expected to approve next week. Under the legislation
families of crash victims within the 12-mile zone could get
damages under the same state laws that govern land crashes. The Death
on the High Seas Act was passed four years before the first commercial
aviation flights in the United States and was intended to help widows
recover income they would have had from sailors lost in international
waters. But as air travel increased in the latter half of the 20th
Century, airlines used the 1920 law to limit damages in plane crashes
in international waters. Victims' families are still not completely
happy with the proposed amendments. Many also want to be able to sue
for damages for the pain and suffering of crash victims.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Air-Crashes-Lawsuits.html

*** NYT: Employees Offered Free Home PCs

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- `Where's my new PC?' could become the mantra
of the new millennium as corporate America increasingly bestows the
perk on employees in a tight labor market. The computer chip maker
Intel joined Ford Motor Co., Delta and American airlines Tuesday
in offering workers home PCs, printers and free or discounted
hookups to the Internet. Technology experts say the giveaways
help keep employees up-to-date on the latest technology. Some
also consider it a ploy to get employees to take work home. PeoplePC
Inc., a San Francisco-based company that offers deeply discounted PCs
is coordinating the program for both Ford and Delta and is in talks
with other companies to provide similar services, said chief executive
Nick Grouf. `When you think about it, a factory worker, a flight
attendant, a pilot, these are people whose job does not require
them to sit in front of the computer.'
http://www.amrcorp.com/news/mar0000.htm
http://www.delta-air.com/home/press.index.jsp
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-Free-Employee-PCs.html

*** NYT: Congressional Panel Agrees to Raise Spending on Airport Improvements

WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday on
a three-year plan that would increase spending on airport
improvements, air traffic control and other aviation needs by
30 percent and would let local airport authorities increase
departure taxes to $4.50 from $3 to pay for additional improvements.
The administration had also sought to eliminate the "high density rule"
limiting flights at Kennedy and La Guardia, as a way to increase
competition among airlines. But it was stymied by sharp opposition
from New York-area legislators.
http://www.nytimes.com/00/03/08/news/washpol/faa-congress.html

*** NYT: Senate OKs Airport Funding Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months of battling over the fine print
the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday that will
significantly increase money for airport safety and modernization
in coming years. The Senate voted 82-17 to pass the compromise bill
that authorizes $40 billion over three years for Federal Aviation
Administration programs. The far-reaching bill also allows airports
to raise passenger taxes, increases flights out of some of the nation's
busiest airports and takes steps to make smaller-market airports more
economically viable. Spending in fiscal 2001 will be $12.7 billion
up $2.7 billion from this year. The bill would also:
* Allow airports to raise their passenger taxes
* Phase out by 2007 flight limits out of LaGuardia and Kennedy airports
* Allow 24 more flights a day out of Washington's Reagan National Airport
* Provide matching grants of up to $500,000 to improve air service
* Increase the air traffic control modernization budget by 40 percent
* Require new criminal background checks
* Training for airport security personnel
* Impose new and increased penalties on airlines that violate agreements
* Amend the 1920 Death on the High Seas Act
* Regulate commercial air tours over national parks.
* The bill number is H.R. 1000.
http://www.senate.gov/(tilde)rpc/releases/1999/tn030800.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Aviation-Spending.html

*** Prosecutors Oppose Unabomber Bid for New Trial

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have filed their official
opposition to convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski's bid for a new trial
saying the former math professor's guilty plea should be the final word on
his case. Kaczynski, a former university math professor who left academia
for the life of a Montana hermit, was dubbed the Unabomber by the FBI
because the early targets of bomb attacks were universities and airlines.
Legal analysts say that by pushing for a new trial, Kaczynski is likely
seeking a fresh public pulpit from which to air his anti-technology views.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000303/ts/crime_unabomber_1.html

* BA reportedly mulling IPO of London Eye
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20000305/news/current/bab.htx
* Pan Am -- Start of International Charter Operation From Pease
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000308/nh_pan_ame_1.html
* WestJet's February Traffic Increases 55.2%
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000308/westjet_1.html

* BBC: 737's lucky escape
http://news2.thls.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/broadband/newsid%5F667000/667497.stm
* ABCNews: Plane Landing Too Steep -- Recorders Analyzed in Southwest Crash
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jet000307.html
* Southwest pilot warned to 'pull up'
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564807157-905

* MSNBC: Caution: Crowded skies coming soon
http://www.msnbc.com/news/378687.asp
* Online Travel Firms Travelocity, Preview Join Forces
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/travelocity000308.html
* Japan activists to stay in prison
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564804877-db5

* Airline mechanics share $50 mln prize
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564806901-c85
* Winds cause damage across Plains
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564825140-3f7
* U.S. airplanes helping in Mozambique
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564818096-839

* China president warns Taiwan
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564821629-04d
* Blair says China not preparing clash
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564816609-6da
* ETA claims responsibility for bombs
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564823788-378

* French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin pledged to give European
aircraft consortium Airbus Industrie the means to compete with
U.S. arch-rival BOEING CO. "We will give Airbus the means to win
the battle against Boeing," Jospin said, responding to questions
in the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament. With
the creation of European aerospace giant EADS, which groups
Aerospatiale Matra, DAIMLERCHRYSLER Aerospace and Spain's Casa,
Jospin said his government and its European partners had made a
commitment to build a strong European aerospace industry. His
comments are sure to raise hackles at Boeing, which has accused
Airbus of unfairly benefiting from European government aid in the past.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564826020-596

* KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES shrugged off a report which said
Malaysia Airlines was close to becoming an Asian partner in KLM's
alliance with NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORP and Alitalia. "Within the
global airline industry, many parties are talking to many parties.
KLM also speaks with MAS (Malaysian Airline System Bhd) because we
already cooperate on some routes...But we would only announce
something if firm obligations had been made," KLM spokesman Peter
Wellhuener said. (Reuters 05:12 AM ET 03/08/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564818031-3e8

* KITTY HAWK INC said late Tuesday that unexpected maintenance and
maintenance delays on several of its wide-body aircraft and
softer-than-expected demand for airfreight are hurting its 1Q
performance. First Call consensus estimates expected the company
to post a $0.12 per share loss in the 1Q. The company, which
provides scheduled overnight air cargo service, said in a
statement that the wide-body aircraft division was reporting fewer
block hours than expected because of delays in completion of
scheduled maintenance and unexpected maintenance downtime
resulting from aircraft damage. (Reuters 07:43 PM ET 03/07/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564807600-6fb

*** FAA: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for March

* 03/06/2000 BURBANK B737 SOPUTHWEST AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0306_n.txt

TRW TRW Inc............................ 53 3/4 -1 3/16 5874

TOWRQ Tower Air Inc...................... 1 1/2 unch 0

TWA Trans World Airlines............... 2 1/2 + 1/8 3547
UAL UAL Corp........................... 48 1/4 +1 3/8 17592
U US Airways Group................... 21 3/16 +3 9/16 13456
UCP UniCapital Corp.................... 2 5/16 unch 1363
UPS United Parcel Service.............. 54 5/16 +4 1/4 22751
VIRGY Virgin Express Holdings............ 4 unch 42
WLDA World Airways Inc.................. 1 1/4 unch 113

AADFX Amer AAdvant Inst: ShTrmBI x....... 0.00

XAL Amex Airline Index................. 119.97 +9.19

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*** A Major Air Disaster every 7 to 10 days predicted

The world will have a major air disaster every seven to 10 days
by 2010 unless air traffic control systems are modernised, an
aerospace executive has warned. In the next 10 to 20 years
aviation will keep growing, meaning more planes, more departures
and more congestion. Norman Mineta, vice president for special
business initiatives at LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP, said if air traffic
control systems were not updated to meet the demand, there would
be six or seven air catastrophes annually in the United States and
one every seven to 10 days worldwide. (Reuters 05:55 AM ET)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564842225-e60

National Air Disaster Alliance -- http://www.planesafe.org/

*** WSJ: TWA:No Serious Injuries On Mexico City-New Orleans Flight

MCALLEN, Texas -- Trans World Airlines Inc. (TWA) said a flight made
an unscheduled, emergency landing in McAllen, Texas, at 11 a.m. CST
Wednesday. Only three passengers needed hospital care for minor injuries
after the flight landed, the airline said. TWA said in a press release
Wednesday flight 708, scheduled to travel from Mexico City to New Orleans
used a MD-80 aircraft. The flight's captain requested the emergency landing
after suspecting an electrical problem and shutting down some of the plane's
electrical systems, the company said. While landing, two landing-gear tires
blew out. After landing two passengers were treated for anxiety and one for
a bruised elbow. The company is sending a special flight with
maintenance and customer-service personnel to McAllen to carry the 17
passengers to New Orleans. TWA also rerouted a second aircraft to transport
passengers to JFK Airport in New York from New Orleans.
http://interactive.wsj.com/

*** WSJ: New Cockpit Systems Broaden The Margin of Safety for Pilots

As a Trans World Airlines jet flew from New York toward the Bahamas
early last year, the plane was diverted to a holding pattern over the
Atlantic. Miami's air-traffic-control center ordered the jet to maintain
an altitude of 14,000 feet. But suddenly, in the TWA cockpit, an instrument
showed another jet descending toward 14,000 feet -- and coming head-on. The
instrument's automatic voice warned, "Traffic," then commanded in a more urgent
tone, "Descend, descend." The TWA captain put the plane into a dive. The pilot
of the other plane, spotting the TWA jet ahead, pulled his plane up, passing
above the other aircraft. This near collision, though never publicized
underscores an important trend in aviation safety. Warning systems and other
electronic devices developed for airplanes in recent years are averting crashes
and making the skies safer for airliners.
* Computer Warnings
* Another Wave of Safety
* Dramatic Evidence
* Descend Immediately
* Altitude Problem
* Unforeseen Benefit
* Biggest Hurdle
http://interactive.wsj.com/

*** Boeing Earnings Estimates Are Likely To Be Cut by 20% Because of Strike

Aerospace analysts said they are likely to clip Boeing Co. earnings
estimates for this year's first quarter by 20% or more because of
effects on jetliner deliveries and other aspects of the month-long strike
by engineers and technical workers. The analysts, and some individual
investors, said in interviews that they are increasingly wary of the impact
of the lingering strike by about 16,000 workers on the Seattle-based
aerospace giant's performance in commercial-jet and military lines for the
full-year 2000 or beyond. Estimates for remaining year-2000 quarters are
likely to drop if the strike isn't settled by March 31, the analysts said.
http://interactive.wsj.com/

*** Slight Snow Sufficient for Big Jets to Skid on Operating Surfaces

Mar. 8, 2000 (Air Safety Week) -- The waning weeks of winter are a
good time to remind all concerned of the hazard posed to even the
heaviest jets by snow on airport operating surfaces. Extreme caution
is the watchword. On Feb. 24, a Swissair A319 involved in runway
friction tests at Munich's Franz Josef Strauss International Airport
overran the stopping area and collided with a parked Augsburg Airways
Dash 8. Even though this non-operational event was conducted under
controlled conditions, the test airplane slid down the 1,200 foot test
surface, which had been covered with about 2 inches of snow from the
airport's deposit of removed snow, and overshot the 1,290 foot overrun
area. Some observers believe the Dash 8 was parked too close, but airplanes
parked and moving in close proximity to one another are a daily fact of
life. Perhaps the most dramatic case of sliding in a crowded ramp area
involved the Nov. 11, 1998 collision of a taxiing Asiana Airlines B747-400
with a parked Aeroflot IL-62 at Anchorage International Airport. The
National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) recently published factual
report of the event and the available source documents in the NTSB docket
paint a vivid picture.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/ANC/99A012A.htm

*** Boeing engineers show resolve

SEATTLE (AP) - Nobody thought it would last this long. After all,
what do engineers know about going on strike? Quite a bit, actually.
Ever since engineers and technical workers at The Boeing Co. walked
off the job Feb. 9, their numbers have remained relatively steady.
About 17,000 remain on strike, causing numerous slowdowns in the
delivery of jetliners and stalling a number of high-priority military
projects. Six months ago, the Society of Professional Engineering
Employees in Aerospace, which represents some 22,600 workers at
Boeing plants in Washington, California and Kansas, had only about
30% membership, no strike fund to speak of and a history of toeing
the company line.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564831212-7d4

*** Boeing to cut 5,000 additional jobs

SEATTLE (AP) - Boeing Co. executives have revealed plans to cut 5,000
more jobs than previously announced, and the company also said its
airplane production will likely suffer through the second quarter
because of the ongoing engineers' strike. A document filed by the
company Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission said
Boeing should wind up with 180,000 to 190,000 employees at the end of
the year, compared with an earlier target of 185,000 to 195,000. As
of Feb. 3, the company had 194,100 employees worldwide. The company
did not say where the additional cuts would be made.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564847266-f78

*** NYT: Airline Denies Open Door in Flight-- American 727

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- American Airlines today denied a passenger's
claims that a flight engineer opened a door at 12,000 feet to pull
in a loose strap. When crew members on Flight 1558 from Miami to
Newark on Wednesday realized that a restraining strap was left
hanging out of the plane, the captain depressurized the cabin
leveled the Boeing 727 and a flight engineer and a flight attendant
pulled the strap through the door seals, the airline said. Passengers
may have heard a rush of air and felt their ears pop when the cabin
depressurized, but opening a door at that altitude would have been
impossible, the airline said in a statement.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Airliner-Open-Door.html

*** ABCNews: Expanded Air Bill Passes Victims’ Relatives Hail New Legislation

W A S H I N G T O N, March 9 — Air crash victims’ families are cheering
the Senate passage of an aviation bill that would expand the scope of
damages for fatal crashes in international waters. The measure, passed
Wednesday, would amend the 1920 Death on the High Seas Act to allow

victims’ families to seek “non-economic” awards in court from airlines
for loss of care, comfort and companionship. The law currently allows

relatives to seek only “economic” damages, such as loss of wages.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/airbill000309.html

*** Continental Hub Drives Local Economy

NEWARK, N.J., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Airlines' global hub at
Newark International Airport is having a profound impact on the regional
economy, contributing 110,000 jobs and $3.53 billion in personal income in
the New Jersey and New York City region, according to a new study.
Spending by visitors brought into the region by Continental was more than
$2.5 billion New Jersey captures more than 60 percent of spending by Newark
arriving passengers Continental contributes more than 35,000 jobs, $1 billion
in personal income and $1.4 billion to the gross regional product to New York
City Continental contributes more than 42,000 jobs, $1.11 billion to personal
income and $1.5 billion to the gross regional product to the Newark
metropolitan
area The average connecting passenger spends $15.56 at the airport
while switching
between flights Continental's hub at Newark will account for 128,000 jobs.
http://www.continental.com/press/press_2000-03-07-01.asp

*** Jet crashes at Moscow airport

MOSCOW (AP) - A passenger jetliner crashed Thursday while taking off
from Moscow's main airport, killing all nine people aboard, officials
said. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said there were five crew
members and four passengers aboard the Yak-40 aircraft when it
crashed. There were no survivors, said ministry spokeswoman Marina
Ryklina. The Yak-40 aircraft, a medium range Soviet-era passenger jet
that carries up to 120 passengers, was on a charter flight from
Moscow to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The plane rose briefly into
the air and then plunged down, officials said. There was no
indication what caused the crash.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564839311-c58

*** NYT: Northwest Fires Flight Attendants

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- Northwest Airlines has fired a dozen
flight attendants after an alleged sickout over stalled contract
negotiations, the airline confirmed Wednesday. Five more resigned
after being asked about their work absences during the New Year's
holiday. Northwest spokesman Jon Austin confirmed the dismissals
and resignations after a flight attendant was fired in a meeting
with the company at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Austin declined to comment on any of the firings. Northwest sued
the union and some of its members in January, alleging they had
violated federal labor laws by orchestrating a sickout. The
company has conducted court-authorized searches of the home
computers of some flight attendants, looking for evidence that
a sickout was organized.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-Northwest-Attendants.html

*** Moscow jet crash kills 9

MOSCOW (AP) - A private passenger jet crashed Thursday while taking
off from Moscow's main airport, killing all nine aboard including an
oil company president and a journalist who did work for CBS' "60
Minutes," officials said. The Yak-40 aircraft, on a charter flight
from Moscow to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, rose to an altitude of
about 150 feet, then plunged to the ground just beyond the end of the
runway, officials said. There was no indication what caused the
crash, they said. Among the victims were journalist Artyom Borovik,
and Ziya Bazhayev, president of the Oil Alliance company, said a
spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564847390-930

*** NYT: F.A.A. to Consult Airlines on Avoiding Traffic Delays

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- After huge numbers of air traffic delays
last summer, the Clinton administration has decided to take a
markedly different approach this year: asking the airlines what
to do. Rather than deciding on its own how to handle thunderstorms
and other problems, the Federal Aviation Administration will consult
with the airlines every two hours, with conference calls and computer
hookups. The federal government will also open military airspace off
the East Coast, try to route more planes over Canada and use a new
computer system to get hourly updates on how many planes the airlines
want to fly, rather than the semimonthly updates it gets now.
http://www.nytimes.com/00/03/10/news/washpol/faa-traffic.html

*** IATA: Simplifying Passenger Travel Interest Group Formed

A group of airlines, airports, government authorities, integrators
and vendors today formally launched an Interest Group to move forward
a new vision to Simplify Passenger Travel. This vision of a future
system to streamline air travel has already been outlined by a coalition
of organisations* representing airports, airlines, custom authorities
immigration authorities, and the users. This sees application of emerging
technology to compress current procedures into a single "one-stop" process.
http://www.iata.org/pr/pr00febe.htm

*** IATA: AVIATION UNITES TO PROTECT RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

Civil aviation is determined to guarantee access to protected radio
frequency spectrum, an essential element of safe and efficient air
transport operations. Airlines, airports, pilots, controllers, regulators,
tourism organisations and other key members of the industry meeting in
London on 9-10 March formed a coalition and initiated an action plan to
protect vital radio frequencies today and in the future.
http://www.iata.org/pr/pr00marb.htm

*** AVIA-RU: Aeroflot, Sputnik Signed Strategic Accord

[9 Mar 2000] Russia`s flag carrier Aeroflot and Moscow-based business
association BMT Sputnik signed a strategic partnership accord, a
spokesman for Aeroflot said to Prime-Tass today.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Nine Dead in Russian Plane Crash

[9 Mar 2000] A Russian passenger plane crashed on take-off from
a Moscow airport on Thursday, killing nine people, including a
well-known journalist and an oil company executive.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Tsentr-Avia: Newcomer Carrier Makes Maiden Flights

[9 Mar 2000] The new Russian airline, Tsentr-Avia launched first
scheduled services from Moscow to Magnitogorsk and Volgograd,
a spokesman for Tsentr-Avia said.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Siberia Fixes Date for Unscheduled Stakeholder Meeting

[9 Mar 2000] Siberia Airlines Board of Directors fixed March 30 for
its unscheduled shareholders` meeting to secure the shareholders`s
approval for the proposed aircraft deal. It is assumed that the meeting
would in particular discuss the procurement of new Tu-204 jet.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Crashed Yak-40 Did not Belong to LukOil Avia

[9 Mar 2000] The Yak-40 jet crashed at Sheremetyevo-1 airport today
did not belong to LukOil Avia and had no relation to the airline
otherwise, despite the reports of certain news agencies.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Presidents of Media, Oil Holdings Killed in Yak-40 Crash

[9 Mar 2000] Among the passengers who died in Thursday`s crash
of YAK-40 Codling at the Sheremetievo-1 airfield were the president
of Sovershenno Sekretno media holding Artyom Borovik, and Ziya Bazhayev
the president of the Alliance Group oil holding, as well as N. Tektov
and A. Sichkar /surnames being verified/ who flew with them a spokesman
for the Emergency Ministry said.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Nine People Killed in Yak-40 Crash

[9 Mar 2000] All the five passengers and four members of the crew died
in the crash of Vologodskiye Avialinii 87440 flight, a spokesman for the
Emergency Ministry told the Military News Agency.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

*** AVIA-RU: Yak-40 Crashes at Moscow Sheremetyevo-1 Airfield

[9 Mar 2000] A YAK-40 heading on a special flight to Kiev crashed at the
Sheremetiyevo-1 airfield on Thursday 08.43 Moscow time /0543 UTC/, a
source in the Emergency Ministry said. The Vologodskye Avialinii airlines
87440 flight carrying five passengers and four crewmembers crashed at take
off, the source told the Military News Agency.
http://www.avia.ru/english?referer=AirlineBiz

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* Europebyair.com Announces 20% Travel Agent Commission Promotion
http://www.europebyair.com
* DOT: Nadine Hamilton Appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary
http://www.dot.gov/briefing.htm

* Winter storm hits Northern Plains
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564832016-f15
* 4 die as small planes collide in Fla.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564849178-221
* Americans shouldn't gripe about gas
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564849201-e23

* Clinton pushes China trade pact
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564830178-cc5
* China president discusses Taiwan
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564827025-671
* Chen backers unfazed by China
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564833084-15e

* China warns on U.S. sales to Taiwan
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564843724-b52
* Philippines volcano stops erupting
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564848921-581
* Incredible offer from Air Tahiti Nui!
http://www.airtahitinui-usa.com/

* CATHAY PACIFIC SIGNS CODESHARE AGREEMENT WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS
http://www.cathaypacific.com
* CATHAY PACIFIC ANNOUNCES 1999 RESULTS
http://www.cathaypacific.com
* CATHAY PACIFIC RELAUNCHES DISCOUNT PASS TO HONG KONG VISITORS
http://www.cathaypacific.com

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W E D N E S D A Y | March 8, 2000
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* ING Barings said it cut its 1Q and FY2000 estimates on American
Airlines parent AMR CORPORATION, due to the continued rise in high
fuel prices, and downgraded it to buy from strong buy. Analyst Ray
Neidl lowered 1Q 2000 EPS estimate to $0.65 from $1.00. Cut FY
2000 EPS estimate to $5.11 from $5.83. Neidl's EPS estimate for 1Q
2000 on AMR "when issued" is $0.26 versus First Call consensus
$0.31, EPS estimate for 2Q is $1.21 versus First Call $1.28, EPS
estimate for 3Q is $1.42 versus First Call $1.37 and EPS estimate
for 4Q is $0.76 versus First Call $0.68. (Reuters 11:45 AM ET)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564847208-e2f

* Eager to make sure the remaining U.S. warplane builders survive,
the Pentagon is rethinking its winner-take-all approach to what is
to be its biggest purchase. At stake is a contract to build the
Joint Strike Fighter. The combined cost of the 2,852 units to be
bought by the U.S. military over 27 years would total at least
$150 bln in current dollars, the Congressional Budget Office has
estimated. The foreign market may be as big as 4,000 units valued
at $200 bln, other studies have found. With so much at stake, the
Pentagon set up a panel to review its original plan to pick a
single winner for the contract. (Reuters 04:18 PM ET 03/08/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564827908-75f

* Malaysia Airlines is expected to split a large airplane order
this week, opting for 40 Airbus short to medium haul A320s and 20
of BOEING CO's new longer-range aircraft, a report in the latest
edition of Aviation Week said. According to the weekly magazine,
airline officials said they would buy Boeing's 777-200LR and
777-300ER, both powered by GENERAL ELECTRIC CO engines. The report
said GE had committed to at least doubling investment in Malaysia
with technology transfer worth $26 mln over the next two years.

* BOEING CO said an ongoing strike could hurt earnings and further
delay jet deliveries and it added that it may cut 5,000 more jobs
than previously expected by year's end. The strike has already hit
operations and production, affecting the delivery of aircraft
during the 1Q of 2000, and deliveries in the 2Q "may be affected,"
Boeing said in its annual report filed with the SEC late on
Wednesday. "The total effect of the strike on deliveries, the
results of operations and financial position is uncertain, but
could be material depending on the strike duration, the nature of
post-strike recovery plans and the performance of other segments,"
Boeing said. (Reuters 04:10 PM ET 03/09/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564851322-46d

* DELTA AIR LINES and its new advertising agency, BDM's Leo
Burnett Co., Inc., on Wednesday unveiled a new branding campaign
for the airline built on what they said are specific requests from
passengers for improved service. Delta said the campaign, which
echoes similar moves by some of its competitors, takes a sharp
turn from most airline advertising, focusing on passengers'
desires instead of just proclaiming the carrier's superiority.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564828970-d59

* DELTA AIR LINES said that it will start codeshare service on
AeroMexico's twice-weekly Boeing 757 service between Chicago and
Mexico City, starting tomorrow. Delta also said it will place its
code on AeroMexico's twice-weekly MD-80 service connecting Los
Angeles and Guaymas, Mexico, with continuing service to La Paz,
Mexico, as of April 23. Delta and AeroMexico together now connect
to 22 Mexican cities from 10 U.S. gateways. (Reuters 02:46 PM ET)

* Five southern European post offices are still negotiating
jointly with all four major worldwide integrators over outsourcing
their international express mail business, DHL International
[DHL.CN] said.. "We are still talking with the five post offices.
They are talking with all four integrators," company spokesman Guy
Collette told Reuters by telephone on Thursday. It was unclear
when the five post offices, who started talks with express
companies DHL, TNT Post, FEDEX CORP and UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
about 18 months ago, would make a decision on the subject, he
added. (Reuters 03:10 PM ET 03/09/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564850389-382

* NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORP has fired 12 flight attendants who were
questioned by the airline regarding what it has contended was an
illegal sickout, an airline spokesman confirmed Thursday. Five
other flight attendants who were questioned have resigned, Jon
Austin, a spokesman for the nation's fourth-largest airline, said.
He declined to give the reasons for the firings. Officials with
Teamsters Local 2000, which represents St. Paul, Minn.-based
Northwest's 11,000 flight attendants, could not be reached for
comment. (Reuters 05:32 PM ET 03/09/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564852640-e5a

* Standard & Poor's said it would add SABRE HOLDINGS CORP to its
S&P 500 stock index, replacing SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL,
effective March 15. (Reuters 06:12 PM ET 03/08/2000)

* Federal regulators are proposing to fine SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
$90,000 for operating a Boeing 737 with the wrong piece of landing
equipment after the plane was forced to make an emergency landing
last year. The proposed fine came just two days after a Southwest
Airlines Boeing 737 careened off the runway and onto a six-lane
road at Burbank Airport near Los Angeles In last year's incident,
the FAA alleged the airline had an incorrect wheel bearing
assembly on the plane when it was forced to make an emergency
landing Sept. 2 at Ontario (Calif.) Airport. (Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564830599-087

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National Air Disaster Alliance -- http://www.planesafe.org/

NO NEW REPORTS ON FILE.

*** FAA: American Airlines 757 TCAS encounter causes injury

A. Type: Incident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 03/09/2000
From: SOUTHERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER
B. Reg.No.: AAL1456 M/M: B757 Desc: MODEL 757-200
Activity: Business Phase: Cruise GA-A/C: Air Carrier
Descr: AMERICAN AIRLINES ACFT RESPONDED TO A TCAS RA AT FL290 AND
CLIMBED
TO A HIGHER ALTITUDE IN RESPONSE TO THE WARNING, 5 FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES DURING THE MANEUVER, NO ACFT
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, AND NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED, THE EVENT
OCCURRED OVER THE AREA OF GREER, SC, THE ACFT CONTINUED TO ITS
DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT SAN JUAN.
WX: GSP 2055Z 22011KT 10SM CLR 7/09 A3004 Damage: None
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 7 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 5 Unk:Y
# Pass: 80 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 UNK:

D. Location City: GREER State: SC
E. Occ Date: 03/08/2000 Time: 21:20
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: SO13 DO CTY: COLUMBIA
DO State: SC Others:
G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: CHICAGO, IL Dep Date: 03/08/2000 Time:
Dest: SAN JUAN, PR Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR
Last Clearance: UNKN WX Briefing: Y
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0309_n.txt

*** FAA: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for March

* 03/06/2000 BURBANK B737 SOPUTHWEST AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0306_n.txt

* 03/09/2000 SAN JUAN B757 AMERICAN AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0309_n.txt

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W E D N E S D A Y | March 8, 2000 -- Preliminary Accident Reports

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National Air Disaster Alliance -- http://www.planesafe.org/

NO NEW REPORTS ON FILE.

*** NTSB SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND THE LAW

Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board will host a
symposium next month designed to air the conflicts between the growing
need for data to improve transportation safety and the industry's concern
about the use of that data in regulatory actions, law suits and criminal
prosecutions. The symposium will be held on April 25-26, 2000, at the
Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington
Virginia 22202. Issues to be discussed include:
* How the generation of data enhances transportation safety
* The impact of government investigations and private litigation
* The proper relationship among accident investigations, regulatory
enforcement actions and/or criminal inquiries; and
* The protection of trade and other proprietary information.
http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/2000/000309.htm

*** NTSB INVESTIGATION OF THE RUNWAY OVERRUN ACCIDENT SWA FLIGHT 1455
http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/2000/000307.htm

*** NTSB: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for February

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(00s)
SYMBL SECURITY CLOSE CHANGE VOL
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AIR AAR Corp........................... 21 1/8 + 9/16 900
AMR AMR Corporation.................... 54 3/16 - 1/2 15794
ACY Aerocentury Corp................... 7 - 1/4 50
ACNAF Air Canada Corp.................... 9 7/8 + 3/16 87
AIRT Air T Inc.......................... 3 9/16 unch 20
AAIR AirTran Holdings Inc............... 4 - 1/16 6319
ABF Airborne Freight................... 18 3/4 - 5/16 2931
ALK Alaska Air Group................... 26 - 3/4 4583
AWA America West Holdings Corp......... 13 3/8 - 5/16 1375
AMTR Amtran Inc......................... 16 3/4 + 1/4 188
ACAI Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings In 18 7/16 -1 9/16 329
CGO Atlas Air Inc...................... 27 1/16 +2 7/16 2739
BEAV BE Aerospace....................... 8 1/8 + 1/8 946
B Barnes Group Inc................... 12 7/8 - 3/8 275
BA Boeing Co.......................... 33 3/4 + 3/8 32367
BAB British Airways.................... 46 1/16 - 3/8 147
CEA China Eastern Airlines Corp........ 9 3/8 unch 58
ZNH China Southern Airlines Co Ltd..... 7 7/16 + 1/8 56
CAL/A Continental Airlines Inc........... 33 -2 1/2 15
CAL Continental Airlines Inc........... 32 5/8 -3 5/16 5938
DAL Delta Air Lines.................... 47 1/8 - 3/8 9556
FA Fairchild Corp..................... 6 3/4 + 7/16 8005
FDX FedEx Corp......................... 33 3/8 + 5/16 13033
FRNT Frontier Airlines Inc.............. 10 35/64 + 15/32 823
GLC Galileo International Inc.......... 17 13/16 - 1/8 4094
GLUX Great Lakes Aviation Limited....... 2 3/8 unch 1
HA Hawaiian Airlines Inc.............. 2 + 1/16 613
JAPNY Japan Airlines..................... 5 + 1/8 1
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines........... 17 7/8 + 3/16 1004
KTTY Kitty Hawk Inc..................... 5 3/16 - 1/4 1375
LFL LAN Chile SA....................... 8 3/4 - 1/8 25
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp............... 17 1/8 - 1/2 17067
MAX Mercury Air Group.................. 7 5/8 - 1/4 248
MESA Mesa Air Group Inc................. 6 + 1/8 662
MAIR Mesaba Holdings Inc................ 11 - 1/8 203
MDWY Midway Airlines Corp............... 6 3/4 + 1/16 159
MEH Midwest Express Holding............ 24 3/4 + 3/16 295
NWAC Northwest Airlines Corp............ 17 7/32 - 17/64 3784
PZB Pittston........................... 15 7/8 - 1/16 1225
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings................... 42 5/8 +2 7/8 831
TSG Sabre Holdings Corp................ 47 5/16 +2 3/16 12276
SKYW SkyWest Inc........................ 30 11/16 - 7/16 2847
LUV Southwest Airlines................. 18 3/16 + 9/16 27751
TRW TRW Inc............................ 53 3/4 unch 7456

TOWRQ Tower Air Inc...................... 1 1/2 unch 0

TWA Trans World Airlines............... 2 1/2 unch 4162
UAL UAL Corp........................... 46 3/8 -1 7/8 8651
U US Airways Group................... 20 3/16 -1 11572
UCP UniCapital Corp.................... 2 3/16 - 1/8 1585
UPS United Parcel Service.............. 54 3/16 - 1/8 11956
VIRGY Virgin Express Holdings............ 3 3/4 - 1/4 84
WLDA World Airways Inc.................. 1 1/4 unch 188

AADFX Amer AAdvant Inst: ShTrmBI x....... 0.00

XAL Amex Airline Index................. 117.21 -2.76

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*** Southwest Air's Culture Saves Lives

B U R B A N K - 12MAR2000 - (AJN) -- With the luck of the Irish
and a legendary dose of sage safety management practices, Southwest
Airlines managed last Sunday night to continue its 29-year hold on
the record for flying commercial jets without one fatality. This
despite an accident last Sunday night involving a Southwest Airlines
B-737 with 137 passengers and five crew members on board. The aircraft
slid off a Burbank Airport runway, hit an occupied car and slightly
injured 15 people. While CEO Herb Kelleher said on network TV the
aircraft hull is probably a total loss, the accident could have been
far worse since the jet stopped short of a Chevron gasoline station.
http://www.AIRLINEBIZ.COM/britt/03102000#STORY AJN©2000

*** The latest AFA news at USAirways

Pittsburgh, PA If US Airways management fails to offer its
flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight
Attendants, AFL-CIO, a new contract by 12:01 a.m., March 25,
CHAOS strike actions will begin among an initial list of city
pairings (following) in US Airways' system. Additional CHAOS
target cities and routes, including a number of international
cities, will be announced in the coming weeks. All city pairings
give passengers alternative means to travel, if the flight
attendants are forced to strike. CHAOS (Create Havoc Around Our
System), first used at Alaska Airlines in 1993, is a strike action
that can take many forms. At US Airways, flight attendants will
target primarily those flights that are matched by US Airways'
competitors, giving passengers alternatives. Although AFA is
providing this initial list of cities, flight attendants will
not announce in advance the exact dates and times of the targeted
flights to be struck. "Hopefully, passengers will see this list
and realize they have options, if we are forced to strike on March
25th," said Lynn Lenosky, AFA Master Executive Council President
for US Airways. "If we strike, it's because management hasn't given
the flight attendants an option." US Airways has threatened to shut
down the entire airline if there is no new contract with flight
attendants by March 25. Approximately 10,000 flight attendants
are employed by the airline. All are members of AFA, the world's
largest flight attendant union. For more information, visit
* List of Initial Cities:
Boston - Washington, Dulles
Boston - Philadelphia
Orlando - Philadelphia
Boston - Washington, National
Orlando - Baltimore
New York, LaGuardia - Tampa
New York, LaGuardia - Orlando
Atlanta - Philadelphia
Baltimore - Providence
Tampa - Baltimore
Ft. Lauderdale - Baltimore
Ft. Lauderdale - New York, LaGuardia
Los Angeles - Baltimore
Los Angeles - Philadelphia
New York, Newark - Pittsburgh
Baltimore - Manchester
New York, LaGuardia - West Palm Beach
Hartford CT/Springfield - Orlando
Philadelphia - San Francisco
New York, LaGuardia - Rochester
Chicago, O'Hare - Pittsburgh
Chicago, O'Hare - Philadelphia
Boston - Tampa
New York, LaGuardia - Raleigh/Durham
Columbus - New York, LaGuardia
San Francisco - Baltimore
Philadelphia - Raleigh/Durham
Las Vegas - Philadelphia
Cleveland - Baltimore
Miami - Baltimore
Orlando - Albany, NY
Ft. Lauderdale - Washington, National
Miami - Philadelphia
Detroit - Philadelphia
Philadelphia - Phoenix
Columbus - Philadelphia
Jacksonville - Baltimore
Atlanta - Pittsburgh
Atlanta - Washington, Dulles
Dallas/Fort Worth - Philadelphia
Orlando - Washington, Dulles
Columbus - Washington, National
Boston - Rochester
Tampa - Tallahassee
Houston - Philadelphia
Philadelphia - San Juan
New Orleans - Baltimore
Ft. Lauderdale - Hartford CT/Springfield
Boston - Orlando
http://www.afausairways.org

*** NYT: Deal-Making, Canadian Style

TORONTO -- Gerald Schwartz, Canada's pre-eminent deal maker
prefers to keep score with deals done. But he is best known for
his rare failures -- most recently his bid late last year to buy
control of Canada's two national airlines, Air Canada and Canadian
Airlines, and merge them into one.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/sunday/031200biz-profile.html

*** NYT: Alaska Airlines Jet Hit by Bomb Scare

SEATTLE, March 11, -- An Alaska Airlines jetliner bound for
Southern California turned back and made an emergency landing
this afternoon after a fake explosive device was found in a
carry-on bag. Chutes on the jetliner, of the MD-80 series, were
deployed and passengers slid to the ground, said a Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport spokesman, Bob Parker. He said two people
suffered minor injuries. Mr. Parker said the bag was found under
a seat and no one claimed it, so the pilots turned around. The
plane was bound for Ontario, Calif., 50 miles east of downtown
Los Angeles. "It's a piece of carry-on luggage designed to look
like it has an explosive inside, with wires and such," he said
adding that it was not the type of training device used by the airport.
http://www.nytimes.com/00/03/12/news/national/alk-bomb-scare.html

*** NYT: Flying With JetBlue, The New Kid in the Air

WITH a promise of stylish economy and attentive service, JetBlue
has started flying out of Terminal 6 at Kennedy International
Airport to Fort Lauderdale and Buffalo, the first of 30 cities it
plans to serve within three years. Since airline deregulation in
1979, more than 40 new carriers have come and, mostly, gone.
http://www.nytimes.com/00/03/12/travel/ta000312.html

*** NYT: Heavy Winds Kill 3 in Texas -- Havoc for Airlines

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Thunderstorms moved through North Texas
with winds up to 70 mph Friday, causing damage estimated in the
millions of dollars at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Three people died in traffic accidents. A Delta Air Lines hangar at
the airport was damaged by strong winds that ripped portions of the
roof off. Some American Airlines and Delta planes were delayed
because of the weather.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Texas-Storms.html

*** NYT: NY Airports the Worst -- Chicago, S.F. Also Bad For Delays

N E W A R K, N.J., March 12 — For the eighth time in nine years,
Newark International Airport has topped the list as the worst in
the nation for flight delays. A Federal Aviation Administration
report stated that about 36,500—or 7.89 percent—of Newark’s 463,000
flights were delayed last year. The new FAA figures showed that Newark
and LaGuardia were first and second in the nation for percentage of
flights delayed, with John F. Kennedy International dropping a notch
to fifth. Third and fourth place on the list went to Chicago O’Hare
International and San Francisco International.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/airportdelays000312.html

*** ABCNews: Security Test Gone Awry -- Diverts Alaska Air Plane

S E A T T L E, March 12 — An Alaska Airlines jetliner made an
emergency landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on
Saturday after airline personnel loaded a fake bomb on board,
an airport spokesman said. Alaska personnel mistakenly swapped
a backpack containing the fake bomb with the bag of a child
travelling alone and escorted by airline staff. The fake bomb
was discovered about 30 miles into Flight 444 headed for Ontario
California, at which point the crew turned the plane around and
returned to Seattle. Parker said the routine training exercise
designed to test workers monitoring X-ray luggage scanners had
been conducted by a contract security company on behalf of Alaska
the nation’s tenth largest airline.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/alaskaair000312.html

*** ABCNews: US Airways Troubles Could Cause Chaos for NCAA

March 10 — A potential airline shutdown could turn March
Madness into March Chaos for thousands of college basketball
fans. The NCAA’s travel agency, Worldtek Travel, says the shutdown
would not hinder tournament play. The agency has stopped booking US
Airways flights after March 24 and will instead rely on charters and
other commercial airliners to transport teams and game officials, said
Worldtek director of sports operations Karen LaRose.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/DailyNews/ncaa000310.html

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*** Alaska 737 makes Two emergency landings after smoke in cabin

J U N E A U - 14MAR2000 - (AJN) -- According to NBC KTUU/News, Alaska
Airlines flight 76 called Juneau tower to say there was smoke in the
cockpit. Alaska Airlines says the problem was traced to one of two air
cycle machines on board. According to reports, the jet took off and
returned due to smoke in the cabin. Unable to locate the source of
the problem, the jet took off again only to make another emergency
landing into Juneau. AJN©2000
http://www.airlinebiz.com/main

*** WSJ: Airline Industry Debates Need For Uniformity on Pilot Rules

DALLAS -- The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is less than
100 feet off the ground and visibility is very low when Capt.
Earl Tomlin spots the runway lights below. "Landing!" he
barks at First Officer John Bliss. First Officer Bliss, focused
on the instruments in the cockpit, responds: "Your airplane." With
that, he relinquishes control of the yoke and throttle, and Capt.
Tomlin lands the airplane. The transfer of controls at the most
critical moment of a flight -- in this case, in a simulator -- is
unusual: In a low-visibility landing, most airlines leave it to
one pilot both to fly by the aircraft's instruments and to pick
up the runway lights. In fact, Boeing Co. doesn't recommend
Southwest's procedure.
* A Safe Bet
* Finding a 'Best Way'
* Spoilers Unarmed
* Pretty Rudimentary
* Burden of Procedure
* Approaching Minimums
http://www.specialoffer.com/wsj/welcome.cgi?from=28JBHEX

*** Delta plane makes emergency landing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Delta Air Lines jet with 86 people aboard made
an emergency landing after its landing gear jammed, sliding along the
runway in a shower of sparks and severely damaging a wing. Passengers
cheered as the plane came to a halt. The Boeing 727-200 heading for
Salt Lake City landed back at the San Francisco airport Monday
evening without any injuries, authorities said. Emergency crews were
waiting for the flight. The pilot informed the passengers of the
problem with the right landing gear soon after takeoff. The plane
then circled the airport for an hour, as the crew dumped excess fuel
and tried to fix the landing gear, which was stuck in a
half-retracted position.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564963054-42c

*** Watch your Ash! -- Volcano erupts on Russian peninsula

MOSCOW (AP) - A volcano erupted on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka
Peninsula, spewing lava and a column of ash as high as three miles
above sea level, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. Local
residents were not in danger from the eruption, geologists told
Interfax. The Bezymyanny Volcano began erupting Monday evening,
residents of the nearby village of Kozyrevsk told Interfax. A thin
layer of ash rained down on the village at the volcano's base and ash
in the air reduced visibility to a few dozen yards on Tuesday, the
report said. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564961465-f30

*** Japanese indict cult leader for airport mummified corpse

TOKYO (AP) - A cult leader who had kept a mummified corpse for months
in a hotel room near Tokyo's main international airport was charged
with murder Tuesday, an official said. Prosecutors indicted Koji
Takahashi, 61, the founder of Life Space, for allegedly letting the
man die without proper medical treatment, said an official at the
prosecutors office in Chiba, just east of Tokyo. Takahashi was
arrested last month along with nine followers in connection with the
discovery in November of the partially mummified body of 66-year-old
Shinichi Kobayashi.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564961542-0d2

*** USA TODAY: US Airways eyes shutdown

The airline and the union will enter last-ditch contract
talks Friday. Rakesh Gangwal, US Airways' president and
chief executive officer, spoke Thursday with USA TODAY
editors and airline reporter David Field.
* Q: Isn't shutting down the airline an extreme step?
* Q: You recovered from summer 1999 slowdowns. Is CHAOS different?
* Q: You say you will not discuss specifics of the contract offer
or bargains, but what are you asking of the flight attendants?
* Q: In dollars, flight attendants make less than other employee
groups. Do they deserve more in dollars instead of in percentage?
* Q: You want work rule and productivity changes as well as pay
changes. Can you give an example?
* Q: US Airways overcame much of its admittedly deserved reputation
for poor service. In summer 1999, cancellation rates were three or
four times that of other carriers. Is its progress at risk now?
* Q: Should fliers be concerned about safety during a labor dispute?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/business/2000/ltb041.htm

*** WSJ: Japan Airlines Raises Ground Staff Reduction Plan By 17%

TOKYO -- Japan Airlines Co. (JAPNY or 9201) said Tuesday it
has raise its ground staff reduction plans by 17% in order to
further its reforms. In a business plan for the fiscal years
2000 through 2002 released Tuesday, the major airline said it
will now cut 4,200 staff in the years through March 2003
expanding on a plan announced last year to reduce its 36,000
ground staff by about 3,600 in the years through March 2002.
http://www.specialoffer.com/wsj/welcome.cgi?from=28JBHEX

*** WSJ: Hawker Pacific Gets Pact From Polar Air

SUN VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000--Hawker
Pacific Aerospace today announced the signing of a landing-gear
service contract with Polar Air Cargo in Los Angeles. The contract
term is for three years, during which the company will provide
landing-gear overhaul services for Polar Air's B747 fleet at its
Sun Valley facility.
http://www.specialoffer.com/wsj/welcome.cgi?from=28JBHEX

*** WSJ: Singapore Air May Make Major Annoucement Wed - Source

SINGAPORE -- Singapore Airlines Ltd. (P.SAL) is tentatively
scheduled to make a major announcement Wednesday, a source
told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday. The airline's deputy chairman
and chief executive, Dr. Cheong Choong Kong, is in New Zealand
the source said, fueling speculation that the announcement
could be about Singapore Airlines taking a stake in Air New Zealand.
http://www.specialoffer.com/wsj/welcome.cgi?from=28JBHEX

*** Airline meets over bomb scare

SEATTLE (AP) - Alaska Airlines said Monday it has demanded that a
security firm provide written guidelines about how it will prevent
future incidents such as a weekend scare in which a jet returned to
the airport because of a phony bomb. The device - a backpack
containing a hair dryer rigged to look like a bomb as a test of
airport security - was found about 30 minutes into Saturday's flight
from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Ontario, Calif. The
MD-80 returned to Sea-Tac and passengers slid to the ground on
emergency chutes. Two people suffered minor injuries. The dummy
device was discovered by a flight attendant when she reached into
what she thought was a child's backpack for crayons and found the
hair dryer.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564951557-a0c

*** WSJ: Philippine Air Jan Net PHP98.3M, Above Rehab Target

MANILA -- Philippine Airlines Inc. (Q.PAI) said Tuesday
it made a net profit of 98.3 million pesos ($1=PHP40.907) in
January, just beating its income target of PHP97.3 million under
its rehabilitation plan.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564951557-a0c

*** Judge: Foreign attack arrests OK -- Osama bin Laden

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge ruled Monday that U.S. prosecutors
did not reach beyond their authority by charging Osama bin Laden and
16 others in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Lawyers for
six men charged in the case had argued that U.S. Attorney Mary Jo
White sought an unprecedented expansion of federal jurisdiction over
crimes allegedly committed on foreign soil. The men are accused of
conspiring to attack Americans in the Aug. 7, 1998 bombings of U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The attacks killed 224 people,
including 12 Americans. Six men are in custody in the U.S. and three
abroad, and the rest are fugitives. Judge Leonard Sand said it "would
make little sense" to restrict enforcement of U.S. laws overseas to
suspects who are U.S. citizens or lawful residents.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564947342-c32

*** WSJ: Thai Bourse Halts Thai Airways Stk On Cap Increase

BANGKOK -- Thailand's bourse halted trade in Thai Airways
International PCL (H.TAI) in late trade Tuesday pending news
from the state-owned national carrier about a capital increase.
The bourse gave no other details, but the Thai cabinet is voting
Tuesday on a plan to sell a combination of existing and new shares
to the public and a strategic investor. The share sale will reduce
the finance ministry's stake in the airline to 70% from 93%.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564947342-c32

*** WSJ: U.S. Stock Market Has Airlines Feeling Undervalued

Just how much has the stock market punished some of the
U.S.'s most stalwart businesses? So much so that some
well-known names are thinking of ending the relationship.
Continental Airlines, for one, has discussed going private.
"If the market says this is all we're worth, then we ought
to just buy" the company, says Chairman and Chief Executive
Gordon M. Bethune.
* Others Frustrated
* European Airlines
* Renewed Interest
* Dismal Outlook
* Challenges to a Deal
* No Need for Market Capital
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564947342-c32

*** WSJ: United Air To Hold Economy Plus Call, Won't Change Pdt

NEW YORK -- UAL Corp.'s (UAL) United Airlines will hold a
press conference Wednesday to discuss its Economy Plus class
a company spokesman said Monday.
http://www.specialoffer.com/wsj/welcome.cgi?from=28JBHEX

*** WSJ: L-3 to Purchase Air-Safety Line From Honeywell for $255M

NEW YORK -- L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. plans to
announce Monday that it will acquire Honeywell International
Inc.'s Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System product line
for $255 million. L-3, a maker of instrumentation and communications
systems, said the TCAS would be folded into a new joint-venture
company in which it would own a 70% interest.
http://www.specialoffer.com/wsj/welcome.cgi?from=28JBHEX

*** U.S. talking to N. Korea on terrorism

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a move to smooth relations, the Clinton
administration is advising North Korea how it can clear its record on
terrorism and take a big step toward economic ties with the U.S. A
declaration renouncing terrorism is a likely precondition. Another is
expulsion of terrorism suspects. North Korea is one of seven
countries branded by the State Department as a sponsor of terrorism.
Under law, this bars all but humanitarian aid to the Pyongyang
government and rules out international bank loans. Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright announced the opening of discussions on terrorism
at a joint news conference here with South Korean Foreign Minister
Lee Joung-Binn.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564945870-d7c

*** Lawyers end boycott in Sharif trial

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif told a judge
Tuesday that lawyers would resume defending him in a hijacking trial
despite fears after last week's murder of a key colleague. Following
Friday's killing of Iqbal Raad, a key member of Sharif's defense, the
ex-prime minister's other attorneys staged a boycott to press for the
trial to be moved out of Karachi - Pakistan's most violent city.
Sharif, his younger brother, and five others have been charged by
Pakistan's military regime with hijacking, attempted murder,
kidnapping and terrorism - charges that stem from the Oct. 12 coup
against the prime minister's elected government. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564956602-311
*** Sharif trial adjourned in Pakistan
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564944028-aa5

*** Reports critical of NASA's approach

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's space exploration program is trying to do
too much with too little money and not understanding the risks that
could lead to embarrassments like last year's failed Mars missions,
according to two panels of experts. The reports released Monday did
not suggest the agency abandon its mantra of "faster, cheaper,
better" missions, but instead urged officials to focus less on
quickness and cost and more on quality and reliability. "The success
of 'faster, better, cheaper' is tempered by the fact that some
projects and programs have put too much emphasis on cost and schedule
reduction," said one panel led by Arthur Stephenson, director of the
Marshall Space Flight Center.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564956561-2f7

*** Oil Leak Found on El Al Airliner

JERUSALEM (AP) - An El Al airliner on its way to Brussels returned
to Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday after the crew
identified an oil leak and shut down one of its two engines. The Boeing
767 landed safely an hour after taking off, and none of the 198
passengers on board were harmed, the Israeli carrier said in a statement.
The passengers boarded another El Al airplane and took off a few hours later.

*** Jet Landing Closes Heathrow Runway

LONDON (AP) - Authorities closed one of Heathrow Airport's
two main runways Sunday morning after a Cathay Pacific Boeing
747 cargo plane with five people aboard made an emergency landing.
No one was injured. Airport officials said the jet burst several
tires on takeoff from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but went
on to London, where it flew low over the control tower so that
controllers could look at the undercarriage. Police closed
neighboring roads and fire engines, and ambulances stood by, but
the plane landed safely, officials said. The runway was closed
for almost two hours, delaying some flights for up to an hour.

*** Southwest Air's Corporate Culture Saves Lives

* SABRE HOLDINGS CORP said that Donald Carty, chairman, president
and chief executive officer of American Airlines parent AMR
CORPORATION, has resigned as chairman of Sabre's board of
directors. Fort Worth, Texas-based Sabre said in a statement that
two other top officials of AMR have also resigned from its board,
in line with the terms of AMR's spinoff to its shareholders of
Sabre, which is expected on Wednesday. (Reuters 03:27 PM ET)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564964815-bf8

* The Sea Launch consortium led by BOEING CO remains a top-notch
launch option despite a failed mission that destroyed ICO GLOBAL
COMMUNICATIONS' maiden satellite on Sunday, industry analysts
said. No launch program can escape occasional disasters and the
international Sea Launch venture will play a major role in lifting
scores of commercial satellites into orbit in the years ahead,
analysts said. "This is not a good thing, but it may have nothing
to do with Sea Launch," said Jimmy Schaeffler, a subscription TV
analyst at the Carmel Group, in Carmel-By-The-Sea, Calif. "This
early in the game, I don't think anyone is going to lose
confidence in Sea Launch." Schaeffler added. (Reuters)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564946019-d57

* Alitalia will take delivery of five 747-400 airliners from
BOEING CO, an official at the airline said on Tuesday. The new
planes would replace old 747-200s, said the official, who asked
not to be named. The aircraft are apparently five 747-400s that
Boeing has listed in the past few weeks as sold to an anonymous
buyer on February 15. (Reuters 11:53 AM ET 03/14/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564961863-8ed

* Chile will not make a decision to upgrade its aging Air Force
fleet for several months, the Defense Ministry said. President
Ricardo Lagos, who took office on Saturday, will analyze the deal
"with calm," Defense Minister Mario Fernandez told reporters. "It
could be several months" before Lagos chooses which jets to buy
and at what price, he said. Chile first announced in 1997 that it
would spend an estimated $600 million to replace its U.S.-built
A-37 attack aircraft with state-of-the-art fighters. But last
year, former president Eduardo Frei, under pressure to reign in
fiscal spending as the country sank into its worst recession in
two decades, postponed the purchase. (Reuters 04:46 PM ET)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564965940-92f

* South Korea's defence ministry said it invited and provided
seven foreign companies with required specifications on Tuesday
for its plan to buy some two trillion Korean won ($1.8 billion)
worth of attack helicopters next year. He said the seven invited
are BOEING CO, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP unit Sikorsky Aircraft
Corp, TEXTRON INC unit Bell Helicopter, Russia's Kamov and Mil
Moscow, South Africa's Denel and French-German consortium
Eurocopter, in which DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG participates. The South
Korean government will receive bids from the manufacturers by late
July, he said. (Reuters 07:04 AM ET 03/14/2000)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564957608-2a2

* FEDEX CORP said it launched a new "premium" home delivery
program, designed to provide service options, including
appointment and evening delivery, not currently available to most
residential clients. The service, called FedEx Home Delivery, is
designed to respond to demand for better delivery service in the
home market--a sector that is expected to more than double by 2003
as online purchases surge, FedEx said. (Reuters 11:04 AM ET)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564961175-220

* LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP filed to sell from time to time up to $1
billion in debt securities. The company said it would use the net
proceeds for general corporate purposes, which could include debt
repayment, capital spending, working capital needs and possible
acquisitions, according to the shelf registration filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. (Reuters 03:56 PM ET)

* The United States is preparing to export a new generation of
F-16 warplane with more advanced capabilities than F-16s used by
its own forces, loosening a self-imposed constraint on introducing
new weapons abroad. The $6.8 billion deal between LOCKHEED MARTIN
CORP, the Pentagon's No. 1 weapons supplier, and the United Arab
Emirates, an oil-rich ally, involves a number of unique elements.
One of the biggest post-Cold War warplane sales, the deal in
effect ends an old U.S. policy of refusing to be the first to
introduce new weapons into a region to avoid fueling arms races.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564965015-fe3

* Morgan Stanley said it has started SABRE HOLDINGS CORP, operator
of the world's leading travel reservation system, at outperform
and set a $56 price target. Further details were not immediately
available. (Reuters 10:20 AM ET 03/14/2000)

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*** FAA: Delta Air Lines 727 makes gear up landing SFO

A. Type: Accident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 03/14/2000
From: WESTERN PACIFIC REGION OPERATIONS CENTER
B. Reg.No.: 516DA M/M: B727 Desc: MODEL 727

Activity: Business Phase: Landing GA-A/C: Air Carrier

DELTA AIRLINES ACFT TOOK OFF FROM SAN FRANCISCO BUT RETURNED TO THE
ARPT AFTER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, THE ACFT
LANDED ON RWY 28R AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT
WING AFTER IT STRUCK THE RWY AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR
COLLAPSED, THE PAX WERE EVACUATED VIA THE CHUTES, AND 9 MINOR
INJURIES WERE REPORTED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, SAN
FRANCISCO, CA.
WX: UNKN Damage: Substantial
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 7 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:Y
# Pass: 70 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 9 Unk:Y

# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 UNK:

D. Location City: SAN FRANCISCO State: CA
E. Occ Date: 03/13/2000 Time: 04:06
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: WP15 DO CTY: SAN JOSE

DO State: CA Others: NTSB

G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: SAN FRANCISCO, CA Dep Date: 03/13/2000
Time:
Dest: SALT LAKE CITY, UT Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0314_n.txt

*** FAA: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for March

* 03/06/2000 BURBANK B737 SOPUTHWEST AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0306_n.txt
* 03/09/2000 SAN JUAN B757 AMERICAN AIRLINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0309_n.txt

* 03/13/2000 NEWARK DC-10 FEDEX
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0313_n.txt
* 03/14/2000 SFO B727 DELTA AIR LINES
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0314_n.txt

*** FAA: FAA Moves to Enhance Runway Safety

WASHINGTON - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Administrator Jane F. Garvey announced today new initiatives to
enhance runway safety. These actions are aimed at reducing
incidents when aircraft come too close either to each other or to
ground vehicles at airports.
http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=998

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NO NEW REPORTS ON FILE.

*** NTSB: 121 Air Carrier Accidents & Incidents for March

* 03/05/2000 NEWARK DC-10 FEDEX
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/NYC/00A086.htm

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AIR AAR Corp........................... 21 7/16 + 3/4 974
AMR AMR Corporation.................... 57 13/16 + 1/2 13629
ACY Aerocentury Corp................... 6 7/8 unch 9
ACNAF Air Canada Corp.................... 9 3/8 unch 70
AIRT Air T Inc.......................... 3 5/8 + 5/16 6
AAIR AirTran Holdings Inc............... 3 3/4 - 9/64 4769
ABF Airborne Freight................... 17 5/8 - 1/8 3344
ALK Alaska Air Group................... 25 15/16 -1 1/8 4566
AWA America West Holdings Corp......... 13 1/16 - 1/16 2065
AMTR Amtran Inc......................... 14 3/4 -1 930
ACAI Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings In 18 5/16 - 3/16 620
CGO Atlas Air Inc...................... 28 1/2 - 1/2 1252
BEAV BE Aerospace....................... 6 31/32 - 15/32 5624
B Barnes Group Inc................... 12 1/2 - 3/8 247
BA Boeing Co.......................... 33 1/16 + 7/16 37279
BAB British Airways.................... 47 -1 312
CEA China Eastern Airlines Corp........ 10 3/8 + 15/16 230
ZNH China Southern Airlines Co Ltd..... 8 1/16 + 3/4 249
CAL/A Continental Airlines Inc........... 35 5/8 +1 1/8 18
CAL Continental Airlines Inc........... 35 15/16 +1 1/2 4311
DAL Delta Air Lines.................... 48 11/16 - 11/16 9307
FA Fairchild Corp..................... 5 -1 1/4 7226
FDX FedEx Corp......................... 32 1/16 - 3/4 7628
FRNT Frontier Airlines Inc.............. 11 1/16 + 1/16 728
GLC Galileo International Inc.......... 17 - 15/16 3357
GLUX Great Lakes Aviation Limited....... 2 3/4 + 1/4 322
HA Hawaiian Airlines Inc.............. 1 15/16 + 1/16 267
JAPNY Japan Airlines..................... 4 1/2 - 1/8 50
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines........... 18 unch 241
KTTY Kitty Hawk Inc..................... 5 - 1/8 527
LFL LAN Chile SA....................... 8 3/8 - 1/8 506
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp............... 16 5/8 - 5/16 18536
MAX Mercury Air Group.................. 6 3/4 - 1/2 376
MESA Mesa Air Group Inc................. 5 3/4 - 17/64 379
MAIR Mesaba Holdings Inc................ 10 7/8 + 1/4 155
MDWY Midway Airlines Corp............... 6 5/16 - 3/16 229
MEH Midwest Express Holding............ 24 11/16 + 3/16 446
NWAC Northwest Airlines Corp............ 17 1/64 - 11/64 2321
PZB Pittston........................... 15 1/2 + 1/8 1022
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings................... 46 3/16 + 3/8 1887
TSG Sabre Holdings Corp................ 47 1/4 +1 7/16 4542
SKYW SkyWest Inc........................ 30 5/8 - 1/2 1318
LUV Southwest Airlines................. 18 15/16 unch 18996
TRW TRW Inc............................ 52 5/16 - 1/4 3291

TOWRQ Tower Air Inc...................... 1 1/2 unch 0

TWA Trans World Airlines............... 2 7/16 - 1/16 2820
UAL UAL Corp........................... 46 7/8 - 5/8 3202
U US Airways Group................... 20 3/4 - 5/8 4338
UCP UniCapital Corp.................... 2 1/8 - 1/16 1290
UPS United Parcel Service.............. 52 9/16 - 3/16 10725
VIRGY Virgin Express Holdings............ 3 7/8 + 1/8 67
WLDA World Airways Inc.................. 1 11/32 + 3/32 98

AADFX Amer AAdvant Inst: ShTrmBI x....... 0.00

XAL Amex Airline Index................. 120.57 -0.62

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