www Following the news that Catalan airline Spanair has
officially ceased its operations, ELFAA member airlines have jumped to the
rescue of passengers stranded from home, as a result of the… ELFAA member airlines jump to the rescue following collapse of Spanair
www Also: NTSB, Cubs, OMB Killing Towers, Atlantis’ New Home, Rockwell Collins Optimism, Great Glider Vids, And Traveling Politicians!!! Airborne 01.27.12 is chock full of info about the week ending Friday, January 27th, 2012… Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton and Paul Plack, this episode covers: 1) GAMA Wants Obama To Support GA 2) House and Senate Leaders Appear To Compromise On FAA Funding 3) EASA Issues A380 AD 4) NTSB Completes Experimental Amateur-Built (E-AB) Study 5) OMB May Close Nearly Half Of US NFCTs 6) NTSB Details Near Mid-Air Over Gulfport-Biloxi 7) ANN Reports On The US Sport Aviation Expo 
Oshkosh Is Planning A Field Of Yellow… Cubs! 9) Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Readies New Atlantic Home 10) Max Trescott Joins Us With A "Barnstorming" Commentary 11) WingX Pro 7 Gets Upgraded… Again! 12) ANN’s Paul Plack Reviews ‘Red Tails’ 13) Lockheed Martin F-35 Does Some Night Flying 14) This Week’s AVW Features Great Video Shot From An ASW-20 Sailplane 15) SecDoT LaHood And Acting FAA Admin Huerta Head South Airborne 01.27.12: GAMA To Obama–Support GA!, FAA Funding, A380 ADs, Sebring!!!
www Bipartisan Effort To Remind President Obama Of Benefits Of BizAv Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) and New Hampshire Governor John Lynch (D) have written to President Obama asking for his support for all of general aviation, including business aviation. The governors’ letters remind the president of the industry’s essential role in supporting job creation, helping companies of all sizes compete and succeed and connecting communities to global markets. Two Governors Call On President To Support Business Aviation
<a href="”>www Iberia is working closely with the Catalonian and national authorities to take measures to ease the situation created by the ceasing of operations by the Spanair airline and to provide relieve… Iberia will help ease the situation created by the ceasing of operations of Spanair
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American Airlines parent AMR Corp. (AMR)’s effort to hire a group of legal and financial advisers for its bankruptcy was put on hold amid objections from unions and the U.S. government.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in Manhattan today said he would approve retaining advisers including Rothschild Inc. and Perella Weinberg Partners LP only on a temporary basis, pending agreement from the U.S. Trustee. Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR said it planned to return to court later to seek final approval to hire the firms.
AMR’s Hiring of Bankruptcy Advisers on Hold
<a href="”>www Northrop Grumman’s X-47B drone may represent “a major qualitative change in the conduct of hostilities” according to the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which reports to the Geneva Conventions. The X-47B is entering tests to see it land on the deck of an aircraft carrier, autonomously — without in-cockpit or remote-pilot input. That sort of capability is only a precursor to what’s coming. According to an Air Force report, the improvements in drone technology will eventually give drones the capacity to make life-or-death decisions while engaged in battle. And “increasingly humans will no longer be ‘in the loop’ but rather ‘on the loop.’” And that, according to ICRC president Jacob Kellenberger, may challenge international law. X-47 Drone Testing Sparks Ethical Warfare Debate
<a href="”>www Pilots have begun using small aircraft to smuggle illegal immigrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to inland airports, according to authorities who last week seized a Cessna from a Southern California airport and brought charges against one pilot. “It seems to be a new avenue they’re using,” Border Patrol Agent Adrian Corona told a local newspaper. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old Lino Rodriguez-Chavez used a Cessna rented from Hemet-Ryan Flight School in El Centro, California, to fly a group of illegal immigrants from a location near the border to Hemet airport. The pilot appeared in court Monday, entered a not guilty plea and was release on $20,000 bond. Multiple flights have been intercepted by El Centro Border Patrol agents in the past few years. Border Patrol: Planes Used To Smuggle Immigrants
www SAS writes down SEK 1.7 billion – liquidity effect limited to MSEK 200-300
The SAS Group has continuously informed that following the divestment of most of its ownership in Spanair early… Profit warning Spanair applies for bankruptcy
www Earlier this week, Aviation Strategies International (ASI) appointed Ms. Mirna Kragulj as the new Manager, Administration, Marketing and Communications, to its executive team at its Montreal… Aviation Strategies International (ASI) Appoints New Manager, Admin, Marketing Comm
www Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services
provider, saw a 3.1% increase in the volume of flights it handled last year: 1.19
million, compared to 1.16 million in the prior-year period…. Skyguide reports tangible traffic growth and top punctuality in 2011