--- Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> wrote: > There are 14 messages totalling 848 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. GAO, Airbus Clash Over A380 Upgrade Costs For Airports > 2. AIRLINE Digest - 3 Mar 2002 to 4 Mar 2002 (#2002-117) > 3. All-white SAS 767 > 4. Airline exec may be arrested on terrorism-related charges > 5. Italian Plane Passengers See Flames, Vote to Land (2) > 6. Next Gen Supertug (3) > 7. Challenge Air Cargo (2) > 8. SF Gate: Business flights stuck in doldrums/Ticket sales low despite > amazing host of amenities > 9. SF Gate: High cost of last-minute flights/But there are ways to avoid > budget busters > 10. SF Gate: MOTHBALLED IN MOJAVE/Desert airport becomes post-Sept. 11 > jetliner ghost town > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:46:49 -0500 > From: Roger & Amanda La France <lafrance@verizon.net> > Subject: GAO, Airbus Clash Over A380 Upgrade Costs For Airports > > GAO, Airbus Clash Over A380 Upgrade Costs For Airports > > > By Stephen Trimble/AviationNow.com > > 04-Mar-2002 5:01 PM U.S. EST > > > > Airbus and the General Accounting Office [GAO] are locked in a $1.6 billion > disagreement over the estimated costs of preparing the first 14 U.S. > airports for the A380. > > > A GAO report released Monday projects that 14 airports likely to service > Airbus superjumbo jet by 2010 must pay nearly $2.1 billion to upgrade > infrastructure, such as runways, taxiways and terminals. > > > The A380, due to enter service in 2006, boasts a wingspan 48-feet wider than > rival Boeing's 747 and a capacity to haul about 150 more passengers. > > > The GAO report included a stinging rebuttal from Airbus Deputy VP Didier > Puyplat, who argued airports must pay only about $520 million to complete > A380-related improvements. > > > "It appears that these costs are not the result of detailed analysis," > Puyplat wrote to GAO, "but rather reflect extremely rough and inconsistent > estimating." > > > A key dispute involves GAO's $1.2 billion price tag for upgrading Los > Angeles International Airport, an estimate provided directly by LAX > officials. Airbus claims the true cost is $263 million - a figure gleaned > mostly by dismissing 90% of the cost for a $906 million runway expansion > project as unrelated to the A380. > > > In addition, Airbus said most infrastructure upgrades identified in the GAO > report reflect each airport's natural growth and should not be tied to the > A380. > > > Indeed, GAO acknowledged most airports plan to apply for modifications to > the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's design standards in order to > accept A380s. > > > But some standards aren't negotiable, GAO said, citing, as an example, > maximum weights for taxiway bridges. > > > GAO compiled the report from surveys sent to 23 airports in July. Of those, > 22 airports responded and 14 reported being likely to service A380s by 2010. > > > Here's how much each expects to pay for infrastructure improvements, as > reported by the GAO: Los Angeles, $1.2 billion; O'Hare (Chicago), $232 > million; John F. Kennedy (New York), $109 million; Ted Stevens Anchorage, > $106 million; San Francisco, $76 million; Dallas/Fort Worth, $73 million; > Indianapolis, $66 million; Washington Dulles, $64 million; Memphis, $36 > million; Hartsfield Atlanta, $26 million; George Bush (Houston), $23 > million; Orlando, $18.8 million; Miami $18.3 million; Denver, $16 million. > > Roger & Amanda > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:55:53 +0200 > From: Peter Wilkens <PeterW@asj.co.za> > Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 3 Mar 2002 to 4 Mar 2002 (#2002-117) > > SAA according to inside sources, the board has decided to go for the Airbus > offer and an announcement will be made public within the next 14 days. This > was reported in the Sunday Times dated 3 March 2002. The main motivating > factor been the criteria of the Airbus 4 engines as opposed to the Boeing 2 > engines. > > Regards from South Africa > > Peter Wilkins > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Automatic digest processor > > [mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] > > Sent: 05/03/2002 07:00 > > To: Recipients of AIRLINE digests > > Subject: AIRLINE Digest - 3 Mar 2002 to 4 Mar 2002 (#2002-117) > > > > << Message: AIRLINE Digest - 3 Mar 2002 to 4 Mar 2002 (#2002-117) >> << > > Message: Re: ACs 3xxx flight numbers >> << Message: order query >> << > > Message: sorry >> << Message: McDonald's Air & Sea Show at Ft. 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Any views expressed in this message are those > of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them > to be those of The Foschini Group of Companies, to whom no liability shall > attach whatsoever. The Foschini Group disclaim all liability for any loss, > damage or expense however caused, arising from the use of or reliance upon > the information provided through this service. Any recipient of an > unacceptable communication, a chain letter or offensive material of any > nature is requested to report this to email address: security@foschini.co.za > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:49:14 +0100 > From: Lars <Lars@aviation.0-24.net> > Subject: All-white SAS 767 > > I just saw SAS B-767 LN-RCD at ARN with an all-white fuselage. Only > title was on the fin were "SAS" is painted in the new style (low on the > fin) but in blue on white bottom. It was parked at the departure gate > for SK 903 to EWR, so unless there is a last-minute equipment change, it > will show up in Noo Yawk this afternoon, in case someone is interested. > > Lars > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:51:27 +0800 > From: Scotty <scotty@aviatsiya.ru> > Subject: Airline exec may be arrested on terrorism-related charges > > It seems from the report below that the "airline exec" Viktor Bout (a.k.a. > Viktor Butt) is wanted in Belgium to face charges of supplying weapons to > terrorist groups, include al-Qaeda. Bout is well known in the air cargo > business, especially in the scene in Sharjah, operating many different types > of Antonov and Ilyushin aircraft from Sharjah to places within Africa > (Sierra Leone, Sudan, Liberia, etc). His "airline companies" include Air > Cess, Air Pass (South African now defunct) and Centrafricain Airlines > > --------------- > 2002-03-03 05:42 MSK - Russia: no requests for Bout arrest > MOSCOW - Russia has not received any requests for the arrest and extradition > of Victor Bout, a suspected weapons supplier to the al-Qaida terrorist > network, an official at the Prosecutor General's Office was quoted as saying > Friday. Bout, who on Thursday gave a live interview to a Moscow radio > station just a few blocks from the Kremlin, is wanted in Belgium and also > has been named in a United Nations report as a prominent supplier of weapons > to rebels in Africa. In the interview, he denied he had ever dealt in arms > or had supplied anything to the Taliban or al-Qaida. Belgian officials > confirmed Thursday that they had issued an international arrest warrant for > Bout. They said they forwarded the request to Moscow more than two weeks ago > and were in contact with Russian officials. Russian law enforcement > officials made no public comment on Bout's interview, which came at about > the same time as an Interpol spokesman in Moscow told the Interfax news > agency that Russian law enforcement was certain Bout was not in Russia. On > Friday, an unidentified spokesperson for the Prosecutor General's Office > said Russia had not received any official requests regarding Bout, the > ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Media reports alone are not basis enough for > authorities to take action against him, the official was quoted as > saying. -AP > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 06:14:03 -0500 > From: W Wilson <wlw-jr@att.net> > Subject: Italian Plane Passengers See Flames, Vote to Land > > MILAN (Reuters) - Terrified Italian holidaymakers forced the pilot of a > chartered plane to turn back and land after seeing flames shoot out of an > engine during takeoff, airport officials said on Monday. > The pilot of the Yesair jet, which left Milan's Malpensa airport on Sunday > bound for Cuba, told the 250 passengers that the aircraft was safe, but his > reassurances failed to calm nerves and he decided to put the issue to a > === message truncated === ===== "If you go back to the beginning of this country, the great strength of America, as de Tocqueville pointed out when he came here a long time ago, has always been our ability to associate with people who were different from ourselves and to work together to find common ground." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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