Stories Collection

  1. Items in the Regulatory Log are based on agency announcements in the Federal Register...
  2. Exploit the capability. The industry is missing an opportunity to improve situation...
  3. Passenger advocates are outraged by a provision inserted into Florida's tort reform l...
  4. Every time I clean my room, it gets messy in about two days. I don't even know how i...
  5. * Playing basketball or watching a basketball game on TV. * Making up a story a...
  6. Once upon a time a crow and a squirrel owned a field. They agreed to work the field ...
  7. Papa Bear In the winter, we like to ski. A world of snow, just you and me. ...
  8. Pa wanted a snack. Yum! Peanut butter and jelly! Uh-oh. Too late. T...
  9. I want to be a tennis player. Tennis fascinates me, and my all-time favorite player ...
  10. My dream job is to sew dresses for a queen. I could make whatever design I wanted. H...
  11. Water is made up of little bits called molecules. When most liquids freeze, their mo...
  12. I really like to act, and I want to be in a hit movie that goes in theaters. I don't...
  13. Jose looked out the kitchen Window. Snow was falling. Mom said, "I'm going...
  14. "Anybody could win that dumb contest." "Congratulations on winni...
  15. 1. What kind of shoes swim in the ocean? Annika Scilipote, New York 2. Wh...
  16. Your homework is to collect sounds," Mrs. Olson said. She handed out sheets of ...
  17. A Day on a Bike I have made sure the rusty wheels are on tight. I'm ...
  18. Hannah has outgrown three shirts and three pairs of pants. Now these pieces of cloth...
  19. My dream job is to be a doctor. I want to be a doctor because I want to help people ...
  20. Our house burned down just before Christmas. Sitting alone on the bed I now share wi...
  21. The sign on the YMCA door says Wrestling Tournament Today. I enter the gym and ...
  22. 1. Twist together the ends of a chenille stick, and form it into a heart shape. Hold...
  23. What would happen if you tried to blow a soap bubble in below-freezing weather? Woul...
  24. Red I am red. When I am angry, I am lava shooting out of a volcano. Whe...
  25. My dream job is riding dirt bikes in Las Vegas. I would win the world-cup trophy doi...
  26. Last July, we asked what you dream of doing as an adult. Thanks for your great respo...
  27. Three cougar kittens raced down the hill through the trees. Their ears were laid bac...
  28. Once I had twelve cats in my living room, each one different from the next. You shou...
  29. Name a room in your home where you might find these items. pair of slippers ...
  30. 1. To make the penguin's body, cut two egg cups from a cardboard egg carton and glue...
  31. Loon Loon, Loon is my name. I swim in the mellow waters ...
  32. Have you ever wanted to be an illustrator? Now's your chance! Choose one part of thi...
  33. Unlike turtles, people are not designed to carry shells on their backs. But lots of ...
  34. Start at the beginning and see how far you can go, thinking of good answers from you...
  35. Clouds Clouds drifting by like snowy white popcorn in the sky, like...
  36. My dream job is to be a toy maker because people will thank me for making toys. I wo...
  37. My dream job is to be a mom. I want to be a mom because I love babies. I think it is...
  38. Every four years Washington, D.C., has a really big party. The festivities begin ear...
  39. * Why do we celebrate the new year? What special New Year's Day traditions does your...
  40. Do dolphins sleep? Shavy Ungar, Age 13 New York That's a good question. A dolph...
  41. 1. For the snowman's head, glue together two paper plates to make one sturdy plate. ...
  42. Love Love is something that no one can explain. Sometimes it makes y...
  43. Invitations For each invitation, cut a circle from thick white paper. Draw and ...
  44. I want to be a worker at a custom-car shop. I love cars. They are the best. I love l...
  45. My dream job is to become a professional guitarist and vocalist for my future five-m...
  46. Did pterodactyls fly or glide? Eric Nerren, Age 11 Mississippi Pterodactyls cou...
  47. Martin Luther King Got me a special place For Martin Luther King. His p...
  48. Which thirteen things look the same in these two pictures? 1. Top tier of cake ...
  49. 1. Use permanent markers to draw and decorate an animal shape on the bottom of a dis...
  50. I want to be the head chef of a restaurant. I'd like this job because I think cookin...
  51. Mom: "Mickey, have you ever seen an egg roll?" Mickey: "No, but ...
  52. My two brothers like to play on our computer, and they play on it every day. But I l...
  53. By 1939, Marian Anderson had performed for presidents and kings. She had been praise...
  54. Our Family Reunion My family lives all over the United States. But when we ...
  55. Every once in a while my great-uncle Waldo gets into a reminiscing mode. This mornin...
  56. I've always wanted to be a jockey. I'd ride famous racehorses and meet important peo...
  57. One Egg, Over Easy Humpty Dumpty stood on a wall. He fastened his bungee co...
  58. Can you divide this wheel of cheese into eight identical pieces using only three str...
  59. 1. Put a handful of beads, buttons, or beans in a plastic snack cup. 2. Line t...
  60. My Wonderland Snow drifting, slowly down, All throughout a sleeping town. ...
  61. My dream job is to work with children with disabilities. I first realized I wanted t...
  62. When I grow up, I want to be a policeman or a fireman or a lawyer because they help ...
  63. In this big picture find the boot, spatula, ice-cream cone, fish, funnel, golf club,...
  64. How many magnets can you find in your kitchen? What jobs do they do? How are t...
  65. The Mouse 1. Use a 1-inch pompom for the mouse. Glue on wiggle eyes, two 1/4-i...
  66. US National Carriers Traffic *--January-February 2005 ...
  67. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands (AMS) saw traffic growth return in 2004. Air...
  68. * Ryanair reported an adjusted net profit after exceptional costs and goodwill of 26...
  69. * Quiet Wing Corp. received an FAA STC for its 737-200 performance enhancing flap mo...
  70. * United Airlines and Verizon Airfone received FAA certification for their wireless ...
  71. European Court of Justice ruled in favor of the EC and said the Greek government mad...
  72. US Major Carriers International Traffic *--January-February 2005 ...
  73. * Sabre Airline Solutions and the Arab Air Carriers Organization, in coordination wi...
  74. * United Airlines moved closer to emerging from bankruptcy as management reached agr...
  75. JETS Total Total Fleet Stored Boeing ...
  76. The World's Top 25 Airlines 2004 In Operating Revenue ...
  77. US Major Yield Report January-April 2005 Domestic A...
  78. The World's Top 50 Airports January-December 2004 * vs. 2003 Top Airports by Pa...
  79. * Virgin Atlantic reported a pre-tax profit of 68 million [pounds sterling] ($124 mi...
  80. * American Airlines reached an agreement in principle with Sinergy Aerospace to perf...
  81. * EOS is the name of a proposed New York-based airline that intends to offer premium...
  82. * EU finance ministers in May reached an agreement in principle to impose a new tick...
  83. US Major Carriers Domestic Traffic *--January-February 2005 ...
  84. * LAN Argentina began operations June 8 by introducing twice-daily Buenos Aires-Mend...
  85. * Penauille Group named industry veteran Jacques Guerin CEO of Servisair/GlobeGround...
  86. ABX AIR The cargo airline has continued to improve financially and reported ne...
  87. The World's Top 10 Low-Cost Carriers 2004 In Operating Revenue ...
  88. US Fuel Cost And Consumption March 2005 Total Co...
  89. Northwest Airlines announced that Fay P. Beauchine is retiring as VP-sales & cus...
  90. * Irish government in May said it decided in principle to sell a majority shareholdi...
  91. * Aviation Partners Boeing was awarded an STC for 757-200 blended winglets by FAA. C...
  92. * ATA Airlines cockpit crewmembers, including pilots and flight engineers, ratified ...
  93. * Finnair's board of directors appointed Jukka Hienonen as the company's next presid...
  94. US Major Carriers System Traffic *--January-February 2005 ...
  95. * TAP Portugal ended negotiations to acquire a 20% stake in Varig following the Braz...
  96. * Lufthansa Systems inked deals with Fischer Air Polska, Pluna and TUI Airlines Belg...
  97. AIR WISCONSIN Although the carrier was flying 70 aircraft in the United Express...
  98. AEA Scheduled Traffic January-April 2005 Pass. % RPKs ...
  99. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Air Canada Jazz took delivery of the first of 1...
  100. * Air France-KLM Group--consolidating AF Group over 12 months and KLM Group over 11 ...
  101. US Majors Traffic May 2005 RPMs % chg. ASMs l chg. LF ...
  102. * Iberia teamed up with OnAir to provide e-mail and Web chat services for its busine...
  103. * Air Pacific, Fiji's national airline, reported a profit after tax of $24.5 million...
  104. * Swissport finalized a four-year ground handling agreement with Air France initiall...
  105. AIRTRAN AIRWAYS AirTran entered the ranks of the Major airlines last year by g...
  106. International Scheduled Services of AAPA Member Airlines January-April 2005 ...
  107. * AirAsia reported net income of 40.7 million ringgit ($10.7 million) for the fiscal...
  108. EXCHANGE RATE CURRENCY UNITS PER US DOLLAR COUNTRY/ CURRENCY 5/31...
  109. * ARINC and Jeppesen announced an alliance to produce an advanced electronic flight ...
  110. US Airways Group and America West Holdings Corp. claim their proposed merger will ac...
  111. THE PARTY'S IN GEAR, everybody's invited, the music is playing and yet amid the mirt...
  112. * Engine Lease Finance Corp. and its parent BTM Capital Corp., which is itself owned...
  113. July means, as George Gershwin wrote, it's summertime and the living is easy. Easy i...
  114. * Virgin Blue warned of another challenging year ahead after announcing a 13.2% slid...
  115. AEROCARIBE Mexicana in April unveiled plans to transform its Regional subsidia...
  116. US Regional & Specialty Carriers Traffic January-February 2005 ...
  117. * Air New Zealand MD and CEO Ralph Norris, widely credited with restoring the airlin...
  118. TOP 20 AIRLINES JANUARY-MAY 2005 RANK AIRLINE RPKs (000) 1 ...
  119. * Rockwell Collins' Tailwind 550 satellite television system received an FAA STC for...
  120. Citing the European Commission's "unwillingness to halt new subsidies for large...
  121. SIZE MATTERED AT THIS YEAR'S PARIS MR SHOW, MOST obviously in the excitement created...
  122. * AirTran Airways completed an aircraft pre-delivery deposit financing for six 737-7...
  123. AIR CANADA The big news for Air Canada last year was its successful restructur...
  124. AEGEAN The Greek carrier posted growth rates of about 20% over the last five y...
  125. Non-US airline Traffic--2005 Pass. 05/04 RPKs ...
  126. * Malaysia Airlines reported a net profit of 326.1 million ringgit ($85.8 million) f...
  127. * B/E Aerospace was selected to supply its next-generation passenger oxygen system f...
  128. Delays in A380 first deliveries of up to six months were confirmed by Airbus at the ...
  129. The market for 30/60-seat regional jets is "reaching maturity," but 50-sea...
  130. * Susumu Yamaji, former president and chairman of Japan Airlines, died in Tokyo May ...
  131. Aug. 15-18 Seventh Annual Bird Strike Committee USA/Bird Strike Committee Canada Con...
  132. AIRASIA ATW's Market Leadership Award winner for 2005 has had a stellar year c...
  133. In this group, only the 737-500 can be considered a sales success. The A318, 717-200...
  134. * Bmi is switching to a single-class service with paid-for catering on all but four ...
  135. * Lufthansa Technik will take over maintenance and overhaul of the V2500 engines pow...
  136. * Boeing and Japan Aircraft Development Corp., which represents three Japanese 787 s...
  137. The Star Alliance announced last month that it "has initiated a major cost-redu...
  138. Although deliveries were up year-over-year, Embraer reported a 6.6% decline in net i...
  139. * Frontier Airlines lost $23.4 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, including ...
  140. * Alaska Airlines ordered 35 737-800s, with options on 15 more and purchase rights f...
  141. Iberia's first-quarter net loss widened to 16.1 million [euro] ($20.7 million) from ...
  142. ANA Group cited strong performance of its international operations, including the fi...
  143. Alitalia's ground services unit Alitalia Servizi SpA has been set up as a separate s...
  144. FACT FILE European Airline Traffic April 2005 RPKs chan...
  145. World Air Holdings, parent of World Airways, acquired North American Airlines effect...
  146. Sabre Airline Solutions signed a seven-year agreement with Southwest Airlines to sup...
  147. FAA lowered Ghana's safety rating from Category 1 to Category 2. This is not an indi...
  148. SIX MONTHS AGO, Avianca successfully reorganized under Chapter 11 of the US bankrupt...
  149. "My mind clicks on and off. I try letting one eyelid close at a time while I pr...
  150. US Regional & Specialty Carriers Traffic ATW ...
  151. US Major Carriers System Traffic *--January 2005 Passen...
  152. British Airways reported a net profit of 251 million [pounds sterling] ($464.2 milli...
  153. Boeing made a bit of news this spring, announcing orders and options for up to 155 7...
  154. EADS reported net income of 328 million [euro] ($420.7 million) for the March quarte...
  155. Lufthansa Systems said Austrian Airlines selected the NetLine/Sched modules Slot Man...
  156. Volga-Dnepr is extending its outsize and heavyweight air cargo services capability t...
  157. JUNE May 31-June 2 Annual Int'l. Satellite & Communications Conference &am...
  158. AITAL Airlines Traffic January-February 2005 Pass. ASK...
  159. Lufthansa Group had a net loss of 116 million [euro] ($148.5 million) for the first ...
  160. Japan Airlines Corp. overcame soaring fuel prices as it returned to profit in the fi...
  161. Blue1 VP-Finance and CFO Stefan Wentjaervi was appointed president and CEO of the Fi...
  162. US airlines would have more time to make payments to underfunded employee pension pl...
  163. Boeing named four more 787 suppliers. Jamco Corp. will provide flightdeck interiors ...
  164. Varig and TAP Portugal confirmed signing of an MOU that may lead to the Portuguese c...
  165. Republic Airways Holdings wrapped up the purchase of Shuttle America for $1 million ...
  166. Air Canada ordered up to 96 777s and 787s, including two 777-200 freighters should t...
  167. Saudi Arabian Airlines has ordered 15 Embraer 170s, with first delivery scheduled fo...
  168. DOES RADIO frequency identification technology meet the "2-10" rule coined...
  169. Fares continued to fall, oil prices continued to rise. That sums up the experience f...
  170. Aircraft Data A320-200 737-400 737-800 ...
  171. In the competition for new orders, the A320-200 and 737-800 remain locked in a tight...
  172. TOP 20 AIRLINES JANUARY-APRIL 2005/RANK RANK AIRLINE RPKs ...
  173. China and Canada signed a new bilateral agreement in April that provides for a three...
  174. Finnair earned 11.5 million [euro] ($14.7 million) in the first quarter ended March ...
  175. Messier Services signed landing gear overhaul contracts with Mesaba Airlines and BWI...
  176. THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY YEAR for Portugal's state-owned flag carrier. It launched a maj...
  177. THAT QUESTION LIKELY WILL BE THE CATCHPHRASE for this year's Paris Air Show June 13-...
  178. JET FUEL PRICES * April 22, 2005 New York 157.09 US...
  179. Singapore Airlines Group announced a net profit attributable to shareholders of S$1....
  180. Boeing recently revealed the final exterior look of the 787, showing a more conventi...
  181. LAN Airlines said net income for the three months ended March 31 fell 3.7% to $46.3 ...
  182. Boeing had net earnings of $535 million in the quarter ended March 31, down 14% from...
  183. SkyEurope Airlines placed an order for up to 32 new 737700s including 16 firm orders...
  184. AFTER YEARS OF TAKING A backseat to noise, aircraft engine emissions have hit the to...
  185. US Major Carriers International Traffic *--January 2005 ...
  186. Virgin Blue will equip its aircraft with inflight satellite television supplied by L...
  187. EXCHANGE RATE CURRENCY UNITS PER US DOLLAR COUNTRY/ CURRENCY ...
  188. China Southern Airlines blamed soaring fuel prices as it reported a loss of RMB48 mi...
  189. Aer Lingus, as expected, appointed Dermot Mannion as its new CEO replacing Willie Wa...
  190. Kalitta Air and its pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamster...
  191. Transportation Safety Board of Canada continues its investigation into a March 6 inc...
  192. Gulf Air absorbed a 30 million dinar ($79.6 million) increase in fuel expense and re...
  193. South African Airways in April named Kyrl Acton as its first-ever COO. The position ...
  194. Air-India chose Boeing to supply up to 50 jets worth $6.8 billion including firm ord...
  195. AAR was awarded a contract by Air Midwest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Gro...
  196. THERE IS A DEVELOPING consensus, though far from universal, that regional jets are p...
  197. Aircraft Values Aircraft Year 2005 * 2010 ** 2015 ** 2020 ** ...
  198. Non-US Airline Traffic--2005 Pass. 05/04 RPKs Ai...