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Orlando FL June 20, 2006 - AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., today announced as of 7:30 p.m. EDT that the airline's internal reservations and airport check-in systems were online and stabilized. Passengers are now able to check-in online, at the airport kiosks and airport ticket counters. After a planned computer system upgrade on Tuesday morning, AirTran Airways began experiencing computer problems affecting passenger check-in at the airport and online.

"We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience experienced with our check-in processes today and appreciate their patience and understanding. Our Crew Members have worked diligently today to process passengers as quickly as possible," said Judy Graham-Weaver, AirTran Airways spokesperson.

Despite the challenges experienced Tuesday afternoon, AirTran Airways looks forward to providing its passengers with an even higher level of customer service thanks to this system upgrade.

Washington June 20, 2006 - Eastern Airways, UK, is the latest regional airline to choose UATP as a form of payment for its corporate travelers. Eastern Airways now accepts all UATP corporate cards and is a part of the UATP global corporate travel payment network.

"Supplying customers with what they want, with the best service possible, is at the heart of Eastern Airways' product strategy," says Keith Watson, Eastern Airways' head of sales. "We responded to our corporate clients' desire to accept UATP in conjunction with continually adding new routes and services on our flights. Customer demand drives our business, and we will continue to meet those demands."

Eastern Airways will settle all UATP transactions through UATP Settlement Services (USS), a low-cost, weekly settlement system that matches fees and air tickets electronically, allowing for easy reconciliation of accounts for UATP transactions for customers with non-clearinghouse transactions.

"Europe continues to see growth and profitability; Eastern Airways has positioned itself to capture these opportunities by including UATP in its strategy for increased market share," said President and CEO Ralph Kaiser, UATP. "Eastern is making smart business decisions through its planning and distinguishing itself by meeting customer demands and offering excellent customer service."

Montreal PQ June 21, 2006 - Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with the Clark County Department of Aviation for a new Automated People Mover (APM) system at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. The contract, valued at approximately $43 million US (34 million Euros), includes the supply of six CX-100 vehicles and associated electrical and mechanical equipment for the 366-metre (1200-foot) shuttle system. The APM is scheduled for completion in January 2011.

Bombardier Transportation's facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will be responsible for the design, supply and systems engineering and integration of the driverless APM, including signaling, communications, and power supply systems, as well as platform screen doors. The new CX-100 fleet will incorporate additional features, such as on-board security cameras and a flight information system. The dual-lane underground system will connect the new Terminal 3 with the existing D-gate concourse.

"This is a rewarding order for us on many levels," commented Ray Betler, President of Bombardier Transportation, Total Transit Systems. "While it allows us to continue to build on a long-standing relationship with our McCarran Airport customer, it also confirms that the exceptional performance and flexibility of the CX-100 technology is of high value and competitive in today’s APM market."

Since the early 1980’s, the APM was considered an integral part of the Airport’s long-range expansion plans. This contract validates the reliability of the two existing APM shuttle systems that Bombardier supplied and has maintained since the opening of the first shuttle in 1985 and the second shuttle in 1998. The overall system has consistently surpassed the contract availability target of 99.65 per cent.

"As the fifth busiest airport in North America, it's important that we have a reliable APM," said Randall H. Walker, Clark County Department of Aviation Director. "Bombardier has had a very good performance and we look forward to working with them on this project."

With 35 years of experience in designing, building and operating APM systems around the world, Bombardier Transportation has supplied APM systems for other airport and urban applications in Frankfurt, Germany; Rome, Italy; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Singapore; Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Seattle-Tacoma, Tampa and San Francisco, USA. It is currently implementing a CX-100 system for Beijing Capital International Airport in China and an Innovia APM for Heathrow International Airport in the United Kingdom.

El Segundo CA June 21, 2006 - Air New Zealand has teamed with a group of former NASA scientists at Alertness Solutions to conduct the most intensive study of travelers to date. Using methodology previously used to study only astronauts and pilots, the airline is breaking new ground in examining what they have termed the "Vacation Gap," the knowledge gap that exists regarding what happens to leisure travelers before, during and after their vacations.

The Vacation Gap study is a two-phase project. The results of the first phase, an in-depth national online survey, measure consumer perceptions of the vacation process and will compare it to the data from the second phase -- an intricate in-flight study of travelers. The findings from both phases will be used to examine a wide range of vacation and travel related questions, as well as guide the airline on future enhancements designed to maximize the vacation experience.

"By studying the Vacation Gap, Air New Zealand is continuing its efforts to make our flights a positive part of the entire vacation experience," said Gus Gilmore, vice president of Air New Zealand - The Americas. "Air New Zealand will use the results of our study to identify and explore new ways to accelerate the vacation mindset and extend it for travelers once they return. By the time we've completed this study, no one will know more than we do about the vacationer's mindset, inside and out."

The national online survey of 1,200 Americans was conducted in April and included 46 questions about work and stress, the vacation experience and the mental and emotional transitions people make between work/home and vacation modes. Among the findings, more than half (51 percent) would be willing to reduce benefits, daily breaks, pay or holiday time off to get more annual vacation time.

In addition, the survey has revealed an increasing paradox between America's stress levels and the genuine need for rest and vacation, and a significant gap between the desire for a vacation and actually taking one. Nearly 70 percent of those surveyed believe doctors should be able to write prescriptions for vacations and more than half feel that extended time off results in as much as a 25 percent increase in work productivity.

The second phase of Air New Zealand's Vacation Gap project uses scientific monitoring devices to measure brain, eye, muscle, and heart rate activity of 10 passengers flying from the US to New Zealand in April and May. In addition to undergoing intensive in-flight monitoring, vacation travelers also collected data as they transitioned from home to vacation and back home again using a wrist actigraph to collect 24-hour activity levels and quantify sleep, a PDA to collect objective performance of travelers, a daily diary for reporting activities, mood, stress, relaxation and more.

Additional highlights from the consumer survey include:

The American Leisure Paradox

• Respondents worked about nine to 10 hours a day, and almost half rated their stress levels as "moderate" to "extreme."
• Other than time or money, 30 percent of respondents cited family commitments, 20 percent cited workload concerns and 11 percent cited guilt about leaving work as the biggest obstacles to taking vacations.

Transitioning to and from the Vacation Mindset

• More than half (59 percent) feel like they're on vacation before they even arrive at the destination and 66 percent say they do not work while they are on vacation.
• However, the survey suggests the vacation mindset fades quickly after Americans return. More than half (57 percent) begin to feel like they were never on vacation within the first three days back, returning to their normal stress levels and routines with exercise, sleep, work, diet and social activity.

The Benefits of Vacation

• The majority of people surveyed acknowledged that vacations have both physiological and psychological health benefits. When asked what they thought would happen if they took two weeks off of work at a time, nearly 40 percent said they thought they would "return relaxed and refreshed."
• Respondents also agreed that after a vacation, they feel more energized, happy and have a higher ability to communicate with others and concentrate, as well as see up to a 25 percent increase in happiness at work and productivity and decrease in stress.
  

Men vs. Women

• During the planning process, the week before and day of departure and on the plane, men rated their levels of relaxation up to 16 percent higher than women.
• Do women work harder than men? According to the survey, it would seem so. On average, women have taken three fewer days of vacation in the past year than men (female average = 25.0 days vs. male average = 27.9 days). Additionally, the majority of women rated their current stress levels as "moderate" (41 percent), while most men rated theirs as "normal" (36 percent).
  

Under 50 vs. Over 50

• When responses were broken down by age, there was a significant difference of opinion on whether doctors should be able to write prescriptions for vacations, as well as their perceived benefits. Seventy-three percent of people under the age of 50 felt doctors should have the
  authority compared to only 59 percent of people over 50.

The results of "Phase 2" of the study are currently being analyzed and will be released this summer.

Tucson June 21, 2006--Global Aircraft Solutions Inc announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Hamilton Aerospace Technologies Inc. (HAT), is proud to confirm that it has been awarded, for the fourth consecutive year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "Diamond Certificate of Excellence" for maintenance training. The Diamond Certificate of Excellence is the FAA's highest maintenance honor, designed to encourage aviation maintenance technicians and their employers to participate in initial and recurrent training programs.

John Sawyer, President of Global Aircraft Solutions and Hamilton Aerospace, stated, "Although our aircraft trading and parts sales business segments continue to constitute our greatest growth opportunities, those same business opportunities are based upon the strong technological capabilities that HAT brings to our business model. In that context, it is very satisfying to receive reconfirmation from the Federal Aviation Administration that, for the fourth year in a row, we are not only meeting, but also exceeding their regulatory standards."

Melbourne FL June 21, 2006 - Harris Corporation today announced that its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) team has successfully completed the transition of all sites in the FAA's Northwest Mountain Region to the new FTI Mission Support Services. The FTI Mission Support network replaces the FAA's existing wide-area network that transports administrative functions such as payroll and e-mail.

"The Mission Support program is on schedule and represents the first major upgrade to the FAA's administrative wide-area network in more than 10 years and will provide a much more secure and reliable network for communications within the FAA," said John O'Sullivan, FTI program vice president, Harris Government Communications Systems Division. "The Northwest Mountain Region is the first of the FAA's nine legacy regions to be fully transitioned to the new Mission Support Network. The on-time completion of this transition exemplifies the cooperation between the FAA's field offices and the Harris FTI program team."

All of the FAA's 44 primary and secondary core sites, including FAA headquarters and key operations centers, and more than 94-percent of the FAA's smaller sites are already transitioned to the Mission Support network, with all remaining sites expected to be completed in this month.

The FTI program is upgrading communications circuits at more than 4,400 FAA facilities nationwide, creating a modern telecommunications network that will provide unparalleled safety, security, and reliability at significantly reduced operating costs. The FTI program is expected to save the FAA more than $600 million in operating costs over the 15-year life of the program. Harris Corporation heads an industry-leading team of telecommunications companies in the implementation of FTI.

As part of the FTI program, the Harris team is consolidating the Leased Interfacility NAS Communications System, Data Multiplexing Network, Bandwidth Manager, and National Aviation Data Interchange Network into an integrated telecommunications infrastructure. Harris also is replacing the Agency Data Telecommunications Network and the FAA Telecommunications Satellite System. Requirements include providing Wide Area Network services, upgrading switching and routing services, improving network monitoring and control, implementing a state-of-the-art security system, and providing network engineering services. In addition to the Mission Support network installations, FTI equipment has now been installed and accepted at more than 1,500 FAA facilities, and nearly 6,000 operational services have been accepted and are in service nationwide. Transition from the more costly legacy networks to FTI is expected to be completed by December 2007.

Evendale OH June 21, 2006 - Continental Airlines has chosen GE - Aviation's GEnx jet engine to power its additional order of 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than $250 million.

This additional order from Continental doubles the airlines' Boeing 787 fleet to 20 aircraft, all powered by GEnx engines. Continental is the first US-based airline to select the GEnx engine for its 787 fleet. Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2009.

A leading operator of GE jet engines, Continental flies more than 300 aircraft powered by GE and CFM56* engines. Continental was also one of the first operators of GE90-powered 777 aircraft. The airline's fleet includes 767s powered by GE's CF6-80C2 engines and 737s powered by CFM56 engines.

Testing began earlier this year on the GEnx engine. Engine certification is scheduled for 2007.

The GEnx is based on the highly successful GE90 architecture. It will succeed GE's CF6 engine family, which is the most reliable and best-selling engine on wide-body aircraft. It provides significantly better specific fuel consumption and payload performance than GE's CF6 engines.

The GEnx engine is the world's only jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades made of composites, which provide for greater engine durability, weight reduction and lower operating costs. The fan blades will utilize GE90 composite technology that has performed well, with no routine on-wing maintenance required and no in-service issue for more than a decade. The GEnx will operate with 18 fan blades (50 percent fewer than the CF6) at noise levels lower than any large GE commercial engine. The GEnx also features a new combustor for efficient fuel mixing before ignition, resulting in significantly lower oxides of nitrogen (Nox) levels.

The GEnx is part of GE's "ecomagination" product portfolio--GE's commitment to develop new, cost-effective technologies that enhance customers' environmental and operating performance.

Moscow June 21, 2006 (KUNA) - Syria and Russia are negotiating a deal to provide Il-96 and Tu-204 jets to Syrian Arab Airlines, Itar-Tass Russian news agency said quoting a Russian transportation official on Wednesday.

Syrian transportation minister Yarub Badr is holding talks in Moscow currently to enhance bilateral relations in the transportation fields.

The Russian official said his country is willing to train and prepare Syrian staff to use and maintain Russian jets and to send Russian experts to offer their services in these planes in the early stage.

Sao Paulo, Brazil June 21, 2006 - TAM S.A., Brazil's largest airline company, has signed an agreement with Boeing, which will allow the Company to have access to all sets of documents, standards and technical handbooks on the US manufacturer's maintenance of components and aircraft. This contract will have the necessary duration to allow TAM to be fully certified by ANAC (Brazilian civil aviation authority) to provide services for the entire Boeing line at the Technological Center of Sao Carlos, enhancing the qualification of the maintenance complex.

The Technological Center is certified by ANAC, Brazilian authority, and by EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency (JAR-145), European authority, to carry out all large scheduled maintenance (checks C and D) in its entire fleet composed of Airbus and Fokker aircraft. From this initial step, the signing of GTA (General Terms and Agreement) with Boeing, TAM will extend its services to other airline companies operating with the US manufacturer's aircraft in Latin America.

TAM's technological center is located in an area of the company of 4.6 million square meters in Sao Carlos. Besides maintenance hangars, the complex comprises all workshops with capacity to review more than 2,000 aeronautic components, from small on-board entertainment screens to landing gear. The first computerized center in Latin America (ATEC series 6) is also installed at the site for tests and repairs of new generation electronic components for Airbus aircraft, and soon may also receive Boeing 737NG computers.

Akron June 21, 2006 - In a gala event held at its Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar today, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company christened its newest airship: Spirit of Innovation. Matthew Harrelson of Uniontown, Ohio submitted the winning name in the company's "Name the Blimp" contest and is awarded the Grand Prize, the use of a Goodyear blimp for a day. The winning name was officially selected based upon a nationwide vote by the American public and a panel of Goodyear judges.

For the first time in the 81-year history of its airship program, Goodyear launched its newest blimp on March 27th without a name. Instead, on April 10th the company unveiled the new blimp bearing the world's largest blank nametag, and launched a nationwide contest to search for a name. Between April 11th and April 30th, the contest enjoyed a groundswell of participation from around the country, with unique name suggestions coming from residents in each of the 48 eligible states and the District of Columbia.

Matthew Harrelson, a chemistry teacher and Akron-area resident, suggested Spirit of Innovation because he was familiar with Goodyear and the company's history of innovation. "Living near Goodyear everyone hears when they come out with another high-tech product, and having seen Charles Goodyear in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, it was easy to connect Goodyear and innovation ... and then 'Spirit' just seemed to make the name flow better," said Harrelson.

From the more than 21,000 unique names submitted, a panel of judges selected ten finalist names based on their ability to reflect the storied history of the Goodyear airship, its long tradition of public service, the grace and majesty of air flight, and Goodyear's history of innovation and progress. Between May 7th and May 31st, America and a panel of Goodyear representatives voted, with Spirit of Innovation ultimately receiving the most votes.

Seattle June 21, 2006 - Alaska Airlines will offer seasonal, nonstop service between Seattle and Cancun, Mexico, and between Portland, Ore., and the Mexican resort destinations of Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta starting this fall. The flights went on sale today following US Department of Transportation (DOT) approval last week of the new service.

Initially the airline will offer nonstop service four days a week between Seattle and Cancun, and Portland and Los Cabos, and three days a week between Portland and Puerto Vallarta. Flights will operate during the peak travel season for these tourist destinations, between the end of October and the end of April.

"We expect this new nonstop service between the Pacific Northwest and Mexico to be extremely popular with travelers looking for a winter break," said John MacLeod, Alaska's managing director, planning and alliances. "We are continuing to expand our Mexico route system to give our customers and travel industry partners even more options to take advantage of our award-winning service."

Mexico City June 21, 2006 - Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. (ASUR) today announced that it has signed a contract with AB T3, S.A. de C.V. to provide food and beverage services at Cancun Airport's new Terminal 3. The Company also reported that its contract with the current provider of these services at Terminal 2, Mera Aeropuertos, S.A de C.V., has been extended with an amendment to provide for a higher concession fee paid by the leaseholder.

In addition, AB T2, S.A. de C.V. will assume responsibility for the operation of the restaurant and snack bar at Terminal 2 beginning on July 1, 2006. These facilities had been part of ASUR's direct commercial operations since May 2004. AB T2, AB T3, and Mera Aeropuertos are all affiliates of Controladora Mera, S.A. de C.V.

The new contracts will run for 10 years from the date of the opening of Terminal 3's first unit. The facilities at Terminal 3 include 2000 square meters of food and beverage retail space, comprising a total of 10 units, with brands and concepts aimed at providing the airport's international passengers with world-class service.

Tempe June 21, 2006 - US Airways is pleased to christen its second 'throwback' aircraft today at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Painted in classic Piedmont Airlines blue and white colors with a red US Airways along the fuselage, the 'throwback' aircraft also boasts the Piedmont logo on the tail and Piedmont's famous tail stripes. The plane's nose also sports the classic Piedmont "Pacemaker" moniker, which the airline used on many of its aircraft throughout its four-decade run. Additionally, the aircraft registration or tail number was also changed to N744P, reflecting Piedmont's original designator.

US Airways Chairman, President and CEO Doug Parker stated, "It is an honor to recognize and celebrate US Airways' Piedmont heritage. We dedicate this aircraft to the thousands of former Piedmont employees who continue to work for the new US Airways, as well as those who are now retired and helped build our great airline. The spirit of Piedmont's legendary brand of Southern hospitality and service lives on at the new US Airways."

Piedmont Airlines' roots stem from the late 1940s when Piedmont Aviation was authorized to operate local airline route 87 by the Civil Aviation Board. The inaugural Piedmont flight departed Wilmington, N.C. for Cincinnati, Ohio in February 1948 with stops in Southern Pines, Charlotte and Asheville, N.C., as well as Tri-Cities, Tenn. and Lexington, Ky. Piedmont operated a wide array of aircraft utilizing Douglas DC-3s to Boeing 767s throughout its history. Before merging with USAir in the late 1980s, Piedmont operated hubs at Charlotte, Baltimore and Dayton, Ohio with 185 aircraft and more than 250 daily departures.

US Airways will dedicate other 'throwback' aircraft later this year mirroring the paint schemes of Allegheny Airlines and America West Airlines. In March 2006, US Airways dedicated its first 'throwback' aircraft: PSA livery complete with its famous smile. Additionally, every aircraft in the US Airways fleet honors its ancestry by bearing the Heritage symbol, appearing near the aircraft door. The Heritage symbol incorporates the classic logos of the four largest airlines that have merged over the years to create the new US Airways: Allegheny, America West, PSA and Piedmont.

Fremont CA June 21, 2006 - AltiGen(R) Communications, Inc., a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions, announced today that Las Vegas based Silver State Helicopters, the world's largest helicopter flight training operation, has selected AltiGen's AltiContact Manager VoIP Phone System and Call Center solutions for its voice communications requirements. Since implementing AltiGen's VoIP technology, Silver State Helicopters has realized significant business benefits including enhanced unified communications between office sites, a feature-rich in-house call center, and cost savings through self-management.

In the last few years, Silver State Helicopters has grown from one flight school with 20 students to 22 flight schools with over 1,700 enrolled students. The Company's existing legacy phone system was ill prepared to handle the rapid expansion of a fast growing company that demanded a robust telecommunications solution. Its aggressive growth plans punctuated the urgent need to link multiple sites together and to bring its outsourced call center operation 100% in-house.

The inherent flexibility of AltiGen's phone systems gives customers like Silver State the ability to fine-tune each system to the customer's precise specifications without exorbitant costs. For example, Silver State is now able to provide call center staff with information about the customer such as the exact geographical market from where the call has originated as well as to what advertisement the caller has responded and populates the staff member's screen with various offers and up selling opportunities geared for that specific area.

"AltiGen's solutions have allowed us to take control of the sales process by bringing our call center and other phone operations completely in-house," said Steve King, IT Manager of Silver State Helicopters. "It has greatly increased the rate of actual signups from initial calls by better preparing our call center staff with information that can help convert each customer call to into a sale, thus giving us more bang for the buck from our advertising. The system's IP capabilities include a unified dialing plan to implement four-digit dialing between offices and a single phone number with which to reach Silver State Helicopters' mobile workforce, thereby increasing our employees' productivity."

Installed by Capture Technologies, Inc., a leading AltiGen Communications reseller, the entire call center deployment took less than three days. The call center installation was highly successful and Silver State Helicopters immediately rolled out AltiGen's IP phone system to the rest of the Company, stretching across all major departments and across multiple office locations.

In addition, Silver State Helicopters has begun to roll out smaller branch office AltiGen systems in its local flight school offices, replacing its antiquated PBX solutions. AltiGen will now be the system of choice in new local offices as Silver State Helicopters continues to expand across the country.

Mr. King continued, "One of the deciding factors in choosing AltiGen over other competitive offerings is that after the installation, there was very little ongoing IT support necessary. Call center managers can independently handle recording of prompts, changing screens and changing auto attendant features, among other unique features. AltiGen's call center offers a highly intuitive phone system with built-in commands that puts the call center staff in control and allows our IT staff to focus on other areas."

"Silver State Helicopters is a fantastic example of how AltiGen is providing growing organizations advanced communications solutions via VoIP technology designed to meet demands for mobility, simplified management, robust call center features, and increased productivity," said AltiGen CEO, Gilbert Hu.

Green OH June 21, 2006 - New ground transportation providers are now serving passengers at Akron-Canton Airport (CAK). Shuttle One Services (SOS) a long time tenant and Thomas Limousine Services of Akron were recently selected as the in-terminal providers of high-end limousine services. Both companies offer sedan, van, standard limousine, and mini-bus options. Thomas Limousine also offers stretch limousine and SUV services from CAK. Both providers have service counters in the baggage claim area.

Rental car options were also recently expanded from four to eight vendors. Now passengers can select Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National and/or Thrifty. Because all rental car companies are on-site, a trip in a van to a remote rental car facility is never required.

In addition to limousine and rental car services, Airport Taxi Express and Yellow Cab offer curbside taxi services to arriving passengers. The taxi service started last spring. Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority and Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) offer bus service to and from the airport as well. All of these ground transportation options can be found in our baggage claim area or just outside on the curb.

"Excellent ground transportation options are critical to our arriving passengers and local corporations," said airport director Fred Krum. "We feel very confident that SOS, Thomas, taxi, rental car and bus service to our airport meets the varied needs of our passengers. Grouping these services in the baggage claim area reduces stress and helps our arriving passengers get to their destination as quickly as possible. Exceptional ground transportation options within steps of baggage carousels, helps make CAK a better way to go(R)."

Charlotte NC June 21, 2006 - Goodrich Corporation today broke ground on a 300,000-square-foot expansion of its Singapore-based nacelle/thrust reverser Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility. Expected to be complete in December 2007, the expansion more than doubles the size of the current 230,000-square-foot facility that opened in 2003.

Goodrich's nacelle/thrust reverser MRO team, known as GASCA (Goodrich Aerostructures Service Center - Asia) will occupy 400,000 of the total 530,000-square-foot facility. The company will also relocate its Singapore- based Customer Services and Aircraft Interior Products service centers into the new facility, creating a Goodrich campus for aircraft component and systems maintenance and repair for the region.

"Continued strong market demand for Goodrich's MRO services across the broad range of our component and system offering has led us to accelerate our plans for this expansion by several years," said Curtis Reusser, President of Goodrich's Aerostructures division. "This expansion will allow us to realize our goal of creating a single campus for all of our Singapore MRO activities. It will also enable our nacelle/thrust reverser MRO team to undertake new initiatives in the areas of R&D and prototype manufacturing," Reusser continued.

Teo Ming Kian, Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board, stated, "Goodrich's investment is a clear endorsement of Singapore's position as a global aviation hub. We are delighted that Goodrich is not only significantly expanding its MRO activities but also establishing new R&D capabilities in Singapore. This will further strengthen GASCA's standing as the fastest growing nacelle MRO facility in the world and reinforce Singapore's position as the largest and most comprehensive MRO hub in Asia."

Goodrich's Aerostructures Service Center - Asia provides aerostructure repair and overhaul services for more than 40 airlines in the Asia-Pacific region. The facility features the largest autoclave of any maintenance repair and overhaul facility in the region - able to accommodate both existing and new airliner platforms. The facility is also the first MRO facility in the world to overhaul and refurbish Boeing 777/Trent(R) 800 and PW4000 thrust reversers. The company's Customer Services team performs repair work on products which vary from sensors to hoist and winch components and the aircraft interior products teamwork involves MRO for evacuation slides.

In addition to its Singapore facilities, Goodrich serves its customers in the Asia-Pacific region with MRO facilities in Xiamen, China and Sydney, Australia.

Helsinki June 21, 2006 - Finnish flag carrier Finnair faces a walkout by two unions.

A technical workers union and an airline officials union said Wednesday that a walkout might occur at 6am (GMT+3) on Thursday.

Finnair said the possible walkout would not affect traffic.

The warning comes amid Finnair's ongoing cooperation procedure talks.

Moscow June 21, 2006 - Jones Day represented Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) in the establishment of a strategic partnership with Alenia Aeronautica for the Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) program, which involves the design, development, production and marketing of a new generation of regional aircraft.

SCAC, Alenia and their respective parent companies Finmeccanica and Sukhoi signed a preliminary agreement on June 20 establishing the principles of their strategic partnership with respect to the RRJ program, including the acquisition by Alenia of a 25% stake plus one share in SCAC (subject to Russian governmental approvals) and the formation of a joint venture in Europe to provide sales and technical support for the RRJ aircraft.

The Jones Day team was led by Vladimir Lechtman, Partner-in-Charge of the Moscow office, and included Irina Skidan, Igor Makarov, Tatjana Stoljarova, Maria Ankoudinova and Valentin Petrov in the Moscow office, as well as Lee Coffey in Jones Day's London office.

Washington June 21, 2006 - The US Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed to select Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines and JetBlue Airways to provide new service between the United States and Mexico. The new services were made possible by amendments to the US-Mexico air services agreement signed last December.

In today’s show-cause order, the Department tentatively selected Delta for service between Los Angeles and Puerto Vallarta, Frontier for service between Los Angeles and San Jose del Cabo, and JetBlue for New York-Cancun service. Under a show-cause order, interested parties have an opportunity to file objections to the tentative decision before a final decision is made. Objections are due in 10 days, with answers to objections due seven days afterward.

The liberalized US-Mexico aviation agreement provides that three airlines from each country may fly between any US city and Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatalan, Merida, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo.

Previously, only two airlines from each country could operate in each of these US-Mexico city-pair markets.

Two airlines currently serve each of the Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta, Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo and New York-Cancun markets, allowing DOT to name one additional carrier for each city pair. Delta and United Airlines both applied to serve Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta; Delta, Frontier, Continental Express and United all applied to serve Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo; and Delta, JetBlue and USA 3000 applied for New York-Cancun service. DOT has granted a number of US carriers the authority to operate in other US-Mexico markets since the agreement was amended.

In its show-cause order, the Department said the three carriers proposed for selection would provide the greatest benefits to the public in their new US-Mexico markets. Delta was the only carrier proposing daily, year-round service between Los Angeles and Puerto Vallarta, the Department said. Frontier’s proposal would introduce new competition to carriers already flying to Mexico from Los Angeles and other West Coast US cities, the Department tentatively concluded, as all other applicants for this route already provide direct service between Mexico and the West Coast. DOT also noted that JetBlue’s proposed operation would be the carrier’s first service to Mexico and provide competition with existing New York-Cancun flights.

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