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More Articles from Aviation Information: MORE RESOURCES: Site: Yahoo! News Search Results for aviation Chertoff: Aviation still vulnerable to terror (AP via Yahoo! News) The nation's top domestic security official said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist attack seven years after 9/11. Venezuela aviation agency orders flights by US airlines cut, official says (Canadian Business) Fabiola Sanchez September 11, 2008 - 2:16 p.m. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's aviation agency is cutting the number of flights it will allow U.S. airlines to and from the country, an aviation official said Thursday. Aviation regulator says it alone can't solve manmade problems (Calcutta News) Concerned over encroachment of airport lands and the imminent threat it posed to aircraft movement, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - the aviation industry regulator - Thursday said it alone cannot act as a watchdog to such manmade obstacles. Chertoff: Aviation still vulnerable to terror (The Charlotte Observer) The nation's top domestic security official said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist attack seven years after 9/11. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the al-Qaida terrorist network continues to focus on the aviation system as a target. He said that the Bush administration has made strides in reducing the nation's vulnerability but that the risk remains. Chertoff ... Aviation regulator says it alone can't solve manmade problems (IANS via Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Concerned over encroachment of airport lands and the imminent threat it posed to aircraft movement, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - the aviation industry regulator - Thursday said it alone cannot act as a watchdog to such manmade obstacles. BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul Appoints Clarke Mouncher as Global Programme Director for all Rolls-Royce ... (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) Dallas, Texas?September 11, 2008?BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) has appointed Clarke Mouncher Global Programme Director Rolls-Royce 250 for all of ERO?s RR250 activities. SpeedNews Launches First Annual Aviation Industry Finance Conference (Centre Daily Times) SpeedNews, a Penton Media publication, announced the launch of the SpeedNews Aviation Industry Finance Conference. The event will take place June 1-3, 2009 in Chicago, IL. Aviation Week's Eighth MRO Asia Event Comes to Singapore From October 14-16 (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) SINGAPORE -- At Aviation Week's eighth annual Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Asia 2008 Conference & Exhibition on October 14-16, 2008, in the Singapore SUNTEC International Conference & Exhibition Centre, S. Iswaran, Senior Minister for Trade and Industry in Singapore, the largest MRO center in the Asia-Pacific region, will share perspectives on aerospace and defense (A&D). More than ... Saudi Arabia's Swicorp buys 20 per cent stake in Jordan Aviation (Khaleej Times) Amman - Swicorp, a diversified financial services firm based in Saudi Arabia, acquired a 20-per-cent interest in Jordan Aviation for 180 million dollars, the airline's president and CEO Mohammad Khashman was quoted as saying Thursday by Jordanian daily Al Rai. Former Osagian will be inducted into Aviation Hall of Fame (Mitchell County Press-News) Story created Sep 09, 2008 - 11:36:12 CDT. A former Osage man will be inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame at its annual banquet Sept. 27, in Greenfield. Site: aviation - Google News China gives more support for sagging aviation sector - Reuters
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