JUNEAU, ALASKA – A recently released Air Cargo World magazine survey ranked Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport as North America’s second top aviation cargo facility.

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SEATTLE, WA – Boeing today announced that it will accelerate planned rate increases on both the 777 and 747 programs. The accelerated rate increases will support increasing customer demand in the recovering airplane market.

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WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that it is proposing a $300,000 civil penalty on American Airlines for a maintenance violation.

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NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that Northwest Airlines flight 188 overflew its destination airport of Minneapolis by more than 100 miles and failed to maintain radio communications because the pilots became distracted by a conversation unrelated to the operation of the aircraft.

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EVERETT, Wash. – A second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522, successfully completed its first flight Sunday evening. The airplane took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., for a two-and-a-half-hour flight and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle.

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CALGARY, AB – WestJet today announced the resignation of President and CEO Sean Durfy effective April 1, 2010. Mr. Durfy will also resign from the board of directors at that time. Mr. Durfy has cited personal reasons for his departure.

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing has added the fourth 787 Dreamliner to its flight-test fleet with the completion of the first flight of ZA003. The airplane departed Paine Field in Everett, Wash., at 10:55 a.m. (Pacific time) and landed at 2:01 p.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a record breaking decision issued March 4, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board denied the Federal Aviation Administration’s appeal challenging a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to pay Air Trek, Inc., a Florida-based air ambulance operator, attorney fees and expenses in the amount of $120,169.35

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking to collect three proposed civil penalties totaling $787,500 from American Airlines for maintenance violations.

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