LOS ANGELES – Customers traveling on Singapore Airlines will soon have the option of staying connected at all times, even at 35,000 feet.

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SEATTLE – Boeing and Luxair Luxembourg Airlines, the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, have finalized an order for an additional Next-Generation 737-800 airplane.

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PIQUA, OHIO – Tailwind Technologies Inc., the parent company of Hartzell Propeller Inc., has purchased assets from Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems, LLC, of Montgomery, Alabama. Price of the transaction was not disclosed.

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ST. LOUIS – The Boeing Company has been awarded a new multi-year procurement contract from the U.S. Navy for 124 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft.

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KELOWNA, BC – Most people can take a hint when they see a ten foot chain link and barbed wire fence with “No trespassing” signs on it. But clearly, some people can’t.

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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., today filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut against Rolls-Royce.

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DALLAS, TX – Southwest Airlines announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of AirTran Holdings, Inc., the parent company of AirTran Airways, for a combination of cash and Southwest Airlines’ common stock.

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SEATTLE – The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $4,855,000 civil penalty against Evergreen International Airlines of McMinnville, Ore., for allegedly using pilots on 232 revenue flights who had not been trained in accordance with an FAA-approved training program.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a near midair collision between a commercial jetliner and a small cargo aircraft that came within an estimated 50 to 100 feet of colliding near the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.

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SEATTLE – Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways today announced the Hong Kong-based carrier has exercised existing purchase rights for six additional Boeing 777-300ERs.

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