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Senate bill to avoid shutdown extends FAA funding for six months -- The Senate's bill to prevent a government shutdown on Oct. 1 would extend federal aviation funding for six months. The measure, which was released by Senate appropriators on Tuesday, contains language that would extend the Federal Aviation Administration's funding until March 31, 2016. The FAA's previous appropriations measure, which includes funding for air traffic controllers, is set to expire on Sept. 30, along with funding for most federal government functions. Keith Laing/The Hill
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A travel rehearsal before winging it -- More than 250 children with autism and their families came out to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank on Saturday to take part in an event designed to get them comfortable with airports and planes. The "Blue Horizons for Autism" travel rehearsal was put on by JetBlue Airways and Autism Speaks and lets families go through the air-travel process, including navigating terminals, going through security and boarding an airliner. "Travel for families with autism can be very stressful," said Christopher Lambert, a spokesman for JetBlue. Ryan Fonseca/Burbank Leader
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Pilots file complaints about 'blinding' lights at 49ers' Levi's Stadium -- A commercial airline pilot says she once saw something resembling a laser light show coming out of Levi's Stadium. Unable to look outside for more than moments at a time on that night in March, Christina Kurowicki said, "We were really worried about getting the aircraft on the ground safely." According to a report by NBC Bay Area, Kurowiki isn't the only pilot to have such an experience flying over the Santa Clara home of the San Francisco 49ers, which just happens to be in the flight path for one of the runways of nearby San Jose Mineta International Airport. Chuck Schilken/Los Angeles Times
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Small U.S. airports need new approaches as airlines shift strategies, study finds --Small U.S. Airports Need New Approaches As Airlines Shift Strategies, Study Finds Shifting airline strategies rooted in upgauging and slow growth are changing how U.S. airlines evaluate adding new service, and those affected most-small communities-should alter their views to maximize diminishing opportunities, a new report suggests. "Effects of Airline Industry Changes on Small- and Non-Hub Airports," from the Airport Cooperative Research Program, studied air service changes since 2001. Sean Broderick/Aviation Daily
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What will it take to lure JetBlue to CVG? -- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has made all the wedding preparations - except the would-be bride still isn't on board. So what's keeping JetBlue Airways from saying "I do" to Cincinnati? For better or worse, the regional business community isn't ready to divorce Delta Air Lines, despite its massive downsizing here over the past decade. That's left JetBlue skittish about launching flights to Boston from CVG, sources say, because the popular discount airline is fearful companies are still too loyal to Cincinnati's dominant carrier. Jason Williams/Cincinnati Enquirer
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Indianapolis airport to auction 320 acres -- The Indianapolis International Airport next month will auction off 320 acres of land for private development. The property will be sold in 30 tracts and can be used for residential, industrial and commercial development or as farmland. The Oct. 24 auction will be conducted by Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. of Columbia City at 10 a.m. at The Palms Banquet and Conference Center, 2353 Perry Road, Plainfield. The airport no longer needs the land for aviation purposes and selling the property will return it to the tax rolls of Marion and Hendricks counties. John Tuohy/Indy Star
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Southwest bets big on business travelers -- The maverick airline became the industry's biggest success story by going its own way. Its latest strategy? Operate more like its traditional rivals. If you want to understand the nonconformist culture of Southwest Airlines, you've got to start with its holiest site: the shrine to Herb. Walk into the company's headquarters, located in a five-story gray building next to the Love Field airport in Dallas, go past the front desk, and proceed down a broad hallway until you get to a horseshoe-shaped employee lounge with a soaring atrium. Shawn Tully/Fortune
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WestJet Airlines Ltd turns to retail sector for its new CFO -- WestJet Airlines Ltd. has appointed a veteran retail executive as its new chief financial officer. The company announced Wednesday that it has hired Harry Taylor from Canadian Tire Corp., where he worked since 2010 as senior vice-president of finance and, before that, chief operating officer of the Mark's clothing division. Taylor was also chief financial officer at Holt Renfrew and held senior leadership positions with Home Depot Inc. and PepsiCo Inc. Kristine Owram/Financial Post
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Europe's disappearing national airlines -- Signs in the V�clav Havel Airport here include a new language: Korean. It's not about an influx of Korean-speaking passengers. Korean has become the language of survival for struggling Czech Airlines. Korean Air, which flies only four times a week to Prague, bought a 44% stake in the Czech Republic's flag carrier, which hasn't earned a profit in more than a decade, for less than $3 million in 2013. It has pumped in money so Czech Air could stay aloft, restructure and even expand. Scott McCartney/Wall Street Journal
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Is it time to stick a fork In first class? Competition is undermining airlines' elite economics -- Are the days of first class flying coming to an end? That's the question raised - and the tentative conclusion reached - this week by Matthew Bennett, publisher of First Class Flyer, an online magazine and website focused on high-end travel. He raised it following recent quiet moves by American and United, the nation's and the world's No. 1 and No. 3 carriers, to lower prices dramatically on their first class seats on many routes to Asia. Dan Reed/Forbes
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Alaska Airlines, Icelandair are partners again -- Alaska Airlines and Icelandair are back together again. The airlines announced plans for a codeshare and frequent-flier pact on Wednesday. The tie-up is something of a surprise since the carriers ended a previous partnership only about two years ago. That previous frequent-flier partnership began in 2010, but Alaska Airlines and Icelandair revealed in 2013 that they had decided to pull the plug on the deal. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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United plans new Dreamliner route to interior China -- United Airlines is looking to expand its footprint in China. The carrier said on Tuesday it is seeking regulatory approval to begin seasonal flights between its San Francisco hub and the interior Chinese city of Xi'an. If approved, United says it would be the first U.S. carrier to serve Xi'an and the first-ever to offer a trans-Pacific route from the city. United has proposed seasonal service between the cities, saying it would fly three times a week on Boeing 787-8 "Dreamliner" aircraft. The service would operate from mid-May through late October. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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Lufthansa tests high speed Internet as airlines look to improve connectivity -- On Monday, German airline Lufthansa announced that it will be the first European airline to offer high-speed Internet access on short and medium-haul flights. Britain's Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom are working together to build a new network that combines satellite and air-to-ground technologies that will provide speed and coverage levels "comparable to home broadband services," according to Reuters. Fox News
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Veteran accuses American Airlines of stopping him, service dog from boarding flight -- A Marine Corps veteran says he and his dog were stopped from boarding an American Airlines flight after gate agents accused the man of pretending the animal was a service dog. Jason Haag, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was wounded in action and later received service dog Axel to help him manage post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, he told ABC News today. Haag, 35, said Axel "saved my life." Emily Shapiro/ABC News
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American Airlines honors PSA, the model for Southwest Airlines -- American has painted its second heritage aircraft, and this one honors Pacific Southwest Airlines, always known as PSA and best remembered for the smile painted on the nose of its airplanes. Painting of the A319 with tail number N742PS, which is part of the US Airways fleet, was completed Wednesday. On Friday, the aircraft is flying Mexico City-Phoenix, Phoenix-Oakland, Oakland-Phoenix and Phoenix-Baltimore. Ted Reed/TheStreet
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SAS & Norwegian Air set to take market share in Scandinavia-US market as United and Delta pull out -- In late Aug-2015, Norwegian signed an agreement for two additional Boeing 787-9 orders This brings its total on order for the variant to 11, to add to the eight 787-8 aircraft already in its wide body fleet. Its long haul network is strongly skewed towards the US, with five destinations and eight routes, versus one destination (Bangkok) and three routes in the rest of the world. In spite of the delay in receiving a US foreign carrier permit for its Ireland-based subsidiary Norwegian Air International, its long haul focus looks set to remain in the US. Indeed, this may now be because of the delay. CAPA Centre for Aviation
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NFL wins FAA permission for limited filming in football stadiums -- The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the National Football League's request to film its stadiums using drones-but there's a catch. The FAA last week granted an exemption for drone use to NFL Films, the league's production branch, making it the first sports league to get permission to fly unmanned aerial vehicles. But don't take your eyes off the field on game day to look to the sky. AJ Dellinger/The Daily Dot
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China inks big deals with Boeing, Cisco Systems -- On Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the USA, he brought gifts - big business ones - to help foster relations between the two countries. Wednesday, Boeing said China will buy 300 Boeing aircraft for $38 billion and build the first aircraft completion plant in that country. Earlier, Inspur, a Chinese cloud computing and data-center company, said it will team with Cisco Systems to sell networking technologies and products in China. Elizabeth Weise & Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Feds reveal surprising dangers hiding in carry-on baggage -- The TSA is on track to set a record for the number of guns it has confiscated across the United States this year. But other prohibited items--including knives, cleavers, ninja throwing stars, and nunchucks--are more challenging to uncover, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. CBS News
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10 Survival tips for flying internationally with kids -- If you live abroad with your family, there's almost no way to avoid one of the most exhausting expat experiences: long international flights with children. Even adults find these hauls grueling, so attempting them with small, smelly, stir-crazy little kids requires another level of stamina and some good preparation. First of all, if you are making that kind of journey with children for the first time, make sure you get advice from the right people. Sara Sullivan/Wall Street Journal
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Hackers took fingerprints of 5.6 million U.S. workers, government says -- Just a day before the arrival of President Xi Jinping of China for a meeting with President Obama that will be focused heavily on limiting cyberespionage, the Office of Personnel Management said Wednesday that the hackers who stole security dossiers from the agency also got the fingerprints of 5.6 million federal employees. David E. Sanger/New York Times
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