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<br /> Special Focus: Middle East<br /> The Magazineof Global AirlineManagement www.atwonline.com November 2007<br /> A Penton Publication<br /> INSIDE<br /> Jetstar<br /> PowerJet<br /> Fight for NY<br /> Air Transport World<br /> MRO<br /> Market<br /> Report<br /> Added thrust<br /> through innovative<br /> technologies!<br /> Quieter and thriftier – that’s what<br /> MTU engines stand for.<br /> See us at<br /> Dubai Airshow 2007<br /> November, 11-15<br /> Westhall, Booth W750<br /> Expertise in the commercial engine business: MTU Aero<br /> Engines has it. For decades, Germany’s leading engine<br /> manufacturer has been a reliable partner of all the big<br /> players in the industry.<br /> The route into the future is staked out: Two new engines<br /> – the GP7000 for the Airbus A380 mega-transport and<br /> the PW6000 for the Airbus A318 narrowbody <a title="November 2007 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=1"> Special Focus: Middle East The Magazineof Global </a> <a title="November 2007 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=2"> Added thrust through innovative technologies! Qui</a> <a title="November 2007 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=3"> TRENDS WORLD AIRLINE TRAFFIC </a> <a title="November 2007 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=4"> HOW TO LIVE LONGER. Snecma Services keeps</a> <a title="November 2007 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=5"> SPECIAL FOCUS: MIDDLE EAST AVIATION Contents NOV</a> <a title="November 2007 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=6"> Are you? the world is here </a> <a title="November 2007 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=7"> EDITORIAL A New Low T o the US </a> <a title="November 2007 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=8"> </a> <a title="November 2007 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=9"> GENUINE CFM </a> <a title="November 2007 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=10"> International Perspectives. Our airport know-how</a> <a title="November 2007 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=11"> NewsBriefs FINANCIAL RESULTS, NEW DEALS, AND REP</a> <a title="November 2007 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=12"> NewsBriefs the best economy and per- formance fo</a> <a title="November 2007 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=13"> The Rolls-Royce Trent 900. Chosen by over 70% of</a> <a title="November 2007 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=14"> NewsBriefs that would specify how long they woul</a> <a title="November 2007 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=15"> ©2007 Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Samsung a</a> <a title="November 2007 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=16"> NewsBriefs customer wait times. Alaska first int</a> <a title="November 2007 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=17"> A pooling of expertise in civil and military air</a> <a title="November 2007 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=18"> NewsBriefs 2 million in 2008 due to the opening </a> <a title="November 2007 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=19"> </a> <a title="November 2007 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=20"> The route to the world leads via Vienna – gateway</a> <a title="November 2007 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=21"> NewsBriefs tional flight planning and crew plann</a> <a title="November 2007 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=22"> NewsBriefs to the EU for safety reasons, accordi</a> <a title="November 2007 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=23"> value IT Airline IT </a> <a title="November 2007 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/026db06c?page=24"> OEM Capability. 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