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<br /> Special Focus: Baggage<br /> The Magazineof Global Airline Management www.atwonline.com March 2007<br /> A Penton Publication<br /> INSIDE<br /> A350 XWB<br /> Allegiant Air<br /> MPL Training<br /> Air Transport World<br /> 50 MILLION TONS<br /> ofTrouble<br /> E-Jets helped<br /> Air Canada discover<br /> new destinations.<br /> In any industry, leaders rise to the top. For nearly 70 years, Air Canada has continually introduced new products<br /> and services, building a reputation as an aviation leader. New aircraft, like its fleet of state-of-the-art, right-sized<br /> EMBRAER 175s and 190s, are helping keep the airline competitive, with new non-stops to more cities in North<br /> America. Congratulations, Air Canada, on winning ATW’s Market<br /> Leadership Award. For Air Canada,<br /> www.embraercommercialjets.com<br /> TRENDS<br /> WORLD AIRLIN<a title="March 2007 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=1"> Special Focus: Baggage The Magazineof Global Airl</a> <a title="March 2007 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=2"> E-Jets helped Air Canada discover new destination</a> <a title="March 2007 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=3"> TRENDS WORLD AIRLINE TRAFFIC 80000 72000</a> <a title="March 2007 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=4"> PUBLISHER William A. Freeman, III bfreeman@pento</a> <a title="March 2007 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=5"> SPECIAL FOCUS: BAGGAGE Contents MARCH 2007 </a> <a title="March 2007 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=6"> </a> <a title="March 2007 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=7"> EDITORIAL Baggage Asphyxia S canning </a> <a title="March 2007 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=8"> </a> <a title="March 2007 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=9"> LOW COST AIRLINES CAN GET OFF THE GROUND WITH ANY</a> <a title="March 2007 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=10"> ©2007 United Air Lines, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</a> <a title="March 2007 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=11"> NewsBriefs FINANCIAL RESULTS, NEW DEALS, AND REP</a> <a title="March 2007 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=12"> NewsBriefs and CFO, replacing interim CFOs Jani</a> <a title="March 2007 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=13"> YOU’D BE AMAZED WHERE WE CAN FIND YOU </a> <a title="March 2007 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=14"> NewsBriefs stake in the carrier, a holding that </a> <a title="March 2007 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=15"> Your FACE Will Smile. You Have More Options than </a> <a title="March 2007 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=16"> NewsBriefs FACT FILE European Airline Trafc Janu</a> <a title="March 2007 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=17"> BLENDED WINGLETS CUT </a> <a title="March 2007 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=18"> NewsBriefs » Singapore Airlines Group </a> <a title="March 2007 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=19"> Experience true freedom. </a> <a title="March 2007 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=20"> The best surveillance systems also help you see t</a> <a title="March 2007 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=21"> NewsBriefs was BRL92.7 million despite an estima</a> <a title="March 2007 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=22"> RegionalNews Pinnacle acquires Colgan Air, order</a> <a title="March 2007 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=23"> Royal Jordanian. Challenges met. Business on the </a> <a title="March 2007 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=24"> COMING EVENTS March 5-6 Turbulent Times: Regulat</a> <a title="March 2007 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=25"> PEOPLE AeroSvit Airlines named Aron Maibert DG</a> <a title="March 2007 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=26"> OPERATIONS Baggage Blues BY AARON KARP </a> <a title="March 2007 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=27"> Philippe Delafosse/Air France workers and handli</a> <a title="March 2007 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=28"> locating the lost bag in the system and returning</a> <a title="March 2007 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=29"> airport. Likewise, Ryanair is charging a €7 fee f</a> <a title="March 2007 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=30"> The journey is the goal. From Vienna to the whole</a> <a title="March 2007 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=31"> Open For New Horizons. </a> <a title="March 2007 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=32"> OPERATIONS The Philadelphia Story BY BRIAN STRAUS</a> <a title="March 2007 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=33"> Richard McMullin/Philadelphia Airport System for</a> <a title="March 2007 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=34"> December, the last bag was hitting the more.</a> <a title="March 2007 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=35"> Take Another Look We’re glad the name Jeppese</a> <a title="March 2007 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=36"> ‘. . . it’s the first time I’ve ever dealt with</a> <a title="March 2007 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=37"> </a> <a title="March 2007 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=38"> </a> <a title="March 2007 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=39"> THE NEW BOEING 747-8 FREIGHTER. It’s great news </a> <a title="March 2007 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=40"> OPERATIONS RFID IN ACTION BY SANDRA ARNOUL</a> <a title="March 2007 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=41"> implementation in 2002 in conjunc- tion with the </a> <a title="March 2007 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=42"> be lost in transit. With 60% of its 45 million an</a> <a title="March 2007 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=43"> ©2006 Northrop Grumman Corporation Hjgl][l]\^jge</a> <a title="March 2007 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=44"> results are somewhere in the middle. At the end o</a> <a title="March 2007 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=45"> Love at first flight. 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These compar</a> <a title="March 2007 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=56"> TRAINING BY ROBERT W. MOORMAN I S IT SA</a> <a title="March 2007 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=57"> Utilizing technology can expedite and “facili</a> <a title="March 2007 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=58"> on simulators versus actual flight. IFALPA is yet</a> <a title="March 2007 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=59"> FINANCE Low Growth, High Prots BY AARON KARP Y </a> <a title="March 2007 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=60"> $26 million, Continental Airlines earned $343 mil</a> <a title="March 2007 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=61"> Alaska Air Group reported a full- year net loss o</a> <a title="March 2007 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/72aab9e8?page=62"> THE EAGLE IS EVERYWHERE. 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