ATA SmartBrief: “Biggest aviation news of 2008”

From today’s SmartBrief e-newsletter, distributed by the Air Transport Association, the U.S. airline trade group:

• Reports: Delta-Northwest talks move ahead (2/8)
• 777’s engines did not respond during descent, investigators say (1/21)
• American eliminates routes, says more cuts on way (5/27)
• Branson unveils SpaceShipTwo model, test flights may start this year (1/23)
• United, Continental are in advanced talks, reports say (2/14)
• Airlines oppose plan to auction slots at New York airports (5/16)
• Airline industry campaign for oil-speculation reform takes flight (7/11)
• Experts say U.S. Airways should seek merger, acquisition (7/10)
• Biofuel to be viable by 2013, Boeing official predicts (9/17)
• Airlines look for creative cost-cutting as fuel prices soar (7/10)

Discuss.