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2004
2004-09 - 0925.PDF
AIR TRANSPORT LIBERALISATION DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW / LONDON Royal Jordanian seeks 'open skies' Flag carrier proposes review of all air agreements with neighbouring nations with view to liberalisation by 2007 Abdullah II, the flag carrier recom mends that the government ini tially review all air agreements between Jordan and Arab countries in order to reinforce links with the Arab world. This review would aim to ensure at least one daily flight between Jordanian capital Amman and each of the other Arab capital cities, as well as daily services from Amman Middle East carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines has presented a two-phase liberalisation proposal to the Jordanian government under which the country would forge strong ties with Arab states ahead of developing an open skies policy by 2007. In the proposal, which was sub mitted after an official visit by Jordanian head of state King AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Iraqi controllers at Baghdad take back civil operations Iraqi air traffic controllers at Baghdad International Airport have taken over responsibility for civil operations from Australian armed forces, who have been in charge since last year's conflict. However, controllers from the Royal Australian Air Force will retain jurisdic tion over military flights and the airspace surrounding Baghdad. Full transition from military to civil control is expected to happen later this year- although security concerns will determine when transfer takes place - and RAAF controllers will remain on site until at least September, partly to train Iraqi air traffic controllers. to major Middle East destinations, such asjeddah, Dhahran, Benghazi and Alexandria. Tighter ties with the Arab nations would then lead to an effort - undertaken in collabora tion with the Arab Air Carriers Organisation (AACO) - to develop a unified Arab policy on which to base third-party air services agree ments, particularly with the European Union. "If ratified, Royal Jordanian will recommend that the Jordanian civil aviation authority reconsiders air agreements between Jordan and EU countries to provide daily flights between Amman and each member state," says the carrier. Royal Jordanian president and chief executive Samer Majali says this phase might also result in air agreements allowing frequent services to Asia-Pacific nations such as Japan, South Korea and Australia. The proposal would also amend civil aviation authority regulations to give airlines in Jordan greater freedom to set fares and pricing structures, basing them on compet itive principles. Jordan already has an open skies area located at the special eco nomic zone in Aqaba. But under the second phase of the proposal, Jordan would extend this liberalisa tion policy to become a full open skies state by 2007. "We strongly recommend and deem it necessary to establish a regional entity to make sure com petition rules are followed and to ensure fair and equal opportunities for all competing airlines," adds the airline. Royal Jordanian says the two- phase liberalisation proposal is "in line" with the king's aim of removing hurdles that restrict Arab and other foreign investment in Jordan. KISH AIR SHOW 24-27 NOV. KISTI ISLAND Email: info@iran-airshow.com Tel/Fax :+98 21 8797482 Fax :+98 21 8882314 with: International Aviation Management Conference organized by: $ Kish Free Zone Organization -l^^ Civil Aviation Organization of IRI www.iran-airshow.com MODIFICATIONS GUY NORRIS / LOS ANGELES GE to replace faulty actuators on CF34-8s General Electric expects to start a fleet-wide retrofit of variable geom etry (VG) actuators on more than 360 CF34-8 engines in July after several incidents in which electrical signal faults occurred, at least one of which resulted in the full- authority digital engine control (FADEC) commanding the engine power to idle. In the worst case to date, the problem caused an engine on a Lufthansa CityLine-operated Bombardier CRJ700 to reduce thrust to idle on the runway before take-off. GE says no thrust reductions have occurred in flight, although the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says the failure results in "loss of the ability to advance thrust above idle, and could result in a multi- engine loss of thrust if dual-chan nel faults occur on more than one engine simultaneously". Inspection of the FADEC for master fault VG actuator messages and replacement of faulty actuators is being mandated by the FAA, which is expanding an existing air worthiness directive covering the -8C1 and -8C5 turbofans to embrace the -8E series now enter ing service on the Embraer 170. The replacement effort is expected to take up to 18 months and involves new VG actuators for almost 130 CF34-8C1 powered CRJ700s, more than 40 -8C5 pow ered CRJ900s and 12 -8E powered Embraer 170s. GE small commercial engines general manager Chip Blankenship says the company "is in the middle of building up inventory for a field change-out and next month we should have sufficient quantities to begin that". www.flightinternational.com
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