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EASA orders A310 landing gear checks
Cracks in two Airbus A310s have led the European Aviation Safety Agency to institute two more airworthiness directives on main landing-gears of type variants A300B4, C4, and F4, A310, and A300-600 and -600(ST).
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NewsAB25: anniversary reflections from Giovanni Bisignani
To mark the 25th anniversary of Airline Business, 25 leading airline industry executives who have helped shape the sector over the last quarter century, give their reflections on the last 25 years and the challenges for the years to come. IATA director general and chief executive Giovanni Bisignani paints ...
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AB25: anniversary reflections from Giovanni Bisignani
"The biggest challenge today is to bring governments along with the speed and breadth of change that the industry needs."
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NewsPipe fatigue behind Qantas A380 Trent 900 failure: ATSB
The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau (ATSB) has detailed the reasons behind the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine, which forced...
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Fokker Services to increase presence in Singapore
Fokker Services Asia (FSA) is doubling its hangar size in Singapore, as the MRO firm eyes growth in the Asia Pacific. From next year the maintenance...
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FAA to demonstrate FOQA program for small airlines
The US FAA is planning to fund a two-year flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) demonstration for six small airlines to satisfy a legislative mandate....
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NTSB recommends birdproof helicopter windscreens
Regulations governing helicopter windscreen strength are inadequate and at least partially responsible for a Petroleum Helicopters crash in Louisiana in 2009 that killed eight, says the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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NewsAmeco Beijing gears up for growth
Mirroring China's rapidly growing commercial airliner fleet is a fast-expanding maintenance infrastructure, with Ameco Beijing the latest with ambitious plans
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Thomas Cook selects A320 as baseline for common fleet
Thomas Cook Group has revealed that it is moving to a fleet with greater commonality, and has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 12 A321s.
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Sabah takes delivery of EC145
Eurocopter has delivered a single EC145 helicopter to the Malaysian province of Sabah, for use in the emergency medical airlift role. "Helicopters...
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Australia ponders standardised firefighting procedures
Australia's fire authorities are reviewing a draft firefighting operations manual designed to standardise aerial firefighting procedures across the country.
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NewsBoeing 787 struck by fire heads back to Seattle
The second 787 test aircraft is set to return to Seattle, the first flight the aircraft has undertaken since a 9 November fire that threw the schedule of...
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NewsLone co-pilot 'panicked' after putting Indian 737 into dive
Investigators have detailed an extraordinary event in which an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 was put into a steep dive moments after the captain was locked...
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FAA, EASA: Inspections needed for interim S-92 gearboxes
US and European regulators say an interim upgraded main gearbox mounting structure for the Sikorsky S-92A continues to exhibit the cracking problems that plagued by the original design.
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AB25: Online contributions
Alongside our 25 airline leader perspective pieces featured in the Leaders section, we have had reflections and contributions from many more. These include...
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FAA issues new PW4000 directive to prevent potential engine failures
Regulators from the US Federal Aviation Administration are requiring operators of Pratt & Whitney PW4000 powerplants to inspect engines with certain "number three bearing oil pressure tubes" for cracks or repairs to prevent oil fires, failure of high-pressure turbine discs, uncontained engine failures and general aircraft damage.
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Gama raises its profile in Middle East
In terms of timing, the launch of Gama Aviation's operation in the United Arab Emirates in mid-2009 might have seemed optimistic at best.
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NewsLufthansa re-launches in-flight high-speed Internet
Star Alliance member Lufthansa has re-launched in-flight high-speed Internet on long-haul routes, in a move that will set the standard for airborne communications...
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Aerolia set to begin A350 nose section production
Aerolia intends to begin production of the composite fuselage and shell panels for the nose section of the Airbus A350 XWB on 30 November, just a day after...