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NewsStalled airline safety needs new action to advance
Airlines have exhausted the advances offered by safety management strategies developed during the 1990s and will not improve their safety performance without...
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Global airline accident review of 2009
New technology and regulations led to giant leaps in aviation safety in the 1990s, but what will drive the next improvement?
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Clean avgas substitute aims for summer approval
A test fuel specification for SwiftFuel , a biofuel designed to replace leaded avgas, could...
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Garuda restructures debts prior to IPO
Garuda Indonesia, which is working to improve its finances prior to an initial public offering, has won approval from its noteholders to restructure some...
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Lights to guide Piper's way
Czech tie-up would propel airframer back into the market for entry-level flying
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Business: Good week - Bad week
The German carrier sealed a long-term engine maintenance deal with SR Technics and an engine finance agreement covering a dozen spare powerplants...
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Scan surge
Devices that can detect foreign objects through clothing are seeing renewed demand. But how do they work?
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Auckland airport buys stake in two Queensland airports
Auckland International Airport plans to buy a stake in North Queensland Airports (NQA) which operates Cairns and Mackay airports.
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Lao Airlines purchases two ARJ21s
Lao Airlines has signed an agreement with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) to purchase two ARJ21-700s, making the airline the first export...
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Beating the bombers
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab may have failed in what is alleged to have been his objective - to blow up a US airliner on approach to Detroit - but his attempt...
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Qantas CEO defends employees held in Vietnamese probe
Two Jetstar Pacific executives who were stopped from leaving Vietnam due to an investigation into the airline's fuel hedging losses were not involved in...
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Govt leaning towards bankruptcy for JAL
Japan's Government is in favour of Japan Airlines (JAL) entering bankruptcy, and will likely reject offers of financial aid from American Airlines and Delta...
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China Southern plans two services to Jeju
China Southern Airlines has applied to start two new services to Jeju in South Korea.
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Hainan plans new services to Rome and Seoul
China's Hainan Airlines has applied to start a new service between Shanghai and Rome, and another service between Sanya and Seoul via Nanchang.
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Qatar enlists Airbus in pursuit of alternative fuels
Qatar Airways has joined forces with Airbus to launch a new environmental initiative aimed at producing biomass-to-liquid (BTL) jet fuel.
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China Southern plans services to Male and Istanbul
China Southern Airlines has applied to start a new service between Guangzhou and Male, and another service between Beijing and Istanbul via Urumqi.
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United confirms landing gear incident at Newark
United Airlines flight 634 landed safely at Newark Liberty International airport on 10 January after experiencing difficulty with one of three main landing...
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Comment: Do you feel in danger?
Airline safety and security have advanced dramatically but are not getting any better, and if improvement is to come then mindsets - not just procedures and technology - need to change
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Comment: Age before beauty
Delta Air Lines boss Richard Anderson asserts that operating costs of his fuel-thirsty Boeing MD-80s are more than a match for the 737-800, an airliner design...