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Fuel prices mar US results
Chris Jasper/LONDON The spiralling cost of aviation fuel prevented the USA's major carriers from improving their performances in 1999, although they reported largely positive results. Share disposal windfalls saved the net results of most, however. American Airlines' parent AMR, the world's biggest airline group in terms of turnover, saw ...
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Promising future
The 1990s were years of unprecedentedly intense activity aimed at improving airline safety. So what happened? There were more fatal accidents and more human casualties in that decade than in the 1980s. Despite active flight safety campaigns by major international agencies, more modern aircraft and air traffic control systems, ...
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Rays of risk
Evidence is growing of a possible link between cosmic radiation and cancers among aircrew DeeDee Doke/OXFORD The May deadline is approaching for European Union countries and airlines to start taking stock of the cosmic radiation aircrews are exposed to when they fly. In a recent medical study of instances ...
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Comment by Pierre Jeanniot, Director General, IATA
"For the 21st century, the most critical question is whether - given the increasing technical sophistication of our industry and the expectations of the public - ICAO's 185 sovereign member states will all develop the individual competence and financial means to provide effective safety oversight and "state-of-the-art" infrastructure. A ...
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Comment by Stuart Matthews, Flight Safety Foundation President and Chief Executive
"Rapid air traffic growth in the 1990s was spurred by liberalisation, reduction in fare levels, the collapse of the former Soviet Union and economic expansion. Fly-by-wire systems are common; more powerful and reliable engines have made extended-range twin-engine operations commonplace, and regional jets are revolutionising short-haul services. Increased ...
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Preparing for safety
The 1990s was a decade of preparing for better airline safety rather than delivering David Learmount/LONDON The number of airline accidents worldwide increased by 28% in the 1990s compared with the 1980s, and fatalities rose by 12.5%. A total of 11,950 people died in 480 accidents during the ...
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Second sight
The three surgical procedures most often used to improve eyesight are: PRK (photorefractive keratectomy). Laser energy is used to reshape the cornea. High-energy ultraviolet electrons vaporise corneal tissue. A central, flattened, anterior corneal surface is created, reducing the refractive, or light-bending, power of the cornea to reduce dependence ...
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1990s safety milestones
The 1990s milestones in the new industry safety standards system include: 1992: the US Federal Aviation Administration set up its International Aviation Safety Assessment programme, checking states with which the USA has bilateral aviation treaties for their civil aviation authority safety oversight programmes. The International Civil Aviation Organisation ...
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Future vision
US military aircrew could soon benefit from eyesight-enhancing surgery DeeDee Doke/LONDON The US military is on the verge of welcoming a new generation of aviators to its ranks with, it hopes, the sharpness of eye to match the precision of their weapons. Aspiring aviators could eventually benefit from a change ...
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Domodedovo debts
Russia's Domodedovo Airlines has ceased scheduled flights because of problems over the payment of debts. International charter work continues. The airline is owed R470 million ($16.4 million), but its own debts are substantial. Source: Flight International
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USA takes Stage 3 argument to ICAO
The USA has lodged a complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) concerning planned European Union restrictions on the operation of Stage 3-hushkitted aircraft. Adjudication on the row will have to wait until the ICAO General Assembly which will not take place until September 2001, although it will in ...
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IATA proposes airline membership safety audits scheme
David Learmount/LONDON The "IATA" logo used in airline marketing may become a sign of quality and, particularly, safety - if an audit scheme proposed by the International Air Transport Association for applicant airlines goes ahead. At present, although IATA has a standards scheme for approved travel agents, it does ...
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Marketplace
Air Cairo has leased three more Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120s from Sirocco. The carrier already has three Tu-204-120s in service - two passenger models and a freighter. Two of the new aircraft are expected to join the passenger examples which are already subleased to Egyptair for use on North African ...
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Pan Am to stick with slow growth
Guilford Transportation Industries, which rescued Pan American Airways from the bankruptcy court and initially operated it as a charter carrier, is introducing limited scheduled services at a handful of underused US airports. In November, the airline began operating from Portsmouth to Orlando and Gary/Chicago Airport - both underutilised. ...
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Planet hunts for 727s
Planet Airways has begun a search for additional Boeing 727s following US Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transport certification for the start-up carrier to begin charter services. The Ft Lauderdale-based company already owns one 727-100 trijet, configured to seat 128 passengers, and has been flying the aircraft in ...
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Routes
Austrian Airlines is initiating two transatlantic flights at the end of March from Vienna. Daily services to Chicago O'Hare will be introduced, along with five weekly services to Washington Dulles. KLM uk's low-cost carrier buzz, which launched services earlier this month, is starting three new routes - Jerez, Montpellier and ...
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ScotAirways negotiates for 328JETs
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH UK regional operator ScotAirways hopes to finalise an order for 10 Fairchild Aerospace 328JETs and a pair of additional Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops in the next few weeks as part of its ambitious expansion plans. The carrier, formerly Suckling Airways, plans to introduce its first jets ...
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SIA/Virgin hold Australian venture talks
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Atlantic are discussing a partnership in Virgin's planned Australian airline. "It's something we are considering as one of the options arising from our stake in Virgin Atlantic," says SIA. The Singapore carrier paid £600 million ($980 million) last December for a 49% stake in ...
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Workshop
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) has won approval for Airbus A320 and A321 maintenance up to C3 check level and Boeing MD-11 line maintenance from the European Joint Aviation Authorities. The approval is reflected in revised JAR-145 certification, which the Sino-US joint venture has received, having been certificated to this ...
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Air France strengthens its grip with Regional stake
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH François Legros/PARIS Air France has acquired a controlling stake in franchise partner Regional Airlines, strengthening the French flag carrier's grip on feeder traffic into its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub. The deal will see Air France Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of the airline, buy the Dubreuil ...