All Safety News – Page 1251
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Honeywell systems for Spanair's A320 fleet
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Honeywell (Stand E712) is celebrating after winning a contract for flight management (FMS) and air data inertial reference systems (ADIRS) for Spanair's fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft. Spanair has completed 30 firm orders and has 12 options for the new aircraft. The Honeywell Pegasus FMS offers hardware ...
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Face The Facts with...Nick Godwin
The regional aircraft sector has stolen the limelight at recent airshows. A string of blockbuster deals, renewed fierce competition in the market and a raft of new products on the drawing board have made the sector a byword for dynamism. Against this background, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft pursues a policy ...
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Union to urge technicians to reject Boeing offer: ATI
Unions leaders representing some 23,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers are urging members to reject the manufacturer's improved offer in its ongoing dispute over a new labour contract. At a meeting of its 125-strong council, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) unanimously voted to recommend rejection of ...
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Southern Air denied route: ATI
The US government has tentatively decided to grant Southern Air, the successor company to the failed Southern Air Transport (SAT), its certificate to operate charter all-cargo services but says it plans to deny transfer of SAT's certificate authority to the start-up carrier. Southern Air, which recently applied to the US ...
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Rising fuel costs drive Russian carriers to tough measures: ATI
Struggling to cope with soaring aviation fuel prices, Russia¹s airlines are set to boost air fares by as much as 50% and cut back their flights. This year the cost of jet fuel in Russia has risen steadily in line with mounting world oil prices. In January, a tonne of ...
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Saudi airports opt for Alenia Marconi radar
Alenia Marconi Systems has announced a £7 million ($11million) deal for the supply and installation of two radar systems for the air traffic control of the King Abdul Aziz airport in Jeddah and the King Khalid airport in Riyadh, two of Saudi Arabia¹s international airports. The joint venture has already ...
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Qantas quells runway rumours - ATI
Qantas Airways says Thai aviation authorities have finally released the flight data recorder (FDR) from its Boeing 747-400 that was involved in a September landing incident at Bangkok airport. "Our investigators are now carefully analysing a considerable amount of technical information relating to critical aspects of the flight, the landing ...
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Galaxy show new long-range jets for middle east market
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Galaxy Aerospace is making its first appearance at the Dubai airshow to showcase its Galaxy and SPX high-performance, long-range jets. The two aircraft were flown in from Galaxy's Texas headquarters, taking in the opportunity for demonstration flights to potential customers in Europe. The Galaxy and SPX ...
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Shell riding high on Sukhoi
Mark Hannant/DUBAI Shell is flying at Dubai 2000 - on the wings of a Sukhoi Su-29. The Su-29, sporting the Shell red and yellow pecten, appears in the daily display flown by Rehan Van Tonder who's taking time out from his day job as a pilot with Emirates. Shell has ...
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Eurofighter helmet system clears milestones
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Marconi (E665) is displaying its Eurofighter Typhoon Helmet Mounted Display system, fresh from recent gruelling proving tests. This summer the helmet was flown for the first time in the rear seat of the two-seat Eurofighter Typhoon DA4. The flight included operation at high g and at high ...
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Avionics giants Move one step closer to merger
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Avionics giants AlliedSignal (E714) and Honeywell (E712) are next door to each other at Dubai 2000 - and for a good reason. This week the companies completed a US Department of Justice agreement that permits them to merge. The companies expect to receive similar approval from the ...
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Face the facts with...Chuck Grieve
Maurice Flanagan, Group Managing Director of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, believes the general public is being badly-served in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons Q: Have alliances grown too strong? A: I think alliances, if they're not controlled, would be the same as cartels. ...
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End in sight to Pacific region slump
A new ICAO survey released this week shows that the downturn in business on trans-Pacific routes could soon end. The number of passengers on Pacific routes is expected to rise from 26 million in 1998 to 72 million in 2014, and those on intra-Asia/Pacific routes from 67 million to 145 ...
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Airports
An Italian Government decree is set to ban all night flights between 23:00 and 06:00 at Italian airports from early next year. Airports have six months to adapt to the new regulations, after which only special flights (government or emergency/medical flights) will be allowed during the banned period. There will ...
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Boeing faces shield delays
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has suspended deliveries of all widebodies and the 757 until it can reach agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration over corrective actions. The work is to modify flightdeck drip shields that were incorrectly put together at the company's Spokane site in Washington. The 747, ...
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American Eagle 'a strong prospect' for ERJ-140
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer hopes to secure its first airline order for the ERJ-140 before the end of the year as the Brazilian manufacturer embarks on a fast track development of the new 44-seat regional jet derivative. The company is chasing incremental orders and conversions of airline orders, ...
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Guam crash: crew blamed
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed the flight crew for the crash of a Korean Air Boeing 747-300 in Guam, in which 229 of the 254 people on board were killed. But the board says actions by Korean Air, the Korean Civil Aviation ...
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HKIA upgrades weather alerts
Improved weather detection systems at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) are being examined in the wake of the China Airlines Boeing MD-11 crash at the airport in August. The Hong Kong Observatory is studying 162 windshear reports from pilots landing at HKIA since it opened in mid-1998, most of ...
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Rockwell Collins heads for I²S first
Rockwell Collins and Lufthansa affiliate Condor expect to receive German certification of the Integrated Information System (I2S) by mid-November. Certification, which follows a successful test flight on a Condor A320 in September, will pave the way for the launch of a year-long operational trial of the advanced information management system ...
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External payload
Lockheed Martin has confirmed a new configuration of its proposed VentureStar single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicle (Flight International, 13-19 October). The craft will carry an external payload bay up to 19m (60ft) long and 10m wide to provide greater fuel efficiency and greater mission flexibility. With the external payload bay removed, ...