All Safety News – Page 1437
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Hopping hot
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department is focusing its investigation into a false fire-alarm aboard a new Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-200, on two crates of live frogs being carried in the aircraft's hold. Over 300 passengers were forced to make an emergency evacuation on landing at Kai Tak Airport after ...
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Means to an end
IT WOULD BE EASY to assume from recent events on both sides of the Atlantic that the ultimate power of airline regulation has passed from the hands of the professional, independent, regulatory authorities to a rag-bag of customers, self-interest groups, the media, local politicians and the airlines themselves. In some ...
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Philippines ATC
A new air-traffic-control (ATC) centre has been opened at the Philippines' main airport in Manila. The prime contractor for the project is Thomson-CSF Airsys, which has installed two RSM 970 monopulse secondary surveillance radars at sites on the neighbouring islands of Laoag and Mont Majic. The ATC centre forms phase ...
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ATC data
MCI is to build and operate a nationwide satellite-communications network designed to transfer radar information and computer, navigational and weather data among air-traffic-control centres under a $165 million ten-year contract from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The telecommunications firm had previously won a contract to construct a nationwide, private-communications network ...
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Swiss shut tariffs door
When it came to putting its tariff structure into the Swiss market British Midland, one of the main drivers of price competition in Europe, hit a brick wall. The UK carrier launched its sixth European trunk route out of London/Heathrow into the lucrative Zurich market at the end ...
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All change
Many US carriers are revising their hub strategies. The current trends include continuous hubbing, omni-directional hubbing and de-hubbing. David Treitel and Edward Smick report.In today's airline environment, network design is the key to profitability. But network design, or optimisation, must focus on profit maximisation - which is not ...
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Northwest's eastern edge
The launch of Northwest Airlines' non-stop Detroit-Beijing service in May is a competitive response to United Airlines' dominance in the US-China market that has been a long time in coming. The carrier says the new route gives it an edge in the eastern US, which generates two-thirds of China-bound traffic ...
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Delta does it in triplicate
Anyone who knows, from experience, that reaching an agreement with just one partner can be a difficult process should be at least a little impressed with the record of Delta Air Lines, which put its second trilateral codeshare into operation on 1 May. Having gained from its experience ...
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Aces high
In-flight gambling is about to make its long-awaited debut, as three of the world's leading carriers plan to test the software over the coming months. Mead Jennings reports on the potential of what proponents claim is the airline industry's next major revenue stream and looks at some of the possible ...
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Airline news
Air France Cargo was set to launch a weekly Boeing 747 cargo service from Paris/Charles de Gaulle to Helsinki at the end of May. American Airlines Cargo is to introduce a 4.3 per cent fuel surcharge on its US domestic cargo and priority parcel service charges in July. ...
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Likud victory fires doubts
The Likud election victory in Israel will have profound implications for both El Al's future and plans for Palestine's fledgling air transport sector. Somewhat surprisingly, El Al changed course in its search for capital before the general election at the end of May. The new policy aims to ...
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Alliances still not immune from risk
Immunity is in the air. First in this year's clutch came United-Lufthansa, followed by Delta-Swissair-Austrian-Sabena and American-Canadian (even without open skies between the US and Canada). Next up will be United-Air Canada. Then, probably later rather than sooner, American and British Airways will be seeking what has recently become the ...
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Two Chinas to build 100?
Taiwan Aerospace Corporation appears to have found a regional aircraft partner in the most unlikely place, after claiming that it has reached an agreement in principle on a production and ownership role in the Chinese-led Asian Express AE-100 project. But four serious doubts still persist over the venture. ...
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Ansett deal's finally done
At long last. Air New Zealand's two-year odyssey to win approval for its bid to take a 50 per cent stake in Australia's Ansett finally came to a successful end in early June, at the same time as the prospect for the rebirth of the single trans-Tasman aviation market brightened. ...
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China boost for Japanese
Japan's major airlines have won clearance to use a new air corridor to Beijing which will save them millions of dollars annually in operating costs and could give them a significant competitive advantage over US rivals. Flight times from Japan to the Chinese capital will be slashed by ...
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Is there any Valu left?
Besides becoming one of the most scrutinised tragedies in US aviation history, the May crash of ValuJet flight 592 has also become one of the most politicised. The low-cost carrier's survival depends on whether it can withstand an intense federal safety audit and re-launch its image while keeping its costs ...
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Modi loses German link
The termination of Lufthansa's technical agreement with ModiLuft is a severe body blow to the cash-strapped Indian independent but does not spell the end of the German carrier's involvement in the subcontinent. The decision in late May to terminate the relationship with ModiLuft is a result of the ...
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Financial results
Air-India moved to a loss despite sales growth of almost 10%. The carrier blamed competition and interest charges and depreciation on its B747-400s. British Midland's pretax profit fell 7% to £4.1m (US$6.4m) but the Manx and Loganair regional airlines moved from a £5.1m loss to a £1.3m profit. ...
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Cargo sale
Cargolux has sold its Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J-powered Boeing 747-200 Freighter (LX-DCV) to Atlas Air. The aircraft, which had been on lease to Atlas, has been leased back by Cargolux for four months, to cover for seasonal demand. Meanwhile, the Luxembourg-based carrier is seeking to accelerate the delivery of its ...
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Rising sun
An awareness of concerted safety action dawns in the Far East and Asia/Pacific. Paul Phelan/JAKARTA OPERATORS IN ASIA/PACIFIC regions, are having to monitor carefully, the stresses on almost every aspect of air safety, caused by the rapid growth of airlines and air traffic in the region. ...