All Safety News – Page 1480
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. . as Sabena deal gets OK
The European Commission's conditions imposed in clearing Swissair's 49.5 per cent stake in Sabena may yet boost Belgium's private carriers but other European airlines seem less inclined to challenge the incumbents. The deal, cleared in late July, will see Swissair pay BFr6 billion ($212 million) for slightly under ...
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Kiwi Travel wins approval for tran-Tasman services
KIWI TRAVEL International Airlines has emerged successfully from its dispute with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (NZCAA), finally gaining approval for starting scheduled services across the Tasman Sea to Australia. NZCAA chief Kevin Ward had opposed the granting of a licence, principally until the US Federal Aviation ...
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TASC offers turbulence prediction
ALMOST 25% OF reported aircraft accidents are turbulence-related, claims Reading, USA-based meteorological equipment manufacturer TASC, which offers operators a system for clear-air turbulence (CAT) prediction. Known as the SCATR (specific clear-air-turbulence risk predictor), the screen-displayed system uplifts data from the world's primary meteorological centre at Bracknell, UK. ...
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EUCARE takes shape
David Learmount/London EUROPE IS EDGING closer to the creation of a confidential aviation-safety reporting system. Proponents of the idea, known as EUCARE, expect a formal proposal to emerge from a 12 September meeting in Brussels. The likely framework, say sources close to the EUCARE, would be ...
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Meeting demands
Airbus Industrie rolls out the A319 to complete its present range of airliners. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE IN JUST 25 years since its creation in December 1970, Airbus Industrie has fielded a range of airliners spanning 124-350 seats, knocked McDonnell Douglas (MDC) into third place in ...
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African aviation
The African aviation industry has been preaching about regional co-operation for years: it could soon happen. Kevin O'Toole/Johannesburg In the middle of August the African aviation community met in Johannesburg to discuss its future. There was nothing new about the issues. The industry, like much else within the ...
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DASA plans to fly Dornier 328 with hydrogen power in 1998
Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is planning to turn a Dornier 328 turboprop into a hydrogen-powered testbed, with a view to possible serial production. The test aircraft is scheduled to be flown in late 1998, and the flight could lead to production of an operational, hydrogen-powered ...
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Sault College re-equips with seven aircraft
Canada's Sault College is re-equipping its flight-training department with Zlin 242L aerobatic trainers and will be one of the first North American professional-pilot schools to offer emergency-manoeuvre training. Seven aircraft are being delivered by Zlin Aerospace in Barrie, Ontario to the college, in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. Sault ...
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IATA slams Canadian ATC charges
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has condemned what it calls unfair and discriminatory overflight charges, to be introduced by Transport Canada in November. Transport Canada is trying to recover two-thirds, or C$165 million ($120 million), of the total annual cost of C$250 million in just one year. ...
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Is RED the colour of a revolutionary hushkit?
HUSHKITTING NOISY old jet-powered aircraft powered by low- bypass engines, such as the Pratt & Whitney JT8D designed to meet Stage 3 noise regulations has tested the ingenuity of engineers. The few commercial hushkits available are relatively expensive, heavy and degrade engine performance . Former Grumman test pilot ...
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Xiamen plans fleet for overseas travel
Paul Lewis/Xiamen CHINA'S XIAMEN Airlines expects official approval by the end of the year to launch international flights and is planning to acquire a further ten passenger aircraft, including widebody jet-powered airliners. The airline wants to start its first overseas service in 1996, providing it receives ...
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Airbus shows DGPS in Africa
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has demonstrated precision approaches and landings with an A340 guided by a differential global-positioning system (DGPS) at Mmabatho in South Africa. The trial took place as South African Airways moved into the final stages of selecting its new long-haul replacement aircraft. Airbus used a Sextant Avionique ...
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Regional winner?
Embraer's first public flight of its EMB-145 was acclaimed by observers. Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO JUDGING BY the reactions of regional-airline executives attending the 18 August roll-out and first public flight of the EMB-145 regional-jet, Embraer has produced a potential winner - if the newly privatised Brazilian ...
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Airbus hits out against Russia's import taxes
NEVER ONE to miss an opportunity for an air-show criticism, Airbus Industrie president Jean Pierson took the opportunity of MosAero '95 to take a swipe at high Russian taxes on buying and leasing imported aircraft. Russia imposes 50% taxes on imported aircraft, and 50% on any leases after ...
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DASA considers Russian 120-seater participation
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) is considering bringing a Russian partner into the planned 120-seat airliner programme under study with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and South Korea's Samsung. The suggestion comes in a report on a joint German-Russian aviation study, concluded on 23 August with its signing by departing ...
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Propeller failure blamed for fatal Brasilia crash
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Propeller-blade failure is the suspected cause of the 21 August crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia near Carrollton, Georgia, USA, which killed the captain and four passengers. Evidence of a blade-spar fatigue-fracture has been found. Blade failure has also been ...
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Airbus chief attacks JAA on grandfather rights
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE chief executive Jean Pierson has extended his attack on the attitude of the European Joint Airworthiness Authority (JAA) to certification "grandfather rights" by writing to the governments of the Airbus partner countries. In a letter sent on 18 August to the aviation and trade ministers of ...
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African dilemma
MANY AFRICAN airlines and their state owners - like their counterparts in the rest of the world - are being pressured towards privatisation. Those African airlines are not, however, like their European counterparts; nor is the environment in which they fly like Europe. The most pressing questions they face are ...
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The Gordon-Bennett Race...
The Gordon-Bennett Race After an interval of seven years, the classic Gordon-Bennett race, in which speed is the only consideration, is to be resumed at Etampes near Paris. The speed course this year is somewhat longer than that for the event which was held in 1913, being 300 kilometres (186 ...
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AEA sheds light on aircraft structures
AEA TECHNOLOGY is studying the use of optical fibres for monitoring the condition of aircraft structures and detecting faults. The idea could lead to safety improvements and reductions in aircraft weight. The technology is being tested on carbonfibre composite panels representative of the wing of an aircraft. AEA, ...