All Safety News – Page 499
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NewsIAI secures 29 freighter conversion orders
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has secured nearly 30 new orders for cargo conversion products, prompting its MRO unit Bedek to spool up its conversion...
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A320 passenger to freighter conversion deal secured despite second delay
Airbus Freighter Conversion's launch customer for the A320 passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversion programme has found a client to lease three of the jets, but target certification has been pushed back to late 2012.
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EU's Dream engine project unlikely to finish on time
Completion of a European Union project to investigate open rotor engines and alternative fuels is likely to slip to the end of 2011 from its proposed conclusion...
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Korean Air A380s enter final assembly
Korean Air's first four Airbus A380 aircraft have entered final assembly at Airbus's Toulouse factory, with the first aircraft scheduled to be delivered...
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Vietnam Airlines 777 clears checks after turbulence incident
A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft that experienced severe turbulence on a flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle yesterday has been cleared to return...
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Haneda's fourth runway begins operations
Tokyo Haneda Airport's fourth runway began operations at midnight today, along with a new international passenger terminal.
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NBAA: Signature takes over Montreal FBO
Starlink Aviation's fixed base operation (FBO) at Montréal Pierre-Elliott Trudeau International Airport (CYUL) is to become a branded Signature Flight Support FBO following an agreement signed at the show yesterday.
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US Airways and Delta cite improved conditions for slot swap
Managements of US Airways and Delta believe recent deals at Washington National and New York LaGuardia enlarging low cost carrier access to those airports...
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NBAA: New VIP card fuel savings for corporate flight departments
A new VIP fuel card designed to provide corporate flight departments with preferential fuel pricing and discounted services was launched this afternoon by World Fuel Services and ExxonMobil Aviation.
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US Airways improves cash pile in 3Q
US Airways ended the third quarter to 30 September with $2.4 billion in total cash and investments, of which $389 million was restricted, up from $2 billion...
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NewsQatar Airways chief condemns critics of Arab expansion
Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker has lashed critics of Middle Eastern carriers' use of export finance, and their desire for expansion.
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NBAA: PrivatAir and JFI fuel partnership
Swiss charter operator PrivatAir has joined forces with Jet Fleet International to create a global fuel sales and marketing program.
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Turbulence incident on Vietnam Airlines 777 injures 21
Twenty-one Vietnam Airlines passengers were injured on a Hanoi-Paris Charles de Gaulle flight today when the Boeing 777-200 aircraft encountered severe turbulence.
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FAA presses airlines on fatigue management plans
US regulators have reminded carriers of the need to file fatigue risk management plans as mandated by legislation that was finalised in August.
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NBAA: Learjet 60 gets smart tire pressure sensor system
A tire pressure remote sensor system by Crane Aerospace and Electronics has been awarded a supplemental type certificate for the Bombardier Learjet 60.
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Air services in France severely disrupted by strike action
Air services in France are being severely disrupted today due to a 24h air traffic controller strike, one of a series of national strikes taking place across...
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NBAA: Hiller adjusts fuel loyalty program
Chevron-linked US aviation fuel distribution company Hiller has tailored its loyalty program to allow rewards to be distributed as the corporate flight department decides, which differentiates it from most others which tend to reward the pilots for their decision on where to upload fuel.
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Tecnam NA: taking the electronic flight bag to the next level
Apple's iPad promises to transform the way electronic flight bags are used and could revolutionise flight training
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Electronic flight bags: must-have bags
Conceived as a paper-busting carry-on document reader, the electronic flight bag is emerging as the cockpit's key to advanced air traffic management applications
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From toys to tools: the electronic flight bag story
software NIALL O'KEEFFE LONDON From toys to tools AIRCRAFT Management Technologies is touting the electronic flight bag as a source of business...