All Safety News – Page 622
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Continental cites LTV3 as key to ancillary revenue plan
LiveTV's new live television system LTV3 was recognized today by a top Continental Airlines executive as playing a key role in the carrier's ancillary revenue...
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This Week briefings
Bombardier is holding discussions with additional customers about potential 70-seat Q400 turboprop deferrals...
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NewsCockpit fire forces Australian Jetstar A330 to divert
An Airbus A330-200 operated by Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar was diverted to Guam after a cockpit fire. The aircraft was flying between Osaka Kansai...
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NewsRyanair captain flew unstable approach days after son's death
Investigators believe a newly bereaved Ryanair captain's psychological state, combined with his co-pilot's inexperience, led to an unplanned and highly unstable...
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Scant data creates difficulty in simulator ditching training
US Airways believes a dearth of data about aircraft ditching on which to draw is prohibitive in creating simulator training for those scenarios. Airbus...
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NTSB investigates American Airlines close-call at Chicago
ATC 'oversight' leads to close call at O'Hare
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Qatar Airways to have biofuel trial in October
Qatar Airways plans to have a biofuel trial with a flight from London Gatwick to Doha.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Game On for Bombardier
With firm orders for the CSeries in pocket, Bombardier has become a viable player in the mainline sector. But can it carve out a position before Airbus and Boeing take the field?
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US regulators investigating Virgin America ownership
The US DOT is reviewing Virgin America's citizenship amid reports that US investors have sold their stake in the carrier to its UK-based parent company Virgin...
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American plans precision altitude flight on NextGen demo
American Airlines plans to fly a more precise altitude on an 11 June flight as part of the launch of testing to prove efficiencies of aircraft equipped with...
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ILFC mulls over fate of its A380 order
ILFC chief Steven Udvar-Hazy - once a strong proponent of the Airbus A380 - is now casting doubts on its sales prospects and hints that it could be the first...
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NewsAirline association accuses Brussels on halon replacement
Brussels stands accused of misleading European Union states into steamrolling the industry into replacing ozone-depleting halon in aircraft extinguishers...
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NewsQantas in talks to delay 787 deliveries
Qantas group is in negotiations with Boeing to delay delivery of Boeing 787s on order. Low-cost carrier Jetstar is to be the first airline in the group...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Extended service
New narrowbodies from Airbus and Boeing are still some way off - so how can the airframers improve their existing single-aisle aircraft?
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Thales touts success of TopConnect test on DC-9
Thales is championing Inmarsat's higher-bandwidth aeronautical service SwiftBroadband after flight-testing its TopConnect suite of connectivity solutions...
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NewsPICTURES: Crashed A330's vertical fin among recovered wreckage
Recovery personnel have located the vertical fin of the Air France Airbus A330 which crashed in the South Atlantic on 1 June. The Brazilian defence...
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Virgin Nigeria to lose 'Virgin' brand name next month
Virgin Nigeria is to rebrand in a month's time to reflect discontinuation of shareholder Virgin Atlantic's day-to-day involvement with the carrier
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Prop manufacturers ponder larger offerings
Existing commitments mean that dates have yet to be a pinned down, but 90- to 100-seat turboprops are being planned by ATR and Bombardier
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NewsAirline losses to reach $9 billion in 2009: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its airline financial forecast for 2009 to a global loss of $9 billion, almost double its...
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NewsPICTURES: Air France debris retrieved in A330 hunt
Brazil's defence ministry has released the first images of wreckage retrieved during the search operation for the lost Air France Airbus A330