All Safety News – Page 658
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Airlines seek to stimulate demand with big fare sales
Airlines always hold fare sales in January but this year the sales, in some regions at least, appear to be more aggressive and longer lasting
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Ryanair details fuel hedging savings
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has extended its fuel hedge position to cover half its requirements for the first three quarters of its 2009/10 financial year, marking an average 42% reduction in its hedged fuel costs over the same period in 2008/09.
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NewsContinental completes first US test of biofuel
Continental Airlines today completed the first alternative fuels trial in the US with a twin engine aircraft powered in part by a biofuel blend consisting of algae.
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China expects return to double-digit passenger growth this year
China's aviation regulator expects the country's airlines to carry 220 million passengers this year, representing a return to double-digit percentage growth...
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EU, US prepare for next round of second-stage open skies talks
European Union (EU) and US negotiators this spring expect to meet again for second-stage open skies negotiations in hopes of ironing out a number of thorny...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership faces rudder problem
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo may need to have its rudder and yaw stability improved to resolve issues it faced during its 21 December 2008 maiden flight, Flightgobal.com can reveal...
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NewsCanada approves Q400 freighter conversion
Canadian authorities have issued a supplemental type certificate for the Bombardier Q400 package freighter being developed by engineering specialist Cascade...
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No injuries in back-to-back American Eagle ERJ incidents
American Eagle says no one was injured this afternoon after an emergency landing of an Embraer ERJ-145 in Killeen, Texas following a flight from Dallas....
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Flight Safety Foundation's perspectives on 100 years of safer flying
The Flight Safety Foundation's current president Bill Voss puts the history of aviation safety into context: "The modern state...
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100 years of flight safety advances
As aircraft and engines have become more reliable, the safety focus has shifted to human factors and the drive for improved global standards
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The accidents that changed the world
Like all initial news stories about aircraft accidents, Flight International's reports provided what little information was available. In the case of these...
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NewsTACA A320 crash: Jet's behaviour 'consistent' with crew action
Preliminary findings from the fatal TACA Airbus A320 landing accident in Honduras last May have not revealed any technical fault with the aircraft. The...
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FAA modifies 'ineffective' directive on CRJ flap problems
US regulators are proposing to expand an airworthiness directive for Bombardier CRJ100/200s to reduce the risk of flap failure, after finding the original...
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NewsThe Flight Century - a 100 years of recording aviation
Flight's history is almost as long as aviation itself. This feature - compiled by our journalists past and present - tracks the momentous developments that took us to where we are today
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The future for Flight International
The launch of flightglobal.com has taken the wider Flight brand to a much bigger online audience
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NewsFlightBlogger: 787's path to first flight detailed
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program has had five first flight dates set, but a timeline for key program milestones has now emerged that outlines a grueling testing gauntlet to first flight in late April, sources tell FlightBlogger.
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Timco error at root of United Air Lines runway excursion
Misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by US-based Timco Aviation Services technicians led to the runway excursion of a United Air Lines A320 after landing...
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United expedited engine repairs after Chicago smoke incident
United Air Lines accelerated a program to replace defective bearings on its Pratt & Whitney PW-4090-powered Boeing 777s following a 14 December 2007 incident...
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NewsIATA laments shocking drop in freight traffic
IATA figures for November have revealed further evidence of the impact of the economic slowdown on the freight market, after international cargo traffic...