All Safety News – Page 1247
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Next-generation datalink held up
Efforts by the US Federal Aviation Administration to develop and deploy the next-generation digital air-to-ground communications system could be delayed by budget cuts, US aviation agency officials have warned. For now, controller pilot datalink communications (CPDLC), a key element of the FAA's "free flight" programme, remains on track despite ...
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SMA to increase take-off power of MR200 engine
Societe de Motorisations Aeronautiques (SMA) has pushed back certification of its MR200 diesel powerplant by about five months to enhance the engine's take-off power from 110kW (150hp) to 170kW. "We want to give the engine extra power for take-off to increase the aircraft's performance," says Luc Pelon, SMA's vice-president, ...
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Marketplace
United Parcel Service (UPS) has decided to accelerate the acquisition of its new Airbus A300-600 freighters, with the delivery of seven aircraft next year instead of the four originally planned. The airline holds firm orders for 30 Pratt & Whitney PW4158-powered A300s plus 30 options, with deliveries due between next ...
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Falling star
Belgian start-up charter Continental International Airlines has ceased operations. The collapse was caused by the dollar exchange rate, increased fuel prices and unscheduled engine repairs, it says. Source: Flight International
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New PETAL partners will join in 2001
Swissair, Northwest Airlines and Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal) are to join Europe's Preliminary Eurocontrol Test of Air/Ground Data Link (PETAL II) programme in 2001. PETAL II is Europe's groundbreaking validation of air-ground data links in operational air traffic control. The three-phase programme involves air traffic controllers and aircraft crew communicating ...
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Finnair focuses on cost reduction target
Finnair is continuing its aggressive programme to reduce costs with a deal to sell a 60% stake in Finnair Gateway Restaurants to Gourmet Nova. The deal follows hard on the heels of the sale of tour operator Fintours, to the Thomson Travel Group, as it offloads non-core activities. Chief ...
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Athens hub draws BA interest
Julian Moxon/PARIS British Airways is targeting Olympic Airways as a possible oneworld partner as part of a strategy aimed at developing the new Athens Spata airport as a major regional hub. The UK airline, which, through its consultancy arm Speedwing, has a contract to restructure Olympic in preparation ...
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Eco wake-up
It is amazing that such a high profile industry as air transport has been able to expand at such a dramatic rate without its effect on the environment being equally high profile among politicians and the media. The European Commission (EC), however, has just made clear that this is going ...
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Airbus closes on Hong Kong sales
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Hong Kong's two passenger airlines are on the verge of placing new aircraft orders as business picks up in the Asian market. Industry sources say Cathay Pacific Airways is close to placing a new order for at least three Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A330-300s and is looking ...
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Canadian falls to Air Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Air Canada has gained control of Canadian Airlines, but faces the hurdle of new regulations being enforced by the government and the Parliamentary transport committee. Montreal-based Air Canada said on 8 December that more than 50% of Canadian's shares have been tendered under its C$92 million ($62.5 ...
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EC probe may delay EADS
The creation of European Aeronautic, Defense and Space (EADS) may be delayed by four months if the European Commission (EC) decides to investigate the tie-up between Aerospatiale Matra, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) and Casa. Fears of a delay have arisen because of Brussels' decision to scrutinise the creation of the ...
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BBJ simulator arrives
FlightSafety Boeing Training International plans to provide "comprehensive" flight training for Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) customers from July, after delivery of a Level D next-generation Boeing 737 simulator to its Atlanta base next April. The company has begun building a 3,065m² (33,000ft²) flight training centre at London Luton Airport, where ...
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Europe to define GalileoSat
The European Space Agency and the European Commission (EC) have signed a contract to launch the €20 million ($20.2 million) GalileoSat definition phase for the proposed Galileo satellite navigation system. By mid-December, the EC was also expected to sign four major contracts with industry on Galileo system definition. The ...
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Canada wants to fly MD-11 in crash investigation
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) wants to conduct test flights with a Swissair Boeing MD-11 with its inflight entertainment system activated as part of the continuing probe into the 2 September, 1998, crash of the same craft, off Nova Scotia, the TSB confirms. Tests are intended to ...
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Asia Pacific's carriers rally
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Asia's airline industry has staged a convincing recovery from the downturn which shook the sector following the region's 1997 financial crash. The Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA)reveals that most of its member carriers have exhibited 11 months of growth. Asia Pacific is enjoying a resurgence of traffic, ...
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Airports
Delta Shuttle has re-opened its Marine Air Terminal facilities at New York La Guardia, from which services to Washington DC and Boston operate, following a $7.5 million refurbishment. Rome Fiumicino Airport has inaugurated a new satellite terminal which will be used exclusively for extra European Union flights, and will be ...
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Embraer studies short-field ERJ-170 for Crossair
Andrew Doyle/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Embraer expects to determine by February whether it must install a speedbrake on the belly fairing of its new ERJ-170 regional jet to meet steep-approach guarantees given to launch customer Crossair. The Brazilian manufacturer says it hopes the requirement can be met by introducing an ...
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Commissioner urges action over inefficient ATS
The need for action to rectify European air traffic services (ATS) inefficiency has been highlighted by European Commission (EC) transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio. She has issued a communication just before Europe's transport ministers gather for their biennial policymaking meeting in Brussels on 9 December. A "high level working party" ...
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Hungary rapped over air traffic control safety risk
Safety in the Hungarian air traffic control system is being "jeopardised" by continuing instability in the civil aviation authority and the service provider, the LRI. "They have a growing potential safety problem", says an industry source. Hungary is geographically at the centre of some of the busiest air routes ...
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A320 wet lease boosts Libyan
Andrew Chuter/TRIPOLI Libyan Arab Airlines is taking a significant step towards rebuilding its route structure with the scheduled arrival on 10 December of two Airbus A320s at its base in Tripoli. The wet-leased aircraft being provided by Irish airline TransAer are due to be pressed into service almost immediately. Libyan ...