All Safety News – Page 1259
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Clinton pushed to take tough line on EC hushkit plan
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARIS The US House of Representatives is expected to vote to join the US Senate in adopting a resolution pressuring the Clinton Administration to complain to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) about European Commission policy on hushkits. ICAO would then rule on whether that policy ...
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ATAG attacks Europe's $10 billion ATC delays
The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has slammed Europe's lack of progress in rationalising its fragmented air traffic control (ATC) system, which it says has resulted in flight delays reaching "overwhelming proportions". The group says the delays will cost the industry at least $10 billion this year. The industry ...
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Airports
New Tokyo International Airport, which owns and operates Tokyo's Narita Airport, has applied for Ministry of Transport approval to construct a second runway by November 2001. Construction is expected to begin later this year. The proposed runway would be 2,180m (7,200ft) long, rather than the 2,500m previously planned. The airport ...
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Channel-spacing gets green light
The implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing in the core area of Europe will go ahead as planned next month, Eurocontrol nations and the user community decided on 22 September. The go-ahead comes as the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) warns that the programme poses "very serious safety risks". ...
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Boeing details revised growth 777 schedule
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has unveiled a detailed revised timetable for development of the growth 777-200X and -300X, calling for delivery of the first General Electric GE90-115B-powered aircraft within 44 months of formal launch. The schedule is based on a formal launch for the programme by the end ...
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Hong Kong to climb down over airport fees
Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AA) is cutting landing and parking fees at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) by 15% from 1 January in response to criticism over high charges at the new Chek Lap Kok airport, which opened last year. The AA says the move should "increase the competitive ...
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Il Avia loses licence after using time-expired engines
Russia's Federal Service of Air Transport has withdrawn the operating licence of a leading air cargo operator for maintenance violations involving the alleged use of time-expired engines on an Ilyushin Il-76TD. Il Avia, 10%-owned by the Ilyushin Aviation Complex and 90% by Vozrozhdenniya, a foundation set up to support ...
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IATA calls for industry action to fight threat to radio spectrum
Emma Kelly/AMSTERDAM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging the aviation industry to increase efforts to protect its radio frequency spectrum in preparation for next year's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). The aviation industry's vital radio spectrum was threatened by mobile satellite communication operators at ...
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Eurocontrol sets date for rule-making decision
Eurocontrol is to present "a concrete proposal" for a European rule-making and enforcement body to its council on 13 October, according to Jan van den Assem, the agency's head of stakeholder relations. The European air navigation organisation's council was originally due to consider the proposal of granting Eurocontrol regulatory ...
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South Pacific Forum sets decision date
A working group of the South Pacific Forum is due to complete its studies on the proposed unified upper airspace management of the region in June next year, allowing ministers to decide next September on whether to implement the plan. The 16-member South Pacific Forum - Australia, Cook Islands, ...
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UPS wins Alaska FAA ADS-B contract
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded UPS Aviation Technologies a contract for at least 150 shipsets of avionics to be made available to small commercial operators in Alaska, finalising plans for an operational evaluation of free flight. The three-year Capstone programme will involve most of the aircraft operating ...
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Qantas 747-400 drives into the rough
A Qantas Boeing 747-400 (VH-OJH) overran Bangkok's runway 21L following a 23 September night landing in rain. Aquaplaning is believed to have been a factor, but the wind was light and the visibility reasonable, according to the airline. The aircraft, which was making a technical stop whilst en-route from Sydney ...
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Carriers link to beat US safety restrictions
Aeropostal of Venezuela is negotiating with Aerolineas Argentinas to combine their Airbus A310-300 services in a move to improve operating efficiencies and circumvent safety assessment restrictions on flights to the USA. The South American carriers each operate two Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered A310s on operating leases from Airbus Asset ...
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CAL accident report highlights crosswind factor
An interim report on the China Airlines (CAL) Boeing MD-11 crash at Hong Kong details a well flown final approach which turned to disaster within seconds of touchdown. Three people died and 50 were injured in the 22 August accident. With typhoon "Sam" nearby, air traffic control reported the ...
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Step by step
A year after ICAO's global CVS/ATM gathering, progress towards the ultimate goal of global implementation is slowly being made Emma Kelly/LONDON In May last year, more than 800 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) states and aviation decision makers met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss communications, navigation and surveillance/air ...
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Next Generation 737 cleared for 180min ETOPS
The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Next Generation Boeing 737 for 180min extended range twin operations (ETOPS) and is thought to be close to approving a 207min extension for the 777. The extension from 120min to 180min is expected to benefit at least four operators by the ...
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Marketplace
Air Maldives is to acquire three secondhand Airbus A310-300s on three-year leases from Airbus. The first aircraft, an ex-Air Jamaica, Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered example, will be delivered on 15 October, with others due for delivery at one-month intervals. Schreiner Airways has taken delivery of two ATR 72s on lease ...
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NTSB rejects ADS-B for cargo fleet TCAS
US cargo aircraft should be compelled to fit traffic and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) following two recent near collisions, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended to the Federal Aviation Administration. An alternative system favoured by the US Cargo Airline Association, automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B), ...
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AirTran pins hopes of return to profit on introduction of 717
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AirTran Airways is poised to introduce the first of up to 100 117-seat Boeing 717s to support its efforts to become profitable this year for the first time since 1995, says chairman and chief executive Joe Leonard. The arrival of the 717 "will be ...
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Customs dash
Adelaide-based Surveillance Australia has ordered two Bombardier Dash 8Q-200s for the Coastwatch programme it operates on behalf of the Australian Customs Service. The aircraft will be fitted, by Field Aviation of Toronto, with long-range fuel tanks, search radar, forward-looking infrared television camera and satellite communications, and will join three Dash ...