All Safety News – Page 1295
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Airlines face lawsuits for pesticide spraying
Airlines are facing new complaints, union trouble and possible lawsuits over pesticide spraying on aircraft. In the USA, two major lawsuits filed by flight attendants in Louisiana and California against pesticide manufacturers claim that many crew members are suffering chronic illness and multiple chemical sensitivity from long term exposure ...
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Southwest bites the Big Apple
It is the news that other US carriers hoped never to hear. Southwest Airlines is about to take a bite out of the Big Apple and begin operating from New York. Analysts and rival airlines have speculated about the possibility for years, but Southwest has deliberately avoided the New ...
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Beijing breaks ice with USA
US negotiators seem optimistic that a recent thaw in informal talks with China could lead to formal negotiations and a new bilateral this year. Washington has no expectation of "open skies," but hopes to gain more access to China with fewer restrictions for more US carriers. Last year Beijing ...
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Japanese rejig overseas strategies
Most Asian airlines have concentrated on costs to survive the region's doldrums, but Japan's airlines, facing new low cost domestic rivals, are looking at both international costs and revenues in an effort to boost profits. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have both taken the bold step ...
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SIA halts bid for CAL
Shareholders in Singapore Airlines (SIA) breathed a sigh of relief early in January when the carrier announced that it had withdrawn from discussions to buy shares in Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL). As SIA's share price rose on the news, CAL's fell on concerns that long-running plans for a badly-needed ...
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French ambition
With a pilot deal under its belt, the French national carrier is now moving ahead with a flotation. But a global alliance still escapes the airline, while there are also doubts over its ambitious expansion plans. When in the autumn of 1997 former Air Inter boss, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, was ...
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Hard day's flying
El Al is getting ready for a mid-year privatisation. Even without the right to fly on the Sabbath, the airline reckons that it is one of the most efficient in the world. When running an airline that can fly only five days a week, you could be forgiven for ...
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Are there dangers in duopoly?
As Airbus again draws closer to Boeing, are there risks from an airliner duopoly? Whatever else the Airbus and Boeing year-end figures may have revealed, there is one fact that remains inescapable. The market for large civil aircraft is now a straight fight between two fairly evenly matched manufacturers. Conventional ...
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India ditches joint board
An attempt by their joint board of directors to bring Air-India and Indian Airlines together under a single holding company has provoked a furious response from the Indian Government. Heading off what it saw as a management attempt to begin merging the two state-owned carrier's, the government swiftly dissolved their ...
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Prevention is better than cure
The increase in disruptive airline passengers - the perpetrators of 'air rage' - is a warning sign that flying is becoming more stressful. Even its most ardent supporters would have to admit that airline travel is not always the most soothing of experiences. The advertised image is of the ...
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News in Brief
BA/JAL link - British Airways and Japan Airlines have inked a strategic partnership agreement that will take effect from 1 April. Initially covering codesharing on JAL's Osaka-London service from "late summer", it moves the Japanese carrier closer to a place in the oneworld alliance. JAL has strong ties with all ...
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Swissair standby dials
Cockpit voice recorder data from the 2 September 1998 Swissair Boeing MD-11 crash off Nova Scotia, reportedly show that the pilots were flying on battery run standby instruments from just over 6 min before impact with the sea. There is also evidence in the tapes, leaked to the Wall Street ...
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New British Airways pilots' deal throws doubt on virtual airline
The future of British Airways' London Gatwick-based "virtual airline" Airline Management (AML) is looking doubtful as BA pilots prepare to vote on a new employment deal. AML was set up by Flying Colours boss Errol Cossey in association with BA to function as its low-cost long haul division. It ...
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UK cautions on ATC privatisation
Privatisation of the UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS)should not take place until the New En Route Centre (NERC) is fully operational, the Parliamentary Transport Select Committee has recommended. NATS says NERC will be on line in 2002. The committee says the government's plan to run NATS on a ...
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Necon Air Caravan crashes on take-off in Nepal
A Cessna 208 Caravan of Nepalese regional carrier Necon Air has crashed on take-off from Jumla, killing four of the 12 passengers and crew. The Nepalese Government has appointed a team of investigators, headed by Hari Bhakta Shrestha, joint secretary at the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. The ...
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Croatia Airlines nears alliance
Andrew Doyle/ZAGREB Croatia Airlines is finalising a strategic tie-up with a major European flag carrier as the next stage in its plans to establish Zagreb as a regional hub for destinations in the former Yugoslavia. The move comes hard on the heels of the acquisition by the Croatian ...
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Eurocontrol firms up separation plans in bid to beat congestion
Andrew Doyle/DUBROVNIK Proposals for a major shake-up of Europe's congested airspace, aimed at securing extra capacity, will be considered by Eurocontrol in April. If approved, the programme will commit 38 countries to work together to introduce reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) between flight levels 290 and 410 simultaneously ...
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JAL realigns to face aggressive market
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Japan Airlines (JAL) is expanding its international services and delegating more regional routes to its low cost subsidiaries as it braces itself against increased competition at home and abroad. The carrier says the major catalysts for intensified competition are the emergence of new domestic Japanese carriers ...
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Corruption charges hit Australian reforms
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Intended reform of Australia's civil aviation regulatory infrastructure is being held up by an escalating confrontation between the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI). Allegations of corruption in both organisations are being aired publicly. The stand-off threatens the ...
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Philippine Airlines struggles to avoid repossession of fleet
Philippine Airlines' (PAL) newly contracted management consultancy, Regent Star Services, is calling for urgent action to avoid the repossession of the airline's fleet by frustrated creditors. Chief advisor Peter Foster says in a memo to PAL staff: "By the end of January, we must have cash to make a ...