All Safety News – Page 1325
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Where's the glue
The major alliance groups are each taking different approaches as they try to balance the need for IT integration against potential divorce. When United Airlines' chairman Gerald Greenwald announced the planned alliance with Delta Air Lines, he pointed to IT as one of the major hurdles that would determine ...
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Taiwan curbs CAL growth
Taiwan's decision to ban new aircraft orders by China Airlines is viewed by industry insiders as designed more for public consumption than any real advance in air safety. Citing the fatal February crash of a CAL jet at Taipei's international airport, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has temporarily ...
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Alliances: three forgotten factors
Stop. Wait. Listen. Think. The whole world is alliance-mad. The fanatical alliance worshippers of this world might think this is heresy, but a fundamental question needs to be asked. Is the crazy web of continuously changing alliance relationships actually going to produce workable results? Alliance-building is basically an egotistical ...
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French pilots kick up fuss
A further reduction in costs is the key to Air France's partial privatisation later this year, but pilots are strongly resisting cuts in their salary. A strike over a 15per cent cut in pilots' pay started 1 June and is costing the carrier FFr100 million (US$16.7 million) a day, ...
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Aer Lingus is to lose Team
With the disposal of an unprofitable non-core subsidiary finally on the horizon, Aer Lingus now has to confront the bigger questions of ownership and alliances. At presstime the management of the Irish flag carrier had still not convinced the 1,550 strong workforce of its unprofitable aircraft maintenance arm, Team, ...
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Love lost in Dallas brawl
US regional airline Continental Express has begun flying from Dallas/Love Field, becoming the latest carrier to join a surge of interest in the city's downtown airport despite legal attempts to stop the growth. The airport has become a hotbed of controversy, with lawsuits and countersuits flying across Texas. In ...
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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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Narita nears new runway
The second runway at Tokyo/Narita airport moved a step closer to reality in late May when another of the holdout farmers declared he was willing to sell. Japan's Ministry of Transport has taken the unusual step of predicting a date for opening Narita's second runway, even though two reluctant ...
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Pilot protest at Northwest
Although the proposed alliance with Continental Airlines is said not to be high on the list of union concerns, management at Northwest Airlines is nevertheless struggling to reach agreement in contract negotiations with its pilots. The stalemate is bound to slow progress on the planned alliance, which depends on ...
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US alliances face scrutiny
The US General Accounting Office has planted serious seeds for concern in politicians' minds by claiming that proposed US domestic alliances could mean a reduction in competitive service to almost 101 million American passengers. The GAO highlights the Delta Air Lines/United Airlines partnership as especially worrying because of its ...
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US airports face review
If major US airports thought they were immune from the Department of Transportation's surge of interest in anti-competitive behaviour, they can think again. DOT secretary Rodney Slater is establishing a taskforce with airports in mind. Details of what the taskforce will be looking at are not yet clear, although ...
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Regionals prepare to play politics
The folks in Ohio and Kentucky have been provided with an infinitely easier path to paradise. On 6 June, a nonstop flight was launched that will transport sunseekers the 1,053 miles from Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport to Nassau in the Bahamas each Saturday and Sunday. It is not a major ...
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American and BA compromise to break alliance deadlock
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has guaranteed not to fully implement its proposed alliance with British Airways until 14 slots have been made available to enable other airlines to begin new daily services between the US and London Heathrow. The US airline believes the compromise could help break ...
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Next Generation 737 CFM56 failure was a 'one-off', says CFMI
Initial investigations into the failure of a bearing on a new CFM56-7 powering a Maersk Air Boeing 737-700 show that the incident was a "one-off", says CFMInternational (CFMI). The Maersk aircraft, delivered to the Danish operator in early March, suffered "a complete failure of the number four bearing" on ...
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Kelowna sells stretched Convair 5800s to IFL
Kelowna Flightcraft has sold its two stretched, re-engined Convair 5800 freighters to US cargo operator IFL Group. The first aircraft is already in service with Pontiac, Michigan-based IFL's Contract Air Cargo. The second is being repainted at Flightcraft's Kelowna, British Columbia, plant ready for delivery. The Canadian company ...
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Mesaba to double RJ85 fleet
Mesaba Airlines, a US regional feeder for Northwest Airlines, is to double its fleet of Avro RJ85 regional jets in a move that is bound to anger Northwest pilots who are already in bitter contract negotiations. The Northwest Airlink affiliate agreed to amend its regional jet agreement to increase ...
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UK ATC undergoes audit on safety
David Learmount/LONDON The UK's AIR traffic control (ATC) system is to undergo a Government-ordered safety audit following a parliamentary committee's probe into the service (Flight International, 20-26 May). National Air Traffic Services (NATS)chief Bill Semple has welcomed the audit, calling it a "belt and braces exercise" and stated ...
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Greece stars again
Greek airspace has been "red starred" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA), meaning that pilots are warned to maintain "an increased state of awareness" under Greek air traffic control (ATC). IFALPA proposed "black star" (critically deficient) status to its April general meeting but suspended judgement pending an ...
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Qantas embarks on European charter routes from Heathrow
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Qantas has started operating Boeing 747-400 charter flights in Europe by leasing its aircraft to other carriers during layover at London Heathrow Airport. Qantas pilots and cabin crew will operate five trips to Barcelona and four to Istanbul, flying P&O cruise passengers to and from the ...
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Swissair moves to reduce fuel bill
Swissair is aiming to save SFr14 million ($10 million) a year and boost its environmentally-friendly image by cutting fuel consumption by 3%. It plans to achieve the reduction by reducing aircraft operating weights and improving operating procedures. Studies conducted jointly by Swissair flight operations and US company Flight Sciences ...