All Safety News – Page 1350
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Forecasts 98': Airlines
Paul Lewis/Singapore Kevin O'Toole/London For the world airline industry, 1998 begins much as 1997 ended, with two issues on top of the agenda: the fall-out from Asia's economic woes and the next step in the industry's increasingly rapid consolidation. Both issues should make 1998 a busy one for airline ...
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1997 ends badly for world airlines safety
Five times as many people died in air-transport accidents during the second half of 1997 as in the first six months, and there were half as many again fatal accidents. Preliminary figures, however, show that overall, 1997 was close to the annual average for the decade. Airline fatalities for ...
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Swissair signs A340-600 deal to replace MD-11s
Swissair is to phase out its Boeing MD-11s early in the next decade after concluding a major deal for more Airbus widebodies at the end of 1997, following the board's earlier approval to order the A340-600. Swissair has long been expected to be among the launch customers for the ...
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TARMAC puts pilots on the right road
The German Aerospace Centre Institute of Flight Guidance has extended its prototype Taxi and Ramp Management and Control (TARMAC) system to the flightdeck, with an Airborne System (AS) display which is being evaluated by pilots in an Airbus A320-based demonstration cockpit. The TARMAC-AS assists the pilot graphically during taxiing, while ...
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Dow makes moulded cascades
Dow-United Technologies Composites (Dow-UT) has developed a technique for producing turbofan thrust-reverser cascades using resin-transfer moulding of braided composites. The resulting parts, the company says, are lighter and more durable than conventional multi-part cascades assembled from aluminium or magnesium castings. Dow-UT says that metal cascades, which divert fan airflow ...
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Coliins for Air Pacific
Air Pacific is to equip the three Boeing 737-700s it has on order with Rockwell-Collins avionics, including traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system, forward-looking windshear radar and Inmarsat Aero-I satellite-communications equipment. Source: Flight International
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Problems with checking chip detectors
Disaster avoided, but could changes in Sir - I refer to the "potentially catastrophic multiple-engine failure on a British Aerospace 146", as reported in the article "RAF Queen's Flight contractor comes under safety audit" (Flight International, 3-9 December, 1997, P17). There was another incident some years ago. Like that on ...
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BA awards pilot-training contracts
British Airways is moving some ab initio pilot-training out of Australia and into the USA, while renewing contracts with two UK-based training colleges. The airline says that considerations were "overall cost-effectiveness, but also quality and reliability". The US contract-winner is the Western Michigan University's new International Pilot Training Centre, ...
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Has Schipol reached it's limit
Dutch law imposes strict noise limits in the form of Kosten units (Ke), which express aircraft noise on an annual basis. The Ke measure is weighted according to aircraft type and time of day. Night flights count 10 times more heavily than day operations. Schiphol's 1998 Runway Operations Plan ...
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BA/AA gives up on slots
American Airlines is hoping for a breakthrough in 1998 in its continued battle to win approval for an alliance with British Airways. But concessions will have to be made, particularly at Heathrow. Some 20 months after the proposal first surfaced, the level of frustration in Texas is nearing boiling ...
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Help is at hand
Competition officials in Brussels celebrated November by resigning in disgust at the lack of resources available to them. These overseers in the Belgian capital couldn't even clear their desks; they didn't have any. Fortunately for supporters of airline competition in Europe, the departures were from Belgium's own fledgling anti-trust ...
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A matter of faith
By definition, a shock always originates where you least expect it. Early in 1997, as the global economic boom continued, the nature and timing of the next downturn were far from most people's minds. Then came economic turmoil in the region where experts least expected it - Asia. Now, Asia's ...
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Cashback time in Brazil
Carnival time has come early for Transbrasil. The carrier is set to receive a massive compensation settlement following Brazilian government fare freezes. But Varig, Vasp and TAM may be shortchanged. Brazil's supreme court ruled in early December that Transbrasil will receive US$500 million in damages from the Brazilian government. ...
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New Zeal for open deals
New Zealand and Singapore have signed what they call the 'world's most open aviation deal', while China has agreed to relax two of its bilaterals. The New Zealand/Singapore treaty offers no route restrictions between the two countries, unfettered fifth freedom rights and no foreign ownership restrictions. While Singapore ...
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Continental trumps Delta
Delta Air Lines needs to sharpen up its act as Continental scores a double victory over rival Delta in the race for Latin American routes. In Venezuela, Continental has won transport ministry approval to start inbound flights while Delta still waits for comparable approval. In Chile, Continental has beaten ...
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Hidden baggage cause for concern
Americans and their baggage are not easily parted. For the average US airline passenger, travelling 'light' has little to do with restraint at the packing stage and much to do with how much he or she can haul past the flight attendant and hurl into an overhead bin. For maximum ...
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Blue Sky faces a storm of protest
So far, it's been a relatively easy ride for most of Europe's new breed of low-cost carriers. Four in particular - Ryanair, EasyJet, Virgin Express and Debonair - have built up substantial businesses, and three of them have had successful public flotations. But now, British Airways is fighting back with ...
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Bankers cool on euro offer
Airbus Industrie's plan to offer its aircraft in the new European single currency as well as US dollars are set to receive a warmer reception from airlines than from the financial community. Airlines in the 11 countries which have signed up for the first wave of euro membership in ...
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India fails to ink accords
Just when India's beleaguered airlines though it was safe to plan for the future, another government has fallen by the wayside and left the airlines wondering what fate holds in store for them next. Some four reports by special committees on domestic Indian Airlines, national flag Air India, aviation ...
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Love lost over airfield
In a David and Goliath-style battle, a legal war is raging in Washington D.C. over the future of Love Field Airport in Dallas, which could lead to new competition for American Airlines this year. Due to the Wright Amendment, a long-standing federal law designed to protect Dallas/Fort Worth International ...