All Ops & safety articles – Page 1371
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Press cuts historic time
If aviation history was made during the final week in October in Washington, newspaper readers could be forgiven for scarcely noticing it. The few column inches devoted to the first official US-EU block discussion regarding commercial aviation rights were generally dour on the whole affair, portraying EU director for air ...
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Why such a Roman drama?
I should like to raise a few points concerning the article 'Renaissance or Rigor Mortis' (Airline Business, November). I am surprised that such an important article is based upon information from sources which I would define as inappropriate - namely a former chairman of Alitalia ousted by the ...
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Japan replies to US efforts
US efforts to establish open skies agreements with Asia have received a lukewarm response from key targets South Korea and Taiwan at the same time as Japan is forging ahead with its own brand of Asian open skies. A US Department of Transportation task force toured Asia during ...
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USAir opens up exit plans
USAir's exit strategy from its alliance with British Airways is becoming clearer as it seeks more international routes and announces a massive fleet renewal programme which could prompt renewed interest from other investors. There is speculation that USAir may seek to build a major transatlantic network by acquiring ...
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Financial results
America West suffered a 7.2% yield decline and took $65m in one-off charges due to changing an aircraft order and restating asset values. AMR's net profit rose 23% on robust demand, despite an 18.8% rise in fuel costs and a $21m share in a travel agency litigation settlement. ...
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Hubbing power
Delegates at the Airline Business/ ASM Routes '97 meeting in Abu Dhabi were given the chance to review the latest developments in the Amsterdam-based network operated by KLM and its partners. Richard Whitaker reports. Codesharing has enabled KLM to increase the city-pairs it offers ninefold in six years, according to ...
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Joined at the seams
Management Information is the key to easing the lot of the long-suffering passenger, argues Kieron Brennan. Airlines should draw on methods used in related sectors to enable them to fully develop the concept of the 'seamless' journey. You're a tycoon, living in Grand Cayman. Suddenly, one morning, a major business ...
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Mexican standoff
Aéromexico and Mexicana have emerged from their restructuring programmes with a common owner, but the regulator appears intent on keeping them apart to ensure that domestic competition remains strong. But David Knibb discovers that internationally things may work out differently. The events of 1996 form the latest in a series ...
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Polar freighter
Polar Air Cargo has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-200F - its fourteenth 747 freighter - following overhaul by Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering. A second -200F will be delivered early in 1997 and Polar plans to add a further two or three 747s a year over the next five ...
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AMJ BAe 146s are to be given satellite-navigation capability
British Aerospace Asset Management-Jets (AMJ) is developing a cockpit upgrade for early-build BAe146s, based around the introduction of an AlliedSignal satellite-based navigation system. The upgrade will allow operators of the BAe leasing unit's 146s, particularly in Europe and Australia, to cope with the progressive worldwide phase-out of the VLF Omega ...
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Air France agrees to take up to 20 777s
Air France will take more Boeing twins, but is moving up from 767 to 777 Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government has approved Air France's decision to buy up to 20 Boeing 777s (including options), as part of its long-range-fleet renewal programme. The airline has placed orders ...
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Fokker wins N-250 fatigue-testing contract from IPTN
Fokker Control Systems has been selected by IPTN to supply a rig for fatigue testing of the N-250 commuter aircraft. Indonesia's state-owned test laboratory, LUK, will be responsible for integrating the equipment and carrying out the tests. LUK will perform an accelerated-flight-cycle programme on an N-250 test airframe, ...
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China builds presence on 757
China's aerospace industry is further expanding its share of production of major sub-assemblies for Boeing aircraft. Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) is preparing to begin manufacturing 757 empennages from early-1997. The company is close to completing a new production site at its Chengdu plant, at which it will build the ...
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American MD-83 landing accident blamed on crew
Failure to maintain glide-path profile is blamed for American MD-83 accident THE FLIGHT CREW'S failure to maintain the required glide-path profile until visual references were identifiable and the runway in sight was responsible for the 12 November 1995 American Airlines MD-83 landing accident at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport, ...
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Beech accident at Quincy airfield
Collision at Runway Intersection A UNITED EXPRESS Beech 1900C-1 (N87GL) commuter aircraft, landing at an uncontrolled regional airfield near Quincy, Illinois, USA, was hit as it passed across the runway intersection by a Beech King Air A90 (N1127D) which was taking off on the other runway, according to a ...
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Time to act on pilot
Sir - Your comment "Admit It" and "Report slams world pilot standards" (Flight International, 13-19 November, P3 and 14 respectively) begs a question. It is easy to knock pilot training standards and condemn legal minima for producing inadequately trained pilots. Doing something about it is a different ...
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Aero Peru crash prompts NTSB action
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC COVERS USED to protect aircraft static vents during maintenance should incorporate conspicuous warning flags, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. This is a reaction to reports from the Peruvian authorities that an Aero Peru Boeing 757 crashed because its static ...
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Collision inquiry grinds into action
NEITHER THE FLIGHT data recorder (FDR) nor cockpit-voice recorder (CVR) of either of the airliners which collided on 12 November near New Delhi, India has been downloaded because the Court of Inquiry has yet to convene. A decision on the arrangements for information downloading will be the Court's ...
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Air transport industry serves notice on 'dangerous' Africa
David Learmount/LONDON The world's two leading aviation agencies, have come out in support of an International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA), claim that severely inadequate air-traffic control (ATC) in three-quarters of Africa's airspace, combined with massive increases in air traffic over the continent, pose a serious ...
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Koreans are close to agreement on FIRs
SOUTH AND NORTH Korea are expected finally to conclude an agreement before the end of the month which , for the first time, will allow commercial air traffic to move between the two countries' Flight Information Regions (FIR). The two sides are scheduled to meet again, together with ...