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Langkawi to expand as training school
Langkawi Helicopter Services (LHS) is set to expand following the purchase of 30% of the firm by Amanah Saham Anak Langkawi. Chief executive Mohammad Abdullah says that LHS will set up a helipad and helicopter-training school in Langkawi on land near the airport provided by the Langkawi Development Authority. ...
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Safeguards are needed on reporting
Sir - The leader "No-gain pain" (Flight International, 16-22 October) was interesting reading. It is important to protect the identities of those accused by confidential incident-reporting systems. Most systems make strenuous efforts to protect the identity of accusers, because otherwise the flow of information would dry up. ...
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Volga passengers
The Russian heavyweight cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines has begun scheduled passenger services between its base in Ulyanovsk and Moscow. The carrier is flying 30-seater Yakovlev Yak-40s on the route, leased from the Ulyanovsk-based regional airline JSC Simbirsk Aero, which ceased flying in September because of debts of over 14 billion ...
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Report slams world pilot standards
David Learmount/LONDON A damning indictment of pilot training standards in the world's air-transport industry is revealed in the official accident report on the fatal 6 February Birgenair Boeing 757 accident near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The investigators say that basic internationally accepted requirements for pilot-training standards have fallen ...
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Maintenance Directory Part 3
Compiled by Jennifer Pite/LONDON Introduction by Paul Lewis/Singapore A quick look at the activities of operators listed in this section of Flight International's three-part directory shows that, in the regions covered, the prime movers in maintenance at the moment are mostly based in Asia-Pacific. The ...
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Air Canada sets sights on ValuJet DC-9 work
Air Canada has resumed discussions with ValuJet Airlines on maintaining the low-cost carrier's fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. Talks lapsed when Atlanta, Georgia-based ValuJet was grounded in June following the May crash of a DC-9 in Florida, but resumed after the airline restarted operations in September. The work ...
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US airlines break records again, but fear for the future
The major US airlines produced another record-breaking performance in the third quarter, but profits were marred by growing fears that this may now be the peak of the cycle, with rising fuel prices and re-imposition of the federal fuel tax promising to dampen the boom. Trans World Airlines ...
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Icao slams airlines on safety
David Learmount/WARSAW The International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) safety chief has hit out at the airline industry, accusing it of having a reactive approach to safety which requires accidents to show operators when they have "-overstepped the boundaries" of acceptable practice. Speaking at the 28-31 October, ...
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Japanese airlines report mixed results
A combination of higher fuel charges, a weaker yen and increased passenger traffic have produced mixed financial results for Japan's three largest airlines for the first six months of their latest financial years. Net profits slumped by more than 71% at Japan Airlines (JAL), to nearly ´2.7 billion ...
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Anonymity is important
Sir - The leader "No-gain pain" (Flight International, 16-22 October) made interesting reading. Protecting the identities of those accused under confidential-reporting systems is important. Not all systems protect the identity of the accused. I attended a tribunal in Sydney, Australia, where a pilot had been trying to get ...
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IATA attacks US DoT on passenger liability
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is again at loggerheads with the US Department of Transportation (DoT) over the issue of passenger-liability limits, describing new US proposals as "unlawful and unwise". IATA appeared to have reached a truce with the DoT in mid-year when it produced a new ...
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US Safety Board examines TWA fuel probes
INVESTIGATORS SAY that two fuel probes recovered from the site of the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 show no signs of electrical arcing which could have caused the centre fuel-tank explosion which brought down the Boeing 747-100 on 17 July, killing 230 people. One of the ...
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Swissair threatens to pull out of Sabena deal
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS Swissair has warned that it is prepared to pull out of its investment in strike-hit Sabena if it does not meet the cost-cutting targets being set for the loss-making Belgian carrier. Swissair confirms, however, that it is pressing ahead with a joint fleet-renewal programme to ...
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SIA's results disappoint
Financial analysts have begun to revise down their year-end profit forecasts for Singapore Airlines (SIA), in the face of weak first-half results which showed the impact of rising fuel prices, declining yields and the strength of the local Singapore dollar. The carrier's operating profit for the first six ...
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Fuel-surcharge fears increase
Concern is growing, that airlines may soon be forced to start imposing a fuel surcharge on ticket prices, to offset the damage being done by soaring world oil prices. Over the past few months, crude oil prices have been running at their highest levels since the Gulf crisis ...
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IATA raises five-year passenger forecast
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has raised its five-year growth forecast for international passenger traffic, predicting an average yearly increase of 7.1%, to give an annual total of 522 million passengers in 2000. The organisation's two previous five-year forecasts both envisaged lower annual growth of 6.6%. ...
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The long march
China faces a massive bill upgrading ATC leverage. It is now looking to CNS/ATM to provide a more affordable solution. Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China represents one of the fastest-growing air-transport markets in the world and, given the country's large, rapidly prospering, population, it has the potential ...
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Federico is on his way
Say goodbye to Federico Peña. The US transportation secretary is scheduled not to be invited back onto the president's cabinet, assuming the Clinton Administration wins another four years in office. Despite his much applauded efforts in the liberalisation of international aviation, Peña's continued gaffes - such as supporting ValuJet the ...
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Suppliers
McDonnell Douglas is to convert 60 DC-10s into MD-10 freighters for Federal Express by 1999. The first 36 aircraft are coming from United Airlines. MDC expects to launch its long-range jetliner, the MD-XX, in early 1997. Pemco World Air Services is to convert five B727-100 freighters to quick ...
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Team works at Alitalia
Alitalia is squaring up to its impending scrutiny by the European Commission with the launch of its low-cost operation, Alitalia Team. But the carrier remains dogged by allegations of predatory pricing and collusion on slots. Brussels opened an investigation into the airline's planned 3,000 billion lire (US$2 billion) ...