All Ops & safety articles – Page 1462
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Runway debate
Amsterdam/Schipol has received Dutch government approval for its fifth runway, with a stipulation the airport's capacity is limited to 40 million passengers annually. Meanwhile UK Secretary of State for Transport Dr Brian Mawhinney has ruled out a third runway at London/Heathrow. He wants attention focused on 'less environmentally damaging' options ...
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Aer Lingus close to finalising deal to lease three BAe 146-300s
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS close to completing a deal to lease three British Aerospace 146-300 regional-jets to allow it to compete on routes between Ireland and UK regional airports. The aircraft are being made ready for leasing by BAe's Assett Management Organisation, although Aer Lingus ...
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Bidders line up for $300 million UK ATC centre
Kieran Daly/MAASTRICHT HUGHES AIRCRAFT has become the first company to detail its planned consortium to bid to develop and build the UK's proposed Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is expected to release a request for ...
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Gas leak led to Telstar 402 explosion
THE LOSS OF the Telstar 402 communications satellite after launch, aboard an Ariane 4 on 8 September 1994, was caused by an explosion, Martin Marietta Astro Space has confirmed (Flight International, 11-17 January). Although the official accident report had not been released as Flight International went to press, ...
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South Africa drives J41 boost
Jetstream AIRCRAFT is working on a fresh round of improvements for its J41, aimed at increasing hot and high performance for airfields in countries with developing infrastructures. From 1996 the aircraft will be offered with a 2.2% increase in engine power, revised stall speeds and the introduction of ...
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An-70 investigators face FDR problems accident
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE INVESTIGATION of the fatal crash of the first and only Antonov An-70 prototype may be hampered by a lack of useable information from the flight-data recorder (FDR). Sources close to the Antonov flight-test operation allege that pressure on staff to accelerate the ...
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Select Advice On ATC
A UK Parliamentary transport select committee report on air-traffic-control (ATC) privatisation is recommending that the Government publish detailed arguments as to why it does not favour the creation of a "profit-making public-sector company", instead of outright privatisation. It also recommends that, if the plan proceeds, the Civil Aviation Authority's safety-regulation ...
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African risk leased in DC
USAfrica's demise eight months after it started serving Johannesburg from Washington DC exemplifies the extreme risks in starting an international airline in the US. One lesson: American Airlines drives a hard aircraft leasing deal. USAfrica began service in June with two MD-11 aircraft on sublease from American, hoping ...
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Airlines v agents: war is declared
US travel agents angry about commission rate cuts should not be surprised. This is war - my wife and kid will suffer,' said one travel agent. 'D-elta E-vidently L-oathes T-ravel A-gents,' complained another. At last, US carriers are taking action to attack the one major cost item which has ...
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Strong yen aids surge in JLL deals
The Japanese leveraged lease looks certain to stabilise into a more mature product, helped by cautious equity investors. Report by Tom Ballantyne. When aircraft deliveries finally begin to pick up speed over the coming years the Japanese leveraged lease should have evolved into a stable, more mature product. ...
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Air New Zealand boosts profits
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) boosted profits in its first half-year, despite continuing problems with its domestic Boeing 737 fleet and a rapid expansion of capacity on international routes. The New Zealand carrier managed to raise net profits by nearly 60%, to more than NZ$140 million ($89 million) ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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Airlines put Nordam's window to the test
NORDAM HAS introduced a new airliner cabin-window designed to counter crazing - the thousands of scratches on airliner windows - which has reached epidemic proportions, according to airlines. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's new Nordex EL cabin windows are being flight tested by 15 airlines. "Nordex EL has ...
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Nigeria airs its options
The management at Nigeria Airways is fighting to keep control over the carrier as a government review is set to issue proposals for the future course of the carrier, which could include a revival of the Air Nigeria concept. The government consultative document is expected to propose three ...
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The dangers of an SRA approach
Sir - I know little of the Boeing 737 accident at Coventry Airport on 21 December 1994, accident, but alarm bells rang in my mind when I read that a surveillance radar approach (SRA) was used. At Hamburg in 1991, I flew such an approach in instrument ...
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Aria takes assets back
As Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (Aria) prepares to transfer 49 per cent of its stock to employees, the carrier has averted the danger of a break up of its international operations. But while the privatisation plan has been approved, it is unclear when it will be implemented. Under ...
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BA: put your trust in US
The recent decision forcing British Airways to stand trial in New York for alleged conduct in the UK has heightened uncertainties about when actions outside the US can subject a non-US company to US anti-trust claims. Indeed, one anti-trust specialist believes BA's case was weakened by the judge's ...
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Peeking in the backyard Peeking in the backyard
Sir - Before James Weber accuses the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Airbus Industrie of "...letting aircraft continue to crash while they work out what is happening", he should look at his own "backyard". Despite growing evidence that the Boeing 737 rudder system may have contributed to a ...
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Belgium holds bilateral talks with USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BELGIUM AND the USA met on 28 February to finalise the latest transatlantic open-skies agreement, so dealing another blow to European attempts to develop a common response to the US bilaterals offensive. A Belgium deal would also allow Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair ...
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Once more to the breach?
The clearance for up to 9 million members of American Airlines' frequent flyer programme to sue the carrier over retroactive changes to its loyalty programme could open the flood gates to legal action against US carriers. At the very least, the ruling means a comparable number of United ...