All Ops & safety articles – Page 331
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NewsBombardier stands by CSeries first flight in 2012
Bombardier is still standing by its schedule to achieve first flight of the CSeries aircraft by the end of the year, even as it acknowledges a significant workload remains with less than 12 weeks before 1 January.
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Kingfisher extends grounding to 20 Oct as DGCA deadline looms
India's Kingfisher Airlines has extended its grounding to 20 October. The airline grounded its fleet and stopped operations on 1 October after several...
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NewsVIDEO: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier, altitude record
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner today became the first human to break the sound barrier in free fall after jumping from a record altitude of nearly 128,000ft.
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Loose beverage can leads to substantial damage to Southwest 717-200
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 717-200 was rammed by a catering truck at the Milwaukee airport and damaged "substantially", according to a preliminary report...
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NewsEASA plans training overhaul in the light of AF447 findings
Recommendations arising from the investigation into the fatal June 2009 Air France flight 447 loss-of-control accident have prompted the European Aviation Safety Agency to prepare a radical rulemaking programme.
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MRO Europe: Flight Safety Foundation details scope of MAC
US-based Flight Safety Foundation has identified four key areas for its newly formed Maintenance Advisory Committee (MAC) to tackle. MAC was established...
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MRO Europe: Airbus cautious about bonded structural repairs on A350
Airbus wants to concentrate structural repair development for critical composite parts on the A350 to bolted repairs, as it views alternative bonded repairs...
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NewsIN FOCUS: American seeks more codeshares, despite opposition
American Airlines is seeking to expand the number of codeshares it has with other airlines, even as it gains Qatar Airways as a Oneworld partner. Tom...
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ANALYSIS: Oneworld's Qatar moves shows changing world order
Confirmation that Qatar Airways is to join the Oneworld alliance and that Air France-KLM will begin codesharing with Etihad Airways and its partner Air Berlin,...
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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to overhaul landing gears for Cyprus and Aegean Airlines
Cyprus Airways and Aegean Airlines have selected Messier-Bugatti-Dowty for the exchange and overhaul of landing gear on its fleet of Airbus aircraft. The...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Green spotlight shines on noise and air quality
Attention may be focused on carbon emissions but the problem of air and sound pollution will not go away
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NewsIN FOCUS: Green concerns sustain interest in turboprops
Resurgent demand for turboprop aircraft is looking unlikely to abate as green regulations and rising oil prices add emphasis to the need for fuel efficiency
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NewsIN FOCUS: MRJ continues to defy the doubters
MRJ's 100-aircraft SkyWest order was the big surprise of this year's Farnborough air show, but the type still has a tough road ahead.
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NewsAmerican progresses on 757 seat repairs
American Airlines has completed repairs to the majority of its Boeing 757s that are affected by faulty seat clamps, and is on track to return all of the...
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IAG's Walsh resigned to lack of extra London hub capacity
International Airlines Group chief executive Willie Walsh is resigned to a lack of political consensus that he believes will make additional London hub airport...
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NewsConverted MD-80 lifts off on maiden flight
Florida's Aeronautical Engineers has performed the maiden flight of its converted Boeing MD-80 freighter, and the modification specialist is optimistic of obtaining a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft by the end of the month.
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NewsAmerican pulls 48 757s for seat repairs
American Airlines has grounded 48 Boeing 757-200s to repair faulty seat lock plunger mechanisms, following multiple instances of seats coming loose in flight.
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Nepalese carriers face blacklist scrutiny after latest crash
European authorities are considering whether to blacklist Nepalese carriers after the latest in a series of fatal commuter turboprop accidents underlined concerns over safety oversight.
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NewsGE identifies installation issue in GEnx, orders inspections
General Electric has ordered inspections on all 120 GEnx engines operating on Boeing 747-8s and 787s to check for installation errors of a component now...