All Safety News – Page 1213
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LAAS trials show Category 3 accuracy
The US Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) has demonstrated the required accuracy for Category 3 approach and landings in the latest in a series of flight trials. The GPS-based LAAS is being developed as a government-industry partnership to replace the existing Cat 1/2/3 instrument landing systems in the USA. ...
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LTU starts fleet update with A320s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICHGerman charter carrier LTU International Airways is acquiring 12 Airbus A320s in the first stage of a fleet restructuring that will lead to the selection of a new widebody type to replace its Boeing 767-300ERs. The company, 49.9%-owned by the SAirGroup, is also considering concluding a sale and leaseback ...
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The Manufacturer's view
Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Roger Lecomte, Airbus Industrie's vice-president of engineering support, says: "The introduction of the A330-200 was like that of the A321 [after the A320] for us. We were able to benefit from the lessons we learned with the introduction of the A330-300 and A340." ...
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EC faces rethink on safety authority
David Learmount/RIO DE JANEIRO Julian Moxon/PARIS The creation of a European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has virtually been put on hold after a European Commission (EC) working party, looking at the issue, uncovered constitutional problems involving individual member states giving up their aviation rulemaking powers. Its findings have resulted ...
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Marketplace
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise has firmed up a commitment for 23 more A320 family aircraft, taking the Singapore Airlines/Boullioun Aviation joint venture's Airbus narrowbody orders to 41. The deal includes 20 A320s and three A321s for delivery between early 2001 and 2008. Engine selections have not been announced. Malaysia Airlines' ...
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Air safety rift puts PNG air link at risk
Key transport links between Papua New Guinea's (PNG) capital, Port Moresby, and nearby North Queensland (Australia) are threatened by a rift between Qantas and its codesharing partner Air Niugini, over air safety events. At the same time, Brisbane-based Flightwest Airlines is terminating its Australia-PNG services, due to poor traffic ...
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RJ makers outline growth plans
Regional Jet manufacturers Embraer, Bombardier and Fairchild Aerospace are pressing on with planned larger 70- to 120-seat programmes, despite uncertainty over industry consolidations, mergers and scope clause limitations in the USA. Embraer plans to start a second phase of subsonic wind tunnel tests on the 70-seat ERJ-170 later this ...
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Routes
British Airways is launching a new three times daily route from London Gatwick to Hanover, operated by franchise partner CityFlyer Express. United Airlines is introducing 20 new daily nonstop flights to key Californian business destinations, including Santa Barbara, Medford, Reno, Palm Springs and San Diego, from its Los Angeles hub. ...
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Mexican crash kills 18
Investigators are searching for evidence in the crash of a TAESA McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on 9 November. The crash happened shortly after the aircraft left Uruapan airport in central Mexico. All 18 people on board, including five crew, were killed when the DC-9-31 (XA-TKN), operating TAESA flight 725, nose-dived into ...
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British Midland deal helps boost Star's presence at Heathrow
Laura Hailstone/LONDON British Midland (BM) has confirmed its much-anticipated entry into the Star alliance. This follows Lufthansa's acquisition of a 20% stake from partner SAS for £91.4 million ($150 million). The deal, which will see SAS' shareholding reduced to 20%, gives Star more than a quarter of all movements ...
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Belgian Government to decide on future of its stake in Sabena
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Belgian transport Minister Isabelle Durant is pushing the government for a policy statement on whether it plans to sell its stake in national flag carrier Sabena. The new Belgian Government came to power in June but has yet to reach a conclusion about whether to hold ...
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US-Italy air accord expected at conference: ATI
Italy and the USA are expected to sign their pending open skies bilateral air agreement during a major conference on 6 and 7 December in Chicago on the future of international aviation. Hosted by the US Department of Transportation, the conference is expected to bring together the transport ministers ...
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Marconi HUD system cleared for B737
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Marconi Avionics executives are celebrating being awarded Supplemental Type Certification (STC) by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for full operational use of the HUD 2020 Visual Guidance System (VGS) on Boeing 737-800 aircraft. "The award of STC to Marconi is a major milestone in promoting ...
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Singapore site for new gear JV
A joint venture between Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing (SAM) and Messier-Dowty International will produce landing gear assemblies and related components in the Far East from 1 January 2000. SAM's chairman Loh Chuk Yam and Messier-Dowty's chairman and CEO Dominique Paris signed the agreement that will see SAM transferring its landing ...
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Seat comfort draws on luck of the Irish
Mark Hannant/DUBAI An enterprising Irish company hopes to make long-haul flights more bearable with the unveiling at the show of its self-moulding seat cushioning technology. Long Haul Technologies, part of the Vita Cortex Group, has its airbag-based seat cushions now tested and approved for a 16-G environment and on ...
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Boeing scorns arguments for super-large aircraft
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Boeing is back... at least according to executive vice-president sales and marketing Seddick Belyamani. Speaking at the show yesterday he said that the Seattle-based company was back on course toward convincing its shareholders that the ills of the past decade are behind them. "Our goal is ...
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Crash suspicion
US National Transportation Safety Board chairman Jim Hall has met privately with FBI director Louis Freeh to discuss which agency should lead the investigation into the crash of EgyptAir's Boeing 767-300ER. No final decision has been made on shifting control of the investigation, but additional analysis of the recently ...
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Big advances in new Honeywell display
Honeywell (E712) is promoting its new CD-820 flight management (FMS) Control Display Unit (CDU) which offers size, weight, power and display improvements over its predecessors. It will be available in February 2000. The CD-820 has a large, full-colour, 13.8in Active Matrix LCD and is designed to interface with Honeywell's ...
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Dubai International Airport makes alliance with ENOC
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Strategic alliances are the name of the game in aerospace -so it comes as no surprise that the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is looking to forge new relationships...on the ground. Here at the airshow, ENOC and Dubai International Airport ground operator Dnata jointly commissioned a new ...
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Messier lands Kuwait contract renewal
Kuwait Airways has renewed its contract with Messier Services for landing gear repair and overhaul on its entire Airbus fleet - A300-600, A310-300, A320 and A340. The $8 million deal will see 200 Messier personnel overhauling landing gear at its Molsheim plant in France. Messier Services Asia has ...