All Safety News – Page 1227

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    Boeing tackles 777 power problems

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is working on an urgent redesign of the variable speed constant frequency (VSCF) generators on the 777 after a number of failures caused damage to engine mounted gearboxes. The VSCF problem is receiving maximum priority as it directly affects extended range twin operations (ETOPS) just as ...

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    Airbus focuses on A330 shrink in search for 200-seater

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie's search for a new 200-seat widebody jet is focusing on a further shrink of the A330 as a possible alternative to earlier studies of updating the A300/A310 family or developing an all new design. Internal attention is now focused on an ...

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    Oneworld proposes one frequent flier plan

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Chris Jasper/LONDON The American Airlines/British Airways-led oneworld airline alliance has developed a plan that could see the merger of member carriers' frequent flier programmes (FFPs) under a standalone company. Oneworld airlines have set up a project group to explore FFP options under the codename "Monaco". BA director of alliances ...

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    Ryanair disputes landing charges

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Irish airports operator Aer Rianta is to take legal action against low-cost carrier Ryanair in a bid to recover alleged unpaid landing fees at Dublin . The issue was placed before arbitrators at Ireland's Department of Public Enterprise, which - Aer Rianta says - concluded that Ir£500,000 ($690,000) was ...

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    FAA moves to ease air traffic delays

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The US Federal Aviation Administration is implementing air traffic control (ATC) operational changes designed to quickly ease the ATC gridlock that has led to worsening delays in the USA this summer. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey hopes the short-term "practical steps" will appease US airlines which have become increasingly vocal ...

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    FAA orders insulation to be replaced on 700 aircraft

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Thermal insulation on all McDonnell Douglas DC-10s and Boeing MD-80s, MD-90s and MD-11s must be replaced within four years, the US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered. The regulation has been under consideration for more than a year, but has become mandatory just as the Transportation ...

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    FAA revises pilot rest rules after MD-80 incident

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Revised rules on rest periods for commercial pilots should be ready for review by the end of this year or early next, with the US Federal Aviation Administration drafting new regulations. The latest attempt to update rest requirements for commercial transport pilots follows years of unsuccessful attempts to reach ...

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    Canada turns to Europe after USA denies licence

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/VANCOUVER Canada is to order a European spacecraft bus for its Radarsat-2 earth observation satellite, after original supplier Orbital Sciences (OSC) was denied an export licence by the US Government. Industry minister John Manley says Canada will select a supplier within the next eight weeks. The move ...

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    Airline presidents discuss Brazil's plight

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The presidents of Varig, Vasp, Transbrasil and TAM have met to discuss ways of overcoming Brazil's recent economic difficulties, prompting speculation that the four carriers are about to merge into two companies. Brazil's airlines have been severely hit by the country's economic crash at the start of the year. ...

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    Falling ticket prices hit US airlines

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Chris Jasper/LONDON Falling ticket prices in the USA are beginning to squeeze the profits of the country's major airlines. Figures for the first six months of this year show that few carriers were able to increase profits and that most saw income fall compared with the same period last year. ...

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    Boeing wins bulk of CAL order but Airbus takes widebody deal

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Boeing has taken the bulk of China Airlines' (CAL) $5.6 billion buying spree, but lost out to rival Airbus on the much prized deal to supply new medium capacity widebodies. CAL has placed firm orders for up to 19 Boeing 747-400s and five 737-800s worth $3.8 billion, while Airbus' slice ...

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    Accidents hit island hoppers on Cape Verde and Rhodes

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Poor visibility and rain forced a Cape Verde Air Transport Fairchild Dornier 228-200 to break off an approach to Santa Antao, Cape Verde Islands, on 7 August. The aircraft (D4-CBC) appears to have hit high ground shortly afterwards, killing both crew and all 16 passengers. On 28 July, on ...

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    Malaysia reports

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The British Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) confirms that it has received a report from the Malaysian aviation authorities about Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft repeated arrival at London Heathrow Airport short of fuel. No details will be released by the UK, says the DETR, because it ...

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    Table: Top 50 Airlines

    1999-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Click on links to view individual tables: TOP 1998 PROFIT-MAKERS …AND LOSS-MAKERS 1998 TOP 10 - SCHEDULED PASSENGER TRAFFIC 1998 TOP SCHEDULED CARGO CARRIERS 1998 TOP 10 - SCHEDULED PASSENGERS EUROPEAN AIRLINE SCHEDULED PASSENGER/FREIGHT STATISTICS 1998 NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE SCHDULED PASSENGER/FREIGHT STATISTICS 1998 ASIAN ...

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    Embraer on WTO tightrope

    1999-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld its decision that Brazil's Proex export support programme illegally subsidises Embraer regional jet sales. The WTO's appellate body also upheld a ruling that the Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) fund illegally subsidised Bombardier's regional aircraft programmes - but the ...

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    China's airlines take road to recovery with reduced losses

    1999-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE China's airlines have nearly halved their losses for the first half of this year compared with the same period in 1998, according to official reports. The state-controlled China Daily newspaper quotes Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) figures showing that its member airlines suffered losses of 820 ...

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    South African majors told to improve or close

    1999-08-11T00:00:00Z

    South Africa's four main domestic carriers must raise fares and cut capacity or face possible closure, the chairman of the Airlines Association of South Africa and chief executive of South African Airlink, Rodger Foster, has warned. Foster says a fares war that began last November means ticket prices in ...

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    Top of the form

    1999-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Taiwan's top carriers, China Airlines and EVA Airways, have made strong financial recoveries this year Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) is aggressively expanding and modernising its fleet - in the past two months it has ordered 13 Boeing 747-400 freighters and picked up an option on five Boeing ...

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    Domestic strife

    1999-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Despite strong load factors and an expected 20% growth in local air travel, Taiwan's domestic carriers are losing money Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's air transport industry lost $246 million last year, according to the Taipei Airlines Association. A survey of the airlines, however, showed a smaller total loss, of ...

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    'Virtual cockpit' teams picked

    1999-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has selected six industry teams for its Synthetic Vision programme to develop "virtual-reality" cockpit displays that improve safety in low visibility operations. Synthetic Vision will combine satellite navigation with terrain databases and three-dimensional displays to show the aircraft's flightpath in relation to traffic, weather, terrain, ...