All Safety News – Page 1267
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UK poised for NATS part privatisation
Partial privatisation of the UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) will be announced this week, according to sources close to the move. As Flight International went to press, details of the privatisation plan were expected to be confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in parliament on 27 July, ...
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Airbus expects Asian order bonanza after recovery
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPOREAirbus Industrie is predicting that Asia's airlines will order 4,300 passenger aircraft worth $450 billion over the next two decades as the Far East renews its economic growth. Adam Brown, Airbus vice-president, forecasting and strategic planning, says signs of recovery in the Asia-Pacific market will appear by the second ...
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Novair nears A330-200 lease deal to replace TriStars
Swedish charter airline Novair is finalising a deal with International Lease Finance for two Airbus A330-200s to replace its Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. The airline, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavia's third largest tour operator, Apollo, has been negotiating for a new long- haul aircraft for several months as it ...
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Lockheed Martin pins hopes of recovery on aeronautics
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin is counting on improvements in its aeronautics sector to boost its ailing financial performance. Chief financial officer Phil Duke says the C-130J is expected to be "very slightly profitable" by year-end, after the programme was re-baselined in June. This involved the company taking a ...
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Licensing unchanged despite Kennedy crash
US authorities appear to have no intention of changing the rules about the weather and light conditions in which private pilots without instrument ratings (IR) may fly, despite the crash last week of John F Kennedy Jr's Piper Saratoga II. The investigation into what caused the accident will centre ...
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Pratt & Whitney gets ready to conduct PW6000 first test run
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESPratt & Whitney expects to begin the first test run of the PW6000 by early next month, following completion of the initial test powerplant at its base at East Hartford, Connecticut. The 24,000lb (107kN)-thrust-rated turbofan is in development for the Airbus A318 and will begin flight tests on ...
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Air Wisconsin aims to trade turboprops for regional jets
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Air Wisconsin wants to trade in its Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops for new 32/44-seat regional jets, while playing down interest in the British Aerospace Avro RJ-X in the face of United Airlines' scope clause restrictions. The United Express carrier is evaluating the newly certificated Embraer RJ-135 ...
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KAL gears up for freighter fleet overhaul
Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Korean Air's (KAL) cargo division is undertaking a rationalising and renewal of its freighter fleet and has wet-leased an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F as it boosts transpacific frequencies. According to KAL, the Atlas deal was restricted by local regulations to two weeks from mid-July, after which the lease ...
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Safety surprises
A relatively safe first half of 1999 included some landmark events in airline flight safety David Learmount/LONDON An airline industry-feared rise in air transport accidents is not happening. A marked flight safety improvement has occurred in the first half of this year, compared with the same period last year, despite ...
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Taking on the dollar
Jack Sellsby/LONDON When the euro was introduced at the start of this year, it became a huge source of new currency financing almost overnight, although the airlines were not the quickest of the corporates to take advantage. But like any other industry on the lookout for fresh, plentiful finance ...
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Control freaks
It often takes a crisis to unite an industry and push participants into much-needed action. A crisis is exactly what Europe's air traffic control system is facing this summer, and Eurocontrol, Europe's air navigation organisation, freely admits it. The signs are already there. Last summer's system performance was poor, ...
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Eurocontrol delays steps to taking regulatory powers
Emma Kelly/BRUSSELS Eurocontrol's Council has delayed until October a decision on whether to approve plans to consider granting the air navigation organisation regulatory powers to force member states to make urgent air traffic management (ATM) improvements. The move comes as Europe's air traffic control (ATC) system is facing a summer ...
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A340 beats 777 at China Airlines
China Airlines (CAL) has selected the Airbus Industrie A340-300 over the Boeing 777-200 for its long haul requirement as part of a larger refleeting plan totalling 24 aircraft. It includes orders for additional Boeing 747-400 freighters and 737-800s. The Taiwanese flag carrier, after a prolonged evaluation, is planning to ...
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Boeing is considering 'shrunk' 767-400ER for long range role
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is considering a possible shrink of the 767-400ER as an alternative to meeting the long range requirement of the proposed 767-300ERX with discrete upgrades from the stretched twin-aisle development. The move would be a subtle but distinct change in direction for the 767 programme and ...
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KAL launches $200 million safety reforms
Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Korean Air (KAL), desperate to restore its credibility after a string of crashes, is embarking on a $200 million reform programme to boost safety. The airline hopes this will lead to resumption of codeshare agreements with Air France, Delta Air Lines and Air Canada, which have ...
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Virgin makes plans to be bigger in Asia
Chris Jasper/SHANGHAI Virgin Atlantic Airways chairman Richard Branson has mapped out plans for a major expansion of the UK carrier's Asian route network over the next few years while conceding that its aim of establishing a US domestic subsidiary looks unlikely to become a reality. Speaking in Shanghai during ...
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China Eastern nears decision on MD-11 fleet replacement
Chris Jasper/SHANGHAIChina Eastern Airlines is finalising plans to order new long-haul aircraft to replace its Boeing MD-11s, as it agrees a new delivery schedule for 10 A320s with Airbus Industrie. China Eastern operates five Boeing MD-11 passenger aircraft and a single cargo version, but will remove the type from its ...
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Gemini set to double cargo capacity
Gemini Air Cargo plans to double the number of freighters it operates by the end of 2000 from nine aircraft. The increase is the result of major US investor The Caryle Group acquiring a majority stake in the carrier. "Caryle will be an excellent financial partner in the next ...
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Landing gear deals clear BFGoodrich/Coltec merger
BFGoodrich and Coltec Industries completed their $2.2 billion merger on 12 July, after agreements were reached with AlliedSignal and Crane to preserve competition in the US landing system industry. The agreements ended lawsuits which had blocked the deal, but left the "strategic and economic fundamentals of the merger completely ...
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SabreTech faces ValuJet murder charge
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC SabreTech, the maintenance contractor for the former ValuJet Airlines, says it will "vigorously defend" itself against murder and manslaughter charges brought by Florida state prosecutors. It also faces federal grand jury criminal indictments. The charges relate to the crash of a ValuJet McDonnell Douglas ...