All Safety News – Page 1282
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China consortium plans regional jet
Three Chinese aerospace companies are proposing the joint development of a new 70-seat regional jet in what appears to be an independent initiative without central government support. Manufacturing plants Xian, Harbin and Shaanxi say that they plan to set up such a joint venture and are seeking additional risk-sharing ...
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Lone pilot objects to Australasian Singapore alliance
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS An objection by New Zealand pilot Peter Wakeman to Australia's competition authorities was the only remaining obstacle last week to the implementation of the planned commercial alliance between Air New Zealand, Ansett and Singapore Airlines (SIA). The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC)released a final authorisation on ...
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TCAS 2 tests
The US Federal Aviation Administration has completed tests of the latest Change 7.0 software for the traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS 2), compulsory in Europe from 1 January, 2000, using a Boeing 727 and new software developed by Rockwell Collins. Source: Flight International
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FedEx prepares for Loadmaster training
FedEx has selected Pan Am International Flight Academy to provide training for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster. The Academy will build a training centre at FedEx's Memphis, Tennessee, hub to house a Level D full-flight simulator for the turboprop-powered feeder freighter. FedEx has 50 Loadmasters on order and 50 more ...
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Wicat adds Boeing to training device portfolio
Wicat Systems has seen sales of its flight training devices increase as airlines move to reduce the amount of expensive full-flight simulator time used for transition and recurrent training. Recent sales of flight management and guidance system trainers (FMGST) for Airbus types include six to Northwest Aerospace Training (NATCO, A320), ...
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Sea Launch security scrutinised
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing managers are working to tighten security on sensitive technology going into the international Sea Launch vehicle. The move came after the US State Department suspended licences allowing Boeing to work with its Russian and Ukrainian partners on the multinational commercial satellite launcher project. The suspension took ...
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Cessna training
Cessna has begun shipping its computer-based instruction course for a private pilot's licence to Cessna Pilot Center flying schools. The course, developed jointly with King Schools, includes "virtual" flight lesson previews using digital full-motion video. Source: Flight International
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USA warns Bolivia
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), owned by Brazil's VASP, has dismissed a US Government warning about its safety. The US State Department says numerous incidents have raised concerns about LAB, particularly its Boeing 727 domestic operations. The US Embassy has issued a warning to US citizens. LAB says that it complies ...
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UK probes approach incidents at Emerald Airways
Investigator was in control tower as serious incidents occurred
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ANA considers World revival to reduce operating costs
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO In an effort to reduce operating costs in the face of severe financial difficulties, All Nippon Airlines (ANA) is considering shifting part of its international route network on to its defunct subsidiary World Air Network (WAC). The plan involves resuscitating WAC, which was suspended in August ...
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China Eastern plans to begin conversions after cargo go-ahead
China Eastern plans to begin converting its fleet of five Boeing MD-11 passenger trijets into freighters from September 1999, following Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approval to establish a new subsidiary cargo operation. The carrier is understood to be in negotiations with Alenia-owned Aeronavali and the Boeing Aerospace ...
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FlightSafety Boeing picks London to be European training hub
FlightSafety Boeing Training International, a joint venture commercial training operation between FlightSafety Inter-national and Boeing Enterprises, will decide next month on the final location of a UK based $85 million European training hub. The greenfield site, located near either London Gatwick or Heathrow airports, will be the first of ...
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Advanced GE90 compressor gets over initial test hurdle
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric has successfully completed initial tests of an upgraded GE90 compressor which is expected to yield specific fuel consumption (SFC) and temperature margin improvements on the Boeing 777-200ER, as well as act as a potential platform for new thrust growth. Key to the improvement is the ...
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Japanese airlines object to US slot allocation
Japan's carriers have criticised the decision by the country's Ministry of Transport to allocate a further 74 slots to US carriers in its first slot expansion programme at Narita Airport in seven years. "This means that US carriers have almost as many slots at Narita as all the Japanese carriers ...
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SilkAir investigations continue as pressure from lawyers mounts
Indonesian and Singapore authorities have indicated that the so far inconclusive investigation into December's crash of a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 is likely to continue for at least a further six months. At the same time, legal efforts in the USA are being stepped up to force Boeing to release information ...
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Cathay makes history with first loss as public company
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways has posted the first net loss in its history as a public company, as the airline struggled with tumbling Asian traffic and plumetting yields. The Hong-Kong carrier announced a net loss of HK$175 million ($23 million) for the first six months, in stark contrast to ...
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Brazil's subsidies row with Canada goes to arbitration panel
The trade row between Brazil and Canada over regional aircraft subsidies will now go to full arbitration under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) dispute settlement body. Two arbitration panels have been established to rule on the legality of state help for rival manufacturers Bombardier and Embraer. ...
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Safety assault
Cultural factors have long been suggested as a cause for cockpit human factors accidents. This, however, is rocky ground - not only for the politically correct, but for all responsible people and organisations - because nobody can say for certain that it is true. There has never been a ...
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Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA The Franco-Italian regional aircraft consortium ATR scored a coup when it became the first manufacturer outside the ex-Communist Bloc to sell aircraft to Cuba since Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959. The sale is the start of a massive fleet renewal programme covering all of the Caribbean island's ...
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Parts partnerships
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Fewer air carriers want to be in the business of stocking and maintaining huge inventories of parts, so they are looking to shift the burden to those companies which supply everything from bearings and seals to engines and airframes. "Until the early 1990s, the industry was more ...