All Safety News – Page 1307
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Australian regional success for jetstream
Geoff Thomas British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops is enjoying success in the Australian regional market with the Jetstream 41 and the enhanced performance J32. The company has announced first 1998 purchase in the region of a Jetstream 41, to PearlJet of Brisbane. Meanwhile, South Australian operator O'Connor Airlines has ...
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Embraer chalks up new orders in US
Karen Walker Embraer announced yesterday that it has clocked up new orders for 20 EMB-120 Brasilia turboprops and nine RJ145 regional jets. The Brazilian company says it is also on track to roll out its 37-seater regional jet earlier than expected. Mauricio Botelho, Embraer's president and chief executive officer, ...
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University of NSW offers maintenance degree
With an ever-growing number of airliners flying around the globe, aircraft maintenance skills are increasingly in demand, and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia (Stand C132) is marketing its wide variety of courses in the field at Asian Aerospace. In conjunction with the Southern Sydney Institute, ...
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Face the Facts with... Walt McConnell
Fourteen months ago, Walt McConnell was appointed vice-president and general manager of Honeywell's Air Transport Systems division, based in Phoenix, Arizona. McConnell tells Karen Walker that so far, it is going "just famously". Q:How is business at Honeywell going? A:Business is very strong at the moment due to the ...
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Good US demand for Malaysia-made tyres
Malaysia's Sime Aircraft Tyre reports an increase in turnover of more than 54% compared with 1996 figures. Sime managing director Mohammed Ishak attributes the surge to market recognition it has received in the wake of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) between Malaysia and the USA signed in May ...
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IATA survey pegs crisis cost at $2bn
Manufacturers at the show naturally might try to play down the current economic crisis that has whiplashed across Asia in recent months, but a new survey puts the cost to the air transport industry alone at $2 billion this year. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has compiled a market-by-market ...
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Embraer uses show to push for first rj145 sales in asia
Karen Walker New to Asian Aerospace, and on the eve of a demonstration tour across Australia, is the Embraer RJ145 regional jet. Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is planning to make "more aggressive inroads" into the Asian market and is using the show as a springboard for that campaign. ...
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Face the Facts with... Colin Green
The recent turmoil in Asia's economies and the fight to eradicate the so-called Millennium Bug were among the topics covered by Colin Green, managing director, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, when he talked with Alan Dron. Q:Do you see Asia's current economic problems as a six-month blip, or are its effects likely ...
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KLM slates industry's complacency on 'bomb'
Mike Martin KLM has put its conference on the "millennium bomb" off until later this year, but has repeated its call for greater urgency in the airline and aerospace industries in tackling the problem. Meanwhile, with fears that one of the key problems might be at its most acute in ...
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Schweizer contract
Oxford Air Training School has placed an order for two Schweizer S300CB helicopters, bringing its total Schweizer fleet to six. The machines will be used by the UK company to provide ab initio pilot training. Source: Flight International
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FAA calls public meetings on 727 freighter payload limits
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration is giving affected cargo carriers a final chance to express their views on four proposed airworthiness directives (ADs) that would severely limit the payloads of Boeing 727 freighters converted by third party maintenance organisations. The FAA has scheduled public meetings ...
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747s go as Ansett rethinks future fleet strategy
Ansett Australia is re-examining its future fleet strategy, focusing on its international capacity and an overhaul of its regional operations. The carrier says that it expects to finalise its long haul fleet early in 1999 and has advised Singapore Airlines that it will return the first of three Boeing ...
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Industry launches safety initiative
Airlines, aerospace manufacturers and pilots have formed a coalition to help the airline industry and government regulators prioritise leading safety issues. The Commercial Aviation Safety Strategy Team (CASST), which includes the Air Transport Association, Aerospace Industries Association, Air Line Pilots Association, Airbus Industrie, Boeing, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney ...
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Cathay dumps Airbus FANS
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Plans by Cathay Pacific Airways to equip its fleet of Airbus A340-300s with the Airbus interoperable modular future air navigation system (AIM-FANS) package have been scrapped in protest at the US Federal Aviation Administration's failure to modernise its oceanic air traffic control centres (ATCCs). The carrier ...
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Lack of cash forces FAA to revise air traffic plan
Failure by the US Federal Aviation Administration to secure sufficient funding for its planned overhaul of US air traffic management may lead to phased modernisation of the US National Airspace System (NAS). The modernisation plan, NAS Version 3.0, is being reshaped into a phased programme, with upgrades introduced in ...
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Manufacturers issue fresh bids as SIA revives long haul plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted fresh proposals to Singapore Airlines (SIA) in response to a renewed impetus within the airline to move ahead with its ultra long haul requirement with either the A340-500 or 777-200X. The two rival manufacturers are understood to have made improved ...
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Alitalia cancels cheap fares after Kinnock threat
Alitalia cancelled all promotional fares within Europe on 11 February after the European Commission (EC) warned that it would reconsider its approval of the carrier's state aid unless there was immediate action. The state aid package was finally cleared by the EC in mid-1997 after a lengthy investigation, but ...
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Asiana steps up partner hunt
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Asiana Airlines is stepping up the search for a partner following South Korea's decision to lift the cap on airline foreign ownership to 49%. The carrier also raises the possibility of acting as a British Airways franchise partner in the Asia Pacific region. The South Korea ...
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Airtours acquires Air Belgium with Sun
UK group Airtours has acquired a majority stake in Air Belgium following its take-over of Belgian tour operator Sun International. The move marks a further incursion for the UK charter airline business into the continental European market. Airtours will take over an 80% stake in the largely privately owned ...
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European airlines continue to wage war on airport charges
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Europe's airlines are continuing their attack on airport charges, unveiling a study which highlights massive variations in costs within the region and suggests that European charging levels are two or three times higher than for their USor Asian counterparts. The issue re-ignited in 1997 when members ...