All Safety News – Page 1339
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Sabena cost-cutting begins to pay off
Sabena's push to cut costs has put it on course to break even in 1998 and return to profitability in 1999, says chief executive Paul Reutlinger. The expected recovery follows record losses of Bfr8.8 billion ($24.6 million) in 1996, caused partly by the Belgian flag carrier's restructuring programme. ...
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Tunis Air plans growth as profits rise
Tunis Air produced a major improvement in net profits for 1996 and is heading for another good result this year on the back of forecasts of rapidly rising passenger numbers. The airline has also revealed plans to expand and replace a large part of its fleet. The Tunisian ...
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Ageing aircraft
Supersonic Aerospatiale/BAe (BAC) Concorde Thirteen of the 14 Concordes delivered to British Airways and Air France between 1975 and 1980 remain in service. Twenty Concordes were built, including two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft and two production aircraft which were not delivered. One of the seven Concordes ...
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VmaxPROBE crashes on maiden flight...
US aircraft designer and pilot Lars Giertz was killed during the maiden flight of the VmaxPROBE single-seater. Giertz had been hoping to fly the aircraft in an attempt to break the Federation Aéronautique International speed record (for aircraft weighing less that 500kg). Giertz began building the aircraft in 1990. After ...
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JAA offers to relent on business-jet ETOPS limits
A European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) offer to relax its proposed limits on extended-range twin-engine operation (ETOPS) for business jets has been hailed by the general-aviation industry as "a workable solution". According to the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the JAA's original 120min ETOPS rule announced on ...
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Swanwick ATC centre is faced with more delays
Alan George/LONDON The UK's key new air-traffic-control (ATC) centre at Swanwick in southern England is facing further serious delays which could result in the New En Route Centre (NERC) not becoming operational until late 1999. The £350 million ($570 million) centre being built by US contractor ...
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Boeing seating proposal for new 737 satisfies JAA
David Learmount/LONDONGuy Norris/Los Angeles Boeing is in line to win the battle for European approval of Next Generation 737 high-density seating without meeting the formal Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) specification for emergency-exit configuration. The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) is satisfied with Boeing's latest proposal and ...
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Sparks fly as Flanker goes to ground
One of the Russian Knights Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker display team made an even greater impression than usual during the Bratislava air show in Slovakia on 21 June with a gear-up landing which closed the runway, but did not result in any injuries to the pilot. Initial suggestions as to the ...
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AI(R) and TTS open Bangkok training centre
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) have opened a new ATR flight-simulator centre in Bangkok, in a move to improve support for the growing number of regional carriers operating ATR 42/72 turboprop aircraft. The Asian ATR Training Centre (AATC) opening follows certification by the ...
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First Space Station modules prepared for 1998 launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON With the first elements of the International Space Station (ISS) due to be launched in a little under 12 months, the USA and Russia, the two leading members of the international consortium building the Station, have begun to reveal progress the initial modules scheduled to be ...
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Air Jamaica aims to defeat American in the Caribbean
Graham Warwick/MONTEGO BAY AIRJAMAICA has inaugurated a Caribbean hub at Montego Bay, and signed a co-operation agreement with Delta Air Lines, in a bid to challenge American Airlines' dominance in the region. The Montego Bay hub, which was officially inaugurated on 30 July, links flights from ...
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Beech runway collision is blamed on King Air pilot
THE RUNWAY collision of a Beech King Air A90 with a United Express Beech 1900C on 19 November, 1996, at Quincy Municipal Airport, Illinois, resulted from failure of the King Air pilots "-to effectively monitor the common traffic-advisory frequency [CTAF], or to properly scan for traffic", says the US National ...
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Bombardier acts to fix cracks in CRJ fuselage bulkheads
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTONDC BOMBARDIER EXPECTED most of the 38 Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) found to have fuselage-bulkhead cracks to be back in operation by 5 July. Repair of the final eight aircraft is awaiting the availability of hangar space. The repair takes three days and involves attaching ...
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Coping with interference
Sir - I read with interest Capt Mark Zucal's letter "Electromagnetic hazards" (Flight International, 18-24 June, P68). These are now known as "PEDs" (personal electronic devices). I am involved in this, not with compact-disc (CD) players, but, more importantly, with medical equipment and work along with operators, manufacturers ...
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Successful first flight for Pegasus FMS on MD-90
In communications, WorldNav comprises: Honeywell/Racal satcom systems, which have been integrated with flight management and inertial reference systems; GPS; airborne communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS); and cabin telecommunications. Honeywell's Mode S data link transponder is being used in conjunction with traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) and air traffic ...
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Boeing pursues key customers in bid for 777X launch orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Boeing is making amends for its failure to launch its planned 777-200X/300X growth derivatives in time for the Paris air show by refocusing efforts on securing key commitments for the aircraft from Singapore Airlines (SIA) and American Airlines before the beginning of September. The ...
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Major European carriers make losses again
Europe's major international carriers swung back into the red during 1996, having had only one profitable year out of the last seven, say preliminary estimates from the Association of European Airlines (AEA). In its annual review, the AEA says that the early evidence points to a pre-tax loss ...
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Hopes of Alitalia profit rise with March figures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A strong improvement in Alitalia's performance is fuelling optimism that the group could be back in profit this year and that the upturn will ease the way for European Commission (EC) approval for recapitalisation Unofficial figures show that the airline group made a profit ...
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Changing the differences
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW In common with all Soviet overhaul sites, Factory N402 at Moscow's Bykovo Airport had specific work allocated to it. Until the early 1990s, it was the overhaul centre for most of the world's ageing Ilyushin Il-18 turboprops. The Factory was also the only centre in the ...
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Why should Eurotunnel be given financial assistance?
Sir - The recent announcement by Eurotunnel that it is seeking to renegotiate its enormous debt, and that its French shareholders may be disinclined to agree to the banks taking a larger share in return for their co-operation, prompts me to question whether these continuing financial arrangements breach European Union ...