All Safety News – Page 1362
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ValuJet struggles to fly back into profits
VALUJET REPORTS a net loss of nearly $21 million for the fourth quarter of 1996, its first since restarting operations after the three months' grounding which was imposed in the wake of the Florida crash. The airline warns that there will be more red ink to come in the first ...
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Kotaite calls for ICAO safety audits
Audits of national air-transport standards by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) should be an accepted norm, says the agency's chief, Dr Assad Kotaite, calling on its 185 members to give ICAO the necessary powers. Speaking on 24 February at the current session of the ICAO Council, Kotaite ...
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US 1996 GA safety is 'best for 40 years'
USGENERAL-AVIATION(GA) safety improved in 1996, with fewer fatal accidents than in any year since 1956, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Based on preliminary flight-hour estimates from the US Federal Aviation Administration, the fatal-accident rate last year was the lowest ever recorded. There were 358 ...
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FAA puts high price on safe fuel tanks
Making fuel-vapour in airliner fuel tanks explosion-proof would require "a major change in design concept", says the US Federal Aviation Administration, replying to US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations following the July 1996 Trans World Airlines Boeing 747-100 crash. The FAA, however, says that it will publish ...
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Boeing to discuss 747-400IGW-
Boeing has added growth-weight and "simple-stretch" derivatives of its 747-400 to product-development plans, following its decision to shelve work on the 747-500X and -600X. An initial version, which is called the 747-400 increased-gross-weight (IGW), would offer a modest increase in range, compared with the existing -400. This could ...
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The importance of independence
Sir - Andrew Tetley, in his letter about the UK Civil Aviation Authority-proposed stick-shaker for the Dassault Falcon 2000 (Flight International, 12-18 February, P55), refers to an important matter of principle which has received little or no public debate. It concerns the ability, or otherwise, of national airworthiness authorities of ...
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In search of the new jet age
Time was when the regional-aircraft industry was focused on who would win the battle to build a family of 70- to 120-seat jet-powered aircraft. Strategists toiled to demonstrate how such a family would sit beneath the fleets of the majors. Much has changed since then. Now, the focus ...
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-as board approves 777-200X/300X specifications
Boeing has received board approval to firm up the specifications of its proposed 777-200X/300X growth derivatives and offer them to airlines, as the company gears up towards a possible launch of the new models at the Paris air show in June. Boeing claims that the -200Xwill be the ...
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Airbus sets up an Asian subsidiary for AE-100
Airbus Industrie has established a new subsidiary company, Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA), headed by former Alenia executive Carlo Scaglia, to partner China and Singapore in the development of the planned new A318/AE-100 narrowbody passenger aircraft. AIA has been legally registered in France as a Société bar Actions Simplifiée. ...
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AlliedSignal tests TCAS changes
ALLIEDSIGNAL Aerospace is flight-testing the latest software for the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS 2). The "Change 7" software is the final iteration of the TCAS 2, incorporating operational feedback from users of the system, and is the basis for the international airborne collision-avoidance system (ACAS2) standard, says AlliedSignal TCAS ...
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Notes
The tabular data have been collated mainly from information supplied by the manufacturers. Where no reply was received from the manufacturer, the previous year's entry is repeated, updated wherever possible from other sources Normal empty weight includes equipment and unuseable fluids, but does not take account of crew and baggage ...
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Lufthansa Cityline
Lufthansa is fighting hub congestion by offering an increasing number of direct city-to-city flights, both within Germany and to destinations in Europe, avoiding its hubs at Frankfurt and Munich. Flying 320 flights daily to European centres on routes for which traffic is too light for a 100-seat aircraft is the ...
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Making markets
DEVELOPMENT OF THE Canadair Regional Jet Series 700 promises to be less difficult than launching the 70-seat aircraft, jokes John Holding, group executive vice-president, engineering and product development, at Bombardier Aerospace. Certainly, the Canadian company has been talking about stretching its 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) for almost as long ...
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NTSB urges accelerated 737 rudder programme
The Boeing 737 series no longer complies with the "intent of the [original US Federal Aviation Administration] certification requirements", the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has alleged in a recommendation to the FAA. The Board urges acceleration of a rudder-system modification programme now under way on the aircraft following ...
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Off target on Air Afrique
I would like to correct some information in your January news article 'Harry heads to Air Afrique'. Four, not five completely compatible Airbus A310s have been acquired by the company on a financial lease basis. These have replaced three DC-10s, not four. Your union quote is from Mr ...
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El Al tackles weekend trip
The Israeli government is coming under fierce pressure to lift the ban on flag carrier El Al's operations on the Sabbath. The limitation of a six-day operation is blamed for $50 million of the airline's $120 million loss in 1996 and contributed to last year's shelving of its planned privatisation. ...
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Euro agents' work cut out
European travel agents need to start convincing airlines of their worth. The decisions by alliance partners Lufthansa and SAS, as well as KLM, to slash their agents' commissions are expected to trigger Europe-wide cuts, following the trend set by US carriers. KLM plans to lower domestic commissions from ...
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United target on legal front
Low-fare carriers in the US are avidly watching how a predatory pricing complaint against United Airlines by one of their number, Frontier Airlines, pans out. A win for the minnow could encourage other no-frills operators to follow suit. Denver-based Frontier has asked the Department of Justice to investigate ...
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Indian policy is a let down
India's revised civil aviation policy has led to charges of protectionism after it failed to set an investment limit for foreign airlines and airports in Indian carriers. The strategy is being viewed as another setback for Singapore Airlines' planned joint venture with Tata Industries, which remains on hold in the ...