All Safety News – Page 1468
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Airlines put Nordam's window to the test
NORDAM HAS introduced a new airliner cabin-window designed to counter crazing - the thousands of scratches on airliner windows - which has reached epidemic proportions, according to airlines. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's new Nordex EL cabin windows are being flight tested by 15 airlines. "Nordex EL has ...
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The dangers of an SRA approach
Sir - I know little of the Boeing 737 accident at Coventry Airport on 21 December 1994, accident, but alarm bells rang in my mind when I read that a surveillance radar approach (SRA) was used. At Hamburg in 1991, I flew such an approach in instrument ...
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Select Advice On ATC
A UK Parliamentary transport select committee report on air-traffic-control (ATC) privatisation is recommending that the Government publish detailed arguments as to why it does not favour the creation of a "profit-making public-sector company", instead of outright privatisation. It also recommends that, if the plan proceeds, the Civil Aviation Authority's safety-regulation ...
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South Africa drives J41 boost
Jetstream AIRCRAFT is working on a fresh round of improvements for its J41, aimed at increasing hot and high performance for airfields in countries with developing infrastructures. From 1996 the aircraft will be offered with a 2.2% increase in engine power, revised stall speeds and the introduction of ...
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Peeking in the backyard Peeking in the backyard
Sir - Before James Weber accuses the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Airbus Industrie of "...letting aircraft continue to crash while they work out what is happening", he should look at his own "backyard". Despite growing evidence that the Boeing 737 rudder system may have contributed to a ...
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Is safety really paramount?
Sir - The way James Weber blows his country's own horn, is in bad taste (Flight International, Letters, 8-14 February, P41). His arguments about safe air travel in the USA are invalid. Need we remind him about the way the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was allowed to keep flying, despite accidents ...
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Effects of more productivity
Sir - Mr Holubowicz (Flight International, Letters, 25-31 January, P52) asks, why should increased productivity be detrimental to safety? I am a captain flying Boeing 737s, and I shall answer this question. The cumulative effect of changing sleep patterns, altered rosters, 12-14h days, restricted or no summer leave, ...
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FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration has appointed Christopher Hart to a new post of assistant administrator for system safety. Hart will have overall responsibility for the FAA's safety programmes. Hart was formerly deputy administrator at the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Source: Flight International
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Picking up the pieces
The impact of a major accident on an airline's traffic and revenues is often short lived but limiting the damage to the carrier's public image is a delicate exercise. Sara Guild examines the lessons learned by a selection of carriers. There is a true tale in aviation's not so ...
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Coming clean
It is time the United States stopped equivocating and led the way towards multilateral liberalisation by clearly stating its international open skies policy. Jacqueline Gallacher reports. The attempt to launch a worthwhile debate on multilateralism at last November's Icao worldwide air transport conference, resulted in little more than a ...
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Strong yen aids surge in JLL deals
The Japanese leveraged lease looks certain to stabilise into a more mature product, helped by cautious equity investors. Report by Tom Ballantyne. When aircraft deliveries finally begin to pick up speed over the coming years the Japanese leveraged lease should have evolved into a stable, more mature product. ...
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Changing fortunes
Early figures suggest that 1994 was the long-awaited turnround year for most airlines. Richard Whitaker reports. 'Mixed' seems the most appropriate word to use in describing the fortunes of the world's major airlines in 1994, to judge by the information available so far. The full-year financial results for the ...
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Once more to the breach?
The clearance for up to 9 million members of American Airlines' frequent flyer programme to sue the carrier over retroactive changes to its loyalty programme could open the flood gates to legal action against US carriers. At the very least, the ruling means a comparable number of United ...
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Rough and tough on top
Two of Asia's more prominent airline chiefs have discovered just how tough it is at the top. Garuda Indonesia's president Wage Mulyono and outspoken Philippine Airlines chairman Carlos Dominguez have both been ousted in the wake of boardroom infighting, disagreement over future directions and poor financial performances by their airlines. ...
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BA: put your trust in US
The recent decision forcing British Airways to stand trial in New York for alleged conduct in the UK has heightened uncertainties about when actions outside the US can subject a non-US company to US anti-trust claims. Indeed, one anti-trust specialist believes BA's case was weakened by the judge's ...
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Now for the real Macau?
Nine months ahead of startup, fledgling international carrier Air Macau has run headlong into management problems, compensation claims and allegations of shady dealings which at presstime were being investigated by the Portuguese enclave's anti-corruption agency. The proposed carrier faces a barrage of legal action from expatriate managers whose ...
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Japan-China link
China and Japan have signed a new bilateral which allows for a 20 per cent increase in passenger services over current levels and a tripling of cargo capacity. The agreement gives three new carriers access to the market: China Southern, Japan Air System, and Nippon Cargo Airlines. Source: ...
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African risk leased in DC
USAfrica's demise eight months after it started serving Johannesburg from Washington DC exemplifies the extreme risks in starting an international airline in the US. One lesson: American Airlines drives a hard aircraft leasing deal. USAfrica began service in June with two MD-11 aircraft on sublease from American, hoping ...
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A question of CRS conduct
CRS codes of conduct are under fire on both sides of the Atlantic. Canadian proposals for regulation have come under attack from European airlines, while the European Commission is set to appoint independent consultants to investigate charging practices within its established code. The Association of European Airlines claims ...
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Nigeria airs its options
The management at Nigeria Airways is fighting to keep control over the carrier as a government review is set to issue proposals for the future course of the carrier, which could include a revival of the Air Nigeria concept. The government consultative document is expected to propose three ...