All Safety News – Page 294
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SIA, Airbus to form training JV in Singapore
Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to establish a flight training joint venture based in Singapore.
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SINGAPORE: Testing on agenda as A350 makes public debut
Airbus has integrated testing and pilot demonstrations into the A350’s excursion to the Singapore air show, which marks the public debut for the big twinjet.
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Monarch's MRO arm to support Norwegian 787s at Gatwick
Monarch Aircraft Engineering is to maintain Norwegian’s Boeing 787s under the airframer’s GoldCare aftermarket support programme.
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NewsLufthansa confirms Spohr as new chief executive
Lufthansa Group has confirmed Carsten Spohr as its new chief executive.
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NewsILFC and Libyan convert all A350-800s to -900s
Libyan Airlines and lessor ILFC have each converted their orders for the Airbus A350-800 to the larger -900, with Libyan Airlines ordering an additional pair of -900s under its revised agreement.
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NewsBA yet to decide on fate of 747 damaged in Johannesburg
British Airways has yet to make its decision whether to repair the Boeing 747-400 that struck a building whilst taxiing at Johannesburg airport on 22 December 2013, says the carrier’s managing director for brands and customer experience.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Pilots fight new Norwegian employment model
European and US pilot associations have met with Norwegian and US authorities in Oslo to discuss issues arising from the continuing efforts by Norwegian Air Shuttle to set up an innovative corporate model for a new subsidiary airline.
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NewsMA60's nose landing gear collapses in China
A Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprop operated by Chinese carrier Joy Air was damaged after its nose landing gear collapsed at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International airport.
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NewsAlaska Airlines approves new online streaming service for fleet
Alaska Airlines has approved a plan to begin installing in one year a still undisclosed online streaming service across the fleet for in-flight entertainment.
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NewsAvianca temporarily grounds Fokker 50 fleet
Avianca has temporarily grounded its fleet of Fokker 50 turboprops, following an engine malfunction in Cali.
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NewsSINGAPORE: A350 and 787 set to face off
The rival latest-generation widebodies from Airbus and Boeing will go head to head at an air show for the first time at the Singapore air show, which kicks off on 11 February.
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NewsLion Air 737 in hard landing at Surabaya
Indonesia’s Lion Air has confirmed that one of its Boeing 737-900ERs was involved in a hard landing incident at Surabaya’s Juanda International airport on the morning of 1 February.
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FAA downgrades India safety rating to category 2
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded India to a category 2 safety rating, prohibiting Indian airlines from starting new service to the USA.
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Southwest gains 54 slots at Washington DC airport
Southwest Airlines will purchase 54 coveted slots won at auction at Washington National Airport, increasing the carrier’s daily departures at the downtown airport from 17 to 44 starting in the third quarter.
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JAL to add Gogo's wireless IFE on domestic fleet
Japan Airlines (JAL) will equip its domestic fleet with Gogo’s wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) platform, Gogo Vision.
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NewsCRJ200 crash probe focused on go-around actions
Investigators are still trying to understand the accident sequence which destroyed a Bombardier CRJ200 during an attempted go-around at Almaty.
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Pressure on JetBlue maintenance costs continues in Q4
A higher-than-expected number of GE CF34 overhauls for JetBlue's Embraer 190 aircraft continued to cause higher maintenance expenses for the carrier in the fourth quarter, however cost per available seat mile (CASM) for maintenance grew at a slower rate than in the first three quarters of 2013.
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NewsPower asymmetry triggered Cork Metro's fatal roll
Significant torque split between the throttle levers of a Fairchild Metro contributed to the pilots’ losing control of the aircraft during a low-visibility approach to Cork, a fatal accident inquiry has disclosed.
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CTC links with Lufthansa academy for US training
UK pilot school CTC Aviation is co-operating with Lufthansa’s US flight-training arm to train pilots in Arizona.
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NewsAuthority criticises crew after An-24 lands short
Investigation into the Pskovavia runway excursion at Moscow Domodedovo comes just three weeks after a Polar Airlines Antonov An-24 was damaged as it landed short at Yakutsk.