All Safety News – Page 533
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Diamond completes volcano sorties with DA42 Guardian
Diamond Aircraft's DA42 Multi Purpose Platform completed two sorties in May of the active Eyjafjallajökull...
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Airbus studies ways to increase A320 seating capacity
Airbus is studying ways to raise slightly the A320 family's seating capacity through changes to cabin monuments, in an effort to boost the twinjet's competitiveness...
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Airbus studies ways to increase A320 family’s seating capacity
Airbus is studying ways to slightly raise the A320 family's seating capacity through changes to cabin monuments in an effort to boost the twinjet's competitiveness...
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NTSB issues urgent recommendations for CF6 engines
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued four urgent safety recommendations to the FAA following uncontained engine failures in four...
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US challenge of EU’s ETS moves to the next level
The English High Court today gave the US Air Transport Association of America (ATA) permission to take its legal challenge of the EU's emissions trading...
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NewsIATA: Ash dents recovery
Massive flight cancellations spurred by the Icelandic volcanic eruption caused a 2.4% slump in international scheduled air traffic in April, says IATA.
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NTSB expresses concern about sterile cockpit violations
Recent non-fatal accidents involving US carriers are causing the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to question if larger issues exist in the flight...
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FAA awards $4 billion in NextGen contracts
The US FAA has awarded three separate contracts worth $4.4 billion over 10 years to support demonstration of Next Generation (NextGen) air traffic control...
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Too early to decide on new AF447 search: BEA
Latest efforts to locate the wreckage of Air France flight AF447 have ended without success, and no indication as to whether a new search will be undertaken.
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NewsKuwait Airways unfazed by Iraqi Airways' reported closure
Lawyers acting for Kuwait Airways insist that the dissolution of Iraqi Airways will not prevent the Kuwaiti airline pursuing
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Airbus: ash measurement must verify test-flight findings
Airbus is looking to verify preliminary findings on the risks of volcanic ash to aircraft by conducting a test flight in formation with a suitably equipped...
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New European cell to co-ordinate response to ash threat
Threats to European traffic posed by volcanic eruption are to be handled by a new co-ordination agency that will be charged with organising a rapid response. The...
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Chinese govt to decide on future for Harbin Embraer: Curado
Embraer is waiting for the Chinese government to decide on its proposal to assemble E-Jets at its Chinese joint venture plant or begin the process of shuttering...
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PICTURE: Boeing 787 arrives in Phoenix
The fourth Boeing 787, ZA004, is now undergoing tests at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport. ZA004 is performing a short series of tests requiring a...
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NewsAirbus A320 NEO with GTF ‘still can’t beat the CSeries’: Bombardier
A re-engined Airbus narrowbody "still can't beat the CSeries" even if the European airframer picks the same Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) technology...
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Bombardier quiet on CRJ production plan in advance of earnings release
Bombardier is remaining silent on whether it will further slash its CRJ regional jet production rate, but management's decision could be announced at the...
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Air New Zealand sets new standard for A320 RNP arrivals
Air New Zealand has become the first A320 operator to achieve a new standard of required navigation performance minima after completing a landing to RNP0.1...
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Superjet 100 engine passes blade-off test
Engine venture PowerJet's SaM146 has passed the critical blade-off certification test at the open-air test facility near Rybinsk in Russia.
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Experts highlight economy challenge
Emirates president Tim Clark believes one of the big interiors challenges for long-haul operators is to get the right product in economy.
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NewsBranson: Virgin Atlantic might be forced to consolidate
Virgin Atlantic Airways president Sir Richard Branson reluctantly accepts that his airline may be forced to seek out partnerships to compete with the likes...