All Safety News – Page 551
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Mexicana expects return to profitability in 2010
Mexicana expects to return to the black next year as the airline group takes a breather after a period of rapid expansion and change.
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Delta not disadvantaged from Continental’s SkyTeam exit
Executives at Delta Air Lines believe the carrier will not see a material change once Continental leaves the SkyTeam alliance on 24 October.
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Southwest tests new interior materials as it targets fuel savings
Southwest Airlines has begun a six-month, in-flight evaluation of new interior materials as the low-cost carrier seeks to reduce fuel costs and greenhouse...
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NewsNTSB investigates errant Northwest A320
Officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating what happened to a Northwest Airlines A320 (N03274) with 147 passengers...
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Iberia plans to establish a new carrier in Madrid
Spanish carrier Iberia today disclosed plans to create a new network airline based in Madrid as part of a new strategic plan adopted by the airline's board...
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Flight Safety Foundation fights for survival
The Flight Safety Foundation's president and chief executive Bill Voss says times are hard when member companies are suffering, and that the aviation industry...
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NewsVIDEO: Sharjah 707 crash footage shows unexplained falling object
Video images capturing the Sudanese Boeing 707 crash during take-off from Sharjah
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Tokyo Narita opens extension to its second runway
Tokyo Narita airport today opened the extension to its second runway.
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Air China's September traffic rises 11%
Air China in September posted an 11% increase in passenger traffic and a 23% rise in cargo traffic.
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NewsPICTURES: WhiteKnight Two's spoilers get holes
Scaled Composites has added holes to the inboard spoilers of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two mothership prototype...
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NTSB investigates active taxiway landing by Delta
Four investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are examining circumstances surrounding the landings of a Delta Air Lines Boeing...
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Southwest first to serve new northwest Florida airport
Southwest Airlines has become the first carrier to commit to a service launch from an airport under construction near Panama City, Florida.
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NewsP&W outlines maintenance for GTF gear
Maintenance of the gearbox for Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G geared turbofan results in roughly a 2% rise in maintenance costs compared...
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Cargo 707 reportedly crashes outside Sharjah
Emergency services are reportedly attending the scene of a freighter crash at Sharjah Airport in the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft, said to be...
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Qantas chairman hits out at maintenance unions
Qantas Airways' top management has ruled out selling the airline's profitable frequent flyer programme, and has taken a swipe at the airline's maintenance...
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NBAA 09: Gama adds Signature
Business aircraft charter provider Gama Aviation (booth 2923) announced this morning at the show that it recently signed a multi-year agreement with Signature...
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NBAA 09: AeroMechanical enables remote aircraft health tracking
Canada-based AeroMechanical Services' trials of its automated flight information reporting system (AFIRS) datastreaming system in a Europe-based Hawker series...
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NBAA 09: news in brief
ETS Aviation (booth 1648) is at NBAA promoting software that will help operators of all sizes comply with the stringent new...
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Arabs back Yemenia as French safety row deepens
Arab carriers are standing behind Yemenia over an escalating diplomatic conflict with France in the wake of the fatal Airbus A310 crash earlier this year. Yemenia...
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PICTURE: A330-200F on the move after painting
The first Airbus A330-200 Freighter has rolled out of the paintshop in Toulouse and is being prepared for transfer to the flight line. The aircraft (MSN...