All Safety News – Page 587
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Scant data creates difficulty in simulator ditching training
US Airways believes a dearth of data about aircraft ditching on which to draw is prohibitive in creating simulator training for those scenarios. Airbus...
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NTSB investigates American Airlines close-call at Chicago
ATC 'oversight' leads to close call at O'Hare
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Qatar Airways to have biofuel trial in October
Qatar Airways plans to have a biofuel trial with a flight from London Gatwick to Doha.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Game On for Bombardier
With firm orders for the CSeries in pocket, Bombardier has become a viable player in the mainline sector. But can it carve out a position before Airbus and Boeing take the field?
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US regulators investigating Virgin America ownership
The US DOT is reviewing Virgin America's citizenship amid reports that US investors have sold their stake in the carrier to its UK-based parent company Virgin...
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American plans precision altitude flight on NextGen demo
American Airlines plans to fly a more precise altitude on an 11 June flight as part of the launch of testing to prove efficiencies of aircraft equipped with...
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ILFC mulls over fate of its A380 order
ILFC chief Steven Udvar-Hazy - once a strong proponent of the Airbus A380 - is now casting doubts on its sales prospects and hints that it could be the first...
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NewsAirline association accuses Brussels on halon replacement
Brussels stands accused of misleading European Union states into steamrolling the industry into replacing ozone-depleting halon in aircraft extinguishers...
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NewsQantas in talks to delay 787 deliveries
Qantas group is in negotiations with Boeing to delay delivery of Boeing 787s on order. Low-cost carrier Jetstar is to be the first airline in the group...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Extended service
New narrowbodies from Airbus and Boeing are still some way off - so how can the airframers improve their existing single-aisle aircraft?
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Thales touts success of TopConnect test on DC-9
Thales is championing Inmarsat's higher-bandwidth aeronautical service SwiftBroadband after flight-testing its TopConnect suite of connectivity solutions...
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NewsPICTURES: Crashed A330's vertical fin among recovered wreckage
Recovery personnel have located the vertical fin of the Air France Airbus A330 which crashed in the South Atlantic on 1 June. The Brazilian defence...
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Virgin Nigeria to lose 'Virgin' brand name next month
Virgin Nigeria is to rebrand in a month's time to reflect discontinuation of shareholder Virgin Atlantic's day-to-day involvement with the carrier
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Prop manufacturers ponder larger offerings
Existing commitments mean that dates have yet to be a pinned down, but 90- to 100-seat turboprops are being planned by ATR and Bombardier
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NewsAirline losses to reach $9 billion in 2009: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its airline financial forecast for 2009 to a global loss of $9 billion, almost double its...
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NewsPICTURES: Air France debris retrieved in A330 hunt
Brazil's defence ministry has released the first images of wreckage retrieved during the search operation for the lost Air France Airbus A330
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NewsAir France ordered pitot refit on A330 fleet five weeks before crash
Air France has disclosed that it initiated a programme to change pitot probes on its Airbus A330/340 fleet five weeks before the loss of flight AF447, after...
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A330 search team retrieves Air France debris and two bodies
Brazilian naval and air command authorities searching for the missing Air France Airbus A330 have retrieved two bodies from the ocean, as well as the first...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
Delta Pilots - The carrier and its pilots' union agreed a voluntary early retirement programme to address overstaffing. The scheme includes a severance payment,...
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NewsInvestigators: Missing A330's ACARS sent 24 error messages
French investigators have disclosed that the missing Air France Airbus A330's ACARS communication system transmitted 24 error messages ahead of the flight's...