All Safety News – Page 588
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Brazil bids to reduce confusion over A330 search progress
Brazilian authorities are aiming to reduce confusion over progress in the search for the Air France Airbus A330 by relaying information on debris only once...
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Mexicana: pace of recovery is slow
Mexicana has resumed serving all routes but is still experiencing lighter traffic volumes and load factors as the pace of recovery following the swine flu...
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Airbus net orders stay static ahead of Paris Air Show
Airbus' net order total for 2009 remains unchanged at just 11 aircraft following another dismal month for sales.
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NTSB investigates American Airlines close-call
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it is investigating an operational error that resulted in two American Airlines jets coming within...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: A350 XWB ready to rock
Airbus steps up the pace as development of new twinjet moves into critical final phase
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NewsInvestigators confirm airspeed problem on Air France A330
French investigators have this morning confirmed that automatic messages transmitted by the Air France Airbus A330-200 lost four days ago show that the aircraft was experiencing conflicting airspeed information from its on-board sensors.
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Air New Zealand reduces London-Hong Kong services
Air New Zealand plans to reduce services on its London-Hong Kong flights from September due to weak market conditions.
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IATA 2009: TAP first to launch IATA's carbon scheme
As delegates gathered for this year’s IATA AGM, TAP Portugal became the first carrier to go live with IATA’s new carbon offset programme.
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Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air building pilot training school
Indonesian carrier Sriwijaya Air is adding eight more aircraft and is building its own flying school and flight simulator training centre.
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Cathay says goverments and regulators hinder airlines
Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Tony Tyler says governments and regulators make life more complicated for an industry that's already suffering from dire economic...
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NewsAirlines will spend 20% less on IFE in 2009: IMDC
Airlines will spend 20% less on in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware in 2009 over 2008, a top industry consultancy predicts. IMDC, in its very latest...
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Opinion
Comment: Forget green shoots, just enjoy the show
For an industry urgently searching for green shoots, the well-trodden aisles and asphalt of the Paris air show may not be the best place to find them.
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NewsAeroflot-Nord castigated in wake of Perm crash inquiry
Russia's federal air transport authority, Rosaviatsia, is to restrict the operations of carrier Aeroflot-Nord, after a final investigation report into the...
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Research shines spotlight on astronaut welfare
Research shines spotlight on astronaut welfare The health risks associated with space travel are coming under fresh scrutiny after Dutch neurologists...
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Air India to sell older A320s and return leased aircraft
Air India plans to sell 11 of its 20-year-old Airbus A320 aircraft and return another 11 to leesors in the coming year as part of its fleet renewal process.
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AirAsia X order for Airbus A350s imminent
AirAsia X, the Malaysia-based long-haul low-cost airline, is likely to place an order for the Airbus A350 shortly as part of its expansion plans. The...
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Southwest pilots nix tentative deal
Pilots at Southwest Airlines have rejected the tentative agreement their union inked with management in March of this year.
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Aviacsa seeks to quickly resume operations following grounding
Mexican authorities have temporarily grounded Aviacsa and the carrier's fleet of Boeing 737s over alleged safety violations.
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NewsBoeing promotes loans to biofuel producers
Boeing has been looking at what the US government could do to stabilise pricing for renewable jet fuel, and standby loans are one strategy the manufacturer...