All Safety News – Page 638
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JetCorp expands into CRJ conversion market
Missouri-based JetCorp expects to secure within the next few weeks a new supplemental type certificate for converting Bombardier CRJ100/200s into corporate...
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Piper ponders back-to-the-future thrust augmentation for PiperJet
Piper Aircraft is working with jet engine manufacturer Williams International ...
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Canada's MJET squeezes more range out of corporate CRJ200
Canada's MJET plans to certificate early next year the first Bombardier CRJ200 capable of flying VIPs over 5,550km (3,000nm) and is preparing to double capacity...
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Air New Zealand completes first Queenstown RNP flight
Air New Zealand flew its first RNP (required navigation performance)-enabled flight from Sydney to Queenstown, New Zealand on 18 October, becoming the first Airbus operator in the world to have an entire A320 fleet equipped and certificated for RNP.
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NewsRAF determined to learn lessons from Hercules XV179 shot down in 2005
RAF determined to learn lessons from Hercules XV179 shot down in 2005
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AirAsia training academy doubles in size, adds new simulators
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia's regional training academy at Kuala Lumpur International airport is undergoing a massive expansion that sees it more...
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NewsNTSB finds high power, stowed thrust reverser in fatal Learjet 60 overrun
Preliminary analysis of the right Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A engine on a Learjet 60 that overran the runway at the Columbia Metropolitan airport in South Carolina the night of 19 September after attempting to abort its takeoff run indicates the engine was likely running at high power with thrust ...
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EASA approves first operational ADS-B for sole surveillance
Air traffic control surveillance using automatic dependent surveillance...
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BAE loses launch customer for revived 146QT conversion programme
BAE Systems has lost its launch customer for the resurrected BAe 146QT cargo conversion programme,...
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NewsQantas A380 completes fuel saving trial
Qantas Airways' has confirmed that its inaugural Airbus A380 commercial flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles participated in a carbon emissions reduction...
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American Airlines sues Yahoo
Dallas-based American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo claiming the search engine allows companies the right to use the airline's trademark for...
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Ryanair grows Italian presence with new Sardinian bases
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has unveiled plans to open two new Italian bases at the Sardinian airports of Alghero and Cagliari and to launch eight new domestic...
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World Airliners: Good times - Bad times
With the A330 and 767 enjoying mini booms, the A380 starting serenely and aircraft on their way from Canada, China and Russia, only the 787 marred 2008 for airliners
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NewsAirAsia training academy doubles in size, adds new sims
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia's regional training academy at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is undergoing a massive expansion that sees it...
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Congress tells NASA to start green aviation research initiative
The US Congress has directed NASA to develop and demonstrate technologies that enable commercial aircraft to achieve noise levels on approach, take-off and...
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Troubled times bring Jet, Kingfisher into unlikely alliance
In a clear sign of how tough airline operating conditions have become in India, rival carriers Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines are entering a radical...