All Safety News – Page 659
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NewsIberia-Clickair-Vueling surrender slots for merger approval
European competition regulators have ordered the release of slots at Barcelona and other airports in Europe as the price for clearing Spanish flag-carrier...
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Blue Line set to launch transatlantic corporate charter with MD-83s
French corporate charter and sublease provider Blue Line is set to launch its transatlantic operation. The move...
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NewsGECAS terminates lease on six SkyEurope aircraft
Troubled central European budget carrier SkyEurope Airlines has had six of its aircraft taken back by US lessor GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS),...
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Civil airliner market set to soften
The world civil airliner market looks set to soften during the second half of this year on the back of weakening airline demand for narrowbodies. Order backlogs...
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Flight Safety Foundation to research helicopter emergency services safety
The accident rate among US helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operators has been so consistently bad for so many years that the Flight Safety Foundation is planning a research programme to discover its underlying causes.
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Investigators retrieve data from crashed A320's recorders
Investigators have succeeded in retrieving data from the flight recorders of the Airbus A320 which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in November. After...
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Source runway friction data from aircraft: UK investigators
UK investigators are proposing that on-board aircraft data be exploited as a source of runway friction information, following an inquiry into a series of...
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NewsVIDEO: Brazilian helicopter accident captured by security camera
All but one of the occupants of an AgustaWestland A-109C survived a crash near São Paulo, Brazil in which the aircraft suddenly entered a high-rate descent...
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NewsDornier 328 crash video emerges as Indonesian investigators prepare report
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is working on the draft final report into the November crash on landing of a Dornier 328 turboprop...
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End in sight for biofuel trial programme
There are likely to be no further alternative fuel trials this year after the imminent flight test by Japan...
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No obvious culprit in Continental 737 excursion at Denver: NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the fiery Continental 737-500 accident at Denver, Colorado on 20 December reveals no obvious...
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2008 shows airline safety has stopped improving
Global airline safety has stagnated, according to fatal accident figures from 2008. Following a decade of steady improvement, last year's results confirm...
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Wildlife encounter probably took down North Dakota pilots
An in-flight collision with at least one Canada Goose damaged the stabilator on a University of North Dakota twin-engined...
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Airlines seek to stimulate demand with big fare sales
Airlines always hold fare sales in January but this year the sales, in some regions at least, appear to be more aggressive and longer lasting
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Ryanair details fuel hedging savings
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has extended its fuel hedge position to cover half its requirements for the first three quarters of its 2009/10 financial year, marking an average 42% reduction in its hedged fuel costs over the same period in 2008/09.
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NewsContinental completes first US test of biofuel
Continental Airlines today completed the first alternative fuels trial in the US with a twin engine aircraft powered in part by a biofuel blend consisting of algae.
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China expects return to double-digit passenger growth this year
China's aviation regulator expects the country's airlines to carry 220 million passengers this year, representing a return to double-digit percentage growth...
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EU, US prepare for next round of second-stage open skies talks
European Union (EU) and US negotiators this spring expect to meet again for second-stage open skies negotiations in hopes of ironing out a number of thorny...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership faces rudder problem
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo may need to have its rudder and yaw stability improved to resolve issues it faced during its 21 December 2008 maiden flight, Flightgobal.com can reveal...