All Safety News – Page 667
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FARNBOROUGH 2008: Tapping the market for a mobile flown
After years of jumping through airworthiness hoops and fending off the air-rage lobby, the onboard mobile phone providers are beginning to see their efforts pay off.
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Alenia pushes for A350 work as Spirit lands wing deal
Alenia Aeronautica is aiming to secure structural work on the Airbus A350 XWB programme, as another piece of the...
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VIDEO: Watch the highlights from RIAT 2008 as Sunday's event is cancelled
RIAT's weekend show days may have been cancelled, but see all the video highlights from Friday, including demonstrations from the F-22 Raptor and F-16.
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X Prize foundation to foster alternative fuels competition
As the push to certifIcate a full biofuel by 2013 continues, the US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded half a million dollars to the X Prize foundation...
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European parliament votes in favour of CO2 cuts
The European Parliament voted this week 640 to 30 in favour of requiring all airlines flying into community airports to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 3%...
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Second Kalitta 747-200 in six weeks destroyed in crash landing
All eight people on board a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter that came down near Bogotá airport in Colombia survived the accident, despite the fact that...
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NewsNew engine technologies figure in Boeing's 737 update studies
Boeing is examining wide range of possible improvements for its current family of 737s - including new engine technology - as...
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Caribbean mourns US capacity cuts
Caribbean tourism leaders are increasingly concerned that the region will lose its air connections as US majors shrink departures from San Juan in Puerto...
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Industry urged to reach agreement emissions trading
Global aviation could be "drinking at the last chance saloon" should it fail to resolve the vexed issue of an internationally accepted basis for emissions...
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Boeing rethinks size growth and regional jet demand in latest long-term forecast
Boeing has made some significant revisions to its long-term forecast philosophy this year, which has resulted in a downward...
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Australian aviation task force wants key reforms in place by 2011
An industry task force set up to investigate Australia's long-running regulatory reform is recommending that "priority" parts of the programme are submitted...
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European pilot training industry 'heads for paralysis'
New proposed rules about European flightcrew licencing threaten to throw much of the continent's pilot training industry into chaos, at the same time closing...