All Safety News – Page 667
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Opinion
Comment: same problem – same lack of solution
Boeing delivered the original 747 late and massively over-budget. Why? There were several reasons, but they could all be traced back to the airframer's decision...
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Volaris CEO fights allegations made by Southwest unions
Volaris CEO Enrique Beltranena is refuting suggestions made by Southwest Airlines unions that are protesting Southwest's decision to codeshare with the Mexican...
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FAA approves next phase of ADS-B ground rollout by ITT
FAA has cleared the way for its automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) network prime contractor, ITT, to roll out the next generation surveillance...
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NewsHazy hopes to close ILFC buy-back by March 2009
International Lease Finance (ILFC) founder and chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy says discussions are underway with various potential investors to buy back the...
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India's airlines in call for more government assistance
India's struggling carriers have so far received only a limited response to their call for help to counter current troubles
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Difficult times lead to greater co-operation between airports and airlines on charges
Airlines and airports have always locked horns on airport charges. But with both sides suffering from the effects of the global slowdown, are they beginning to help each other out?
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Chicago Midway sale renews interest in US airport privatisation
The USA lags behind the rest of the world's progress in privatising airports. The long-term lease of Chicago Midway marks a major step, but prospects for further privatisation of US airports are at best mixed
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NewsLufthansa's restored Starliner to be airborne in 2011
Lufthansa Technik is hoping to restore its Lockheed L-1649 to airworthy condition by 2011, after opening a new hangar in which the work will be performed...
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Avianca in negotiations to acquire Ecuador’s AeroGal
Synergy Aerospace, the Bogota based corporate parent of Colombia's Avianca, VIPSA in Ecuador and Ocean Air in Brazil, is in negotiations to acquire Ecuador's...
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Controllers express concern over Newark departure procedures
FAA's launch of the first phase of an airspace redesign for the New York area is triggering concern among controllers after incidents of aircraft flying...