All Safety News – Page 730
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UK to propose emissions cut in controlled airspace
UK airspace authority National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is to propose to its board of directors target levels for 2020 emissions and fuel burn reductions...
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Australia's Regional Express in pilot training joint venture
e_SClBAustralia's Regional Express (Rex) and two partners have agreed to set up a joint-venture pilot training school near Melbourne. The Civil Aviation...
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SCAT-1 versus LAAS
SCAT-1 trials with ground-based augmentation systems (GBAS) were run by the US Federal Aviation Administration working with Continental Airlines in the 1990s,...
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Flying the SCAT-1 at Bronnoysund
Flight International's David Learmount witnessed two night SCAT-1 approaches to Runway 04 at Brønnøysund about 12h before the official inaugural flight,...
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Industry backs Q400 despite SAS withdrawal
Industry confidence is high that the resurgence in demand for turboprops will continue unabated and that residual values for Bombardier's Q400 will remain...
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Spanish 737’s low approach wrecks Katowice airport lighting
Polish investigators are investigating a serious incident in which a Boeing 737-800 chartered from Spanish carrier Air Europa descended far below the approach...
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Dubai 2007: Singapore to develop Jordan's King Hussein International airport
AIRPORTS AQABA targeted for development Jordan's other main airport, Aqaba King Hussein International in the south of the country, is to be...
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Dubai 2007: Gulf carriers deliver the goods
Cargo is big business for the Gulf's flag carriers, which are supplementing the enormous capacity offered by the bellies of their passenger fleets with freighter aircraft
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Human factors and safety: managing the risk
Human factors in maintenance contribute significantly to accidents. Is there a way to manage the risks?
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Dubai 2007: Privatisation pays for Jordanian aerospace
Jordan's privatisation programme, which has been running for about a decade, is widely viewed as one of the most successful in the Middle Eastern region...
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Comment - Boeing should think global, act local
Boeing needs to learn from its failure to manage a modern supply chain for the 787 when it builds its single-aisle replacement aircraft the concept of globalised sourcing is still sound
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A burning desire to help others
Paul Fisher is senior fire officer at London Ashford airport (Lydd). He explains what makes an airfield firefighter and why it is practice that provides the vital seconds that can make the difference between life and death
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Opinion
Comment: British Airways - busting through barriers
British Airways' plan to set up a wholly owned subsidiary operating Boeing 757s out of Europe's major hubs to the US East Coast looks set to put a cat among...
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NewsBA pilots voice concern about carrier's mainland European venture
The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) used a high-profile UK radio programme to fire shots across the bow...
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Human factors in maintenance-related accidents
Dr Bert Boquet heads the human factors and systems department at Daytona Beach, Florida-based Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He recently led a team...
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Two months in MRO
We chart key recent market developments as part of our regular series of maintenance special reports Lufthansa Technik has begun training personnel...