All Safety News – Page 731
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Taiwan's TransAsia to set up JVs in other markets
TransAsia looks beyond Taiwan Taiwan's airlines are continuing to lose domestic customers to new high-speed rail services, forcing them to look elsewhere...
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Airline union tensions rise in USA
Bitter pilots at American, United and US Airways threaten confrontation and expensive new contracts US airline labour unions, already on the warpath...
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Hawaiian heads for Asia
Hawaiian Airlines will expand toward Asia as it seeks new sources of revenue to bolster it through a local fare war. The carrier will begin four weekly...
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Star Alliance entry to fuel EgyptAir expansion
Egypt's flag carrier plans to double traffic, expand fleet, capitalise on Cairo airport upgrade and sell 20% stake EgyptAir is planning major network...
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UK, Singapore sign landmark air services deal
After nearly 20 years, the UK and Singapore have signed a landmark Open Skies deal Nearly two decades after Singapore began pressing the UK for a liberal...
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Finnair plans more Asian growth
Flag carrier's new 10-year plan envisions more passengers flying through Helsinki Finnair is planning more dramatic expansion of its Asian network...
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Sea change: is air cargo about to reach maturity?
Air freight has always been a high growth industry, but is it now about to reach maturity? Air cargo will grow by an average of 6.1% a year for the...
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Europe set for legal challenge over emissions stance
International Air Transport Association chief Giovanni Bisignani is warning Europe to expect an imminent legal challenge over its unilateral stance over...
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Airbus dusts off cryoplane studies
Airbus is dusting off the concept of the hydrogen-fuelled aircraft in its bid to develop a zero carbon-emissions aircraft of the future. Christine...
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SkyEurope bids to be Europe's first requied navigation performance precision approach user
SkyEurope Airlines has engaged Seattle, Washington-based...
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NewsUS safety body demands unmanned air vehicle changes following Predator crash
After investigating an unmanned air vehicle accident in the USA in 2006, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that transponders in UAVs...
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UK flying wing project to adopt canards
A scale-model flying wing using a canard foreplane to improve take-off performance could be flight tested by next June if students at the UK's Salford...
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Lockheed Martin success clears path for shorter en-route separation
The success of Lockheed Martin's en-route modernisation (ERAM) ...
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EU selects more than €400 million in research projects for 2008 start
Meeting environmental targets, preparing for the next generation of single-aisle airliners and increasing co-operation with central Europe are the goals...
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Jet maker sues US authority over 2006 proof-of-concept jet crash
Excel-Jet is suing the US Federal Aviation Administration for the 22 June 2006...
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Behind the US Federal Aviation Administration's action on AMI Jet Charter
Following the investigation into the February 2005 take-off crash of a chartered Bombardier Challenger 600 at Teterboro airport, New Jersey, the US Federal...
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Twin Otter crash inquiry recommends elevator cable checks
French investigators are recommending inspection of elevator cables on de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters after discovering severe fraying on the Air...
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American Airlines drives efficiency with MD-80 tail cone retrofits
A programme launched roughly two years ago by American Airlines to improve the aerodynamics of its Boeing MD-80s is progressing, with 51 aircraft now flying...