All Safety News – Page 756
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ATR plans major take-off improvement for ATR 72
ATR has begun testing a procedure that could improve take-off performance by up to 20% and lead to new sales to...
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No evidence of mechanical failure on crashed Kenya Airways Boeing 737
Cameroonian investigators say that a preliminary assessment of flight-data recorder information from the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 that crashed in May...
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EU predictive maintenance project makes prognosis
The European Union's Technologies and Techniques for New Maintenance (TATEM) concepts project has completed its...
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Nano-sensor for astronaut safety passes space test
A nanotechnology-based electronic device that could lead to tiny environmental sensors for manned spacecraft has been successfully tested in space. The...
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Emission impossible?
Reducing climate-altering emissions will be far from straightforward for aircraft manufacturers and regulators, who will be forced to make some difficult choices in the next 10 years
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Governments 'drag feet' over air traffic
Often cited as offering a quick win to detract from a lack of breakthroughs in the hardware department, the pace of efforts to improve air traffic management...
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Harnessing aviation emissions: A European approach
Europe's plan to hold aviation accountable for its part in global warming has, as expected, come up against stiff opposition. Even at its outset, 2007...
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Aviation and the environment: key milestones
1969 Pratt & Whitney's JT9D is the first high bypass ratio jet engine to power a civil widebody aircraft - the Boeing 747-100. 1970 The USA establishes...
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US FAA opts for an all-encompassing policy
The US Federal Aviation Administration continues to insist on an environmental aviation policy that is all-encompassing, driven by consensus and based on...
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BAE shares fall as US Department of Justice launches probe
BAE Systems shares fell on the London...
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Americas news in brief
Air Jamaica drops London Air Jamaica is to axe its only long-haul service as part of a new tie-up with Virgin Atlantic Airways. The carrier will cease...
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Asia news in brief, July 2007
More Chinese deregulation The Civil Aviation Administration of China is aiming to fully deregulate domestic air routes by 2010, giving smaller players...
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Emirates and SriLankan discuss contract extension
Emirates has begun meeting the Sri Lankan government to discuss a possible extension of their 10-year...
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IATA news in brief
Pinto takes over as chairman TAP Portugal chief executive Fernando Pinto has replaced Singapore Airlines chief executive Chew Choon Seng as IATA chairman....
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Oneworld's $2 billion in revenues
The oneworld alliance generated $2 billion in revenues for its members last year, including $450 million in incremental revenues. In a briefing before...
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Industry profits on the rise again
IATA has raised its industry profit forecast for this year and next on the back of improving market conditions. The association now expects the industry...
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Kuwait Airways confident despite new competition
Kuwait Airways is on track to return to profitability in fiscal year 2007-8 despite intensifying competition in the Kuwaiti airline market. In June the carrier...