All Safety News – Page 196
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China relaxes control on domestic fare pricing
China has lifted some controls on domestic airfares, giving airlines greater freedom in how they price tickets on more than 300 routes.
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Atlas 747 wing clips Miami Air 737 at Baltimore
The right wingtip of an Atlas Air passenger Boeing 747-400 hit the horizontal stabiliser of a Miami Air International 737-800 at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport on 7 January.
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Rivals Emirates and Etihad tie up over aviation security
Middle Eastern rival carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are entering a co-operation pact covering aviation security matters.
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PICTURES: Scoot 787 door ripped off at Changi
A Scoot Boeing 787-8 had its left-front door ripped from the airframe during preparation for routine maintenance at Singapore Changi International airport on 7 January.
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China Southern 777 wing clips Kuwait 777
A China Southern Airlines Boeing 777-300ER's right wing tip struck a Kuwait Airways aircraft on 6 January at New York's John F. Kennedy International airport, causing damage to both jets.
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Crashed ATR hit trees less than 500m from runway
Canadian investigators have disclosed that a West Wind Aviation ATR 42-300 struck trees just 1,400ft (430m) off the end of its departure runway during an ill-fated flight in Saskatchewan.
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Unionised Ryanair will be 'markedly different': HSBC
Ryanair's decision to enter talks on recognising unions for both pilots and cabin crew, disclosed last month, will create a "markedly different" company, HSBC has predicted in an analyst note.
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Jet Airways suspends two pilots for leaving cockpit during flight
Jet Airways has grounded two senior pilots following their leaving of the cockpit of the Boeing 777-300ER they were operating, during an argument on 1 January.
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China United, MIAT, Air Algerie barred from more China flights
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has barred China United Airlines, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Air Algerie, and Ariana Afghan Airlines from adding more scheduled services, charters, and making new route applications into China until the end of March.
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El Al to reconfigure European 737s by 2019
Israeli flag-carrier El Al aims to complete a reconfiguration of its Boeing 737-800 fleet in 2019 as part of its rethink of European services.
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ATC overhaul faces new questions as Shuster declines re-election
US lawmaker and House Transportation Committee chair Bill Shuster, who has been the US airline industry's leading congressional advocate for air traffic control (ATC) privatisation, will not seek re-election in November.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines' year of zero passenger fatalities
Last year was another exceptionally safe one for aviation. Not a single revenue passenger was killed during what the general travelling public would regard as an "airline flight", writes Paul Hayes in FlightGlobal's Airline Safety & Losses Annual Report 2017.
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Complacency, disconnected EGPWS led to Trigana ATR crash
The final report into the fatal crash of a Trigana Air ATR 42-300 in 2015 has highlighted crew, equipment, and organisational issues.
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Nature Air Caravan crashes in Costa Rica
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by Costa Rica's Nature Air has crashed in Guanacaste province in northwestern Costa Rica.
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EVA 777 followed wrong taxi line before pole strike
Canadian investigators have disclosed that an EVA Air Boeing 777-300ER crew followed an incorrect taxiway line before striking a pair of light poles.
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CALC signs with Airbus for 50 A320neos
China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) has signed with Airbus for 50 A320neos in a deal worth $5.42 billion at list prices.
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First Qatar A350-1000 delivery slips to 2018
Airbus will not hand over the first A350-1000 until 2018, after the airframer agreed a revised delivery schedule with launch customer Qatar Airways.
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PICTURE: Lucky Air adds second widebody
Lucky Air has taken delivery of its first brand-new Airbus A330-300, also its second widebody.
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L-410 crash probe details propeller-speed deviation
Investigators examining the crash of a Let Aircraft Industries L-410 in eastern Russia have disclosed that the aircraft's propellers started turning at different speeds seconds before the right-hand engine entered the beta range on final approach to Nelkan.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Opportunities and challenges for aviation in 2018
What's in store for aviation in the year ahead?