All articles by David Learmount – Page 30
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Cabin-air treatment system suffers early in-service problems
BAE Systems has admitted that early customers have encountered problems with its Quest AirManager cabin-air treatment system, launched in September 2009...
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European business aviation fears airline flight time limitation rules
European business aviation sees the application of scientifically designed crew fatigue risk management systems by operators as preferable to being forced...
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Airbus extends green airport trials to the A380 at Heathrow
Airport operator BAA Heathrow has been working with Airbus, Singapore Airlines and UK air navigation service provider NATS for a year to develop improved departure procedure for the A380, reducing fuel consumption and emissions.
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Emissions trading chaos predicted unless small operator system is simplified
The European greenhouse gas emissions trading system could collapse in its first year of operation, says the European Business Aviation Association.
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VIDEO: Copenhagen - does it make any difference to aviation?
Pronouncements of praise for the achievements of the Copenhagen climate change conference in December are few, but they exist.
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North Sea helicopter passengers to get approved personal locator beacons
Newly certificated personal locator beacons for passengers on North Sea helicopters are being introduced, says Oil and Gas UK.
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France launches criminal trial over Concorde crash
The criminal trial of five people charged with responsibility for the 25 July 2000 crash of an Air France Aerospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde near Paris...
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FAA opens up discussion on future light aircraft
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to consult publicly on its review of the current assumptions that underlie the certification processes for light...
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Pilot disorientation accidents have become a phenomenon
If investigators determine that pilots' loss of spatial awareness caused the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash in the sea off Beirut on...
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NATS' new Prestwick ATC centre goes live
UK air navigation service provider NATS' new Prestwick area control centre goes fully operational on 25 January, completing a 10-year programme of modernisation...
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US Air Line Pilots Association calls for security trust
The US Air Line Pilots Association is calling for a more effective commercial aviation security system based on trusting passengers who fit a low-risk profile,...
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University of North Dakota offers world's first degree course in UAV piloting
The world's first degree course for unmanned air vehicle pilots has started at the University of North Dakota, with 12 students.
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US business aviation safety improves in 2009
Despite a marked reversal in 2007-08, the accident figures for US business aviation seem to have resumed their gradual long-term improvement. This is indicated...
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NewsStalled airline safety needs new action to advance
Airlines have exhausted the advances offered by safety management strategies developed during the 1990s and will not improve their safety performance without...
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Global airline accident review of 2009
New technology and regulations led to giant leaps in aviation safety in the 1990s, but what will drive the next improvement?
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Beating the bombers
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab may have failed in what is alleged to have been his objective - to blow up a US airliner on approach to Detroit - but his attempt...
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NewsForecasts 2010: Safety and security
Can safety get better? Indications are that the steady improvement seen in recent years may have now levelled out
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UK GA pilots offered GPS to prevent airspace violations
Worried by the number of violations of restricted airspace by general aviation aircraft, UK air navigation service provided NATS has taken the unprecedented...
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UK military to get independent aviation safety authority
The UK hopes to usher in a new era of military aviation safety with the establishment by April 2010 of an independent authority. Establishment of the...
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Decision time in Seattle?
United Airlines makes a habit of upsetting its creator when it comes to buying new airliners. With origins that can be traced back to the in-house airline...