All General aviation articles – Page 574
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Eurocontrol monitors Europe's ACAS progress
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol is sending questionnaires to all users of European airspace to determine operators' ability to meet Europe's airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS II) mandate, which takes effect from 1 January, 2000. The European ACAS mandate calls for all civil fixed-wing turbine-engined aircraft with a maximum take-off ...
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Legend Airlines plans lift-off before 2000
Completion of terminal construction at Dallas Love Field and finalisation of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Part 121 operating certificate process is expected to allow Legend Airlines to initiate services from the Texas airport in September. Plans to begin interstate business-class operations using 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s may be ...
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The environment starts to hot up
The environmental debate, it seems, is back with a vengeance. Europe's decision to call a halt to hushkitting has already sparked an acrimonious transatlantic row and there is every indication that this is only for starters. A discussion paper is due from the European Commission (EC) within weeks and, if ...
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FAA sees growth continue
The US Federal Aviation Administration has unveiled its latest commercial aviation forecast showing continued growth in the US domestic market and an even stronger rise in international markets. In the immediate term, the FAA believes that the US domestic market will see passenger numbers rise again by 2.4% ...
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Cheating on aviation
Electronic systems continue to transform the airline industry, bringing savings, efficiency gains and-an increase in fraud. The potential to "earn" big money quickly in a multi-million-dollar business like the airline industry has already bred fraudulent activities in the shape of bogus spare parts, false maintenance records and fictitious frequent flyer ...
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Austrian spring
Six years ago, Austrian Airlines was in severe difficulties. Then Mario Rehulka and Herbert Bammer took the helm. Peter Bennett talkes to the two presidents about their carrier's dramatic transformation. It is early spring in Vienna. It has been a cold and snowy winter, but now the first buds ...
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Proposed US-EU dialogue may ease tensions
Alan George/BRUSSELS The European Union and the US Government have discussed the establishment of a 'structured dialogue' aimed at defusing aviation tensions between the two sides. The talks, between EC Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock and US Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, took place in Brussels last week. Slater went to ...
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Shuttle flights faced with further delays
The introduction of the STS101 Hubble emergency repair mission 3A in October and the timing of the launch of the Russian International Space Station (ISS) Service Module in September have led to a shifting of ISS Shuttle flights. Although the STS96 is still scheduled for a May logistics flight ...
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Insurers counting on a rise in premiums by end of year
Chris Jasper/LONDON The aviation insurance industry is becoming convinced that the headlong fall in premiums may be poised to hit bottom or even begin a slow recovery, with the market's massive over-capacity also set to be reduced as part of the same process. Since premiums last hit a peak ...
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Good business
Air Namibia plans to make its fortune by cutting costs, increasing income and building partnerships Stewart Penney/WINDHOEKA new managing director at Air Namibia is determined to reverse the carrier's flagging fortunes and prepare it for privatisation by aggressively attacking costs while increasing income and creating a series of alliances. The ...
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FAA forecasts continued boom in civil aviation
All key indicators suggest that the commercial airline and general aviation sectors will continue to enjoy strong growth, producing healthy civil aircraft sales well into the next century, the US Federal Aviation Administration says. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey notes that last year marked the seventh consecutive year of growth ...
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Automobile Association lines up for medical market take-off
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The UK's Automobile Association (AA) is to enter the emergency medical services (EMS) market to complement its nationwide emergency car breakdown operation. The AA is expected to announce details of the launch by the middle of April. Although details remain sketchy, the Basingstoke, Hampshire-based AA is expected ...
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Asian lows
Asia's economic woes continue to trouble the region's airlines Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPOREAsia's airlines are wallowing in the depths of the region's economic crisis, with traffic and yields down and little evidence of any imminent recovery. The depth of the crisis was highlighted by Cathay Pacific Airways' recent revelation that it fell ...
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SIA buys into Ansett Australia
Paul Phelan/MELBOURNE Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to share ownership of Melbourne-based domestic carrier Ansett Australia with Air New Zealand after agreeing to buy out the 50% stake in Ansett Holdings held by the News Limited media group. The deal means that the two flag carriers will also hold equal stakes ...
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Eurocontrol pushes users on 8.33kHz
Emma Kelly/PALMA Eurocontrol is stressing that no further delay is possible in the implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing in European airspace, despite concerns over the low level of equipment installation by operators. The introduction of 8.33kHz channel-spacing, which will free additional radio frequencies to meet increasing air traffic management ...
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Cirrus SR20 demonstrator kills test pilot in prison crash
Dave Higdon/DULUTHNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration investigators are examining the aileron control system as a possible cause of the crash on 23 March of the first production SR20 that killed Cirrus Design's chief test pilot. The aircraft left the assembly line on 20 March and was ...
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SJ30-2 testbed and engines pass milestones
Sino Swearingen Aircraft's prototype SJ30-2 entry-level business jet passed the 300h flight test mark earlier this month. At the same time, new Williams Rolls FJ44-2A engines in the prototype broke 200 flight hours. The electronically controlled engines first flew in the prototype, SN/001, about 18 months ago. The company had ...
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Survey goes for Gold
Gold Air International has secured a contract from Ordnance Survey to undertake aerial photography missions across the UK. The air charter operator will use Piper Chieftains (above) and Aztecs based at Blackpool to undertake around 700h of air survey data work annually over four years.Source: Flight International
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EC resignations delay new rules
Alan George/BRUSSELS New European aviation initiatives have been put on hold following the mass resignation of top officials at the European Commission (EC) in the wake of a damning report into fraud and cronyism at the Brussels headquarters of the European Union. Despite the chaos caused by the resignations ...
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Mooney study resurrects plan to build pressurised piston single
Mooney Aircraft is considering adding a pressurised piston single to its line-up - 30 years after its last attempt to market a similar type, the Mustang. The Kerrville, Texas-based company has commissioned a feasibility study of the cost of development, which should be completed in the third quarter. ...