News from FlightGlobal – Page 2547
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Confidential safety
Airbus Industrie is the first manufacturer to set up confidential reporting. David Learmount/LONDON Even co-operative airlines often withhold some information when the report incidents to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Safety Information Exchange, according to its administrator, Bob Woodhouse. Fear of litigation explains at least a part ...
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Skippers Sale
Fairchild Aircraft has sold a Metro 23 to Skippers Aviation, based in Perth, Western Australia, for delivery in July, with a second aircraft on option. The US manufacturer has delivered two Metro 23s to Hainan Airlines of China and one to Asia-Pacific Airlines of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sydney-based Australian Jet ...
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Japan and Boeing back off from contest
JAPAN'S PROPOSED YS-X aircraft will not be offered in competition with the new Boeing 737-600, and an initial agreement on co-operation with Boeing is still expected to be signed in the next few months, say Japanese aerospace officials. The YS-X is the subject of a joint feasibility ...
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Transbrasil underlines improvements in Brazil
Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIRO TRANSBRASIL HAS swung back into the black for the first time in eight years, helped by Brazilian Government reforms designed to stabilise the country's volatile economy. Brazilian flag carrier Varig has already reported a profit for 1994, and expects to make ...
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Cost-cutting helps Austrian reduce deficit
THE AUSTRIAN Airlines (AUA) group has managed to slash its operating losses for 1994 and aims to be in profit this year as it presses ahead with its restructuring. Group operating losses were held to Sch207 million ($21 million) for 1994, compared with Sch726 million a year ago. ...
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Low-cost measures
Agreeing to new training regulations is one thing - being able to afford them is another. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Regional airlines have long hoped for advances in technology, which would make flight simulation more affordable. Now US regulatory changes are planned which will make simulator training ...
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Qantas foreign-ownership limit raised
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has raised limits on foreign ownership in Qantas Airways to 49%, ahead of the carrier's privatisation, although individual holdings will still be restricted to 25%. The policy switch, announced on 9 May, is designed to widen the base of potential investors when the airline's privatisation ...
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Europe splits from FAA over single-engine IFR rules
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has distanced itself from North America and Australian authorities over allowing single-engine turbine-powered aircraft to be operated commercially under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and at night. JAA operations-committee director Richard Yates says that the authority is unlikely ...
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DASA pushes on with Asian jet programme
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has signed an agreement with Samsung of South Korea and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to launch a joint feasibility study into a future small airliner. Work will begin immediately following the Peking agreement, which DASA chairman Jurgen Schrempp calls "the foundation stone . . ...
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R-R promises to develop Trent
Guy Norris/SEATTLE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS defined a thrust level of 423kN (95,000lb) for the next growth stage of the Trent 800 as the three Boeing 777 engine suppliers prepare for new battles over the proposed -300X A-market stretch. R-R Trent director Phil Hopton says: "We have ...
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Cathay pushes for stretched 777
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE CATHAY PACIFIC HAS declined a Boeing request to increase its orders for 777s beyond the current level of 11 to help launch the stretched version of the aircraft. At the same time, however, the Hong Kong airline is pressing the manufacturer to launch ...
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GE probes surge cause on BA's 777
Guy Norris/SEATTLE GENERAL ELECTRIC is investigating foreign-object damage (FOD) as being a possible cause of a surge experienced on a GE90 engine powering the first British Airways Boeing 777. The incident took place immediately after take-off from Boeing Field, Seattle, on 4 May on a certification ...
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Boeing floats short 777 with longest range yet
Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/ SEATTLE BOEING IS considering launching a short-bodied ultra-long-range variant of the 777, which would be capable of carrying around 250 passengers on routes up to 16,650km (9,000nm). Airlines are already being briefed on the aircraft The 777-100X or "Shrink" as ...
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Kestrel Roll-Out
Kestrel Aircraft has rolled out the prototype of its Model KL-1A piston-single aircraft. The Oklahoma based company has started taxi tests with the aircraft and plans to conduct its maiden flight by the end of this month. The four-seat aircraft is the first of five variants in the four- to ...
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Belgian limits spark EC warning
BELGIUM AND Switzerland have clashed with the European Commission (EC) over services between their countries, even before the Swissair/Sabena alliance gets under way. European competition commissioner Karel Van Miert is warning Switzerland that approval of the deal will require it to obey EC competition rules. The ...
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Nice Airport eyes airline share
NICE COTE D'AZUR Airport is a potential shareholder in a proposed airline to be based in the city. Despite being intensively marketed over the past two years and becoming the third-busiest airport in France, it still has no resident carrier. The envisaged airline, to be formed ...
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Fokker plans new Indian link
FOKKER IS CONSIDERING closer co-operation with aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), including an extension to the components work already undertaken by the Indian company for the Fokker 50. The Dutch concern is targeting India for sales of the turboprop Fokker 50 and the Fokker 70 and 100 regional ...
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Bernard walk-out shocks Air Inter
AIR INTER PRESIDENT Michel Bernard resigned on 12 May, after an eighteen-month tenure. His move came shortly after the carrier's last, protected route was opened to competition and followed a series of strikes. Restrictions on the last of the four, most profitable routes in France, were lifted by ...
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Trade commission hops into line on 'Kangaroo' route
BRITISH AIRWAYS and Qantas Airways have finally won clearance to link services between Australia and Europe, after a change of heart by Australian competition watchdog the Trade Practices Commission (TPC). The airlines have had to agree to a cap on economy fares, however. The two carriers are ...
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Lufthansa and SAS form strategic alliance
Andrzej Jeziorski/COPENHAGEN LUFTHANSA AND Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) have forged an alliance linking their traffic systems and putting an end to SAS's role in the European Quality Alliance. No equity exchange is involved. The agreement, signed on 11 May in Copenhagen, will combine the partners' ...