All Ops & safety articles – Page 1166
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BFGoodrich lands alliance deals
Chris Jasper/LONDON Supply-sector heavyweights BFGoodrich Aerospace (BFG) and Rockwell Collins have agreed a strategic alliance to jointly market equipment, parts and maintenance services worldwide, with the aim of providing "single-stop" solutions. BFG has also tied up a major deal with Boeing for joint provision of overhaul activities on a global ...
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KLM cuts routes and aircraft in fight to restore profitability
KLM is pruning its long-haul and short-haul route networks and withdrawing, leasing out and redeploying aircraft as it fights to restore profitability. The move will sweep away the 3-4% capacity growth planned for this year's high season, with capacity now remaining static. From 26 March, KLM will stop long-haul ...
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JAA floats agenda to speed up rule-making processes
David Learmount/LONDON A process allowing the European Joint Aviation Authorities' to move from standards setter to executive authority is proposed in a document to be published next week. JAA secretary general Klaus Koplin says the Agenda for Change report will take the JAA as far as it can go ...
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UK all-cargo carrier grows with more 747s
Max Kinglsey-Jones/LONDON Airfreight Express (AFX), the UK's latest all-cargo carrier, is gearing up for expansion as it prepares to triple its Boeing 747 freighter fleet. The London Heathrow-based carrier launched operations last September following the receipt of its air operator's certificate. It is operating a single weekly scheduled trip ...
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FAA likely to act on 747 fire-extinguisher alert
The US Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for inspections of engine fire-extinguishing systems on Boeing 747-400s. It comes after Lufthansa temporarily grounded its fleet following the discovery of a cracked copper hose on an engine. The AD, which was expected to be ...
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Altimeter discrepancies found in crashed 707
More details have emerged of the Trans Arabian Air Transport Boeing 707-320C accident in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, on 3 February. The aircraft came down during a night landing 4km (2nm) from the threshold of Mwanza's runway 12 during its second approach. After a go-around, the captain began a left-hand circuit, ...
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Engine upgrade offered for A330
Pratt & Whitney is negotiating with Airbus Industrie over possible upgrades to the PW4168 engine for the A330 after its decision to suspend the PW4173 for the A330-300 (Flight International, 8-14 February). "We will do something to the 4168, probably including putting in the TALON [low emissions] combustor, and ...
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Ilyushin begins design work on cargo Il-96-300 variant
Paul Duffy and Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Ilyushin has initiated design work for a freighter version of its 240-seat Il-96-300 four-engined widebody. The design bureau is also studying the development of a Russian-engined version of the Westernised Il-96M/T. The Il-96-300 freighter project will be developed by a partnership which includes ...
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Airbus accelerates plans to bring A330-100 into service
Airbus Industrie has brought forward its target entry-into-service date for the A330-100 to 2003. The move is an apparent effort to accelerate development of an A300/A310 replacement to meet Singapore Airlines' aircraft requirement, dubbed "W". Speaking at the show, Airbus senior vice-president commercial John Leahy confirms that the shortened, ...
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Round up
EgyptAir has confirmed that its only remaining Boeing 767-300ER has been damaged during a night-landing accident at Zimbabwe's Harare International Airport late on Tuesday. The jet was en-route from Johannesburg. A spokeswoman for EgyptAir in Cairo says 94 passengers were on board. None was injured. Reports suggest that the port ...
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Why high inflation is a good thing for passengers
Andrew Douse It's being described as the most important improvement in passenger safety since the seat belt - an airbag to further protect passengers in survivable aircraft accidents. The Aviation Inflatable Restraint (AAIR) has been created by Amsafe, one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft restraint systems, ...
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FAST opens new premises
Fuel Accessory Service Technologies (FAST) will formally open its new 24,000 sq ft maintenance and repair premises today at the Loyang Industrial Park close to Singapore's Changi Airport. FAST is a joint venture between Singapore International Airlines Engineering (SIAEC) and Hamilton Sundstrand and it repairs and overhauls aircraft engine ...
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Boeing link up
Boeing Airplane Services and BFGoodrich have joined forces to pursue aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul work worldwide, it was announced at Asian Aerospace yesterday. The two companies also announced a plan to develop a landing gear overhaul alliance for Boeing aircraft equipped with BFGoodrich landing gear. "This is an ...
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DC-8 badly damaged
A McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F freighter operated by US cargo carrier Kitty Hawk was substantially damaged on Sunday when parts of two engine nacelles fell of the aircraft as it was performing its take-off rotation for a flight from Seattle Tacoma International Airport to Anchorage. Kitty Hawk spokeswoman Heather Fedele says ...
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Boullioun selects Honeywell avionics for B737 fleet
Steve Nichols Honeywell has signed a $55-million agreement with leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services to supply a suite of avionics products for 30 firm and 30 optional new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Under the agreement Honeywell will supply its Quantum Line communication and navigation systems, weather radar ...
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Alliance launches testing of proposed A3XX powerplant
Karen Walker Core engine testing of the GP7200 engine, a General Electric/Pratt & Whitney joint venture proposal to power the Airbus A3XX, is set to begin next week. The core has been mounted on a test rig at GE's Cincinnati, Ohio, site in readiness for the tests, which ...
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Near stall investigated
US low-fare carrier Spirit Airlines and the FAA are investigating an incident in which the crew of one of its MD-80s may have nearly stalled the aircraft twice by flying too high for the MD-80's weight, reports the Washington Post. The newspaper also reports that the pilots of the ...
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Honeywell warning system proves its worth
Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) now has 13 major enhancements and more are scheduled. Brian Pulk, Honeywell's Director of EGPWS products, says these developments were designed to further reduce the risk of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) and the product is already proving its worth. "We ...
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'Big Two' take lead in aviation safety
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have created a world's first by calling a meeting with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to discuss how the aviation community can help meet safety challenges in the 21st century. Representatives from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) ...
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Hermes handles critical Asia aviation data links
Steve Nichols Data link communication in Asia-Pacific is becoming increasingly popular. And as Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) becomes more developed in the region airlines will rely heavily on data links to provide critical information about flight plans, graphical weather and eventually air traffic clearances. Rockwell Collins ...