All Ops & safety articles – Page 1215
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Boeing pledges to enforce get tough policy on loss-makers
Peter La Franchi/SYDNEY Chris Jasper/LONDON Boeing chief executive Phil Condit has warned that 'value-destroying' programmes identified as lost causes will either be "shut down" or sold off. Confirming Boeing's commitment to a zero-tolerance approach to loss-making operations, introduced by new chief financial officer (CFO) Debby Hopkins, Condit says ...
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United polar route launch awaits Russian go-ahead
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines hopes to be the first international carrier to launch a non-stop scheduled commercial service between New Delhi and Chicago, via central Russia and the Polar region. The service will start from late October, provided that Moscow gives it the go-ahead. The North American carrier ...
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Fuel approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use of a new aviation gas for use in thousands of piston aircraft, already approved to burn unleaded car fuel. The approval should help to spur the introduction of the 82-octane lead-free aviation gas, 82UL, as a replacement for 80-octane leaded avgas. ...
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Airtruck threatened by order drought
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is struggling to launch its planned Airtruck cargo turboprop project, having failed to secure any firm orders for the aircraft. IAI developed the Airtruck to a FedEx requirement for a new turboprop cargo aircraft to replace its Fokker F27 turboprop freighters (Flight International, 20-27 August, ...
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Airports
Abu Dhabi Airport has started an extension that will increase passenger capacity to 7.2 million per year. The work is to be completed in 2007. Bordeaux Airport is being expanded to enable annual passenger throughput to rise from the current 1.5 million a year to around five million. Work has ...
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Protests swell over 'too high' Hong Kong Airport landing fees
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE British Airways and DHL have added their voices to a rising chorus of disapproval over landing charges at the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. According to Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, the 60-plus airlines which operate into Chek Lap Kok are lobbying ...
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Air Foyle consortium takes controlling stake in CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON A consortium led by UK cargo carrier Air Foyle has purchased a controlling stake in Irish independent airline CityJet for a sum in excess of Ir£5 million ($6.8 million). Sources close to the deal say that it should stabilise Dublin-based CityJet and allow it develop its ...
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China-US agreement
China and the USA were poised to sign a new air services agreement, doubling flights between the two countries, as Flight International closed for press. The deal will see the 27 weekly flights available to each country rise to 54 by April 2001, when both will also add a fourth ...
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FAA to increase limit for ageing aircraft checks
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would extend the mandate for "ageing" aircraft inspections to newer transport category aircraft. The inspection programme was created after a 1988 accident in which the top of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 ripped off during ...
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THY 737 Crashes
A THY Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 (TC-JEP) crashed on 7 April without an emergency call from the pilots, within 9min of take-off from Adana, southern Turkey. The two pilots and four cabin crew on board were killed. The aircraft was on a night positioning flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to ...
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F28 lightning
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the Fokker F28 is vulnerable to lightning strikes and is recommending modifications to increase protection. This comes after an incident last year when a US Airways F28 suffered a dual hydraulic system failure after being struck by lightning. The NTSB urges a ...
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Continental and Boeing perform Y2K flights
Continental Airlines has staged the first flight in a simulated year 2000 (Y2K) environment to test aircraft communication addressing and reporting system (ACARS) compatibility. Boeing, meanwhile, is close to concluding its own flight testing of Y2K modified flight management systems (FMS) and inertial navigation systems (INS). The Continental ...
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Rising forces
Rapid growth in Gulf air transport has spawned new carriers and put pressure on others. Max Kingsley-Jones reports. The developing air transport market in the Gulf has been one of the 1990s' most fascinating stories as well as one of the most difficult to unravel - for observers outside the ...
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Emerging power
Max Kingsley-Jones/MUSCAT Oman Air is embarked on a programme of expansion and restructuring OMAN, on the Gulf's eastern side, rests in the shadows cast by the cosmopolitan regions to its west, such as Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai. The country has chosen not to follow its neighbours ...
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KAL Clarification
In the article "KAL faces new penalties after two new incidents", it was stated that Korean Air (KAL) "was banned last year from flying to Cheju" (Flight International, 24-30 March). The penalty imposed by the South Korean Government on KAL after a series of landing incidents in 1998 included a ...
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Cathay extends deadline in pilots' pay dispute
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways pilots have until 30 April to respond to an offer of stock options in exchange for a pay cut. The Hong Kong Air Crew Officers' Association (AOA)has welcomed the extension of the deadline, from 6 April to 30 April. Cathay initially tried to ...
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BAeFT leads training move to Europe
David Learmount/LONDON British Aerospace Flight Training (BAeFT) will be the first professional pilot training school to take advantage of the Joint Aviation Regulations for flight crew licensing (JAR FCL) when it moves its operations from Prestwick, Scotland, to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, in September. BAeFT's move to ...
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Gulf bites back
Max Kingsley-Jones/BAHRAIN Gulf Air is fighting back from financial crisis with a clear strategy for the future Gulf Air has been through considerable pain over the past four years. Losses mounted to over $130 million and debts rose to $1.5 billion during two financially disastrous years in the ...
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SIA and Lufthansa Cargo start anew
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa Cargo have launched a joint cargo express programme, broadening each other's route networks from 1 April. The airlines have signed an interline agreement, giving each other's aircraft priority handling at their respective hubs. SIA will be able to ship freight to 15 new destinations in ...
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Yugoslav conflict forces airspace rethink
The conflict in Yugoslavia has forced Eurocontrol to conduct a major re-organisation of airspace in the region, with large areas of Balkan airspace closed to civil air traffic. On 24 March, Eurocontrol's Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU), which monitors traffic flows and airspace use in Europe, closed the airspace ...