All Ops & safety articles – Page 1281
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Boom continues for Airbus and Boeing
A surge of narrowbody business kept the order boom going for Airbus and Boeing over the first half of 1998, although both will be watching for signs of a slowdown in the second half, when the full impact of the Asian recession is likely to be felt. The two ...
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Teething troubles hit new airports
Harassed officials at Kuala Lumpur's troubled new Sepang Airport have breathed a sigh of relief as attention has turned to the major disruptions in passenger and cargo traffic being experienced at the newly opened Hong Kong International Airport. The situation in Hong Kong rapidly deteriorated within hours of the ...
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Indonesia is hit the hardest as traffic plunges in Asia-Pacific
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Passenger numbers at Asia-Pacific airports tumbled by nearly 10% in March, with individual gateways in the region down by as much as half. The Asian downturn also appears to be affecting international traffic through US West Coast gateways. Worst hit in the region was Indonesia, with ...
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Fairchild Dornier challenges Embraer on interest benefits
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has lodged a complaint with the European Commission against the Brazilian Government's Proex export support scheme, which the US/German company says gives rival regional aircraft manufacturer Embraer an unfair advantage. Meanwhile, Fairchild Dornier has landed a deal to supply US airline Midwest Express with up to ...
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GE faces new big-jet problems following fires
General Electric is investigating engine fires on CF6 and CFM International CFM56-7 engines that occurred within days of each other in the USA. It is also probing the cause of an inflight shutdown of a GE90 in mid-Atlantic. An American Airlines Airbus Industrie A300-600R suffered a fire in its ...
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Cathay flight breaks record and leads to series of polar trials
Polar flight trials conducted by four carriers between North America and Asia are scheduled to begin on 15 July following a record-breaking inaugural flight, dubbed Polar One, by Cathay Pacific Airways, non-stop from New York to Hong Kong. The Federal Aviation Authority of Russia has given permission for a ...
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SimuFlite CFIT course
SimuFlite Training has introduced an optional course on controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) to review CFIT accidents and demonstrate the use of the US Flight Safety Foundation's recommended checklist. Source: Flight International
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Dragonair forges independence
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Dragonair has taken a further step towards independence from Cathay Pacific Airways with the purchase of an Airbus A320 full flight simulator from CAE Electronics. The Hong Kong-based airline, which has also taken an option with CAE for an Airbus A330 simulator, will open its own ...
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Iberia TCAS 2000
Iberia has selected Honeywell's TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance system for around 150 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Six-parachute cluster in K-1 test
Kistler Aerospace has completed a successful simulation of a landing by the reusable first stage of the K-1 satellite launcher, using a six-parachute cluster. The company described it as "one of the largest canopy deployments in the world". An instrumented payload was dropped from an aircraft at an altitude of ...
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US Airways to buy A330-300s
Julian Moxon/PARIS US Airways is set to become the first US airline to operate new generation Airbus widebodies when it introduces the first of up to 30 A330-300s late next year. The Airbus deal follows a drawn out and closely fought competition against Boeing's 767-300/400. The order comes ...
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Airbus Industrie and AVIC abandon AE31X
Julian Moxon/PARIS Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Airbus Industrie and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) have broken off negotiations on co-operative development of the 100-seater AE31X following what an industry source describes as "failure to establish a sufficient business case" . The move will cause little surprise. The third potential ...
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CFM56-7 failures spark FAA action
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) which requires inspections of CFM International CFM56-7B turbofans that are used to power newly delivered Next Generation Boeing 737s. The move follows two inflight engine shutdowns on 26 June, both caused by failures in the accessory gearbox ...
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Boeing talks to Japanese in search for 717 wing back-up
Boeing is talking to Japanese manufacturers about involvement in the 717 programme as it studies options for increasing production of the 100-seater beyond 2000. The company says the talks, involving Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, are to find a second subcontractor for wing manufacture. It denies reports that ...
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Avensa chooses to quieten 727s with BFGoodrich upgrade
Avensa Airlines of Venezuela has chosen to re-engine two of its fleet of five Boeing 727-200Advs with the "Super 27" upgrade package offered by BFGoodrich to meet US Stage 3 noise regulations. The airline has taken options covering the remaining three aircraft. The conversion will involve replacing the 727's ...
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KLM accounts hint at the true worth of BA slots at Heathrow
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A rare insight into the value of slots at London Heathrow has emerged from a line in the latest KLM accounts which gives details of a deal with British Airways that appears to put a price tag of up to $3 million on each landing and take-off ...
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BA and Cathay Pacific near alliance agreement
Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Airways is close to finalising a wide-ranging alliance with British Airways, which could extend to the UK company acquiring an equity stake in the Hong Kong carrier. The airlines are also believed to be talking about swapping aircraft. According to industry sources, discussions ...
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JAL aims to speed cost cuts with new express subsidiary
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Japan Airlines (JAL) has launched its new low cost subsidiary, JAL Express (JEX), in an effort to counter the country's crippling high labour costs and in response to the impending entry into the domestic airline market of the first of several planned start-ups. JEX launched its ...
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Asian airports open to sound of departing passengers
Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have each opened a new international airport within days of each other - against the backdrop of falling traffic and the worst Asian economic downturn in recent history. Malaysia and Hong Kong have collectively invested $26 billion in building the two airports and supporting the ...
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American goes for health check to save money
David Learmount/LONDON American Airlines plans to install diagnostic medical equipment on all its aircraft after finding that costly diversions can be reduced by determining whether apparent heart attack symptoms are real. The equipment, know as an automatic external defibrillator (AED), can also treat actual cardiac problems by supplying ...