All Ops & safety articles – Page 1303
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Boeing clear?
The Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger was awaiting European Commission approval at presstime after Washington had cleared the deal in early July. Early indications were that Brussels would approve the deal to avert a trade war. Boeing is expected to make concessions on its exclusive deals with three US airlines and the ...
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Agents of change
The combination of commission capping by airlines and the advent of new technology was expected to spell doom for many in the travel agency business. But cushioned by the economic upturn, the sector is starting to adapt to the changing environment in a bid to survive. By Jane Levere. Commission ...
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Aer Lingus is left in a stew
Aer Lingus may need its share of the luck of the Irish to pull it back from the brink of pending financial disaster. The airline requires equity investment via a public flotation or a strategic alliance, combined with a severe cost cutting programme, to pre-empt repetition of its ...
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TWA fleet costs jobs as other US majors report rise in profits
Trans World Airlines (TWA) is to reduce its work force by some 1,000 people, with half the cuts being made in maintenance operations. The announcement comes as TWA reported a small loss in what was otherwise another quarter of healthy profits from major US carriers. TWA says that the ...
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Crash wreck found
Thai search aircraft have found the wreckage of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Learjet 31A which disappeared on 21 July during a routine training flight from Phuket to Ronong in southern Thailand. The aircraft, piloted by a crew of two, was last reported descending at 4,900ft (1,500m) when it disappeared from ...
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Quincy collision: never assume
Sir - From the little I know about the Beech King Air/ United Express Beech 1900 accident [at Quincy Municipal Airport, Illinois, in November 1996], it seems clear that the King Air pilots were lax and deserved criticism, but to this timid pilot it is inexcusable if the 1900 pilots ...
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Crash report
A UK Department of Transport and Environment air-accident report into the Learjet 25B business-jet crash at RAF Northolt has blamed the lack of crew-resource management (CRM) as one of the major causes. The incident occurred on 13 August, 1996, when the Spanish-owned aircraft overran the runway and collided with a ...
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Progress or plateau
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Two years ago, the world airline industry swung out of recession in style, producing its best-ever set of profit figures. The question for 1996 was whether the recovery would continue to gain pace or whether this now represented the peak for this latest business cycle. In ...
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FAA details free-flight plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC DETAILS OF a two-year, 2,000-aircraft, demonstration of the technologies required for the free-flight concept have been released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Almost $400 million in funding required to stage the trial has yet to be approved by Congress, however. Free flight ...
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CAA warns on potential flight disruption
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has raised the spectre of a return to massive disruption to air travel if a way is not found to fund the large-scale capital investment required for the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) to keep pace with traffic growth. CAA chairman Sir Malcolm ...
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Risky business
The gambles associated with Macau Airport are beginning to pay dividends PaulLewis/MACAU To invest over $1 billion on an all-new airport for a small city of 400,000 inhabitants would appear to be a financial gamble, but Macau, having built its economy around the casino industry, is accustomed to ...
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European safety groups band together to help other nations
Julian Moxon/Paris Regulation and safety organisations in France, Germany and the UK are forming a new group to offer assistance to countries wishing to improve operational safety standards. India, Mexico and the Philippines have already signed up. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's international services branch, France's ...
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American clinches Latin deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONRamon Lopez/Washington DC The American Airlines group, AMR, is to take a stake in Aerolineas Argentinas and form an alliance with Iberia, under a deal struck with Spanish state-holding company SEPI, which effectively controls both carriers. British Airways has also started co-operation talks with the Spanish carrier, ...
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Indonesian air safety goes into decline
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 is undergoing structural repairs for damage caused by a tail strike, in the latest runway incident to hit the national airline. The mishap occurred in Hawaii on 21 June and is the third time in the past ...
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USA and Japan aim to clinch bilateral deal in September
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Japan and the USA have agreed to make Tokyo the venue for their first full negotiations on a new passenger transport bilateral accord on 4-6 August, with the aim of producing a deal in September. Until now, the two sides have been ...
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Northwest Airlines RJ85 order doubles AI(R)'s Avro backlog
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has seen its order backlog for the Avro RJ family doubled as a result of the $620 million deal with Northwest Airlines, which has exercised its options for 24 RJ85s. Deliveries are spread out over three years, however, so production rates will ...
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China Southern kicks off 777 transpacific ETOPS with US flight
Transpacific operations with the Boeing 777 were inaugurated on 21 July when one of China Southern Airlines' two General Electric-powered 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) landed at Los Angeles after a 12h 37min flight from Guangzhou. The service began following 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) approval for the 777 ...
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Emergency landing brings new 747-300 warning
The emergency landing on 2 May at Sydney, Australia, of an Ansett Boeing 747-300 is likely to cause Boeing to upgrade to service-bulletin status a 1993 service letter recommending that aileron cable guards and pulley covers be replaced with new material. The aircraft, leased from Singapore Airlines (SIA), ...
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CityBird expands with two 767s and a pair of MD-11 freighters
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS CityBird is to expand its fleet next year with the acquisition of Boeing 767s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 freighters. The Belgian low-fare scheduled airline, which began operations earlier this year with two MD-11s on transatlantic routes, will take delivery of two 268-seat ...
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Pittsburgh ruling due
The US National Transportation Safety Board may soon close the book on the mysterious crash of the US Airways Boeing 737-300 on 8 September, 1994. Rudder-system malfunction is suspected. Source: Flight International