All Ops & safety articles – Page 1349
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Letfreezes work on L-610M but gears up for -610G
Regional-aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice has frozen its L-610M twin-turboprop-aircraft programme to dedicate its energy to the much-delayed certification of the Westernised L-610G variant. The 40-seat L-610G is now scheduled to receive certification in the third quarter of 1998 to US Federal Aviation Regulations Part 25 requirements. The programme ...
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Swissair strategy advances
A year ago, when Swissair first presented Philippe Bruggisser as the incoming chief executive, he promised to take a firm hand with the group's costs and inject a touch more pragmatism to its alliance strategy. Twelve months later, Bruggisser appears to be making headway on both fronts. His ...
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Airports in growth again
A burst of growth towards the end of 1996 kept traffic increasing for the year at the world's airports, and the signs are that the good news could continue. Preliminary returns from the Airport Council International (ACI)which represents close to 500 airports around the world, suggest that growth ...
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Airport role-reversal
On 1 January, 1998, the two main airports of Italy's second city will start a process of gradual role-reversal. Linate, which has always been Milan's main airport, is almost logjammed, while Milan Malpensa opens the first stage of a development which will give it more than twice Linate's capacity, both ...
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DHL Europe closes on widebody freighters
DHL International is discussing the wet-lease of a small fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters for its intra-European operations later this year, but is focusing on the Boeing 757/767 for its longer-term plans. Gordon Olafson, transport director for DHL International Europe, says that the company is looking to add ...
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European lead
Europe's flag carriers may be leading the charge into the brave new world of liberalisation, but there are signs that the region's airports, too, are beginning to wake up to some of the new commercial realities of running as efficient businesses rather than as government arms. Airports have ...
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Trimble releases GPS training for GA pilots
Trimble, the California-based global-positioning-system (GPS)-navigation specialist, has developed a comprehensive instrument-flight-rules GPS training system for general-aviation use. The system combines a CD-ROM-based, multi-media tuition programme with a free-flight simulator developed for Trimble by Initiative Computing, an international software-development company specialising in aviation "teachware" products. The CD-ROMs, ...
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Pie in the sky?
Meet the demands for air travel, but do it with existing resources, the UK Government has told airport operators in the country's busiest region, London and the south-east. This may be beyond them, however. The signs are that air-traffic control may be able to cope, but that airports may not ...
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The quiet runway
There are few airport managements which can claim that, by doubling the number of their runways, they will reduce noise nuisance dramatically. At Bogota's Eldorado International Airport, however, that is precisely what the Colombian Aeronautica Civil (civil-aviation authority) promises, even though the second runway will increase air-transport movement (ATM) capacity ...
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Flying scholarships
The UK Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators is administering flying scholarships, for which applications are invited, as follows: ntwo, sponsored by Breitling Chronographs and the Swire Group, will provide fully funded courses of flying and ground training in accordance with the 40h UK Civil Aviation Authority-approved ...
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Grob modifies G115 after unauthorised repaint causes crash
German composite aircraft maker Burkhart Grob has modified the rudders on aerobatic G115s to overcome restrictions imposed after a fatal crash caused by an unauthorised repaint. The US Federal Aviation Administration banned G115C and D pilots from performing aerobatics, following the loss of a G115D-1 in Florida in ...
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American Eagle returns to AI(R) with order for 12 ATR 72-210s
European regional airline consortium Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has signed with AMR subsidiary American Eagle for the purchase of 12 ATR 72-210A turboprops. The deal is seen as being of significance since it represents the return to favour of the type in North America following a slump in ...
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Aer Lingus gears up to offer strategic alliance proposals
Aer Lingus confirms that it will present proposals to its state owners by the end of the year on a strategic alliance, but the Irish flag carrier stresses that no decisions have yet been made on whether that would include an equity stake. As part of a broad ...
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American loses Boeing delivery positions
AMERICANAIRLINES expects to have to retain and fit hushkits to additional Boeing 727s because of the delay in delivery of new Boeing aircraft resulting from the airline's failure to agree a new contract with its pilots. The 20-year, 630-aircraft purchase agreement with Boeing, announced in November 1996, was ...
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Atlantis tool probes CRJ problems
ATLANTISAEROSPACE has launched a troubleshooting tool to help solve elusive problems with complex aircraft systems. The first application of the Canadian company's SpotLight system is to help Bombardier with problems on the Canadair Regional Jet's (CRJ) flight controls, landing gear, doors and ice- and rain-protection systems. Brampton, Ontario-based ...
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BFGoodrich leads avionics launches with SkyWatch
BFGOODRICH has launched its SkyWatch collision-avoidance system, which provides traffic alerts for aircraft within 11km (6nm). Priced at just under $25,000, the system uses its own transponder and directional antenna to interrogate other aircraft transponders. Traffic information is displayed on either a dedicated monochrome display, or superimposed on the display ...
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BA is first to pick Roll-Rolls 'hybrid'
British Airways has become the first airline to select the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524HT "hybrid" engine, having signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the UK manufacturer specifying the powerplant for 14 Boeing 747-400s, ordered in September 1996. The engine deal will be worth more than $500 million to R-R, ...
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The big one
Mid-September is the deadline for what may be regarded as the most important launch in the history of the European space programme - the Ariane 502. If the second European Space Agency (ESA) development flight of the Ariane 5 satellite launcher is successful, the $366 million loss of the 501 ...
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Civil Simulation Census
Notes and abbreviations The Flight International Civil Simulator Census lists full-flight simulators in service and on order, alphabetically by operator, then by aircraft type. Simulator supplier, computer, visual system, motion axes, year of entry into service, certification level and associated training devices are listed for each simulator, plus any additional ...
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Chek Lap Kok fees create conflict
CONTROVERSY IS mounting over the level of user charges proposed for Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok (CLK) Airport, with airlines and the tourism lobby arguing that the rise in fees would damage competitiveness. The concerns surfaced in the Hong Kong Legislature's 1997/8 budget debate, with concerns voiced ...