All Ops & safety articles – Page 1351
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Documentation shortfalls force IPTN to delay certification N250
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has been forced to delay the maiden flight of its first N250-100 certification prototype, as the result of component documentation falling below US Federal Aviation Administration requirements. The second prototype N250, had been due to fly in May, but ...
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Kiwi files for Chapter 11 as ValuJet resumes flights
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Kiwi International Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming rising debts and the fall-out from the ValuJet crash and the grounding of Kiwi aircraft. Ironically, the filing took place on 30 September, the day that ValuJet returned to the air and at ...
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Hong Kong's CAA is independent
Sir - While acknowledging the past help and advice received over the years from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, I should like to make it absolutely clear that the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department is by no means an offshoot of the UK CAA as reported (Flight International, 11-17 September). ...
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Centralised ATM is on the cards for UK
David Learmount/LONDON THE UK CIVIL Aviation Authority is expected to decide by the end of the year whether to proceed with plans to build the Prestwick-based Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (SCATCC). A review of the UK's two-centre air-traffic-management (ATM) policy by the CAA could result in the ...
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Boeing upgrades transonic tunnel
BOEING IS refurbishing its 52-year-old transonic windtunnel as part of efforts to reduce development times for new models. The upgrade comes as Boeing's product-development work approaches recently unprecedented levels. At the core of the windtunnel upgrade is a new drive system made by French manufacturer Cegelec. It includes ...
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Homing Harrier
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has made the first successful flight tests of an advanced navigation software module which allows AV-8B Harrier pilots to make precision approaches to restricted landing areas in bad visibility. The self-contained approach system uses the aircraft's existing navigation systems to calculate position and velocity precisely, relative to ...
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Slots of value
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) is keen to overhaul the slot-allocation system at Europe's airports by creating a "market" in which some slots could be traded for money. It is right to be looking for an overhaul but, if it believes that airline services should exist as much for the customer ...
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Thai orbit
Orbit Flight Training has reached an agreement to operate the new Aero International (Regional) and Thai Airways International's ATR simulator training centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The centre is scheduled to open at the end of 1996 equipped with a single ATR 42/72 full flight simulator, supplied by Orbit's parent, Thomson ...
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European regionals grow
Julian Moxon/HANOVER The European Regional Airlines Association (ERA) has good cause to celebrate. In the year since its last annual meeting, the industry has seen strong passenger growth and the beginnings of the long-awaited shake-out among the aircraft manufacturers. The disappearance of Fokker, the sale of ...
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India's carriers continue expansion
SEVERAL OF India's private carriers are moving forward with expansion plans, and acquiring additional aircraft to meet expected growth. Sahara India Airlines is to lease an additional two Boeing 737-300s from November and has resubmitted its application to the Government to purchase five AI(R) ATR 42-500s. ...
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FSI gets UK approval
FLIGHTSAFETY International's (FSI) Vero Beach, Florida-based Flight Academy has received UK Civil Aviation Authority approval of its fully integrated pilot-training programme based on Civil Aviation Publication (CAP) 509. The move allows FSI to expand its existing CAA-approval for training modules into an ab initio programme. UK flight schools ...
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Ansett report slams 'business before safety' attitude
AUSTRALIA'S Civil Aviation Authority has been accused of putting commercial considerations before airline safety in a Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) accident report. BASI has slammed "organisational factors" in Ansett Airlines and the (then) CAA in its report of an Ansett Boeing 747-300 landing accident at Sydney on 10 ...
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American edges to regional goal
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA American Airlines and its pilots union have tentatively agreed a complex formula governing the introduction of regional jets by commuter arm AMR Eagle. The agreement foresees the acquisition of up to 218 45- to 70-seat regional jets by 2009, but limits AMR Eagle to a maximum ...
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JAL returns to Thomson Training fold with 767 machine
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has ordered a Boeing 767-300 full-flight simulator from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level D machine will be delivered to JAL's Haneda Airport, Tokyo, training centre in late 1997, along with a desktop flight-management-system trainer produced by TTS. The sales, is welcome news for ...
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Lufthansa criticises 747-X design
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA operations chief executive Klaus Nittinger has criticised recent changes in Boeing's design proposals for its 747-500/600X. "The aircraft has changed so drastically [since November] that it has moved far away from what we would like to see," says Nittinger. Lufthansa was enthusiastic about ...
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FAA faces TCAS 4 decision
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of the US Federal Aviation Administration's work on the next-generation traffic-alert and collision- avoidance system (TCAS) hangs in the balance as agency officials prepare to present FAA administrator David Hinson with their findings on research into the TCAS 4. Terminating the ...
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Airline news
British Airways is adding Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon and Glasgow to its London/ Gatwick network. GB Airways will operate on behalf of BA from Gatwick to Faro, Malaga and Oporto. BA is also extending its non-smoking trials from January 1997 to cover 90 per cent of its system-wide seats, ...
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Shifting spanners
Airlines are rushing to spin off maintenance functions to subsidiaries which can also compete for third-party business. Costs may fall, but there can be some disadvantages. Wake Smith examines the nuts and bolts of the decision. The traditional airline organisational structure is rapidly changing under competitive and cost pressures. The ...
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Shannon shakeup
Aeroflot's innovative mini-hub at Shannon has yet to achieve glory and looks set for a revamp. Mark Odell reports. Sam Quayle's jaw is in danger of joining the undercarriage of the US charter flight he boarded just over five hours ago in New York, as the aircraft touches down on ...
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Land of the giants
Airlines appear unworried by the domination of Gecas and ILFC but manufacturers certainly are. Doug Cameron assesses current developments in the rapidly maturing operating lease sector. You don't need brains in a bull market. Developments in the operating lease sector over the last year bring, for some, uncomfortable echoes of ...