All Ops & safety articles – Page 1354
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'Heavy-weight' MD-90 delivered to Great China
Great China Airlines has taken delivery of its first McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90-30, which is also the first longer-range version certificated at the new optional higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW). The aircraft has strengthened wing structure, landing gear and flap mechanisms, enabling the MTOW to be increased by ...
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FAA Accepts DSR
The US Federal Aviation Administration has formally accepted the initial display-system replacement (DSR) developed by Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management. The delivery culminates 23 months of development and testing to assure operational performance of the next-generation air-traffic-control (ATC) system. Lockheed Martin will produce the controller workstations under an $898 million ...
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Jeanniot warns against over-expansion
Pierre Jeanniot, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a stern warning to airlines to think twice before expanding their fleets. The warning follows evidence from IATA that international airlines last year failed to repeat their record profits performance of 1995. The net result ...
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Eurocontrol solves B-RNAV problem for ageing aircraft
Ageing aircraft not equipped with modern navigation equipment are likely to be allowed to use satellite navigation for basic area navigation (B-RNAV) after the January 1998 deadline for the introduction of B-RNAV in Europe. A programme of work being carried out by Eurocontrol, and now almost complete, appears ...
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-plans IHAS avionics safety development
AlliedSignal Aerospace is discussing with airlines and aircraft manufacturers its plan to develop a so-called integrated hazard-avoidance system (IHAS). The IHAS would combine safety-related avionics systems, such as ground-proximity warning system, traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system and windshear detection, in a single box, with the aim of providing a ...
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A fine balance
IT IS A BELIEF UNIVERSALLY held among airline managers that, in an upturn, their own particular airline will perform better than its competitors, and that in a downturn it will suffer less. In general, this is bunkum, but it is an unfortunate truth that it is on the basis of ...
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Lockheed Martin and Bovis win contract
Lockheed Martin and UK-based Bovis Construction have been named preferred bidders for the contract to provide the new Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (SCATCC) located at Prestwick. Scheduled to become operational in 2001/2, the SCATCC will replace the existing Prestwick centre, which controls Scottish airspace and oceanic regions ...
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Japan calls for Northwest maintenance probe
The US Federal Aviation Administration has been asked by the Japanese ministry of transport to investigate maintenance practices at Northwest Airlines, following a series of incidents reported at capital Tokyo's Narita Airport. The ministry's Japan civil-aviation bureau says that it is increasingly concerned by the number of incidents ...
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Ministers support fuel-tax change
Dutch and Belgian transport ministers have spoken out in favour of abolishing the European airline industry's exemption from fuel taxes. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has responded quickly, saying that such a tax would do nothing to help the environment, as its supporters argue. At a meeting ...
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Emirates' pilot
There is an infectious buzz about Dubai. The country is awash with new construction on a grand scale. Among other things, the tiny Gulf state will soon have the world's tallest and most exotic hotel to add to its tally of international golf courses, race tracks and shopping malls. It ...
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There is still a need for flight engineer
Sir - The absence from the cockpit of the flight engineer has once more been placed in question by the story "Airbus fits switch guards after A340 hydraulic incident" (Flight International, 12-18 February, P16). This incident took place in a reputable aircraft, belonging to a reputable airline, with an all-pilot ...
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Northwest ponders feeder take-over
MESABA AIRLINES says that it is in favour of the possible purchase of fellow Northwest Airlink regional airline Express Airlines I by Northwest Airlines. Minneapolis-based Mesaba was commenting on speculation that Northwest, which owns a one-third stake in Mesaba, is negotiating to acquire the Atlanta, Georgia-based regional air carrier. ...
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Global goes quiet
Both BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines were inadvertently shut down in flight during testing of Bombardier's second Global Express prototype. The engines were restarted from the AlliedSignal RE200 auxiliary power unit. One BR710 had been shut down for relight tests when the crew accidentally attempted to relight the operating engine, causing ...
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TWA sees losses soar
News that a Saudi Prince has taken a 5%stake in Trans World Airlines (TWA)did little to lift the gloom surrounding the struggling airline's heavy losses posted for 1996. Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, picked up the stake for $14 million and helped ...
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United signs up for warning system
UNITED AIRLINES has placed a $14.6 million order for AlliedSignal Aerospace's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS). The US air carrier had previously won US Federal Aviation Administration approval to install the safety device in 12 Airbus A320s for evaluation. AlliedSignal says that the contract covers more than 400 ...
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Untenable situation
Western national carriers British Airways, KLM of the Netherlands and Germany's Lufthansa have recently begun direct flights to Azerbaijan capital Baku, in anticipation of an oil boom which is expected to increase passenger and cargo traffic to the region. Bina International Airport in Baku, however, is dogged by ...
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UPS passengers
UPS began passenger services on 7 March, using Boeing 727-100QF freighters recently modified by Pemco to allow them to be operated in the passenger/ cargo quick-change role. The aircraft can now be equipped with 113-seat interiors for weekend charter services, increasing utilisation. Passenger services were inaugurated with a flight from ...
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A question of engine quality?
Sir - After months of rigorous testing to obtain certification, and subsequently testing clearance, for extended-range twinjet operations, you report in the article "Compressor damage grounds two of BA's 777 fleet" that the General Electric GE90 has had to be removed from British Airways 777s, having suffered compressor damage following ...
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Tarom discusses MD-11 acquisition with MDC
Romanian flag carrier Tarom is talking to McDonnell Douglas (MDC) about a possible MD-11 purchase as it awaits Government clearance to buy next-generation Boeing 737s and AI(R) ATR 42 turboprops. A delegation from McDonnell Douglas visited Romanian capital Bucharest in February to discuss the potential acquisition by Tarom ...
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IPTNcalls in Europeans on N250
IPTN has enlisted a team of European aerospace consultants to try to help secure Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) type certification of its N250 regional turboprop. Jakarta-based consultancy Bramadi Pratama has recruited a group of former British Aerospace employees, ex-JAA officials and test pilots to assist IPTN and the Indonesian Directorate ...