All Ops & safety articles – Page 1370
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Fokker reversers need checks
David Learmount/LONDON Fokker has warned airline operators of a potential fault in the engine thrust-reverser systems on its Fokker 70 and 100 regional jets. This may have been a factor in the fatal TAM Brazilian Fokker 100 crash at Sao Paulo (Flight International, 6-12 November, P6). ...
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Meridiana fights for profit with cost cutting and employee share scheme
Meridiana Is Cutting Its DC-9 Fleet But Adding MD-82 Italy's second-largest airline, Meridiana, is fighting to stay in profit as high operating costs and declining domestic traffic threaten major losses in 1997. The carrier made a L25 billion ($16.5 million) pre-tax profit in 1995, but expects ...
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September profit as Lufthansa ends poor year
Lufthansa recovered some of its poise in the September quarter with a steady profits performance, but doubts that its full-year results will be able to match the record earnings of 1995. The group suffered an unexpected tumble in profits during the first half of 1996 as the anticipated ...
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Enigma variations
American Regional Aircraft Industries (AMRAI) is urging IPTN to focus all of its efforts on certificating the N250 turboprop, warning that any re-engining of the aircraft with a turbofan will serve only to delay the programme further. The Indonesian firm launched a study into re-engineing the planned stretched ...
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Ethiopian hijacking results in worst-ever fatalities
A record number of people were killed on a single hijacked airliner when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-200ER ran out of fuel and ditched just off the Comoros Islands, near Mozambique on 23 November, killing eight crew and 115 passengers. The three hijackers, whose motives never became clear, ...
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Unions get extension for rescue
Canadian Airlines president Kevin Benson has given unions further time to back a financial rescue package rather than risk the ailing carrier entering bankruptcy. Benson had set a 27 November deadline for the unions to accept a 10% wage cut as part of an austerity package aimed ...
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Hopes fade for Fokker rescue
The wings have fallen off the Fokker/Samsung deal Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Fokker's administrators have called a halt to the Samsung rescue plan and admit that the chances of saving the bankrupt Dutch manufacturer are now "extremely small". The decision was taken after the South Korean ...
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UK NATS trials raise fears over GPS reliability
Data from global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers are too unreliable to be used for sole-means navigation by aircraft, according to a study undertaken by the UK Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services (NATS). NATS made the claim after its own trials revealed problems with GPS "outages", availability and integrity, ...
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A simple matter of subtraction
So what exactly is all the fuss about? Will all computer systems simply stop functioning as the clock strikes midnight on 31 December 1999? Many won't, but the likelihood of at least some of them either failing or producing spurious data is very real. Peter de Jager, a ...
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How long can profits last
After a good 1995, US airlines are, with some exceptions, moving towards an even better profit picture this year. And well it should be. If not now, one would have to ask: When? As the year of the 10 per cent ticket-tax boost draws to a close, and ...
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ESOP reflects a united front
In his Dateline Washington column on United's Esop (Airline Business, October), Mead Jennings arrives at erroneous conclusions based on what can only be described as misinformation. Allow me to put the record straight. * United's Esop structure is unique in business history in that it contains a sunset ...
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Fuelling costs
The highest jet fuel prices for five years are starting to break through into cargo pricing. Swissair Cargo, Canadian Air Cargo, KLM Cargo, American Airlines Cargo and South African Airways Cargo have all put fuel surcharges on shipment costs. Source: Airline Business
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2000 anyone? A real date oddity
The disabling effect of the millennium date change on software applications seems a minor issue, but the implications for management are enormous. Air transport is just waking up to the problem, which could cost the industry $2 billion. By Mark Odell. Consider these imponderables. How long is a piece of ...
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It's all change at foreign exchange
Of all the international financial markets the most difficult for economic forecasters to come to come to grips with are the foreign exchanges. This is Largely because they are often driven by political factors rather than changes in the real economy, and they have proved more responsive to ...
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Asia takes a lead
Asian airports led the way in traffic growth in 1995 and the first half of 1996, as most major airports worldwide benefited from steady airline traffic growth. A less pronounced increase in airport movements, however, indicates more efficient use of aircraft as congestion makes its mark. Financially, general airline recovery ...
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Thai avoids battle royal
Competition to become Thailand's second 'flag' carrier appears to be thinning amid concerns that the regulatory framework favours Thai Airways on both domestic and international routes. Fledgling Princess Airlines has emerged as the frontrunner to win government approval to join Thai as the country's second designated international carrier. ...
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Latin links before BA?
As British Airways and American Airlines continue their behind-the-scenes efforts to obtain approval for their controversial transatlantic alliance, the US major is intensifying efforts to secure its dominance in South America through further linkups. Ian Lang, the president of the UK's Board of Trade, is delaying his pronouncement ...
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Geneva set to fight back
Stung by Swissair's withdrawal of most longhaul flights, Geneva airport is fighting to attract replacement traffic by cutting landing fees and offering fifth freedom traffic rights, and says several Geneva-based startup carriers are in the planning stage. The airport will cut all landing fees by 10 per cent ...
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KLM bows to cost targets
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has reacted to British Airways' high-profile attempt to slash its operating costs by calling for a wholesale structural change in the airline or face downsizing. KLM president Pieter Bouw has reversed his policy of avoiding headline targets by announcing plans to improve its operating ...
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Iaca calls for even charter
European charter carriers are flexing their muscle in a bid to lower airport charges at Amsterdam/Schiphol, while the resolution of a spat between two of the largest operators could open the way for any European Union charter operator to serve third countries from anywhere in the single market. ...