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FAA justifies safety-assessment actions
Graham Warwick/Miami THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is defending its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme against criticism that it constitutes the implementation of punitive action against airlines in countries judged not to comply fully with international safety-oversight standards. The FAA has recently added Ecuador, ...
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Airbus prepares for shortened A330 launch launch imminent
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS preparing to launch the shortened version of the A330 long-range wide body twinjet "before the end of the year", for service entry in 1998. The manufacturer has been pushing to launch the 250-seat A330-M10 as soon as the market showed sufficient ...
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X-31 crash
A NASA mishap investigation board has concluded that an accumulation of ice in or on the unheated pilot-static system was the root cause of the crash of the X-31 experimental aircraft at Edwards AFB, California, on 19 January. The NASA board says that the build-up of ice blocked the small ...
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The ins and outs of licence validation
Sir - Recent correspondence from Capt Rackham (Flight International, 20-26 September, P76) and British Airline Pilots Association general secretary Chris Darke (Flight International, 11-17 October, P49) highlights the differences between European Community member states on licence validation. Capt Rackham's experiences are very different to the requirements which would ...
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Boeing redesign is a necessity
Sir - There are pros and cons about new-generation Boeing 737-600/-700/-800 receiving grandfather rights towards its certification, but I would like to point out that European Joint Airworthiness Authorities regulations safety requirements on the amount and size of exits only increase safety. Surely the safe transportation of passengers is the ...
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FAA independence plan faces veto
US TRANSPORTATION Secretary Federico Pena is to recommend that US President Clinton veto a measure that would take the US Federal Aviation Administration out of Department of Transportation control. The pending FAA Reform Bill before the House of Representatives would establish the FAA as an independent agency governed ...
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S Korea presses China on choice of Western partner
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREA IS pushing to reach an agreement with China by mid-November on the selection of a Western partner to help develop the planned Airexpress AE-100 passenger jet. The Korean Commercial-Aircraft Development (KCDC) consortium and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) are under pressure to ...
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USA calls for disclosure of pilot work records
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC David Learmount/LONDON THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is to examine airline rights of access to pilots' previous employment history, following the investigation of a 1994 regional-airliner accident which killed 15 people. The NTSB, which blames the pilot of the Flagship Airlines ...
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A better pace-setter
Harry Hopkins/OBERPFAFFENHOFEN SINCE IT FIRST ENTERED service, the Dornier 328 high-speed turboprop has been the subject of a great many detail refinements, not least to its aerodynamics, its propellers and systems. So extensive are these changes that the designation of the current production version has been changed from ...
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Canadian airlines fill capacity
CANADIAN AIRLINES' pilots have ratified a new three-year labour agreement which will save the carrier around C$41 million ($30 million) a year. Under the deal, the carrier's 1,200 pilots have accepted a 5% cut in pay in exchange for shares in the airline. The deal was ...
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Northwest action to block hostile bids angers KLM
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SPECULATION OVER an impending shake-out in the US airline industry has sharpened with attempts by Northwest Airlines to put a cap on the amount any one shareholder can own in the carrier. The move has already run into controversy, with Northwest's partner KLM preparing ...
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JAL orders stretched 777-300
JAPAN AIRLINES HAS ordered five stretched Boeing 777-300s in a deal worth $800 million. It already has ten 777-200s on order, with options for a further ten. The first -200 Model will enter service in the second quarter of 1996, with service entry for the stretched -300 planned for 1998. ...
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Strato 2C funding hinges on contract negotiations
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) is negotiating a new contract with composite-aircraft manufacturer Burkhart Grob, which must be completed by mid-November to save the Strato 2C programme. Grob says that outstanding funding of DM46.74 million ($31 million) is being withheld by the German ...
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Appointments
Mauricio Botelho has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Embraer. At KLM Cargo, Jan Meurer has been appointed vice president, operations, Enno Osinga is named vice president customer service, and Michael Kimman becomes business systems manager. Sjaak Hofstra becomes operations and marketing director, cargo service centre ...
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SA seeks to rebuild trust
Deregulation in South Africa has suffered a further blow following the demise of independent Phoenix Airways. The subsequent loss of public faith in private operators has led to a call for sweeping changes to the Aviation Act to ensure the financial health of startups. Phoenix Airways sought provisional ...
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Moving targets
Singapore Airlines' chairman J Y Pillay calls it 'The genius of the organisation at work.' Productivity has become a mantra in an airline industry which is desperate to find ways of improving its long term financial performance. All airline managers are putting in a great deal of effort to improve ...
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Getting IT right
What does a business do when none of its computer systems support its core business processes? Simple. It realigns its information technology with those processes, then develops a plan to put the systems in place. UK-based Britannia Airways has done just that, showing how IT can add significant extra ...
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Get smart inside the system!
For Northwest Airlines, record profits this year have been less a result of recent, company-wide efficiency programmes than of a series of initiatives - including route restructuring, employee concessions and alliance-building - stretching back several years. Nonetheless, 'smarter' flying and pricing have produced lower costs and higher yields for the ...
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Profit share: a stroke of genius
Singapore Airlines' chairman J Y Pillay has absolutely no doubt that in an unforgiving airline industry, survival rests on the continuing struggle to improve productivity and keep ahead of costs. And there can be little doubt that Pillay's message is getting through at an airline which consistently turns in some ...
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More than a fleeting gain?
At Malev Hungarian Airlines, a major improvement in efficiency is one of the main outcomes of a modernisation programme that started back in 1991 but only really started to take root last year. Indeed, commercial director Ferenc Turi says the restructuring has really only just begun in earnest. 'We are ...