All Ops & safety articles – Page 1431
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French Government favours building third Paris airport
THE FRENCH Government has come out in favour of a third main airport for the Paris, and on doubling to four the number of runways at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The timescale for the developments will remain unclear until a public inquiry has been held. A noise-reduction programme ...
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Alitalia fails to reach break-even
Kevin O'Toole and Allan Winn/LONDON ALITALIA HAS admitted that it will fail to reach the promised break-even point this year, largely because of the industrial action from the pilots' union which has cost the airline L80 billion ($49 million) in cancelled flights. The Italian carrier has ...
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India approves Lufthansa cargo joint venture
The Indian Government has agreed to a proposal from UK-based banking and finance specialist the Hinduja Group to found a new Indian-based cargo airline with German flag carrier Lufthansa. The new joint venture, provisionally called Lufthansa India, will be managed by Ashok Leyland, a Madras-based subsidiary of Hinduja. ...
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Boeing managers asked to finalise assembly
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES WITH NO END in sight to the strike at Boeing, managers are being drafted in to help complete work on aircraft due for delivery before the industrial action began on 5 October. Some 34,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...
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Sabena boss seeks more work for less pay
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A SCHEME UNVEILED by Sabena president Pierre Godfroid to get employees to work longer hours for less pay, to improve productivity, has met with an instant response. Cabin crew and pilots have announced they are going on strike on 20 October. Godfroid believes ...
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Brazil's budget jet
Delivering on its promises for the EMB-145 regional jet is the first challenge for newly privatised Embraer. Graham Warwick/SAO JOSE DOS EMBRAER HAS YET to capitalise on the success of its EMB-120 Brasilia 30-seat regional airliner by bringing a second product to the market. Its first ...
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Fuel taxes push up costs for US carriers
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US AIRLINES have begun paying an extra $1.5 million each day for fuel since the implementation of an aviation-fuel surcharge on 1 October - even though lawmakers are considering extending a tax deferral which has been in place for the past two years. ...
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Making a comeback
Beirut International Airport is upgrading to meet the return of passenger traffic. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is benefiting from its first substantial facelift for nearly two decades, following the cessation of hostilities and the ravages of the Lebanese civil war in 1991. Up to $590 ...
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Computervision wins Lucas software deal
Andrew Doyle/PARIS LUCAS AEROSPACE plans to adopt Computervision's range of software tools as the basis for a common product-development platform across the company's operations worldwide. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that Lucas is expected to deploy "over 200 user licences" of its electronic product-definition (EPD) software, which ...
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Ukraine International on course to make first profit
Forbes Mutch/KIEV UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) believes that it is on course to post its first profit since starting trading at the end of 1992. The carrier also says that it is looking for investment from an airline partner. UIA deputy president Dick Creagh estimates that ...
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Dutch report criticises pilots
PILOT IGNORANCE of technical systems, poor asymmetric-power handling skills and inadequate cockpit-resource management (CRM) training have been cited in the official report into the 4 April, 1994, KLM CityHopper Saab 340B accident at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The captain and two passengers were killed and nine ...
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Dee Howard tests next-generation thrust reverser
DEE HOWARD has completed preliminary actuation system testing and begun initial forward-thrust performance testing of its next-generation thrust reverser. The system includes a patented variable-geometry nozzle (VGN), which, according to Dee Howard, provides improved thrust performance during take-off and initial climb. The initial ground tests are being carried ...
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what's on
AOPA Expo '95 19-21 October, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Contact: AOPA, 421 Aviation Way, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA; tel: +1 (301) 695 2060; fax: +1 (301) 695 2375. Finding Solutions to Airport Congestion 19-20 October, Frankfurt, Germany. Contact: Nathalie Bonnin, Euroforum, 35 rue Greneta, 75002 Paris, France; tel: +33 ...
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DC-10 misses Frankfurt runway - by 300km
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS David Learmount/LONDON A NORTHWEST AIRLINES McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 carrying 241 passengers from Detroit to Frankfurt missed its intended destination by 300km (160nm), landing at Brussels Airport by mistake on 5 September. The pilots of Flight 52 only realised their error when they ...
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MHI takes major share in Dash 8-400 programme
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE has signed up Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as a major risk-sharing partner in its recently launched de Havilland Dash 8-400 70-seat turboprop programme. The Japanese company will be responsible for the design and manufacture of the aircraft's forward-, mid- and aft-fuselage sections, wing-to-body fairing, and vertical ...
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CL-415 - fighting fit
Canadair's dedicated fire fighting amphibians are not beautiful, but they are effective. After evaluating the CL-215 30 months ago, Flight International tests its follow-on, the CL-415. Harry Hopkins/MONTREAL FIREFIGHTING IS A matter of timing - getting sufficient water to the right place (even remote places) early, and ...
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Boeing heads for 700-seater launch decision next year
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS considering launching a family of stretched 747 derivatives in 1996 if market conditions are right. The possible introduction of the 700-seat aircraft emerged in evidence given by British Airways to a public inquiry on the expansion of London Heathrow Airport. ...
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Crack causes delay in Trent 777 ETOPS tests
THE START OF extended-range twin-operations (ETOPS) testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Boeing 777 is to be delayed by "two to three weeks", says the engine maker, after a seal crack developed in the low-pressure (LP) turbine. The crack, in the seal arm of the LP1 turbine disc, ...
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Hong Kong and USA agree bilateral treaty
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE HONG KONG AND the USA have finally reached an agreement on a new bilateral air-services treaty, which will extend beyond the colony's 1997 hand-over date to China and promises to open up new routes in Asia and North America. The deal comes at ...