All Ops & safety articles – Page 156
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ANA declines comment on possible Peach, Vanilla merger
The parent company of All Nippon Airways, ANA Holdings (ANA HD), has declined to comment on reports of a pending merger between low-cost operators Peach and Vanilla Air.
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Emirates refused appeal over late-connection compensation
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has been refused permission by the UK Supreme Court to appeal against a ruling on delay compensation for passengers who missed connecting flights.
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PICTURE: First ANA A380 to start final assembly next month
The main sections of the first Airbus A380 for All Nippon Airways have arrived in Toulouse, with final assembly to start in April.
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SmartLynx A320 engines shut down after touch-and-go impact
Estonian investigators have indicated that both engines on a SmartLynx Airbus A320 shut down as it conducted an emergency approach after suffering damage during a touch-and-go exercise.
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Altimeter oversight caused Nauru 737 to go below safe altitude
Nauru Airlines has enhanced pilot training in a range of navigation and approach areas after a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-300 that flew below the minimum descent altitude on a night approach to Kosrae on 12 June 2015.
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Precious metal spills from An-12 after load shift on take-off
Russian investigators believe a load shift and detached door caused an Antonov An-12 freighter to lose some of its cargo of precious metals during take-off from Yakutsk.
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Crews seldom train for take-off performance errors: inquiry
Dutch investigators probing a serious Boeing 737-800 take-off incident at Groningen have noted that pilots are seldom exposed to performance-related events during simulator training.
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Cathay to start boosting 777 economy seating density
Cathay Pacific will start increasing the number of economy seats in its Boeing 777-300s and 777-300ERs next month.
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Emirates cabin crew member injured in fall from 777
Ugandan authorities have confirmed that a flight attendant has been injured after falling from a parked Emirates aircraft at Entebbe.
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R44, 737 separation event nearly 'severe': ATSB
The Australian Air Transport Bureau has issued its final report on a lost of separation assurance involving a Robinson R44 helicopter and a Boeing 737-800 at Canberra Airport on 2 June 2017.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM AEROFLOT: Hollywood-themed promotions give Bonus a boost
Many airlines offer loyalty programmes to their passengers. However, most of them are about bonus miles redeemable for cheaper flights or rewards from partners, such as hotel groups. Aeroflot claims to have taken its Bonus programme to a new level, thanks to a tie-in with two Walt Disney Hollywood blockbusters.
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Investigators detail Paris A320 incursion on departing A330
Investigators have disclosed that an Aeroflot Airbus A320 crossed a hold-short line at Paris Charles de Gaulle while an Airbus A330-300 had been conducting its departure from the same runway.
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Aeroflot to resume Cairo flights after security overhaul
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is to restore services to the Egyptian capital Cairo, more than two years after the suspension of flights over security concerns.
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Cathay's operating loss nearly triples in 2017
The Cathay Pacific Group's 2017 operating loss ballooned to HK$1.45 billion ($185 million), as overcapacity and intense competition continued to put pressure on yields.
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Recorders retrieved from US-Bangla Q400 wreckage
Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport says that the flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of a US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 that crashed near the airport on 12 March.
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China Southern pits against China Eastern with Yunnan base
China Southern Airlines has set up a branch office in Yunnan province in a bid to strengthen its network in the country’s southwest region.
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India grounds 11 A320neos with PW1100G engines
India's Director General of Civil Aviation has ordered the immediate grounding of 11 Airbus A320neos fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines following recent aborted take-offs and in-flight shutdowns.
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Q400 crash: Extraordinary exchange reveals runway mix-up
Extraordinary air traffic control communications with a US-Bangla Bombardier Q400 shortly before it crashed at Kathmandu reveal confusion over the runway to which the aircraft had been cleared.
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AnalysisINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: The Big Data landscape
How the aviation and aerospace sectors view the Big Data opportunity
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Thunderstorms in vicinity at time of US-Bangla Q400 crash
Meteorological data for Kathmandu indicates the presence of thunderstorm activity in the vicinity around the time of a Bombardier Q400 crash.