All Ops & safety articles – Page 161

  • News

    Garuda optimistic on 2018

    2018-01-24T03:20:54Z

    ​Garuda Indonesia is targeting to increase revenue to $4.9 billion this year and will continue to cut costs and optimise efficiency.

  • News

    IAG 'disappointed' after losing Niki to rival bidder

    2018-01-23T08:36:00Z

    ​British Airways parent IAG has confirmed that its bid for Austrian carrier Niki has not succeeded, following a change of insolvency proceedings for the Air Berlin operation.

  • News

    EasyJet outlines trading and Tegel impact on full year

    2018-01-23T07:34:00Z

    UK budget carrier EasyJet is putting its consensus full-year pre-tax profit at £475 million ($662 million) following its acquisition of Air Berlin assets and the launch of a Berlin Tegel operation.

  • News

    Hard landing in turbulence damaged Virgin Australia ATR 72

    2018-01-23T03:12:06Z

    A hard landing in turbulence on 19 November 2017 resulted in substantial damage to a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600, says Australia investigators in a preliminary report.

  • News

    Canada investigates Beech 1900D runway excursion at Toronto

    2018-01-22T22:24:17Z

    ​Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is investigating a runway excursion that occurred as an Air Georgian Beech 1900D turboprop was attempting to takeoff from Toronto Pearson International airport on 21 January.

  • News

    Etihad shrugs off A330 freighter inactivity

    2018-01-22T13:21:41Z

    Etihad Airways is shrugging off the apparent inactivity of half its dedicated freighter fleet, insisting that the situation is part of a normal review of capacity requirements.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Safety - good flying or just good luck?

    2018-01-22T09:26:00Z

    Again the world’s commercial air transport industry has smashed all records for keeping passengers safe – in 2017 there were no fatal accidents on scheduled mainline passenger flights.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Emirates offers critical lifeline to A380

    2018-01-18T10:49:00Z

    ​Emirates' decision to take up to 36 more Airbus A380s offers life-support to a programme at a point when the airframer had been openly talking about the possibility of its closure.

  • News

    Emirates tentatively signs for up to 36 A380s

    2018-01-18T10:19:00Z

    ​Airbus has secured a crucial preliminary agreement from Middle Eastern carrier Emirates to supply up to 36 more A380s.

  • News

    Hong Kong Airlines gets aggressive on long-haul

    2018-01-18T08:48:53Z

    Hong Kong Airlines is pushing ahead with its long-haul ambitions and targeting to launch non-stop services to San Francisco, New York, and London this year.

  • News

    747, A380 operators rank low on transpacific fuel efficiency

    2018-01-17T04:04:10Z

    Operating four-engined jets such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 has placed Qantas, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines at the bottom of a recent ranking of airline fuel efficiency on transpacific flights.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: China drives efficiency at state-owned airlines

    2018-01-17T01:10:40Z

    Chinese state-owned carriers could become more competitive on the international stage, following the change in their parents' ownership structures.

  • News

    ​Argentina's LASA eyes March launch

    2018-01-16T14:43:57Z

    LASA, the Neuquen, Argentina-based startup airline, has announced that it plans to launch flights in the last week of March, operating Embraer ERJ-145LR regional jets from its Mar del Plata hub.

  • News

    Interjet's Sukhoi fleet depletion a 'non-issue': SJI

    2018-01-16T12:17:00Z

    ​Mexican carrier Interjet's withdrawal of four Sukhoi Superjet 100s for maintenance is not an abnormal situation, the marketing specialist for the Russian-built type insists.

  • News

    New Delhi to divide Air India into four units for sale

    2018-01-16T02:27:27Z

    New Delhi has announced provided more details to its strategic divestment of flag carrier, Air India, with ​plans to sell the carrier and its subsidiaries in four components.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Hyperloop link promises Schiphol expansion

    2018-01-15T17:11:51Z

    Hyperloop One, a California-based company that is seeking to make the concept of aircraft-speed ground transportation a commercial reality, is hopeful that talks with the Dutch Government to build a hyperloop track linking Amsterdam Schiphol and Lelystad airports could result in the two facilities effectively becoming one integrated aerodrome within ...

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: US carriers' efficiency gains outstripped by growth

    2018-01-15T17:06:05Z

    ​Alaska Airlines could lose its position as the most fuel-efficient US carrier on domestic routes as a result of its merger with the country's least efficient airline, Virgin America, according to a recent study carried out by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Are carbon markets ready for aviation?

    2018-01-15T16:59:14Z

    Key questions hanging over ICAO's forthcoming Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) include not just whether the airline industry will be ready in time, but whether the carbon markets will be able to cope with the high level of demand for offsets from their newest customer.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Airlines warned not to leave carbon accounting to last minute

    2018-01-15T14:35:57Z

    Airlines are being strongly urged to submit their emissions-monitoring plans for ICAO's global carbon-offsetting scheme by the end of September 2018, ahead of the formal February 2019 deadline, regardless of whether or not their home state has agreed to participate in the voluntary phase of the market-based measure.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: ICAO carbon offsetting scheme under fire

    2018-01-15T11:54:30Z

    Opinions are divided over whether ICAO's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation should be the only market-based measure applied to the airline industry to address its impact on climate change.