All Ops & safety articles – Page 208
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IATA close to agreements in revised Single European Sky effort
IATA is “two or three weeks away” from announcing its first agreements with national air navigation service providers (ANSPs) under its revised effort towards achieving its Single European Sky (SES) goal.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Time to plug in your co-pilot?
Robotic pilots may first be asked to replace the human co-pilot in freighters. And after that?
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ANALYSIS: Civil simulator market moving with new airliner types
FlightGlobal data shows the number of commercial simulators operating world-wide as holding fairly steady in the 1,200-unit range over the past four years, with retirements roughly equalling the number of new units coming into service
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ICAO yet to decide when Thai safety red flag will be lifted
ICAO has not set a firm date for removing Thailand's red flag status, but says the country's procedures for awarding air operator's certificates have improved.
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Malaysia Airlines A330 returns to Melbourne after bomb threat
A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 operating a flight to Kuala Lumpur returned to Melbourne late in the evening 31 May after a passenger made bomb threats and attempted to enter the cockpit.
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Interruption of power supply took out IT systems: BA
British Airways has confirmed the cause of IT issues that brought huge disruption to its schedule on 27 May and subsequent days.
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IATA flags concerns over accident report availability
IATA has underlined concern over lack of adequate access to aircraft accident inquiries, suggesting that over two-thirds of investigation reports might be unavailable
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Sriwijaya 737-300 in runway excursion at Manokwari
A Boeing 737-300 aircraft operated by Indonesian carrier Sriwijaya Air has suffered a runway excursion in West Papua province.
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NewsRussian authority orders Superjet rudder hinge checks
Russian authorities have ordered checks on the rudder hinge and actuator fittings on Sukhoi Superjet 100s.
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NewsIAG shares fall as BA schedules recover from IT failure
Shares in British Airways parent IAG fell 4% in early trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning, the first day the UK markets had opened since the UK carrier's services were wrecked by its IT systems failure on 27 May.
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Controller halted A320 take-off from wrong intersection
Australian investigators have detailed an incident in which a Cairns air traffic controller cancelled take-off clearance for a departing Tigerair Airbus A320 after realising it had lined up on the wrong intersection.
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Juneyao preps for long-haul; 787 due Sept 2018
Juneyao Airlines will take its first Boeing 787-9 aircraft next September, and intends to deploy the type on intercontinental routes.
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Trump's budget calls for US air traffic control privatisation
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal calls for privatising US air traffic control starting in 2021, a move that has been advocated by the bulk of the US commercial aviation industry.
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PICTURE: First Air Mauritius A350 in final assembly
Air Mauritius is set to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in the fourth quarter of this year, as the jet undergoes final assembly in Toulouse.
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China Eastern plans Chengdu-Irkutsk launch in July
China Eastern Airlines has applied for traffic rights on the Chengdu-Irkutsk route.
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China Eastern A321 skids off runway at HKIA
A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A321 aircraft skidded off the runway at Hong Kong International airport on 24 May, after landing in heavy rain.
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Paris airports operator in talks to divest security arm
Paris airports operator Groupe ADP is holding exclusive talks with business services company Groupe Samsic to divest its majority holding in a specialised airport security subsidiary.
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United 757 evacuates via slides after apparent engine fire
The crew of a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 evacuated passengers via emergency slides at Newark airport on 23 May, after it was alerted to flames on one of its engines.
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Cathay details issues with A350 business class seats
Cathay Pacific has detailed the issues with its Airbus A350-900s' interiors, and said that the entire business class cabin on its first three aircraft will be replaced with new seats in the coming months.
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Nigerian authority under pressure after Med-View ban
Nigeria's civil aviation regulator has been warned by European safety authorities that its oversight of air carriers appears inadequate, and needs to improve.