All Ops & safety articles – Page 241
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Cathay's first A350 delivery pushed to late April
Cathay Pacific says the delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 will be pushed back to late April, because of a “cabin product issue”.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Experts raise concern about hackers targeting aircraft
In July 2015, hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, sitting on a couch near St Louis, remotely took control of a Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicle travelling along an interstate highway.
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ANALYSIS: Clarity yet to emerge on Iran Air plans
After more than three decades of being forced to pick around for scraps to keep its air transport operation functioning, Iran's government indulged itself less than two weeks after the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions.
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NewsSource of Daallo A321 explosion remains unclear
Clarity has yet to emerge over the origin of the damage sustained by a Daallo Airlines Airbus A321 after it departed Mogadishu on 2 February.
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NewsUnited to fly largest aircraft to Washington National
United Airlines will begin flying a Boeing 757-300 to Ronald Reagan Washington National airport in March, adding capacity at the slot-restricted airport.
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EasyJet plans battery-powered taxiing
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet is banking on a 700kg new taxiing system to save it about 50,000t of fuel per year.
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Emissions to track 45% traffic rise: European Environment Agency
European aviation emissions are set to rise by almost half over the next 20 years, warns the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Nominations open for The Airline Strategy Awards
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple plays host once again to the industry’s top event, the Airline Strategy Awards.
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Comlux orders three executive A320neos
Business operator Comlux has ordered three of the corporate version of the Airbus A320neo re-engined jet.
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Chinese vessel joins in MH370 search
A Chinese vessel will join in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER towards the end of February.
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A380s and A350-1000s among 118 jets for Iran Air
Iran Air has signed an acquisition agreement with Airbus covering an extensive fleet modernisation, including 12 A380s and 16 A350-1000s.
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PICTURE: Dragonair to be rebranded Cathay Dragon
The Cathay Pacific Group has announced plans to rebrand regional carrier Dragonair as Cathay Dragon, aimed at helping the group capture more traffic growth from the mainland China market.
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Singapore Airshow conference line-up announced
Singapore Airshow organiser Experia events has outlined a series of industries that will take place prior and during the show, which will run from 16 to 21 February.
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Debris off Southern Thailand not from MH370
Malaysian officials have declared that the debris discovered off the coast of Southern Thailand does not belong to the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which had gone missing in 8 March 2014.
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MH370 search hits a snag
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in the Indian Ocean has hit a fresh setback, with the loss of a sonar deep tow vehicle that was being used to scan the ocean floor.
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Lufthansa's first A320neo arrives at Frankfurt base
Lufthansa’s first Airbus A320neo has arrived at the carrier’s Frankfurt base following a delivery flight from Hamburg.
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Italians probe diverted EasyJet A319's low-fuel landing
Italian investigators are looking into an incident in which an EasyJet Airbus A319 landed with less than the required minimum fuel after a diversion to Bari.
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Unknown object strikes Colombian A320 in cruise
Colombian investigators are trying to ascertain the nature of an object which struck an Airbus A320 at cruise altitude in the country’s airspace.
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News2015 was a watershed year for airline safety
The year 2015 will go down in aviation history as a watershed, when the focus on passenger safety shifted from technical and operational concerns to security issues.
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Falling oil prices not impacting new airliner sales: Ascend
Falling oil prices are not deterring airlines from ordering new fuel-efficient aircraft, and there is little prospect of that changing even if prices stay low, argues the chief economist at Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy.