All Ops & safety articles – Page 244
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Macedonian state looks to create new flag-carrier
Macedonia’s government is looking at creating a new national airline for the Balkan state, an operator to succeed defunct flag-carrier MAT.
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Airbus to take back A340s as Finnair firms more A350s
Finnair has converted options on eight more Airbus A350s to firm orders, with deliveries of the jets to begin in 2018.
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Australia to implement air safety review recommendations
Australia’s government will move to implement almost all of the recommendations made in a recent review of air safety, with the aim of continuing to improve on the country’s strong record.
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A319 pilots landed short after failing to sight runway
Pilots of a Wind Jet Airbus A319 landed far short at Palermo after deciding to continue a non-precision approach at night, in poor weather, despite failing to sight the runway.
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Gatwick unveils improvement programme
London Gatwick airport has unveiled a £1 billion ($1.57 billion) investment plan under which it will expand and improve its North Terminal over the next three years.
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A350 training wins industry approval
As Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways prepares to put its aircraft into service next month, Toulouse, France-based Airbus Training sees its revolutionary “learning by discovery” pilot and engineer type-rating training system being put to the test for the first time.
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Frontier orders first A321s
US carrier Frontier Airlines is ordering nine Airbus A321s, its first agreement for the largest member of the single-aisle family.
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Delta targets Alaska routes in five-city Seattle expansion
Delta Air Lines continues its expansion at Seattle Tacoma International airport, announcing plans to launch flights from Seattle to five new destinations next year.
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US FAA requires 777 operators to inspect pitch rate sensors
A new airworthiness directive issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration requires Boeing 777 operators to inspect and potentially replace the aircraft's dual pitch rate sensors (PRS).
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Qatar to boost Edinburgh and Istanbul frequencies
Qatar Airways will next year boost frequencies on its services from Doha to both Edinburgh and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport.
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Malaysian firm proposes alternate path for MAS
A newly set up financial advisory firm has put in a formal proposal to work with majority shareholder Khazanah Nasional to turn around ailing Malaysia Airlines (MAS), with an emphasis on sales and leaseback transactions.
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PICTURES: Qantas’s retro 737 touches down in Sydney
Qantas’s 75th Boeing 737-800 has arrived in Sydney, sporting a unique retro livery.
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Aegean to add 16 international destinations in 2015
Aegean Airlines will add 16 new international destinations to its network in 2015 as part of its strategy to help further develop the Greek tourism trade.
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ANALYSIS: Gap widens among European airlines
CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry on how the latest financial results season illustrates a growing gap between Europe's higher performing and struggling airlines
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Dutch team recover tail section from MH17 crash site
Dutch air accident investigators have recovered the tail section from the wreckage of flight MH17 after a second day of work at the crash site in the Ukraine.
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ANALYSIS: Flightglobal investigates three-year 787-8 in-service saga
This investigation was supposed to have been published about 1.5 years ago. It's been slightly longer than three years since Boeing 787-8 launch customer All Nippon Airways launched revenue service with a charter flight from Tokyo-Narita to Hong Kong.
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Work begins on recovering MH17 wreckage
Dutch air accident investigators expect work on recovering the wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site to to take several days after beginning the recovery operation.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines satisfied with 787 engines despite efficiency miss
If one of today’s market fashions becomes permanent, the Boeing 787 could be the last commercial widebody aircraft that offers buyers a choice of an engine supplier: the GE Aviation GEnx-1B or the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000.
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ANALYSIS: Lithium ion battery fix prompts mixed reviews for 787 operators
Eighteen months after the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted the grounding order on the Boeing the 787-8 fleet, the two rechargeable lithium ion batteries installed in the aircraft produce mixed reactions among operators.
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ANALYSIS: After three years in service, how is 787 performing?
All Nippon Airways introduces Masami Tsukamoto as the first airline pilot outside of Boeing who was allowed to take the controls of the 787-8. When the day finally came to fly the first Dreamliner delivered to ANA from Seattle to Tokyo, Tsukamoto’s reading on the pre-flight fuel gauge still surprises ...