All Ops & safety articles – Page 309
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ROUTES: St Vincent and Grenadines airport on course for 2013 opening
Everything remains on course for St Vincent and the Grenadines' Argyle International Airport to open in late 2013, according to Glen Beache, chief executive...
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ROUTES: AEA warns austerity moves will damage EU aviation
European governments must not harm future aviation development by cutting back on infrastructure investment or overburdening the industry with regulation,...
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ROUTES: LAX gearing up to accommodate big jets and new routes
Visiting LA? You'll love the beaches and you won't want to miss Disneyland. While in town, walk with the stars in Hollywood and enjoy the great shopping.
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ROUTES: Heathrow debate has regional implications
News that Patrick McLoughlin, the UK's new transport secretary, has postponed his decision over Heathrow's third runway until after the next General Election...
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ROUTES: Greece looks to aviation industry to rescue economy
Greece sees aviation as key to rescuing itself from its economic predicament, the county's new minister of tourism Olga Kefalogianni says. Speaking...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Big three engine manufacturers shift up a gear
Powerplant makers are vying to deliver the 10% fuel-burn improvement targeted by Boeing for the next generation of its hot-selling 777 widebody twinjet family. We investigate the likely offerings from General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce.
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Belated inquiry probes Germanwings pilots' fume struggle
German investigators have disclosed that both pilots of a Germanwings Airbus A319 were badly affected by fumes while approaching Cologne, but details about the seriousness of the event only emerged a year after it took place.
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The dangers of flying in Nepal
Today's fatal crash of a Dornier 228-200 in Nepal was the second in the mountainous country this year and adds to a dreadful safety record of nine fatal...
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NewsPAL orders 10 A330s for $2.5bn
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has exercised options to buy 10 Airbus A330-300 aircraft for $2.5 billion, with deliveries planned in 2013-2014. The deal...
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NewsSita Air Do-228-200 crash kills 19 in Nepal
A Dornier Do-228-200 aircraft crashed three minutes after taking off from Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu, a Nepal police spokesman confirms. The aircraft,...
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NTSB corrects previous reports linking 747-8 engine failure to GEnx fan midshaft problem
US safety investigators have corrected a previous report that linked an engine failure on an AirBridge Cargo Boeing 747-8 to the fan midshaft cracks found...
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NewsPICTURES: Chinese ditching exercise uses full-scale mock-up jet
Chinese authorities have conducted a search and rescue exercise simulating the ditching of a twin-engined aircraft in water off Shanghai.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is the weakness in the cargo market a temporary dip or a long-term trend?
"Our approach has primarily been to build our existing... large palletised bellyholds and combi capacities" Pierre-Olivier Bandet SVP marketing,...
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IN FOCUS: FastJet outlines African ambitions
FastJet, the new pan-African low-cost carrier backed by Stelios Haji-Ioannou, will launch operations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in early November and plans...
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NewsFire brought down Asiana 747F in just 18min
Stricken Asiana freighter, transporting batteries and hazardous chemicals, failed to reach safety during attempt to divert
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NewsUK defence select committee to probe BAE-EADS tie-up
A new regulatory hurdle has been put in the path of the proposed merger between BAE Systems and EADS after the UK House of Commons defence select committee...
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Japan grants Mitsubishi more MRJ design oversight
Japan has granted Mitsubishi Aircraft approval to carry out design inspections normally undertaken by the government, which will help expedite the progress...
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Inquiry advises Madrid fuel rethink after Valencia diversions
Investigators are recommending that Spanish authorities review fuel advice for Madrid-bound flights after three Ryanair weather diversions to Valencia each resulted in pilots declaring a fuel emergency.
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NewsARJ21 passes emergency evacuation test
Comac has completed the emergency evacuation test for its ARJ21 regional jet programme. On 21 September, 90 passengers and four crew members evacuated...
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NewsBirmingham shuts as Aurela 737 veers off runway
Flights have been suspended at Birmingham airport in the UK after a Lithuanian-operated aircraft apparently veered off the runway. The Monarch Airlines...