All Ops & safety articles – Page 328
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Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia share swap officially terminated
The cross-ownership agreement between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia has officially been terminated. AirAsia's parent Tune Air and MAS' largest...
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NewsBoeing works to close window on 737 Max configuration changes
Boeing says the "window is closing fast" on making additional configuration changes to the 737 Max after revealing earlier today a strikingly new winglet...
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Airlink signs up for Sabena Technics landing gear support
South African regional carrier Airlink has entered into an exclusive landing gear support agreement with Sabena Technics. The deal covers repair and...
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NewsBoeing testing modal suppression for 747-8I stabilizer
Boeing is using a flight test 747-8 Freighter to investigate whether a software-based fix, similar to the outboard aileron modal suppression (OAMS) system used on the cargo aircraft, will solve a concern about possible flutter in fuel-laden 747-8I horizontal stabilisers in the event of a structural failure.
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Aerostar grows MRO business with new Bacau hangar
Romanian aerospace company Aerostar will double its airframe maintenance capacity with the planned opening of a new hangar at its location in Bacau this...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Europe's low-cost carrier revolution
A decade of development by the low-cost carriers has seen the short-haul map of Europe completely redrawn with well over a hundred budget carrier bases now in operation across the continent.
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Delta to acquire oil refinery
Delta Air Lines has confirmed plans to acquire an oil refinery south of Philadelphia, after rumours of the purchase first surfaced earlier this month. The...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Investment failure could kill clean skies ATM
Political apathy and sovereignty concerns are among the factors putting government investment in air traffic management changes at risk, market leaders say
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NewsIN FOCUS: Attention focuses on ICAO as emission trading row rumbles on
Amid a hardening of opposition to the European Union's emissions trading system, ICAO has been touted as the logical forum for delivering a solution. Can it deliver?
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NewsIN FOCUS: MOCCA to lead the way in European ash-monitoring systems
A new ash-monitoring resource in the form of a specially equipped aircraft is about to go fully operational on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority
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NewsIN FOCUS: Will volcanic ash paralyse Europe again?
Much has been done to ensure that if volcanic ash were to drift over Europe as it did in April 2010, aviation would not be immobilised again.
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NewsThree Qantas A380s repaired for rib-foot cracks so far
Qantas has discovered, and repaired, limited rib-foot cracking in all three Airbus A380s inspected so far under an airworthiness directive.
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IN FOCUS: Long-haul, low-cost at home in Southeast Asia
When Oasis Hong Kong Airlines's chief executive Steve Miller put the business into liquidation on 9 April 2008, many thought it was the beginning of the...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Low-cost carriers keep flexing the model
For the low-cost carrier segment, 2011 saw a further spread of the model. Double-digit growth continued, with passenger numbers at the 75 biggest carriers jumping by 11.6%. Revenues among 30 of the leading carriers increased by a quarter.
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Pakistan begins aircraft inspections after Bhoja Air crash
Inspections of all aircraft operated by privately owned Pakistani carriers are being carried out after the crash of a Boeing 737-200 operated by Bhoja Air...
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Spirit Airlines chief executive Ben Baldanza
Aside from the artist's impression of an aircraft and the company's logo welcoming you at the entrance, there are little signs this nondescript office in...
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IN FOCUS: The state of the Indian airline market
There was optimism aplenty at the Indian Aviation show in Hyderabad two years ago. The pall cast by the 2008-2009 economic downturn was lifting, the irrational...
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NewsBoeing: 787 unit costs to drop 50% by summer
Unit costs to produce a 787-8 by July will 50% less that the first aircraft delivered to All Nippon Airways less than a year earlier, Boeing chief executive...
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NewsLufthansa takes first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
Star Alliance carrier Lufthansa today took possession of its inaugural 747-8 Intercontinental, marking the first delivery of the type to a passenger airline....