All Ops & safety articles – Page 358
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Passengers and crew dead in Indonesian C-212 crash
Investigators have found an Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) C-212-200 aircraft that crashed in Indonesia's Sumatra island on 29 September. The aircraft,...
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ROUTES: Governments raise the stakes against EU emissions
One of the World Route Development Strategy Summit's first panellists dropped a bombshell yesterday: a group of 25 countries on Friday agreed to a joint...
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AirAsia X to wait for Khazanah sale before IPO
Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X will complete the sale of a stake to the country's national investment agency before focusing on its initial...
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Australia and Japan ink open skies agreement
Australia and Japan have signed an open skies agreement that paves the way for the removal of all restrictions on air services between the two countries.
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ROUTES: Dabbas details Royal Jordanian's Africa strategy
Royal Jordanian Airlines will start a series of new routes into Africa in the next few months in a bid to replace haemorrhaging European traffic, the carrier's...
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ROUTES: Long-haul, low-cost model dead in the water
Legacy airlines will become increasingly reliant on budget carriers to provide feed to their long-haul networks - and the long-haul, low-cost model is pretty much dead in these times of high oil prices.
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Routes: Low-cost carriers take on the Italian job
European budget operators have taken advantage of the fragmented Italian market to expand
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ROUTES: Boeing 737 Max takes on Airbus’s A320neo
Airbus and Boeing are going head to head again in the short-haul market after the US airframer shadowed its rival's move with a re-engineered version of its current narrowbody.
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NewsCargolux, Boeing and GE break 747-8F impasse
Boeing, General Electric and Cargolux have resolved a contractual dispute regarding the performance of its first two 747-8 freighters and plans to take delivery...
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EASA proposes AD on A380 Trent 900 pylon modifications
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a proposed airworthiness directive for Airbus A380 operators to modify panels on Rolls-Royce Trent...
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News747-8F row linked to GE issues, not Qatar 787s: Sources
Cargolux's 747-8F contractual wrangle with Boeing is linked to GE engine issues, Flightglobal has learned.
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ROUTES: Industry meets with caution in the air
The return of economic fragility means stuttering airline growth, but the 787 introduction provides welcome tonic for route managers
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NewsVIDEO: ANA 737 rolled near-inverted after rudder trim blunder
Japanese investigators have detailed the extraordinary in-flight upset involving an All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-700 which resulted in the aircraft banking to a near-inverted attitude.
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ATR scores raft of new turboprop deals
Calling 2011 its "best-selling year ever", ATR has revealed a raft of fresh turboprop orders - including six undisclosed deals covering 51 aircraft - that bring its year-to-date tally to a record 145 firm orders.
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MROE: Global maintenance sector still facing turbulent times
The global maintenance, repair and overhaul industry may have reached the "bottom of the business" in 2009 but today is still "clearly a turbulent time"...
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OpinionInitial ECJ opinion on EU ETS legal challenge expected soon
The European Court of Justice's senior legal advisor is poised to put forward an opinion on the challenge against the inclusion of aviation in the EU's emissions trading system (ETS), brought forward by the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) and three of its members.
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NewsInquiry confirms electrical arcing caused fatal Tu-154 fire
Investigators have attributed the fatal blaze on a parked Kolavia Tupolev Tu-154B at Surgut to electrical arcing in a generator panel mounted in the rear.
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Cathay, Dragonair crews heed warnings on separation loss
Cathay Pacific Airways said a loss of separation incident that occurred on 18 September between one of its Boeing 777-300ERs and an Airbus A330 that was...
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NewsICAO and EU set down global accident reporting platform
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European Commission have agreed to standardise their categorisation of accidents and incidents in order to improve analysis of safety data.
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Avianca places firm order for four A330Fs
Colombian carrier Avianca has signed a firm order for four Airbus A330-200 freighters, becoming the first Latin American carrier to operate the type. The...