All Ops & safety articles – Page 381
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ROUTES: UK regional airports call for Government to rethink APD tax
A group of British regional airports and airlines have joined forces to urge UK finance minister George Osborne to abandon a "one-size-fits-all" approach to Air Passenger Duty (APD), following the UK government's decision to reduce taxation on long-haul flights from airports in Northern Ireland.
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Little optimism for improved conditions soon: IATA
Growth in global passenger traffic showed "significant slowing" in August while the contraction in the freight market accelerated.
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ROUTES: Swedavia puts itself at heart of Scandinavia
Avoid Suburbs is a confident marketing slogan which presents the business case for airlines to fly to or via Sweden rather than Denmark, Norway and Finland. "Sweden...
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NewsROUTES: Tanzania airport expansion opens doors for extra routes
It is all taking off at Tanzania's main airport, Julius Nyerere International in Da es Salaam, where it is seeing amazing growth. "We have seen a steady...
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NewsROUTES: Air Berlin to make decision over further route cancellations
Sword hangs over Air Berlin route
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NewsAvianova collapse is 'tragedy' for Russian economy: chief
Moscow Sheremetyevo airport's operator has set up an emergency office to handle the fallout from budget carrier Avianova's apparent collapse, after the airline failed to confirm that it would operate further services.
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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.