All Ops & safety articles – Page 392
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NewsPICTURES: Air Berlin faces investigation over engine oil leak
Air Berlin is facing multiple investigations into problems with one of its Airbus A330-200s, which resulted in the German airline conducting a passenger flight with an engine showing clear signs of oil leakage.
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PICTURE: First A350-900 main gear delivered for testing
Manufacturer Messier-Dowty has delivered the first Airbus A350-900 main landing-gear to the undercarriage test facility at the airframer's UK site at Filton. The...
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EC accused of providing misleading information in ash crisis
European ombudsman Nikiforos Diamondouros today criticised the European Commission (EC) for providing "misleading information" to air passengers during last...
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NewsPICTURE: AF447 flight-data recorder found but memory unit missing
Search teams trying to locate the flight recorders from Air France flight AF447 have located the flight-data recorder, but not the critical memory unit
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ASH CLOUD: New study details volcanic ash protocol for aviation
Last April's decision to close much of Europe's airspace as a result of the volcanic ash cloud that spread across the continent following the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland was "well grounded", according to a new scientific study
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Middle East Careers: Air Arabia leads the charge for Sharjah
The 75 minute or so drive that separates Emirates' hub of Dubai from Etihad's base in Abu Dhabi is often used to illustrate how the two UAE flag-carriers' ambitious expansion trajectories must ultimately collide. In the low-cost world, two other airlines are embarking on similar, but different, growth strategies at ...
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Boeing ensures sparks will not fly on 787s
Boeing's latest rework effort on its all-composite 787 jet sees it removing and replacing thousands of improperly coated fastener joints inside the wings...
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Late touchdown mystifies Spitfire crash investigators
Norwegian investigators are still struggling to understand why a top Swedish display pilot overshot the threshold of an airfield runway in a Supermarine...
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NewsEmerging markets help fuel low-cost carrier traffic growth
Asia-Pacific and Latin American operators led passenger growth rates among low-cost carriers over the last 12 months as emerging markets continue to embrace low-fares traffic during 2010.
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NewsInvestigators close in on sunken AF447's flight recorders
French investigators are confident that they have identified the most likely area of wreckage in which to find the flight recorders of the Air France Airbus...
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Middle East Careers: Teaching on the A380
Capt Paul Declercq is an A380 training captain instructor with Emirates. Born in Belgium and brought up in South Africa, he joined the Dubai airline in 1998 and has worked his way through the Airbus fleet, moving on to the superjumbo last May
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NewsANZ outlines scope of new aviation institute
Air New Zealand has launched a new organisation offering industry-wide training as it seeks a larger and more global role in airline training.
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Middle East Careers: Youthful ambition fuels Etihad
Etihad is only eight years old but has rapidly built up a 60-strong fleet and established itself as a major intercontinental connector
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NewsTu-204SM struggles as key supporter backs away
Russia's beleaguered Tupolev Tu-204SM programme is struggling to avoid total derailment after lessor Ilyushin Finance, its key supporter, withdrew its interest.
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NewsMiddle East Careers: Flydubai recruits staff for its own MRO operation
In another sign that Emirates offshoot Flydubai intends to be its own airline, the Dubai-based low-cost start-up has created an in-house maintenance operation.
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Middle East Careers: Al Baker's gameplan
Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup has added impetus to the expansion plans of Doha's five-star rated flag-carrier
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American focuses on component maintenance in targeting third party work
American Airlines is targeting component maintenance repair and overhaul to expand its work for outside carriers, and plans to market those capabilities...
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NTSB: Pilot error in FedEx ATR 42 crash in Lubbock
The US NTSB says poor airspeed control led to an aerodynamic stall that caused the 27 January 2009 crash of an Empire Airlines ATR 42 landing at Lubbock,...
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NewsSouthwest 737 slides off Chicago runway
A Southwest 737-700 slid off the runway at Chicago's Midway Airport during landing this afternoon. Initial reports say that none of the 134 passengers...
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NewsBoeing reaffirms mid-year target for 737 decision
Boeing has restated its aim of announcing its plans for the 737 - whether to re-engine or to go for a completely new, clean-sheet design - by the middle...