All Ops & safety articles – Page 535
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Working Week: Scheduling runs like clockwork
Dr Paul Jackson is managing director of London-based Clockwork Research, which supports airlines in managing tiredness and developing fatigue risk management systems for their flightcrew
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Airbus A350 could be equipped with automatic emergency descent system
Airbus is considering equipping the A350 XWB with an automated system that would put the aircraft into an unaided emergency descent if it detected unsafe...
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Sound principles
Can aircraft noise fit into a cap and trading scheme? A European study is aiming to find the answer
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Winners and losers
British Airways will face the largest shortfall of European Union carriers at 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2012, while US carriers Delta Air Lines...
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Carbon confusion
Airlines should shortly be declaring their methods of emissions monitoring in preparation for Europe's trading scheme. But lack of information means they are running out of time as the deadline approaches
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Boeing to bolster 737 windscreens for bird protection
Boeing will increase the bird strike tolerance of its newly remodeled next-generation Boeing 737. According to a statement issued by windscreen manufacturer...
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Mexico's Interjet extends data link programme with Arinc
Mexican low-cost carrier Interjet has extended its data link communications programme with the award of a long-term contract for Arinc's GLOBALink communications...
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Taiwan's EGAT to do heavy checks for Lufthansa Cargo
Germany's Lufthansa Cargo and Taiwanese maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EGAT) have signed airframe heavy maintenance...
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California lawmakers to vote on wildlife mitigation bill
The California State Assembly is soon expected to vote on legislation to grant airports immunity from state law to remove wildlife threatening passenger...
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FAA launches review of Part 23 certification process
Improving business aviation safety standards ...
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Delta deal gives US Airways coveted access to Sao Paulo
US Airways has managed to potentially garner rights to serve a key Latin American destination - Sao Paulo - through a deal with Delta to exchange a limited...
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US Airways and Delta agree to major slot swaps in New York and Washington
US major carriers Delta Air Lines and US Airways have concluded a key slot swap at New York LaGuardia and Washington National airports that US Airways claims...
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Emirates plots 'comprehensive' response to subsidy claims
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is going on the offensive over the continuing issue of subsidies, starting with an outright rejection that it benefits from...
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Emergency datastreaming system may end need to recover crash recorders
Pre-deployment testing has been completed on a new communication system that enables real-time high-density datastreaming from aircraft to ground anywhere...
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SAS to slash more jobs and 'demand' pay cuts among crews
SAS Group is slashing up to 1,500 more positions through yet another cost-cutting programme, aimed at generating SKr2 billion ($273 million) in savings largely...
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Flight Interview: Randy Babbitt
New US Federal Aviation Administration administrator Randy Babbitt echoes all his recent predecessors in calling safety his "number one priority".
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Cathay traffic in July down 8%
Cathay Pacific Airways posted an 8.2% fall in passenger traffic in July with traffic from North America the most adversely affected.
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ATA slams FAA crew training rule change
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) says the US FAA's proposal to update airline pilot, flight attendant, flight engineering and flight dispatcher...
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EASA to allow four months to replace Thales A330/A340 pitots
Operators of Airbus A330s and A340s will have a four-month window to replace Thales Avionics pitot probes once Europe's safety regulator firms up the proposal...
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Vulcan cleared for rest of display season following landing gear inspection
The UK's Vulcan to the Sky Trust has secured an extension to the approved number of cycles for its restored Cold War bomber XH558 ...