All Ops & safety articles – Page 560
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VIDEO: AirBaltic chief Bertolt Flick on the Baltic meltdown
By shifting to a transfer strategy, airBaltic is expecting to defy the financial crisis with increased profits in 2009
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Contingency plans takes priority for Iberia
Spanish carrier targets €200 million savings from cost cutting plan
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EC encouraged by clean-up of Internet practices
Investigation of 67 airlines' Internet sites by the European Commission, as part of a drive against misleading advertising, has revealed that most carriers...
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Aer Lingus mulls schedule and delivery cuts as traffic declines
Aer Lingus is pondering route and order cancellations as it tries to remain independent after Ryanair's abortive buyouts
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Ireland Special Report
The closure of SR Technics' Dublin plant confirmed aerospace would not escape Ireland's economic crisis, but Shannon Aerospace has moved to protect itself by embracing lean management, while many in the busy leasing sector pause to restructure...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
The European Commission has approved the financing plan for Germany's new capital airport, Berlin Brandenburg, to be built on the Schonefeld airport...
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IAE eyes role in new Chinese narrowbody
International Aero Engines (IAE) is in talks with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) over potentially supplying a powerplant for China's...
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Airbus issues safety notice as ANZ A320 crash probe continues
Airbus has issued a reminder to operators of its aircraft to be especially careful to protect aerodynamic data sensors during maintenance and painting work,...
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CVR should remain "sacred cow" to accident probes: ALPA
Cockpit voice recordings are intended to be used as aids in accident investigations and should "remain a sacred cow for that", the Air Line Pilots Association's...
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Bombardier reveals plan for Q100 life-extension programme
Bombardier "does not see any roadblocks" to extending the structural life of its Dash 8 Q100s by 50% to 120,000 cycles. A growing number of the type is coming...
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European studies claim no climate effect from 9/11 grounding
German and UK scientists have challenged the idea that the climate was significantly influenced by the absence of contrails when the US FAA grounded flights...
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Colgan seeks to add cockpit voice recorder data to quality assurance programme after crash
US regional Colgan Air has proposed adding cockpit voice recorder data to its flight operations quality assurance programme in the aftermath of a fatal 12...
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9/11 not to blame for climate effect
The idea that the absence of airliner contrails during the brief US grounding in the wake of the 9/11 attacks had a significant influence on the climate...
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Airbus slows A380 final assembly ramp-up
Airframer decelerates output increase of ultra-large airliner as it evaluates customers' delivery needs in the downturn
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China's Shenzhen Airlines to employ 25 Taiwanese pilots
China's Shenzhen Airlines plans to receive 25 Taiwanese pilots as part of a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) initiative to help China overcome...
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Colgan seeks to add CVR data to FOQA programme after crash
US regional Colgan Air has proposed adding cockpit voice recorder (CVR) data to its flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) programme in the aftermath...
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LaHood seeks to end New York slot auctions
US transportation secretary Ray LaHood has proposed cancelling controversial slot auctions at New York City-area airports, a programme introduced by his...
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A330/340 production rate aimed at 8.5 a month
Airbus executive vice-president programmes Tom Williams Williams says the airframer is "trying to settle A330/A340 production rate at around 8.5 a month,...