All Ops & safety articles – Page 568
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Space tourism: Fly at your own peril
US spacelaw says spaceflight tourists will go aloft with their eyes wide open to the risks of an all-new technology
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Atlas Air readies for EFB usage
Atlas Air is preparing for electronic flight bag (EFB) installation on one Boeing 747-400 purpose-built freighter in July, part of an FAA-funded programme...
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EASA requires A300, A310 pilot seat deactivation
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is giving operators of Sogerma pilot seat-equipped Airbus A300-600, A300-600ST and A310 aircraft until 9 May to...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
Shortly after Eurocontrol predicted a 5% decline in European air traffic for 2009, the Irish budget carrier announced that its passenger numbers increased...
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Comment: ICAO should set up santions against states that fail to prepare for performance-based navigation
It would be fantastic to wave a magic wand and bring performance-based navigation to the globe in a flash. In this ideal world, all the just-post-war...
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UK funding crisis threatens UAV airspace integration effort
The UK's ASTRAEA unmanned air vehicle airspace integration project is likely to advance into a second phase of activity, despite a decision by one of its...
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RAA cautiously optimistic about Obama team's EAS stance
US trade group the Regional Airline Association (RAA) is expressing cautious optimism that the country's essential air service (EAS) programme will be strengthened...
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Working Week: A sustainable future at Thomson
Patrick Haller is a fuel manager at Thomson Airways. He is managing the implementation of the emission trading scheme at the airline and is closely involved with performance monitoring at the UK carrier
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Lufthansa Group turns in dismal first-quarter traffic figures
Lufthansa Group has posted quarterly traffic and cargo figures which reflect the challenging industry outlook. Group passenger traffic for the first...
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Space tourism: Tourism starts here
The state of New Mexico has a $225 million ambition to turn a remote location into the natural home of personal spaceflight
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Airbus researches weight-shift control system
Airbus has designed a backup flight control system that provides transport aircraft control by transferring fuel between separate tanks in the left and right...
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Air traffic management stakeholders sign up to a peformance-based navigation future
The world's aviation community has struck a global deal to speed the roll-out of next-generation satellite-based air navigation to help drive efficiency...
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UK CAA criticises EASA flightcrew licensing proposals
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has appealed to the European Aviation Safety Agency to delay the date for the start of new flightcrew licensing rules.
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First quarter data confirms 2009 orders collapse
Cancellations almost outweigh orders at Airbus and Boeing amid collapse in new deals, but output remains high
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Rebel group urges UN to consider climate aviation czar
A renegade group of major international airlines is calling for aviation to have its own climate czar. They want a new supremo to ensure that some of the...
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Blacklist: One-Two-Go and Motor-Sich among those banned
Six Kazakh operators along with Thailand's One-Two-Go and Ukrainian carrier Motor-Sich Airlines are among those being formally banned from European Union...
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DOT requires virtually no carve-outs in tentative Star approval
US regulators in their tentative approval of anti-trust for the establishment of a joint venture among four Star Alliance members are requiring virtually...
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NTSB slams American maintenance, pilot performance in St. Louis engine fire
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says American Airlines of "inappropriate" maintenance procedures to manually start Boeing MD-82 engines...
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Credit crunch may thwart Midway privatization
The consortium set to privatize Chicago Midway airport failed to meet its financing deadline on 6 April, stalling plans to modernize the facility.
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Air France-KLM posts tough March traffic figures
Air France-KLM has continued the industry's dismal March traffic figures by posting sharp falls in its passenger and freight businesses. Group passenger...