All Ops & safety articles – Page 865
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Cargo counts
The techniques that airports need to employ to attract cargo service are very different to those used to woo passenger carriers
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NewsSingapore budget carriers to merge
Widely expected consolidation in Singapore’s crowded budget airline sector has become reality, as rivals Jetstar Asia and Valuair have agreed to merge.
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France’s BEA begins Helios CVR examination
France’s air accident investigation body, the BEA, is assessing information on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 which crashed in Greece on 14 August.
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Further bankruptcies beckon for US majors
The season of involuntary restructuring is in full blossom this autumn as two more major US airlines – Delta and Northwest Airlines – are poised at the brink of bankruptcy.
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NewsAlliance values
The original bright revenue promises of the global alliances may have lost their lustre in today’s competitive reality, but initiatives in new areas such as distribution may revive early hopes that airlines could add more value together than apart
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Alitalia thrown final lifeline
Italian flag carrier Alitalia is hoping a European Commission (EC) approved recapitalisation, coupled with a raft of restructuring measures, will enable it to return to profit next year.
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AnalysisAirline alliance analysis: Collective gains
As the alliances build ever more wide-reaching networks and become truly global, their attention is turning to finding ways to cut costs in new areas, and from some unexpected sources
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Africa’s era of liberalisation
The African airline industry is starting to benefit from liberalisation, but there are still many challenges ahead, says Elijah Chingosho, technical director of the African Airlines Association
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Labour turbulence shakes Aer Lingus management
A bitter labour row over a leaked memo about cuts greeted new Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion when he assumed the leadership of the Irish state-owned carrier in August.
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NASA slammed in Return to Flight report
NASA management has been accused of arrogance and substandard engineering in the final report of the Return to Flight Task Group (RTFTG), which monitored NASA's implementation of the Columbia accident investigation board (CAIB) recommendations.
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NewsEarlier incidents underline depressurisation hazards
Although the sequence of events in the cockpit of the crashed Helios Airways Boeing 737 remains a mystery, earlier incidents have shown the crucial importance of reacting promptly to airliner depressurisations. In both the incidents below the captain lost consciousness, leaving only the first officer flying the aircraft. And ...
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UPS 747F order will complement, not change, A380 plans
Package carrier UPS’s new Boeing 747-400 freighter order will be used to supplement capacity on routes already earmarked for the operator’s 10 Airbus A380s, which are scheduled for delivery in 2009.
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Fake Helios pictures identified
Hoax photographs purporting to be pictures taken from the cockpit a Lockheed Martin F-16 as it intercepted the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that crashed near Athens on 14 August have been circulated on the internet.
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PIA seeks newer aircraft through wet-lease arrangement
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is seeking a wet-lease on one Airbus A320 or one Boeing 737-800, which will mark the introduction of a completely new aircraft model for the airline.
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NewsNo survivors in West Caribbean MD-82 crash
Colombian civil aviation administration Aerocivil has confirmed that there are no survivors from the West Caribbean Airways-operated Boeing MD-82 aircraft which crashed in Venezuela early today.
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New pilot training school opens in Shandong province
Shandong Airlines has teamed up with Oklahoma-based Spartan School of Aeronautics to open an ab initio flight training school in northeast China.