All Ops & safety articles – Page 875
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Capacity grab
Traffic is booming in India, but there is a danger expansion will be held back by a lack of capacity, particularly at its congested Mumbai and New Delhi hubs
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Delta and Northwest force labour cuts
The two majors in reorganisation are finding that the brute force of bankruptcy protection produces more results than a conciliatory approach.
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NewsFighting talk
Already strained relations between the main airline and airport trade bodies on charges are at a new low, with airport organisation ACI telling its members to bypass IATA and talk directly with airlines
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Sterling sold to FL Group
The sale of Copenhagen-based budget carrier Sterling to Iceland’s FL Group is set to change the face of the Scandinavian low-cost sector.
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Service formula
As it approaches a decade of service, Canada’s WestJet is certainly not slowing down, but it is adapting its business model
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Growth phenomena
There seems to be no stopping the relentless expansion of the Gulf’s main carriers, but are their growth plans sustainable and realistic?
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Rocky relations
The row between Airports Council International (ACI) and IATA, with the airport group refusing to negotiate with IATA over the issue of airport charges, signals a new low in relations between the two trade bodies, but it may help clear the air towards finally agreeing performance benchmarks
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US Govt officials detail key aviation safety challenges
Runway incursions, operational errors and staffing levels for air traffic controllers and safety inspectors constitute the key safety challenges currently facing the US FAA, Government officials told the Senate aviation subcommittee yesterday.
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No sign of technical problem in Toronto A340 overrun: TSB
An Air France A340-300 that overran the runway at Toronto Pearson airport on August 2 does not appear to have suffered any technical problems, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says today as part of an update into its investigation.
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ANA pilots' strike called off
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has averted a 24-hour pilots’ strike planned for today but has yet to reach an agreement with the unions.