All Ops & safety articles – Page 897
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News
SMA diesel faces FAA interference test hurdle
Key US programme restarts for French engine designed to power Cessna 182 Skylane
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Total Eclipse package launched
Support programme for very light jet includes maintenance, dispatch, flight planning and training for hourly fee
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Lufthansa to help Hainan and Shenzhen open flying school
Lufthansa Flight Training subsidiary InterCockpit plans to open an ab initio flight training school in China with Hainan Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines as joint venture partners
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The next Level
Pilots are getting the message as Europe forges ahead on datalink communications, with crews logging on in their thousands to Eurocontrol’s new technology
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Brazil’s independents press ahead
GOL and TAM are moving to claim more of Brazil’s domestic market as struggling Varig faces court-supervised restructuring.
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Sterling buys Maersk Air
Budget operator Sterling has acquired fellow Danish independent Maersk Air from the AP Moller shipping group, with the aim of increasing its scale in the Scandinavian low-cost market.
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Analysis
Traffic analysis:Growth spurt
Last year passenger traffic finally got back on track with a surge of growth, although as growth rates now settle down, worries persist about the impact of high oil prices and slowing economies
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US watchdog says FAA has billion dollar deficit problem
A US Government watchdog has warned that the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization will produce a $4 billion budget deficit by 2010 if its does not implement stringent cost cutting measures.
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FAA’s challenge to change
Russell Chew, chief operating officer at the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), looks ahead to a unique chance for fundamental restructuring of the US air transport system in the face of budget constraints, ageing technology and a welcome recovery in traffic, although revenues still lag