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| 08.12.2009 |
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NavSat System on Fokker Aircraft
Fokker Services announces the introduction of an integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70. With the integrated GNSS system Fokker operators will be able to obtain a more accurate aircraft track keeping performance...
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| 08.11.2009 |
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FAA Boss Promises Action on Pilot Fatigue; More News
Federal Aviation Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt has vowed to develop regulations aimed at reducing the threat of fatigue in the flight deck. "We know too much," Babbitt said in an address to the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Air Safety...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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2008 Safety Review has Mixed Results
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its Annual Safety Review for 2008. The number of fatal accidents involving aircraft registered in member states of EASA and performing commercial air transport operations remained at the level of 2007...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Aero-Instruments Offers Pitot Probes for Airbus 320/330
Cleveland-based Aero-Instruments says the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the company's 0851HL-AI Pitot Probe as a replacement part on Airbus commercial transports. The Aero-Instruments' 0851HL-AI Pitot Probe can now be installed on...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
ITT Teams with Oman RAF ITT has been awarded a contract to supply a turnkey Air Traffic Control (ATC) solution for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at their new operational airbase. ITT will supply a turnkey ATC solution, including: a Terminal Air...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Safety Management System. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Request for Comments. SUMMARY: This ANPRM solicits public comments on a potential rulemaking requiring certain 14 CFR part 21, 119, 121, 125, 135, 141, 142, and 145 certificate holders...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 07, 2009 Skwentna, AK DOUGLAS DC-3C N777YA Tailwheel-equipped DC-3C sustained substantial damage while taxiing after landing on a gravel-covered, off-airport site, about 24 miles west of Skwentna. No...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Automatic Ice Prevention Mandated, More News
New design passenger aircraft must include ice prevention systems that automatically activate or warn the pilots of ice buildup. Responding to a fatal 1994 regional airline crash in Indiana, the rule “increases safety by not relying on the pilot alone...
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| 08.07.2009 |
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Safety Webinar Examines Increasing Safety Issues; More News
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
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| 08.06.2009 |
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UK High-Speed Rail Debate Hints at U.S. Issues
The UK’s Guardian is all over a plan to develop a high-speed rail network in Britain specifically to replace short-haul air service both within Britain and to European destinations. The plan, announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, could...
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| 08.06.2009 |
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A380 Service Report; More News
Twelve months after the A380 began its initial (and short-lived) scheduled service to the U.S. and as approaches a first round of 6,000-hour/two-year maintenance checks, operators of the very large airliner (VLA) have testified to its reliability and, barring...
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| 08.05.2009 |
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Airlines Loosen Frequent Flier Rules to Lure Business Travelers; More News
United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways have all relaxed their customer rewards programs, as air carriers face weak demand amidst the recession. Providing a few additional breaks to elite frequent fliers aims to lure in more...
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| 08.04.2009 |
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Mixed fortunes for Middle East carriers
Airlines operating in the Middle East might appear to offer the greatest stimulus to air transport optimists looking for signs of encouragement as the industry continues to suffer from travelers' extended reaction to the global economic crisis. Such airlines...
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| 08.04.2009 |
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U.S. Airlines Hike Bag Check Fees; Overnight News
American Airlines and Continental Airlines are raising, by $5, the fees they charge to check a first and second bag on domestic flights in a move to make up for second quarter losses reported last week. For American, the checked bag fee will increase for...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Mandate to Replace Airbus Pitot Tubes
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will propose an Airworthiness Directive (AD) mandating that 200 Airbus A330/A340 aircraft currently fitted with older Thales pitot probes be fitted with at least two pitot tube made by Goodrich, allowing a maximum of...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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AD on Boeing 777 Proposed
Prompted by the 2008 crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at London Heathrow, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing modifications that would prevent ice accumulation inside the fuel systems of certain B-777/engine combinations. The...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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AIA Works to Change Foreign Repair Station Provision
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) says it is continuing efforts to change a "harmful" provision in the FAA reauthorization bill that could damage U.S. relations abroad and put thousands of U.S. jobs at risk. The reauthorization bill cleared...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Pilots Should Seek Apnea Treatment
Two pilots for Go! Airlines slumbered during a flight in Hawaii, were suspended for careless and reckless operation of an aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and subsequently fired by their employer. The captain was later found as suffering...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
New NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, who has been a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the past fiveyears, has been sworn in as the Safety Board's 12th chairman. Hersman was nominated for the two-year term as chairman by the While House last...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Face the C-MUSIC Elbit Systems will supply the Israeli Ministry of Transportation with the C-MUSIC system (commercial multi-spectral infrared countermeasure) under a contract in the amount of approximately $76 million. The system, to be supplied by Elbit...
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