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March 3, 2008
FAA to Install Runway Safety Warning System at LAX
After several recent gate accidents, last week’s runway excursion of a United 737 at Jackson Hole and protestations that runway safety is improving, the FAA is continuing with its runway safety efforts and is now installing technology that warns pilots...
March 3, 2008
Safety Management Systems: The Future of Air Safety – Part II
SMS Forces Changes for Regulators Just as operators are being asked to incorporate safety management systems (SMS), so too are regulators with Transport Canada at the leading edge of not only helping operators incorporate such systems but in reorganizing...
February 18, 2008
New European Association for Air Taxis
With 14 founding members, operators in Europe recently launched the Air Taxi Association Europe, an adjunct of the U.S.-based Air Taxi Association. Founding operators stretch across continental Europe and beyond and include AccelJet, AirCab, Air-Cannes...
February 18, 2008
Interesting Sidelights – Congestion Pricing, New PAMA Cert Program, New Grob MD
Congestion Pricing Delayed Industry opposition to plans allowing airports to charge different landing fees based on congestion, resulted in a delay in implementation of the program, after Air Transport Association was granted a 30-day extension in the comment...
February 4, 2008
Eurocontrol Planning for Sustained Expansion in VLJ Market
In order to understand how VLJs will impact air traffic in Europe, EUROCONTROL is preparing a simulation that will assess the impact of VLJ operations as part of a plan to smoothly integrate the new craft into a complex air traffic control system. The...
February 4, 2008
New Avionics Technology Generates Uncertainty
As major avionics-related initiatives come to the fore, questions about the new technology and its ramifications are causing uncertainty among decision makers in aviation. How organizations will cope with the wholesale change will be the overriding theme of a...
February 4, 2008
New Panama City Airport Cleared for Takeoff
The Panama City - Bay County International Airport and Industrial District, which runs the Panama City Airport, said the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its stay that limited construction for the relocation of the Panama City-Bay County...
January 21, 2008
Playing to Peoria: Controversial Fee Policy Issued by DOT
December’s announcement setting caps at Kennedy and Newark airports and calling for a capacity Czar to address delay problems makes it sound as if the government is really working on stemming the delays that have plagued the industry for over a year...
January 21, 2008
Aviation Industry Set for Torrid Growth?
The aerospace industry is poised to continue its unprecedented winning streak in 2008, according to experts, although recessionary clouds are beginning to dampen prospects for the future. Just how the future looks for different segments of the aviation...
January 21, 2008
NOTAMs by Computer
Next week pilots will be able to receive all NOTAMs relevant to their flight on their computers as new local NOTAMS are reclassified and published electronically, alleviating the need to call local flight service stations along the route. "AOPA has been...
January 21, 2008
Eclipse Secures Financing, Russian Production
Even as Adam Aircraft begins its streamlining and search for long-term financing, Eclipse Aviation, which went through a layoffs last year which included 10 percent of its workforce because of production delays, has secured long-term financing by expanding...
December 17, 2007
Confusing Week for NY Decongestant Proposals
Amid press reports indicating the Department of Transportation will make auctions part of its recommendations when Secretary Mary Peters reports to President Bush this week, the department published the 188-page report from Aviation Rulemaking Committee...
December 10, 2007
NextGen Means Safety and Efficiency
Marion Blakey, who recently took over as the new president and chief executive of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) says “perhaps the single most important goal is transforming the national air transportation system,” something she was...
December 10, 2007
New FAA Rule Boosts Aircraft Wiring Safety
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed a new rule designed to mitigate conditions that put airliners at risk for wire failures, smoke and fire. The final rule greatly enhances the safety requirements for design, installation and maintenance of...
December 10, 2007
Composite Safety Concerns are Red Herrings
Although the general public sees composite aircraft as a new frontier in aviation, speakers during the recent Aviation Today webinar – Aircraft Composites: How New Materials are Forever Changing Aviation – on composite safety pointed out that...
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