Airline Business articles from June 2003

Airline Business archives from June 2003

Operations David Kaminski-Morrow / london; Boeing details guidelines for future ATM systems design; Move comes after broadening of US-focused framework to cover Europe and Asia-Pacific.(air traffic management)
June 3, 2003... Boeing has listed 25 basic principles on which a future air traffic management (ATM) system should be based after broadening a preliminary US-focused framework to cover European and Asia-Pacific needs. While the principles set out by Boeing...

In-flight internet; Lufthansa makes first Connexion.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... Lufthansa has signed up as launch customer for Boeing's Connexion broadband internet and e-mail service and will install the system on its entire long-haul fleet. Beginning early next year, about 80 of Lufthansa's Airbus A330s, A340s and Boeing...

Routes Nicholas Ionides / Singapore; Dragonair takes Cathay to court ; Carrier aims to have licence award overturned, stating Hong Kong-China market is too small to sustain another airline.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... Hong Kong's second carrier, Dragonair, is taking legal action to try to overturn the award of licences from the Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) in April to Cathay for Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen routes. Dragonair opposed Cathay's...

security David Learmount / London; ICAO details identity-check system ; New passport standard will use facial recognition technology and an electronic chip to store personal information.(International Civil Aviation Organisation)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... A globally standardised system for preventing identity fraud and simultaneously speeding passenger processing at airports has been unveiled by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. ICAO's technical advisory group on machine...

Delivery Vladimir Karnozov / Moscow; Antonov An-140 is first of 20 for Ukraine market.(Motor-Sich Avia)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... Ukraine's Motor-Sich Avia, part of engine manufacturer Motor-Sich, has taken delivery of an Antonov An-140 52-seat regional turboprop from Kharkov state aviation plant (KhGAPP). KhGAPP general director Pavel Naumenko says the Ukrainian market...

Know your enemy.(aviation security)
June 3, 2003... No-one argues that aviation security is a luxury. Now that there is a blueprint for a major advance, the world must implement it Security is an unavoidable component in an air transport journey. Nobody likes it, but everybody accepts the...

Mission: Radhakrishna Rao / Bangalore: India confident on lunar launch.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to submit its Rp3,500 million ($75 million) lunar project to the Indian government for approval, says chairman Dr K Kasturirangan. Assuming the project is approved, work would begin by year-end,...

Satellites: Long March takes off.(China booster rocket)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... China launched a Long March 3A booster from Xichang on 25 May, carrying the country's third geostationary-orbiting navigation satellite, Bei Dou 3, completing a planned three-satellite constellation. The first two satellites were launched in...

In brief.(miscellaneous brief articles)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... Brazil tries again Brazil plans to launch its Vehiculo Lancador de Satellites (VLS) in August on the country's third attempt to join the world's satellite launcher club. The VLS, which failed in 1997 and 1999, will be launched from the...

Re-entry: faulty gyroscope switch changed Soyuz landing.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... The ballistic re-entry and off-target landing of the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft returning three crew from the International Space Station (ISS) was caused by a faulty gyroscope switch. Re-entry switched from the normal pattern to a ballistic path...

safety Tim Furniss / London; NASA veterans to lead Shuttle recovery effort; Appointment of committee is in line with CAIB recommendations expected in August.(National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Columbia Accident Investigation Board)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... NASA is appointing a Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight Oversight Committee of "seasoned veterans" to aid recovery of the programme. The decision is in line with recommendations expected to be made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board...

Isolated at sea.(island airfields)
June 3, 2003... Alternate airfields in the event of an emergency are crucial for aircraft flying ETOPS routes, but do these little-used outposts have viable futures? Mark Pilling / London For all but a few intrepid tourists, ecologists or hardy...

Paving the way.(runways for US airfields)
June 3, 2003... US airfields badly need extra runways to ease congestion, but political and legal wrangling is hampering planning and construction Aaron Karp / Washington DC Despite the downturn in air travel and the flagging finances of its major...

BALKAN REBIRTH.(air forces of former Yugoslavia)
June 3, 2003... The states of the former Yugoslavia are picking up the pieces after years of conflict and building their air forces for a new role in Europe Igor Salinger / Sarajevo, Banjaluka, Belgrade and Zagreb Eight years after the end of the...