Flight International articles from March 2006

Flight International archives from March 2006

Russian A320 plan unveiled.(Airbus S.A.S. with United Aircraft)
March 7, 2006... Airbus is expected to decide in the next few months whether to set up a freighter conversion centre in partnership with Russia's newly formed United Aircraft (UAC). The manufacturer is working on a plan to convert ageing A320s being...

Chinese carriers bound for top 10.(airlines to be ranked)
March 7, 2006... China expects three of the country's airlines to be ranked among the world's 10 largest by 2020 as demand for Chinese air travel continues to grow at a rapid rate. Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) vice-minister Gao Hongfeng...

EU deal opens markets.(easyJet Airline Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... UK budget carrier EasyJet has become the first airline to take advantage of new liberalised air services agreements with countries neighbouring the European Union to add flights to three new markets outside the EU, launching its first services...

Eurocontrol identifies safety priorities for new action plan.(Eurocontrol Strategic Safety Action Plan)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Eurocontrol has initiated a follow-up air traffic management safety programme that aims to focus on five high-priority areas and build on the organisation's earlier strategic safety action plan. The programme will concentrate on enhancing...

Top echelons tumble at JAL.(Toshiyuki Shinmachi to resign from Japan Air Lines Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Japan Airlines (JAL) chief executive Toshiyuki Shinmachi is to resign along with several other senior executives amid a revolt against their leadership of the troubled carrier. Shinmachi will formally step down late in June and he will be...

Jett aims for mid-year launch.(Jett Air Cargo to launch services with Boeing 747 )(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Planned Singaporean cargo start-up Jett Air Cargo aims to launch operations in the middle of the year with Boeing 747 "Classic" freighters. Industry sources say Jett Air Cargo, which has also registered the business name Jett Airlines...

MAS begins to retrench.(Malaysia Airline System Bhd. freezes aircraft orders )
March 7, 2006... strategy Brendan Sobie / Singapore Malaysian flag carrier freezes aircraft orders until 2008 and starts to shrink fleet Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to rationalise its fleet and hold off on ordering new aircraft until 2008 as part of...

El Al flares alarm UK union.(El Al Israel Airlines, Transport and General Workers Union )
March 7, 2006... Trade union officials are pressing aviation authorities to reveal the exact potential safety issues that El Al's invisible "dark flare" anti-missile technology poses to its 30,000 members working at London Heathrow airport. Aviation...

Service start for new 777.(Pakistan International Airlines Corp. put its Boeing 777 into service)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Boeing 777-200LR launch operator Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has put its first aircraft into service, following delivery last month. PIA used the ultra-long-range aircraft to start new non-stop flights between Karachi and Toronto...

Ryanair founder in Mexican adventure.(Tony Ryan established AeroBus)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Ryanair founder Tony Ryan is to establish a Mexican low-cost airline in conjunction with local transport company IAMSA, which will launch in September with two leased Boeing 737-300s, writes Kerry Ezard. The start-up, which will be called...

Ryanair negotiates radical flightcrew rostering change.(recruitment and training)
March 7, 2006... Ryanair says its pilot to aircraft ratio is as high now as it has ever been and denies widespread industry rumours that its flightcrew recruitment and training has not been able to keep up with fleet growth. Meanwhile, the carrier is in "direct...

SAS pilot transfer goes ahead.(Scandinavian Airlines System's reorganisation)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Pilots of Scandinavian Airlines are threatening legal action after the carrier pressed ahead last week with splitting its pilot corps along individual national boundaries. Pilots are examining legal options following their split into...

SilkAir prepares for buying spree.(Airbus S.A.S. to be replaced with Boeing Co.)
March 7, 2006... SilkAir plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) in April for narrowbodies and possibly regional jets. It expects to place an order before year-end in a move that could see it replace its incumbent Airbus A320 family fleet with Boeing 737s....

EC near to solution on slot trading.(redistributing slots)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The European Commission, which is probing the lucrative unofficial "grey market" in take-off and landing slots across Europe, could be ready to offer a solution by August. An in-depth analysis of slot allocation commissioned by the EC has...

Taneja plots path for expansion.(Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Indian general aviation company Taneja Aerospace plans to expand into the commercial aircraft maintenance and wet-lease markets by opening a new narrowbody hangar and operating BAe ATP freighters for local freight company First Flight Couriers,...

US approval for Ae270 paves way for upgrades.(Ibis Aerospace )(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Aero Vodochody has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for the Ibis Aerospace Ae270 single-engined turboprop, paving the way, the Czech manufacturer expects, for further development of the seven-seat aircraft. The approval...

Embraer takes Phenom mock-ups on world tour.(Embraer Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Embraer has kicked off an international tour with full-scale mock-ups of its Phenom business jets. The tour is designed to stimulate interest in the $2.75 million Phenom 100 very light jet and $6.65 million Phenom 300 light jet, which are...

Crackdown on politicians' safety.(Directorate General of Civil Aviation tightened safety measures)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has tightened safety parameters for commercial helicopter operators, in an effort to slash the accident rate on flights carrying high-profile politicians and VIPs. The move is a response...

Taneja may use Citations for charter service.(Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd., Cessna Aircraft Co.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... India's Taneja Aerospace & Aviation has acquired a Cessna Citation CJ2+ and Citation XLS for delivery in 2007. Taneja, which is Cessna's sales agent in India, says it will launch a business jet charter service using the newly acquired aircraft...

Fight over FAA funds gets fiercer.(Federal Aviation Administration)
March 7, 2006... User fees David Field & Mary Kirby / Washington DC The trench lines are forming in the battle over who will pay how much of the cost of running the US Federal Aviation Administration and modernising its air-traffic control infrastructure as...

VLJ use expected to match fractionals.(very light jets)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... US Federal Aviation Administration forecasters expect around 5,000 very light jets (VLJ) to be operating within national airspace by 2017, utilised at rates similar to fractional-ownership aircraft. The FAA expects 100 VLJs, or microjets,...

Embraer acts on ACS.(Embraer Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A., Aerial Common Sensor )(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Embraer wants to play a part in a future US airborne intelligence-gathering requirement, despite the axing of the Lockheed Martin-led Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) programme, which planned to use as its platform the Brazilian manufacturer's...

Alenia pitches C-27J at new campaigns.(Alenia Aeronautica)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Italy's Alenia Aeronautica is eyeing new customers for the C-27J Spartan tactical transport, following the Bulgarian defence ministry's signature late last month of a [euro]91 million ($108 million) contract to acquire five of the aircraft for...

CSAR control is transferred.(combat search-and-rescue)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Control of active-duty US Air Force combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) units based in the USA is to be transferred from Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to Air Combat Command (ACC) to make the units more quickly available for joint...

Eurotraining delay puts onus on interim services.
March 7, 2006... Seizing on lengthy delays to the planned 11-nation Advanced European Jet Pilot Training, or Eurotraining, programme, at least three of its partner nations are targeting an emerging need to provide interim services until the project can begin...

F-15 conducts great GIG in the sky.(Global Information Grid)
March 7, 2006... Boeing Phantom Works and the US Air Force Research Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to link a tactical fighter in flight to the Global Information Grid (GIG), the US Department of Defense's evolving internet-based information-management...

Improved micro-UAV faces September tests.(unmanned aerial vehicles, Honeywell)
March 7, 2006... Honeywell has doubled the flight endurance, upgraded the sensors and fixed GPS software bugs in its micro air vehicle (MAV) in preparation for a critical design review (CDR) later this month. The ducted-fan vertical take-off and landing MAV is...

BAE's AirWolf starts hunt for DARPA WolfPack lead.(BAE SYSTEMS PLC, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... BAE Systems has demonstrated its AirWolf vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle at Fort Benning, Georgia. The 1.2m (3.9ft)-diameter ducted-fan UAV is a candidate for Phase 2 of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects...

Lockheed upbeat on MPA contracts.(Lockheed Martin Corp., maritime patrol aircraft)
March 7, 2006... Lockheed Martin is confident it can seal several maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) deals in Asia over the next two years, including selling P-3 Orions to India, Pakistan, Taiwan and Thailand and S-3 Vikings to India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the...

Australia confirms JASSM selection.(Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Australia has selected Lockheed Martin's AGM-158 JASSM over Boeing's SLAM-ER cruise missile for its fleet of Boeing F-18 Hornet fighters. The country has, however, shelved earlier plans to also equip the Royal Australian Air Force's Lockheed...

Japan waits for first KC-767 tanker roll-out.(Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Boeing plans to roll out the first of four KC-767 tankers for Japan around mid-year and to deliver the aircraft at the end of this year. The manufacturer has already completed over 120h of flight tests on the first KC-767 for launch customer...

USMC reverts to goggles after Top Owl snags.(United States Marine Corps)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The US Marine Corps is reverting to conventional night-vision goggles on the upgraded Bell AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom after encountering problems with low-level night flying using the Thales Top Owl helmet's visor-projected display. The...

Features.
March 7, 2006... In 2000, as CASA became part of EADS, the old organisation was split into two with the Airbus facilities becoming 100%-owned by Airbus under the Airbus Espana banner. The remainder, comprising the military and overhaul businesses, became EADS...

Spanish prize.(Airbus alliances and product redesign)
March 7, 2006... The Airbus A380 has many striking attributes, such as its sheer size, double-deck cabin and giant wing. Less obvious, but arguably just as significant, are the huge composite structures produced in the manufacturer's Spanish factories [degrees]...

Features.
March 7, 2006... Airbus Horizontal TailPlane structural evolution HTP component****A300****A310****A320 family****A330/A340-200/300****A340-500/600****A380 Leading edge****Metal****Metal****Composite****Composite****Composite****Composite Torsion...

Gearing up again.(Pratt and Whitney)
March 7, 2006... Pratt & Whitney's long-standing passion, some might say obsession, for the geared turbofan (GTF) concept is well known. Equally familiar, however, is the frequency over the past 20 years with which this apparently promising technology has...

Features.(aerospace industry)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Spain no longer makes up the numbers among Europe's aerospace elite. When national champion CASA merged into EADS in 2000, Madrid got just over a 5% share in the new entity, compared with 30% for the French and German owners. Yet Spain's young...

Features.(aircraft industry updates)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Perfect ten34 Spain has an ambition to be responsible for a tenth of Europe's aerospace output, but is it achievable? Spanish prize38 Being part of the Airbus project for 35 years has seen the airframer's Spanish arm grow in...

King Air 200Cs set for Scottish medical roles.(Gama Aviation and Beechcraft King Air, Scottish Ambulance Service)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The UK's Gama Aviation has taken delivery of two Beechcraft King Air 200Cs, which it will operate on behalf of the Scottish Ambulance Service under a seven-year contract that begins in April. The two aircraft will join Gama's air...

Eurocopter steps up power while rivals push for top spot.(Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Eurocopter is upgrading its AS355 and EC135 light twins and stepping up production rates as rival manufacturers make a concerted effort to take over the European company's lead in the civil helicopter market. Eurocopter launched the...

Bell reaches century as civil orderbooks swell.(Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Heli-Expo )
March 7, 2006... Amid predictions of continued strong civil sales, helicopter manufacturers boosted their orderbooks substantially at the Heli-Expo show in Dallas, Texas. Bell Helicopter took 100 orders during the show, on top of 40 booked at the previous...

ShinMaywa wins backing for US-1A Kai amphibian.(Shinmaywa Industry Co.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Japan's ShinMaywa Industries has secured support from the Japan Aircraft Development Corporation (JADC) to help develop and sell civil variants of the US-1A Kai amphibian. JADC general manager of the US-1A commercialisation group Eiichi...

Boeing widens search for next 737.(Mike Cave, Kent Fisher and Don Moon appointed)
March 7, 2006... air transport guy norris / Los Angeles Boeing has split its 737 Replacement Study (737RS) into two main categories, including one in the 90- to 100-seat range, and is targeting an engine decision as early as the first quarter of 2008 as it...

Congress holds the key to C-17's future.(United States Air Force to get Boeing C-17 transports)
March 7, 2006... Congress has been handed the challenge of deciding whether the US Air Force will get more Boeing C-17 transports. Testifying last week, air force secretary Michael Wynne and chief of staff Gen Michael Moseley said the USAF could buy more C-17s...

Chalks to buy props and rebuild Mallards.(Chalk's Ocean Airways)
March 7, 2006... Less than two-and-a-half months after a Chalks Ocean Airways Grumman Mallard crashed into the sea off Florida's Miami Beach, the carrier says it is rebuilding its seaplanes to surpass the US Federal Aviation Administration's recent emergency...

Australia brings HALE UAV project forward by a year.(high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles)
March 7, 2006... The Australian government is to consider proposals in the next three months for initial funding of its Project Air 7000 Phase 1 high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) multi-mission maritime unmanned air vehicle requirement. The initial funding...

Partners endorse Shuttle schedule.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... International Space Station (ISS) partners have endorsed the latest configuration and the sequence of 16 Space Shuttle missions needed to complete assembly in 2010. The dropping of Russia's power platforms was among changes announced after...

Javelin tests gear up after flight breakthrough.(Aviation Technology Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The pace of the Aviation Technology Group (ATG) Javelin flight test programme is expected to speed up following the completion of the first flight during which the undercarriage was retracted. The milestone, which took place on a test flight...

Rescued MD Helicopters rebuilds its supply chain.(restructure)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... MD Helicopters (MDHI) continues its return from the brink with a series of agreements to re-establish and restructure its supply chain. Most significantly, fuselages for MD 500/600-series light turbine singles are to be produced in Monterrey,...

Raytheon pushes missionised King Air 350ER seawards.(Raytheon Aircraft Co.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Raytheon Aircraft has revised and delayed development of a missionised Beechcraft King Air 350ER to focus more on maritime and littoral applications. The manufacturer unveiled plans early last year to develop and test fly a King Air 350ER...

Energia makes ISS bid.(International Space Station)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Moscow-based Energia has submitted proposals to Russia's Federal Space Agency (FSA) to extend the use of the International Space Station (ISS) to 2030, well beyond its certified life of 2016. FSA chief Vladimir Perminov says the agency is...

Piaggio attracts royal interest.(prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed invests in Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The crown prince of Abu Dhabi is among potential investors interested in acquiring a stake of around 30% in Piaggio Aero Industries currently held largely by the Ferrari automotive family and the Italian government. The Italian weekly...

Safran shrugs off P&W threat.(Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation, Pratt & Whitney )(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... French engine manufacturer Snecma is adamant that a move by its US rival Pratt & Whitney to offer PMA components for the CFM56 through new venture Global Material Solutions will not damage its lucrative aftermarket business. Speaking at the...

A400M engine in ground testing.(Europrop International GmbH)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Europrop International's (EPI) first prototype TP400-D6 turboprop engine for the Airbus Military A400M transport is expected to complete an initial series of ground tests at a Snecma open-air facility at Istres in southern France within the...

Put the MPL on hold.
March 7, 2006... With regards to your report (Flight International, 7-13 February) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA) concerns on the International Civil Aviation Organisation's multi-crew pilot licence: I concur! A...

Who wants single-aisle?(aircraft which is economical)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Why is the successor to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 always touted as the narrowbody successor to these aircraft? Why don't the manufacturers listen to the passengers and get a successor to the capacity of these aircraft [degrees] 150 to...

Multi-crew licence is progress.(multi-crew pilot licence)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... I am a little surprised at the reported reaction of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA) (Flight International, 7-13 February) to the International Civil Aviation Organisation's multi-crew pilot licence (MPL)....

In praise of Steve Fossett.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... A couple of weeks ago, one man got into a small, single-engined aircraft and flew further than any human has ever flown before [degrees] or nearly 42,500km (22,970nm). This was a truly fantastic achievement in both the world of aeronautics and...

Don't forget Australasia.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... "Titanic tussle" (Flight International, 14-20 February) about the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747-8 was absorbing reading, but you missed the crucial "Australasian" link. Regional candidate customers for the 747-8 must include Qantas. Orders for...

Features.(air transportation)
March 7, 2006... Flight 9.3.56 Who's Hoaxing Who? Predictions about the future of aviation are fair game for flaw-finders, even when they occur in carefully considered columns of the Manchester Guardian. In an article in that newspaper's issue for...

Features.(Correction notice)
March 7, 2006... When gremlins attack Apologies to confused nephews and nieces everywhere. Last week's chortlingly good joke at the expense of the Megaplanes born-again Jumbo was entirely ruined by gremlins. The wide-at-the-bottom and narrow-at-the-top...

Galileo test satellite role is changed.(European Union and European Space Agency)
March 7, 2006... Launch of the second test satellite for the European Union and European Space Agency Galileo navigation system has been delayed to September. The Alcatel Alenia Space-built GIOVE-B Galileo in-orbit validation spacecraft was to have been...

Ishim launch concept unveiled.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... A model of the modified RSK MiG-31 Foxhound for the Russian-Kazakh Ishim satellite-launching programme was displayed at Asian Aerospace last month. The MiG-31 carries a three- or four-stage 10t solid-propellant rocket, which carries...

Payload study could force European rocket rethink.(European Space Agency's Tomorrow's Bird)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The European Space Agency's Tomorrow's Bird project could see a rethink of the organisation's Future Launcher Preparatory Programme, which aims to develop an Ariane 5 replacement by 2020. The 15-month industry study into payload technology...

US military to predict failures using prognosis system.(Department of Defense, Northrop Grumman Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... After demonstrating that it can predict in real time when airframe components will develop cracks, Northrop Grumman has received a follow-on contract to continue development of its Structural Integrity Prognosis System (SIPS). The system uses...

GA could go all-electric with novel cryo-motor.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... A project to research novel superconducting motors for all-electric aircraft had its first meeting at NASA Glenn Research Center, Ohio last week. The goal is to develop superconducting motors that can generate between 200hp (150kW) and 2,000hp...

Hyshot 3 aims for March flight.(QinetiQ Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... The Hyshot 3 hypersonic experiment will be launched from Australia's Woomera test range on 24 March. Hyshot 3 is the third experiment under a UK Ministry of Defence research programme. The hypersonic vehicle was developed by Qinetiq for...

Features.(Spain's aerospace industry)
March 7, 2006... Like Andalucia in the far south, the Basque region in the north of Spain also has a relatively young, but rapidly growing aerospace industry. Although the area around Bilbao has a long industrial heritage, it is only in recent years that major...

perfect ten.
March 7, 2006... High-tech industry has been the saviour of Spain's once ailing economy, with foreign investors such as Volkswagen in cars and international groups like Airbus bringing much-needed jobs and investment in technology. Now the country is setting...

Features.(Company Profile)
March 7, 2006... With its modern day position as the cornerstone of its parent company's Military Transport Aircraft division, EADS Casa is responsible for delivering a diverse portfolio of airlift products, ranging from the C-212, CN-235 and C-295, and from...

Features.
March 7, 2006... Tanker programmes promise boom time In addition to expanding its transport and maritime patrol aircraft activities through its Spanish arm Casa, EADS is also placing great emphasis [degrees] and considerable investment [degrees] on breaking...

heavy duty.(Airbus Military S.L.)(Company Profile)
March 7, 2006... Almost three years after it progressed from long-studied concept to programme reality, the A400M transport is the subject of widespread manufacturing activities at sites across Europe and is on track to make its first flight in a little under...

Seville pride.(Seville's San Pablo airport to become a cornerstone of Europe's aerospace industry)
March 7, 2006... The ghost's words to Kevin Costner, in the baseball movie Field of Dreams [degrees] "If you build it, they will come" [degrees] could be the thinking behind Aeropolis, a 580,000m2 (6.2 million ft2) industrial park next to Seville's San Pablo...

Features.(Gamesa Aeronautica)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... One of the few clouds on Spanish industry's horizon has been the uncertainty surrounding the future of Gamesa Aeronautica, one of a handful of prominent first-tier suppliers in the country. Gamesa Group has been looking to offload the...

Features.(Spain's investments in space sciences)(Brief article)
March 7, 2006... Although the space sector has been struggling elsewhere in Europe, in Spain a burst of investment from the government elected in 2004 has lifted prospects. In 2004, Madrid's industry minister announced a 17% increase in spending on space...

Features.(Industria de Turbo Propulsores S.A.)
March 7, 2006... Spain's Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) is exploiting the fruits of investing in a number of key European programmes over the past decade and a half, which are now hitting, or about to hit, volume production. "We are a young company...

SS2, White Knight 2 to use common fuselage.
March 7, 2006... The SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and White Knight Two (WK2) under development for space tourism company Virgin Galactic will have a common fuselage, like the SpaceShipOne (SS1) and its carrier aircraft White Knight, says developer Scaled Composites. ...

Turning today's children into tomorrow's aero engineers.(aerospace industry)
March 7, 2006... Encouraging young people to consider science and technology careers in general, and aerospace jobs in particular, is a growing priority for companies in the sector. Raytheon, for example, both in the USA and UK, is running or promoting a...

Airbus aims to fill freighter void with A330 derivative.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... Airbus aims to fill the hole left by the demise of the Airbus A300-600F by "quickly" developing a cargo version of the A330. Airbus announced last week that it will close the A300/A310 production line in Toulouse in July next year [degrees]...

Boeing 767 line 'still open for business'.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... Boeing could decide the future of the 767 programme this year, but denies reports that it has already decided to close the line in Everett, Washington. The US manufacturer says "nothing has changed" to alter its previous position that last...

US airlines propose fees based on departures and time in system.(to fund Federal Aviation Administration)(Air Transport Association)
March 14, 2006... All turbine aircraft in US airspace would pay user charges based on departures and time in system, irrespective of their size, under a proposal by US airlines. Financing operation and modernisation of the airspace system via cost-based...

Air Pacific leans towards 787 in order battle.(purchasing of either Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... Air Pacific is poised to announce an order for five widebodies [degrees] either Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s. "We are in the final stages of contracting," says John Campbell, chief executive of the Fiji-based airline, who confirms that the...

Europe poised to publish blacklist.(of suspected carriers)
March 14, 2006... legislation Aimee Turner / London European legislators will this week meet to decide on a definitive "blacklist" of suspect carriers preparing the way for a comprehensive ban from the end of March. Each of the 25 European Union member...

Flight time legislation clears its first hurdle.(approved by European Council of Ministers)
March 14, 2006... European pilot flight time limitation (FTL) regulations have cleared their first legislative hurdle, winning European Council of Ministers approval after 13 years of argument. In most European Union member states [degrees] where there are no...