Flight International articles from September 2005

Flight International archives from September 2005

Old software reinstalled to fix 777 avionics glitch.(Boeing 777)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Boeing 777 operators have had to reinstall old software to stop the possible in-flight failure of Honeywell air data inertial reference units (ADIRUs) that rely on newer software. An emergency airworthiness directive (AD) issued by the US...

Airbus tackles glitches to keep A380 on schedule.
September 6, 2005... Manufacturer studies production rate hike to recover time lost to customisation snags Airbus is claiming better-than-expected early results from the A380 flight test programme, providing some comfort for managers battling to keep the project on...

Early flight testing yields encouraging results.
September 6, 2005... By 25 August, the first Airbus A380, MSN001, had completed 72 flights and logged 247h since its first flight on 27 April, although including touch-and-gos, the actual number of approaches is closer to 100, says Airbus vice-president flight test...

Waking up to the problems ?of vortex.(Airbus S.A.S. about A380's wake vortex)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Airbus has been forced to modify its plans for determining the A380's wake vortex on approach after atmospheric conditions at Toulouse proved unsuitable for the pulsed Lidar (laser radar)-based monitoring equipment. "After two months of flying,...

Air New Zealand looks to repair ANZES performance.(Air New Zealand Engineering Services)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Air New Zealand has launched a "comprehensive review" of Air New Zealand Engineering Services (ANZES) because the unit has been "financially underperforming". The airline has warned it will exit business areas that are unprofitable as it...

Ameco Beijing finalises strategy for growth.(expansion plan to tap china)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Maintenance joint venture Ameco Beijing is finalising a major expansion plan that will see it significantly increase capacity as it taps into strong demand in the booming Chinese airline market and wins more work from international customers....

Barco bags Il-114 deal.(Tashkent Aircraft Production Organisation acquires Barco N.V.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Uzbekistan's Tashkent Aircraft Production Organisation (TAPO) is acquiring multi-function avionics displays and other systems from Belgian manufacturer Barco to incorporate into Ilyushin Il-114-100 aircraft. Under the agreement TAPO is to...

European 'blacklists' published as industry controversy deepens.(European Union Countries)
September 6, 2005... Three European Union countries have published "blacklists" of banned airlines, but Italy's transport minister argues that the EU should ditch blacklists and publish "whitelists" of approved carriers. The International Air Transport Association...

CAE to train Virgin Atlantic pilots.(Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... CAE is to train Airbus A340-600 and Boeing 747-400 pilots for Virgin Atlantic Airways under a 10-year agreement that includes an option to provide training for the UK carrier's planned fleet of A380s. The Canadian company will relocate existing...

TANS crew caught out by storm.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The crew of a TANS Peru Boeing 737-200Adv which crashed on approach in bad weather and poor visibility took-off from Lima believing at their destination airport Pucallpa would be good, investigators have revealed. The 22 August crash, which...

E-190 wins Brazilian certification.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Embraer's E-190 100-seat airliner has been certificated by Brazil's civil aviation regulator, CTA, but first deliveries to launch customer JetBlue Airways have been delayed to mid-September. The US Federal Aviation Administration has yet to...

NTSB wants fix for storm flameouts.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Pilots of turbofan-powered aircraft need better advice about operating their engines when descending through storms, says the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reporting on a total power failure on a Garuda Indonesia Airlines...

India forces pilots to give six months' notice.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... India's government has introduced a rule forcing pilots to give at least six months' notice before leaving their jobs, in a bid to deter "poaching" of crew. Every airline in India has faced pilot shortages because of strong growth in the sector...

Northwest beats strike, but hit by oil price hike.(Northwest Airlines Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Northwest Airlines flew through the first fortnight of a mechanics' strike largely unscathed, but was hobbled by the rising cost of fuel. The airline, the USA's fourth largest, completed more than 98% of its schedule before Hurricane Katrina...

Crew took the wrong clearance.(SN Brussels Airlines and Goldeck-Flug aircrafts miss runway incursion at Prague Ruzyne Airport by a whisker)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Czech investigators have concluded that an SN Brussels Airlines crew mistakenly accepting a take-off clearance intended for another aircraft caused a potentially serious runway incursion at Prague Ruzyne Airport earlier this year. SN Brussels...

Republic acquires first E-170s under $100m agreement with US Airways.
September 6, 2005... Republic Airways Holdings is pushing ahead with plans to take 28 Embraer 170s from US Airways, after acquiring three aircraft awaiting delivery to the US major airline. Leased from GE Commercial Aviation Services, the aircraft will be flown by...

A321 lifts-off for TACA.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The first Airbus A321 for Central American airline group TACA has made its maiden flight from Airbus's factory at Finkenwerder, Germany. The airline has five examples of the largest member of the A320 family on firm order, and each will seat...

Aviakor to cease Tu-154M production.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Russia's Samara-based Aviakor aircraft plant is to end production of Tu-154M passenger airliners, says Aviakor director general Sergei Likharev. "We plan to complete and sell Tu-154M aircraft being built at the moment, but no new aircraft of...

Small airlines could be left behind by e-ticketing switch.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Smaller, poorer airlines risk being alienated as "have-nots" if the International Air Transport Association (IATA) votes to stop processing paper tickets after its self-imposed deadline of 2007 for 100% electronic ticketing, says aviation IT...

Wales gets flying in effort to land UAV world's big names.(unmanned air vehicles)
September 6, 2005... Efforts to turn a remote Welsh aerodrome into Europe's main centre for designing and testing unmanned air vehicles step up a gear this week. The Welsh Development Agency (WDA) -- owner of ParcAberporth on the west Wales coast -- hopes to...

EU new boys invited in.(new members invited to discuss about aeronautics research programmes at a European Commission workshop)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The 10 countries that joined the European Union in 2004 are being encouraged to develop strategies for involvement in European aeronautics research programmes and have been invited by the European Commission to a workshop in Brussels this week....

Intelsat buys PanAmSat in $3.2 billion deal.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The $3.2 billion takeover of US broadcasting service provider PanAmSat by Washington DC-based international communications satellite operator Intelsat will create the world's largest civilian constellation with a total fleet of 53 satellites....

Doosan to take over KAI's Changwon factory.(Doosan Heavy Industries & Machinery, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is planning to close its Changwon factory and consolidate operations at its Sacheon headquarters as part of ongoing restructuring. KAI sources say Korean conglomerate Doosan Heavy Indus-tries & Machinery has...

Good and bad news for US space.(aerospace industry)
September 6, 2005... Leading US space industrialists are predicting a surge in business, but have warned that the nation's market lead is under threat from a technological and labour base that is moving increasingly offshore. Buoyed by continuing high levels of...

100th Piaggio P180 Avanti enters completion.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The 100th Piaggio P180 Avanti has entered completion at Stevens Aviation in Greenville, South Carolina, and will be delivered to a US customer later this year. The twin-turboprop business aircraft was certificated in 1990. Production will...

Cursor control devices added to upgrade Gulfstream G150 cockpit.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Gulfstream is to add cursor control devices (CCD) to the cockpit of its new G150 mid-size business jet, now under development with Israel Aircraft Industries. The sidewall-mounted pilot and copilot CCDs will be similar to devices now standard...

NBAA in urgent search for venue.(National Business Aircraft Association)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... NBAA forced to abandon city Orlando is looking favourite, as the National Business Aviation Association urgently hunts for a new city to host its annual convention in November after it emerged that New Orleans will not recover from Hurricane...

Honeywell adapts its Telematics.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Honeywell is adapting its GSM-based Telematics monitoring system, best known as the heart of automobile tracking hardware, to aircraft self-diagnostics. The manufacturer hopes the system could eventually replace all pilot involvement in...

VLJ testing starts to pick up pace.(very light jet)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The fifth and final Eclipse 500 conforming flight-test aircraft has flown as the manufacturer strives to step up testing to achieve US certification of the very light jet on schedule next March. Cessna, meanwhile, has flown the second Citation...

Cockpit upgrade for re-engined Citation certificated.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... US business aviation services company Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated has received supplemental type certification for installation of the Rockwell Collins IDS-3000 integrated display system in the FJ44 Eagle II -- a Cessna 501-series...

German business booms for UK broker.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... UK charter broker Chapman Freeborn Air Chartering has seen bookings from Germany increase by nearly one-third following a strategic decision to expand its business aviation division in the country. Ruissi Batliwali, managing director of...

LEA seeks European links for business charter operations.(London Executive Aviation)
September 6, 2005... UK business aircraft operator London Executive Aviation (LEA) is planning a tie-up with companies in Western Europe to combat the rise of fractional ownership and block charter schemes as it expands its bases in London. LEA has added facilities...

DoD fights rearguard action over plan to close airbases.(Department of Defense)
September 6, 2005... Blunted by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission, the US Department of Defense's plans to streamline the Air National Guard (ANG) are under attack in the courts as states move to save bases and units from the axe. The seven-member...

Israel plans new runway to beat F-16I congestion.(Israel Air Force to construct new helicoptor runway)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The Israeli air force has revealed plans to construct a new helicopter runway at its Ramon air base in southern Israel in a move to reduce congestion and increase operational safety at the facility. Congestion has become an issue following the...

Singapore eyes Global Hawk UAV.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
September 6, 2005... Singapore received a formal briefing from the USA on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle late last month as it looks to improve its airborne early warning (AEW) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities. Industry...

Gripen trainers arrive in Czech Republic.(Defence Material Administration delivers)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration delivered the last two of 14 Saab JAS39 Gripens to the Czech Republic on schedule on 31 August, just 14 months after signing a 10-year lease agreement with the Czech government. The two aircraft --...

Rivals line up for Pave Hawk deal.(upgradation of Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk utility helicoptors)
September 6, 2005... Three South Korean manufacturers will submit bids this month to upgrade four Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk utility helicopters to the HH-60P Pave Hawk combat search-and-rescue configuration. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has teamed with Elbit...

US Army revives guided Hydra 70 contest.(United States Army cancels contract with General Dynamics Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The US Army has reopened a competition to develop a guided version of the Hydra 70 air-launched unguided rocket after cancelling a contract with General Dynamics to develop the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) because of cost and...

Sukhoi plans further Su-27 derivative.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Sukhoi is to produce an advanced Su-35 variant of its Su-27 fighter for the Russian air force, amid concerns that the parallel development of Moscow's fifth-generation fighter will be delayed by a shortage of funds. Preliminary design work on...

KAI T-50 testing to be extended.(Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.)
September 6, 2005... Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) rolled out the first production T-50 supersonic trainer last week and is preparing to deliver the aircraft to the South Korean air force in mid-October, although flight testing has been extended into early next...

South Korea ponders CAS, fighter versions.(close-air support)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... South Korea plans to decide by year-end on an advanced configuration for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) A-50 for close-air support (CAS) missions, and will also respond to a company proposal to simultaneously develop an F-50 fighter...

DARPA picks two for Walrus study.(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Lockheed Martin Corp., Aeros Aeronautical Systems)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Airship builder Aeros Aeronautical Systems and Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works have each been awarded approximately $3 million study contracts for the first phase of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Walrus programme to...

Thales to demonstrate UK's Watchkeeper UAV system.(unmanned aerial vehicles tested by Thales UK)
September 6, 2005... Thales UK is to conduct up to a week of flight testing of its Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle system from the ParcAberporth centre in Wales this month, marking the first use of the medium-altitude, long-endurance Hermes 450 platform in UK...

WATCHING BRIEF.(Thales UK acquires)
September 6, 2005... The UK's acquisition of the Watch-keeper unmanned aircraft has been a protracted process, but with a [pounds sterling]700 million ($1.2 billion) contract now in place and demonstration and manufacturing phase activities under way, the system is...

Australia seeks proposals for fleet-wide ADS-B fit.(Airservices Australia, automatic dependent surveillance--broadcast )(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Incentives to install avionics considered to ensure success of surveillance programme Airservices Australia plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) this month for the design, manufacture and installation of up to 1,500 automatic dependent...

Bell Canada reaches 3,000th delivery landmark.(Bell Helicoptor Textron Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Bell Helicopter Textron Canada has delivered the 3,000th aircraft assembled at its Mirabel plant near Montreal. The Bell 412 medium twin has entered service with offshore operator Air Logistics. The Canadian plant is adding 600 employees,...

First EC135 simulator in service.(Eurocoptor enters for military training)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The world's first Eurocopter EC135 simulator has entered service at Bond Training Services' new $2.5 million training facility at Gloucestershire airport in the UK. The six-axis flight training device (FTD) was developed under a joint venture...

Symphony ramps up the volume.(Symphony Aircraft Industries)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Symphony Aircraft Industries (SAI) has raised $3.3 million in private equity and long-term debt to ramp up production of its Symphony 160 two-seat light aircraft to seven a month by the second quarter of next year, at which point the company...

ICAO to get tough over audit data.(International Civil Aviation Organisation)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The aviation safety failings of states that do not adhere to International Civil Aviation Organisation standards and recommended practices (SARPs) will be publicised to all other states, says president of the ICAO council Assad Kotaite. This...

Pilots federation helped with 787 design requirements.(International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The 787 is the first Boeing airliner to come with dual head-up displays (HUDs) and dual electronic flight bags as standard, and was designed in co-operation with pilots from the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA)....

NCA orders freighters.(Nippon Cargo Airlines Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has ordered four more new-build Boeing 747-400 freighters, replacing an earlier order for four 747-400 Special Freighters. NCA has already taken delivery of two -400Fs from an earlier order for four, bringing...

NASA's next launcher to be Shuttle-derived.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... NASA has confirmed that Space Shuttle-derived launch vehicles form the core of the agency's long-awaited exploration systems architecture study, details of which are expected to be announced this month. The plans were revealed in statements...

Raptor enters final phase of testing.(Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... After 19 years of development, the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F/A-22 Raptor has reached the final hurdle before entering service with the US Air Force. Follow-on test and evaluation of the stealth fighter began on 29 August, with the USAF still...

Katrina may delay next flight.(Hurricane Katrina )(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The March 2006 target launch date for the next Space Shuttle mission is in jeopardy following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina, say Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The storm track passed close to Lockheed Martin's Michoud site in...

Airbus-Boeing subsidies battle ready to resume.(Airbus S.A.S. verses Boeing Co.)
September 6, 2005... With Europe's traditional holiday period over, the Airbus-Boeing subsidies dispute is expected to pick up pace. While the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepares to hear the rival subsidy cases, the US side expects European governments to come...

Loophole? a lesson in law.(British Airways PLC not to pay financial compensation)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... "Loophole" screams your headline (Flight International, 23-29 August) about British Airways' apparent decision not to pay financial compensation, under the European Union rules on compensation and assistance, to passengers affected by the...

Where are engineers?(shortage in aircraft parts industry)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Recent articles in Flight International have analysed pilot shortages due to expansion, but is the industry aware of the consequences of engineer shortfalls? There has been a shortage of licensed engineers for years; the issues have been...

A duty to comunicate.(report on airprox incident)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... In Mike Wood's letter (Flight International, 23-29 August), he says that your recent report on an airprox incident involving one of his company's aircraft "alerts the UK air industry to the risks associated with operations in Class G airspace"....

Told you so.(technicians needed )(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... "Wanted: more technicians to keep UK aerospace working" (Flight International, 9-15 August). "UK Home Office to consult industry on immigration".(Flight International, 16-22 August). How many years ago did we tell you that was going to...

Engine statistics.(Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Following Mr Carey's interesting letter (Flight International, 19-25 July), perhaps some statistics from Boeing published in 1978 may refute Fred Insole's statements about the Boeing 747 engines (Flight International, 7-13 June). In 1978, eight...

From the log book.(Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Peter Carey (Flight International, 19-25 July) wonders where I obtained my facts [re: US engines nearly bankrupted Boeing]. The simple answer is from my log book. BOAC's first Boeing 747s were Pratt & Whitney JTD9-powered. When I first flew...

Fed up with the bickering.(Airbus S.A.S. verses Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... I am getting tired of the almost constant arguing between Airbus/Europe and Boeing/USA over products and sales, as reported in the aviation press. The world needs both Airbus and Boeing now that we don't have McDonnell Douglas. Being left with...

Part-timers can be better.(pilots)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... I read with interest the letter from Capt Adele Stephenson (a former and much respected colleague) on the subject of women pilots (Flight International, 2-8 August). I must take issue with the suggestion that part-time pilots are undesirable...

Low-speed tunnel trial for XP.(Rocket Research Co.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Oklahoma-based Rocketplane is testing a model of its XP suborbital vehicle in the low-speed windtunnel at the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University, Kansas. Last month Rocketplane conducted Mach 4 high-speed...

NASA examines Discovery's leading-edge panels.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Thermography of Space Shuttle Discovery's wing leading-edge panels began on 30 August at the Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). The inspection has not been carried out before and is a return-to-flight activity peculiar to...

Raytheon ready to test Penguin lunar concept.(Raytheon Aircraft Co.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Raytheon plans to conduct hover tests of a conceptual lunar exploration vehicle at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as part of plans to develop a robotic craft for a possible Moon mission as early as 2010. The vehicle, being developed by...

Head-mounted display, 3D audio studied to reduce pilot workload.(Human Integration into the Lifecycle of Aviation Systems develops three-dimensional audio)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... Three-dimensional sound as wellas imagery from head-mounted synthetic vision systems and greater cockpit automation could be the outcome of the European Union's four-year [euro]28 million ($34.5 million) Sixth Framework, Human Integration into...

Friction weld stirs Airbus.(Airbus S.A.S.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... After six years of research, Airbus is to introduce friction stir welding (FSW) onto the A340-500/600 production line and aims to use the process for the yet-to-be-launched A350 widebody twinjet family. The European manufacturer claims the...

DARPA seeks oblique wing design.(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
September 6, 2005... Citing the potential to combine high speed, long range and long endurance, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has requested proposals to develop an oblique flying wing (OFW) technology demonstrator. The supersonic,...

common purpose.
September 6, 2005... Peter La Franchi / Paris and Baltimore Development of the underlying standards that will enable the US Federal Aviation Administration to establish a UAV certification regime has seen a major role emerge for consensus-based standards...

Green light imminent for UAV airspace initiative.(unmanned aerial vehicle)
September 6, 2005... Initial funding for the UK's Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment (ASTRAEA) initiative is expected to be announced this week, starting a multi-year effort to normalise unmanned air vehicle operations in UK...

atlantic harmony revolution in the making.
September 6, 2005... Something of a revolution has being sweeping the air traffic management community over the past 12 months as it tries to catch up rapidly with widespread demand to allow unmanned aircraft to operate routinely in national and international...

Clear vision: Access 5 takes one step at a time.
September 6, 2005... The Access 5 group leaves no doubt about its vision: it wants routine operations of unmanned aerial vehicles within the US national airspace system (NAS) this decade. It wants to end the constraint of UAVs being largely confined to military...

CASA acts on drop outs.(Civil Aviation Safety Authority)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2005... The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is funding a project aimed at cutting the trainee pilot dropout rate. A special A$25,000 (US$18,800) CASA scholarship has been awarded to a student at Swinburne University in Melbourne for...

Secondment pays rewards throughout the industry.
September 6, 2005... From senior executives to entry-level trainees in any industry, the adage that "you cannot put a price on experience" rings true at all levels. That is why aerospace companies are being encouraged to put their engineers or trainees through a...

Can JSF keep up with the pace?(F-35 Joint Strike Fighter)
September 13, 2005... Lockheed Martin engineers powered up the 270V electrical system of the nearly-assembled first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Fort Worth this month. A day later in Los Angeles, JSF supplier Northrop Grumman loaded a set of bifurcated inlet ducts...

A380 airframe under stress at IABG laboratory.(Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Germany's IABG has started fatigue-testing the Airbus A380 airframe at its Dresden laboratory, where it will simulate about 25 years of service life. IABG will re-create stresses and wear equivalent to 47,500 flight cycles, more than twice...

IAI to convert 12 767-200s.(Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd., Delta Air Lines )(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Bedek division has won the $150 million contract to convert 12 ex-Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-200s from passenger to cargo configuration for US carrier ABX Air, defeating a bid from Boeing and Italy's...

ABX Air progresses on 767F cockpit upgrade.(Boeing 767)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... US cargo carrier ABX Air hascompleted installing flat-paneldisplays in a Boeing 767 freighter and has begun ground checks leading to flight testing andsupplemental type certification of the cockpit upgrade by the end of this month. The upgrade...

Azerbaijan A319 arrives.(Azerbaijan Airlines, Airbus S.A.S.)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Azerbaijan Airlines has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A319s that it ordered last year. The order includes a single Airbus Corporate Jetliner. All the aircraft, powered by CFM International CFM56 engines, are scheduled to be...

Boeing and AeroMobile explore mobile phone options.(contracts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Arinc and Telenor's joint connectivity venture, AeroMobile, has reached an agreement with Boeing to "explore the feasibility" of line-fitting its in-flight mobile phone system on new production aircraft. AeroMobile has developed the system,...

Aeroflot in A321 'deal'.(negotiating for tax exemption for importing aircraft)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is negotiating with the Russian government to secure special terms for the acquisition of seven Airbus A321s to supplement its 18-strong A320 fleet. The government refused to extend the exemption of import tax...

Austrian claims first RNP RNAV approach.(required navigation performance, required area navigation )(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Austrian Airlines claims its Boeing 737 fleet is the first in Europe to secure authorisation to perform approaches using the combined concepts of area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP). RNAV enables aircraft to follow...

Call for bounced landings advice.(National Transportation Safety Board recommends airlines to prevent accidents)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2005... Accidents resulting from bounced landings have led the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to recommend that all airlines include a recovery technique in their flight manuals. The accident that finally prompted the board to make the...