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- Nigeria: Aviation Industry, Beechcraft Aircraft And the Obudu Triangle
- Cut tax on aviation fuel: panel
- AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
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- Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for March 2008
- Cologne, Germany – The objective of EGAST is to promote best practices…
Nigeria: Aviation Industry, Beechcraft Aircraft And the Obudu Triangle
AllAfrica.com – Apr 4, 2008
In this report, Samuel Odaudu analyses some of the critical issues ranging from government negligence, poor funding, and lack of equipment, among others, which remain the bane of the aviation sector in Nigeria. That a plane can take off within the Nigerian airspace from the popular Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, en route to a precise destination at Obudu Airstrip in Cross River State and more than two weeks after, it has not landed at its destination, and if it has crashed, the crash site has not been found, is the painful mystery that the federal government, aviation authorities and experts have been helplessly but frantically trying to explain to the awe-stricken Nigerian populace. Worst still, the Aviation Ministry shot itself in the leg when, without carrying out any proper verification, alleged that it was misled by a wrong information from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and went ahead to announce that the "crashed" aircraft had been found. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); Precisely on March 15, 2008, the plane took off from MMA en route to Obudu Airstrip, and according to reports, it maintained a chain of radio communication with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA) and used its radar until about 50 nautical miles away before it was handed over to Obudu Airstrip.
Cut tax on aviation fuel: panel
Hindu – Apr 4, 2008
In its report submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the committee, headed by Commission member Anwarul Hoda, sought a benign tax regime for IT and shipping to encourage increased private sector participation in the services sector, which accounted for over 50 per cent of the country’s economy. On ATF, the committee said the cost was on the rise on account of the global surge in crude prices. Therefore, “either the Centre should bring ATF within the ‘Declared Goods’ or the States should be persuaded to adopt the standard Value Added Tax rate of 12.
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
avionews.com – Apr 4, 2008
FAA-2007-0183; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-146-AD;
Amendment 39-15376; AD 2008-04-04]
RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-400 Series Airplanes
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AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. * * * Failure of the bracket caused the eyebolt at the bottom of the spring assembly to become loose, resulted in damage of the support beam during normal door handle movement. Damage of the support beam, which is dormant, in combination with failure of a doorstop attached to any remaining undamaged support beam will degrade the structural integrity of the door, resulting in possible depressurization or loss of the door.
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Aero-News Network – Apr 4, 2008
This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthinessinformation (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority ofanothercountry to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviationproduct. * * * Failure of the bracket causedthe eyebolt at the bottom of the spring assembly to become loose,resulted in damage of the support beam during normal door handlemovement. Damage of the support beam, which is dormant, in combinationwith failure of a doorstop attached to any remaining undamagedsupport beam will degrade the structural integrity of the door,resulting in possible depressurization or loss of the door. We are issuing this AD to require actions to correct the unsafecondition on these products.
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Aero-News Network – Apr 4, 2008
Thomas Buffenbarger, president of the International Association ofMachinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). “This is becoming histrademark. But never before has he done so on this scale, with44,000 American jobs at stake.
Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for March 2008
sys-con.com – Apr 4, 2008
Lynx Aviation commenced revenue service in December 2007. As such, only the current month, fiscal year ended and three months ended March 31, 2008 for the current year are presented for Lynx Aviation in the text and table below. Mainline ResultsMainline revenue passenger miles increased 14. 7 percent to 942,369,000 for March 2008 from the same period last year. Mainline available seat miles increased 4.
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Cologne, Germany – The objective of EGAST is to promote best practices…
avionews.com – Apr 4, 2008
The Team approved the EGAST terms of reference and nominated two co-chairs from the General Aviation community: Eric Mandemaker, Chief Executive Officer of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and James Black, Board Member of the European Council of General Aviation Support (ECOGAS) and of the European Airshow Council (EAC). Third component of the European Strategic Safety Initiative (ESSI), EGAST is a voluntary partnership between the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), other European intergovernmental bodies and regulators, including national aviation authorities, and the General Aviation community, aiming at improving General Aviation safety. As agreed at the April meeting, the objective of EGAST is to promote and initiate for all sectors of General Aviation best practices and awareness in order to improve safety, thereby reducing the accident rates”. (Avionews)
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