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- Aviation crisis? What crisis? Budget carriers flourish amid …
- Safety fix ordered by FAA for 767s
- To reduce pilot fatigue FAA moves to revise rules
- Fraport sees crisis hurting aviation in rest of ‘09
- BBA Aviation H1 adjusted pretax profit falls 12 pct
- Chinese jet maker ends global search hires locals
- Aviation chief wants to reduce waste-hauling costs
Aviation crisis? What crisis? Budget carriers flourish amid …
Los Angeles Times
Full service carriers which once completely dominated the skies are banking on an economic recovery to restore their fortunes but they may find it tough to return to the growth levels they enjoyed before the crisis. “Full-service airlines have a bit of conundrum on their hands” said Derek Sadubin of the Sydney-based Center of Asia Pacific Aviation. “We think low-cost carriers will become so much more entrenched in airports and corporate travel that it will be difficult for them to claw their business back” when the economy recovers he said. To be sure all airlines have struggled as oil prices soared in the last two years. il prices have since tumbled and despite a rally early this year are still half the level of a year earlier. But major industrialized economies continue to contract and economic conditions are likely to remain tough even when a recovery is under way.
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Safety fix ordered by FAA for 767s
Philadelphia Inquirer
place_ad_here(“half”); Posted on Thu Aug. 6 2009 In the Nation Safety fix ordered by FAA for 767s WASHINGTN – The Federal Aviation Administration yesterday ordered operators to make safety adjustments to the fuel tanks of 414 Boeing 767s registered in the U. to prevent a midflight explosion. The directive gives operators three years to install an automatic fuel-pump shutoff system for the center fuel tanks on 767s. The concern is that if fuel in the tanks becomes too low while the pump is still operating under certain conditions it could ignite fuel and air vapors.
To reduce pilot fatigue FAA moves to revise rules
Christian Science Monitor
This year something might finally be done to address it. The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Randolph Babbitt himself a retired pilot this week said he would expedite the establishment of new rules to guide how many hours pilots can fly each day and each month. His decision follows fatigue-related incidents including February’s crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo N. in which all 49 people on board were killed along with one person on the ground. The NTSB has said pilot fatigue was a contributing factor.
Fraport sees crisis hurting aviation in rest of ‘09
Reuters
2 percent (Adds details background) FRANKFURT Aug 6 (Reuters) – German airport groupFraport (. DE) said it expected the downturn in theaviation industry to continue for the rest of the year. “Based on the business development of Q1 and Q2 it isclear that the global economic downturn will also determinethe outlook for air traffic development in the entire fiscalyear 2009″ it said as it reported quarterly results onThursday. The world’s airlines are suffering from both rising oilprices and stubbornly weak demand for air travel. Industrybody IATA said last week global airlines carried 7. 2 percentfewer people in June with no sign of the global recessionlifting.
BBA Aviation H1 adjusted pretax profit falls 12 pct
Reuters
8 mln stg * H1 rev falls 2 percent to 550. 2 mln stg * Maintains interim div at 2. 30 p * Plans to repay debt generate cash * Plans to take further cost savings initiatives (Adds details) Aug 6 (Reuters) – British aviation services company BBAAviation Plc (. L) posted a 12 percent fall in adjustedpretax profit and said it would maintain an interim dividend of2. The company which provides services such as engine repairto corporate jets and military planes said it plans to focuson debt reduction and cash generation.
Chinese jet maker ends global search hires locals
The Associated Press
Aviation Industry Corp. of China announced in February it wanted “new blood” from overseas to help it compete in commercial aviation. The move was unprecedented for a Chinese military contractor and reflected Beijing’s ambitions in civilian aerospace. AVIC received nearly 1000 applications from 20 countries and 10 foreign nationals were among 67 people in the final round of interviews said AVIC spokesman Ding Zhiyong. Ding said he did not know why only Chinese nationals were hired. “Maybe there was a mismatch between the recruits and the posts” he said.
Aviation chief wants to reduce waste-hauling costs
Chicago Sun-Times
Liquid-filled containers are heavy. The more the garbage weighs the more the city pays to haul it away. n Wednesday Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino used a so-called “Airports Going Green” conference to float an idea pioneered in Portland that could reduce waste-hauling costs and improve the environment. “What Portland was doing was allowing them to dump the water out take the empty bottle with them through security. They can re-fill it on the other side or dispose of it in a recycling bin. This way reduce the amount they pay for garbage disposal” she said. “That’s something we’re.