Apr
30
A380 Criticism
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From Aviation Week House Transportation Ranking Member John Mica (R-Fla.) last week renewed his attacks against the Airbus A380, claiming a new government report proves that the A380 will disrupt operations at US airports – an interpretation disputed by Airbus.
Referring to results of a Government Accountability Office report, Mica asserts that "aviation safety and capacity [...]
Apr
27
Emirates reveals interest in more A380s
Filed Under Airline, Boeing/Airbus | 2 Comments
At the carrier’s briefing in Dubai yesterday, Al-Maktoum said negotiations with Airbus concerning A380 compensation should be completed next week and EK will be buying more of the type in the future. "We are talking with Airbus about ordering an additional small number of A380s. Maybe we will make an announcement this year," he told [...]
Apr
27
Tuskeegee Fliers ~ again
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I have followed with interest the debate about whether or not these pilots lost a bomber in their care whilst flying fighter escort. For some reason the claim is being made that they did, the evidence points to the reverse case though the fog of war must be still making its contribution.I met one such [...]
Apr
27
Fuel, Co2 and the future of air travel
Filed Under Regulations, Technology, The aviation industry | 4 Comments
The argument has been aired many times, yes 2% of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions come from air travel and with expansion that is set to rise to 20% over the next however long…. fifty years – who knows?
Stark statements and an even starker reality. If the environmental lobby have their way we will all [...]
Apr
27
RATs of All Time
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Regular readers might not understand this post, I have put it here (and here) in the hope that friends and former colleagues might see it and respond. For background – it relates to ‘a previous life’ where we traveled the World with an Aerobatic team polluting the atmosphere with diesel smoke and advertising cigarettes; all [...]
Apr
26
Apr 25, 2007
By Madhu Unnikrishnan/Aviation Daily
A top U.S. official gave the strongest signal yet that the U.S. is committed to the second stage of negotiations with the European Union on open skies.
It would be "mistaken" and "tragic" to assume the U.S. had gotten all it wanted from the open-skies agreement reached with the EU in [...]
Apr
26
Interview with Willie Walsh – FT.com
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FT.comBy Kevin Done, Aerospace CorrespondentPublished: April 25 2007 11:00 | Last updated: April 25 2007 11:00
Q: You have set the target of achieving a 10 per cent operating margin this year for the first time in British Airways’ history. How confident are you of hitting the target?
A: I’m very confident. When you look back at [...]
Apr
26
Boeing ~ what next?
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Boeing are asking themselves what to do next according to the Seattle Times.
Why not build a 777-300 that incorporates the technological advances that have been made since the aircraft was designed, a sort of 777-ADV? To be fair they do suggest that option but it would seem to be almost a no-brainer. The existing 787’s [...]
Apr
26
The Cloud Appreciation Society
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From The Digital Aviator
Gliding is different, very different, and if you start your flying career by climbing in and out of gliders, then you may well spend the rest of your life looking at the sky in a different way than the rest of them out there.
The average winch launch, circuit and landing on a [...]
Apr
23
BA & Iberia
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British Airways Ponders Iberia OfferYahoo – UK & Ireland FinanceBritish Airways is considering getting together with a group of private investors to make a takeover bid for Spanish airline.However, BA says it has ruled out making an independent bid for the airline. "Any consortium bid would not involve further capital investment by British Airways," Europe’s [...]