Aviation Intelligence Reporter – August 2009
Alliances, competition and airlines: watch this space
Black day for the black list
Boarding chaos? What a carry-on
The Curious Case of Edmonton City Airport
Spectrum issues: not drowning, waving
EASA: moving towards proactive regulation
The Aviation Advocacy Summer Crossword
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click hereAlliances, competition and airlines: watch this space
It looks like it is going to be a big autumn for airline competition experts. At all points of
the compass there are indications that this is going to be the hot topic of the winter.
Stand-by for claim, counter-claim and statistics. Lots of statistics.
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Black day for the black list
Safety is always an issue for air transport. As it should be. Airlines, ANSPs, regulators
all have departments devoted to ensuring safe operations. Consequently, few subjects
in aviation have had more study, more attention and more proposals put forward. But
that is not to say that we have all the answers.
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Boarding chaos? What a carry-on
There can be no denying it – on-loading an aircraft is becoming increasingly
uncomfortable. Passengers, keen to avoid charges for loading baggage in the hold
bring on all manner of luggage that seem to fit in the overhead bins only after the sort of
struggle of which Hercules would have been proud.
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The Curious Case of Edmonton City Airport
Most people find that they have to work hard to get approval to build airports. Or even to
extend them. A new runway you say? Could take a decade, and you need a measure
of high level government intervention to get approval for that.
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Spectrum issues: not drowning, waving
The fun and games continue at the interface of spectrum and aviation. And, as usual,
they seem to be getting all the attention they normally get.
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EASA: moving towards proactive regulation
This is an extract of a feature article to be published in Aerospace America
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is set to propose a new initiative to
identify and solve some of Europe’s most urgent aviation safety challenges. The
European Aviation Safety Programme (EASP) will be drawn up together with the
European Commission, industry experts and national authorities and will prioritise safety
issues at the European level. Likely subjects for safety action are helicopters, human
factors and improved training standards in the aviation business.
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The Aviation Advocacy Summer Crossword
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