IFALPA Daily News – 11 February 2014‏

Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
SNPL France ALPA calls a national strike May 3rd to 30th, 2014         

Since May 2012, we, SNPL France ALPA, have made known to the French government our worries

on important issues we wish to see addressed.

Flight crew foils attempt to hijack airliner to Sochi

A Ukrainian man tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight to Sochi, Russia, as the Winter Olympics were

kicking off yesterday, but the pilot tricked him and landed in Istanbul instead, where he was

stealthily detained after a four-hour stand-off on a plane full of passengers, an official said.

Passenger jet with 30 on board burst in flames

An aircraft belonging to Overland Airlines bound for Ibadan in Nigeria burst into flames at the

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, with more than 30 Passengers

including Senator Kamoru Adedibu — son of late godfather of Ibadan politics, Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu.

Foreign aircraft flying into India to face safety checks

Foreign charter aircraft flying into India will now be subject to intense safety checks by aviation

authorities here.

Asia Pacific countries taking ATM initiative         

Facing the demands of increasing air traffic capacity and operational efficiency, the countries of the

Asia Pacific region have launched various programs to adopt recent advances in Air Traffic

Management and advances in avionics technology over the past couple of decades.

Chicago Midway approach procedures might create conflicts

Flight crews headed for Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) should pay special attention to the new

Rnav (GPS) Z Runway 22L approach published February 6.

A350 flight test pace “quite remarkable” – Airbus

The high availability rate of the Airbus A350 XWB flight-test fleet has enabled the airframer to

de-risk the flight-test programme as it heads towards its summer 2014 certification target date on

schedule.

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