Qantas' South American flights will shift from Buenos Aires in Argentina to the Santiago hub of Chile's flag carrier -- and oneworld partner airline -- LAN, starting on 26 March 2012. Tickets are currently on sale.
It's an inconvenience for travelers heading straight to Buenos Aires, but for just about everyone else heading for South America it's a bonus: there are more connections to other destinations on LAN from Santiago.
Qantas' flight QF27 to Santiago will fly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with return flight QF28 running on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.
Partner airline LAN previously flies six times a week Sydney to Santiago -- but via Auckland, adding time to the journey.
Following news of the Intelligence Bureau pointing possible terror attacks with the use of hijacked aircrafts, Bangalore International Airport (BIA) authorities on Sunday said they had sufficient security in place to deter any attack.Intelligence information recommended that there could be attempts by terrorist elements to board aircraft originating at smaller airports like Hubli, hijack them and use them for 9/11 style attacks in cities like Mumbai and Bangalore.
The BIA had before advised passengers to check in early at the airport as there would be enlarged number of checks after the Mumbai blasts. Without exposing sensitive information about the security details, the BIA officials said they had taken all measures to evade and discourage any such attempts
.The police said they had taken detailed security actions, but added that these measures had been in place after the Mumbai blasts.
Following the alert from the Central agency, a large number of police force has been deployed at the Hubli airport.
Hubli Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain, though, declares that the alert was general in nature and not one specific to any particular region. But taking no chances, the Hubli-Dharwad police have made stronger vigil at the airport to insure fool-proof security arrangements to frustrate any untoward incidents.
One deputy commissioner of police, two assistant commissioners and one platoon both of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) and City Armed Police have been placed at the airport.
These measures apart, an anti-sabotage team and a dog squad have also been pressed into service to keep a careful check at the airport. Airport Controller M Basavaraj declined to divulge any information on security preparations at the airport and the possible threat of hijacking planes from here.
According to Hubli Dharwad Police Commissioner Ramachandra Rao, “There is a common security alert from the Centre and a rumors was also making rounds that a plane hijacked from a smaller airport can be used (in attacks), following which security was beefed up here.”
DC Darpan Jain said security measures were in place as per the procedure which was improved following an alert. Claiming that there was only a common alert, he sought to downplay the threat awareness.
“Following the recent terror attack in the Delhi High Court, general security preparations have been made at the airport,” he said.
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The Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) planning to take up work on the second runway next year.
According to Mr G.V. Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Group, which has 43 percent stake in BIAL, work on the second runway at the airport would be taken up next year, and work on the third runway will begin after that. He said this on the sidelines of the Regional Celebration of Civil Aviation Centenary at Bangalore on Monday.
BIAL operates the Bengaluru International Airport.
Work on the expansion of terminal building is underway at the airport. BIAL plans to expand the terminal from 72,000 sq.m to 1.34 lakh sq.m. Mr Reddy said that once that expansion work is done, work on the second runway will start.
Speaking at the event, Mr S.V. Ranganath, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, said that work on expansion of regional airports at Mangalore, Mysore and Hubli was also in full swing with the State Government contributing through allocation of land and water.
Other small airports that are coming up throughout the public-private partnership model in the State are at Gulbarga, Bidar, Shimoga and Hassan, he pointed out.
The Karnataka Government is considering having a separate aerospace policy for the State, said Mr Ranganath. “About 65 per cent of the aerospace work in the country is concerted in and around Bangalore.”
The State has also set up an aerospace special economic zone, where 41 industries have signed up to put up shop, said Mr Ranganath.
According to him, the State has been in the forefront still in expansion of air passenger traffic and development of infrastructure such as airports.
Bangalore international airport is the third biggest international airport in India.
A man who tried to board a Southwest Airlines flight with equipments that resembled bomb parts was ordered held without bond on Friday by a federal judge, authorities said.
Anthony Falco Jr., 47, faces two felony counts alleging he gave fake and confusing statements about the stuffing of his carryon bag so he could board the airplane on Sunday, which was the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Packages in the bag were covered and taped and contained wires, batteries and parts of cell phones and cameras that can reproduce an improvised explosive device, FBI agent John Tucker testify at Falco's custody hearing on Thursday.
Falco warned authorities against opening the packages, saying they would have "a very bad day" if they did so, Tucker said in a confirmation.
Tucker said that Falco also appear to mouth the words, "Father God, America is going to go down."
Falco's public defender, Laine Cardarella, said in court that Falco was alluding to a lawsuit, not a bomb; that he never claimed to have a bomb; and that none of the materials in his bag were against the law to have on a plane.
Prosecutor Justin Davids said Falco bought a one-way ticket with cash, which Cardarella said was as his car broke down and he was trying to fly home.
Falco's mother said her son has been treated for mental illness and wasn't taking his prescriptions, authorities said.
But U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays ordered Falco held without bond. No tests have been ordered to inspect Falco's mental or physical state, authorities said.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Passengers on a flight bound for San Francisco used emergency parachutes to evacuate a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington after the pilot noticed something was wrong with the engine.
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Kimberly Gibbs says the United Airlines flight was on the airport taxiway about 1 p.m. Wednesday when the pilot found a problem.
Gibbs says after the passengers were all off, the airplane headed back to the terminal.
It was not clear how many passengers and crew were on board.
For the third time, a United Express regional jet landing at Ottawa International Airport has skid off a rainfall-slicked runway in daylight.
No one was hurt; though the aircraft was badly broken and endured a fuel leak after the landing gear broke and punctured the underside of the wing. There was no fire.
After landing the flight from Chicago on Sunday afternoon, the pilots lost control of the small regional jet and it skidded off the track, Ottawa’s longest and widest. It turned around and its main landing gear under the wings broke as the aircraft slipped on the rain-softened ground.
Like all airlines, this one selected a moniker to identify its flights to air traffic control. Its choice: “Waterski.” So Sunday’s flight used call sign “Waterski 3363.”
Sunday’s mishap came hardly 15 months after another 50-passenger Embraer ERJ-145 landed part-way down Ottawa’s shorter runway after a flight from Washington and ran more than 150 metres off the end of the runway. Both pilots and one of the 33 passengers endured minor injuries and there was significant damage to the plane’s nose after the landing gear under the cockpit collapsed as the aircraft ran off the runway.
Canada Transportation Safety Board investigation into the June 2010 accident isn’t complete up till now.
But a TSB report is complete for a 2004 runway over-run by another Trans States Embraer-ERJ-145. It was a flight from Pittsburgh that landed part of the way down the runway, failed to stop and ran about 100 metres off the end. The TSB concluded the pilots approach in the rain was “high, fast, and not stabilized, resulting in the aircraft touching down nearly halfway down the 8,000-foot runway.”
All three runway mischance at Ottawa involved Brazilian-built Embraer-145 regional jets, flown by Trans States Airlines, a Missouri-based airline that paints its fleet of jets in United Express and US Airways Express colours and flies feeder services for the big airliners. Trans States didn’t react to repeated attempts to contact the airline.
Although pilots on Internet boards sometimes criticize about the smooth, slick asphalt surface at Ottawa, both its main runways are long enough to handle the world’s biggest and heaviest commercial jetliners, such as a Boeing 747 with a landing weight of more than 300 tons. Average landing weight for an Embraer-145 is 20 tons.
The longer of Ottawa’s two tracks and the one involved in Sunday’s incident is 10,000 feet long.
The York Airport is getting grant money to make upgrade that officials believe will aid make the airport more good-looking for business travelers.
Gov. Tom Corbett announced Thursday a $4 million state investing that will upgrade amenities and improve safety at 18 airports across the state.
The York
Airport in Jackson Township will receive $238,500 to take away hazards to get better runway safety, plus will kick in $26,500 of its own money as part of a matching allow.
Tim Tate, vice president of York Aviation Operators, Inc., emphatic the state money comes from a fuel tax paid for by aviators and not from public tax dollars.
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The money will be used for obstacle removal, such as utility poles and trees that will let pilot’s clearer access to the runway. That is particularly beneficial for inclement weather conditions, Tate said, and will give the airport a better capacity to have planes land during less than ideal conditions rather than go somewhere else.
That should be supportive for business customers, he said.
"We want to attract more businesses to utilize the airport and support the local economy," Tate said. "We're trying to make it more available."
Last August, the privately owned public airport was awarded a state allow worth $240,750 to install a perimeter fence to keep wildlife off the runway. At that time, the airport had troubles with deer crossing the runway on the south side of Route 30 near Thomasville.
In the past 16 years, about six deer have roamed into the runway and been hit by planes that were landing or taking off. Even a turkey jumped into the side prance of a plane that was taking off and damage it.
The fence proposed with the last grant was to be tall and secure plenty to block deer and other wildlife. The fence would also include a layer of protection from trespassers.
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