UAE Civil Aviation Takes Stance Against Air Safety Violators

  UAE Civil Aviation Takes Stance Against Air Safety Violators

 

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Latest News UAE Civil Aviation Takes Stance Against Air Safety Violators The number of airlines operating in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered with the Authority totalled 768 operators with 595 aircraft registered aircraft. During the current year 83 aircraft have been registered. While the total for 2010 was 512 aircraft and 409 for 2009. The majority of which are operated by Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, Fly Dubai and RAK Airways. The statistics indicate the number of pilots and flight engineers working for the national airlines totalled 8,184 cockpit crew, 3093 maintenance engineers, and 31,268 cabin crew. Read Full Article

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Op-Ed: Is there one simple formula for success in the airline business? Sascha Feuerherd a leading aviation industry professional with over two decades of experience specializing in airline restructuring and implementation of cost reduction programs. Feuerherd was Senior Director with Lufthansa Consulting in charge for Airline Restructuring, till recently headed all airline consulting projects for IATA Consulting, airs his views: In a nutshell (and in theory) it is relatively easy to describe successful airlines. The sole target of a successful commercial airline is to safely fly from A to B and back to A, while generating revenues that exceed their cost. Unfortunately, in practical life, it is a much more complex undertaking. From the first idea of starting up an airline to successful operation of an airline, thousands of decisions have to be taken, each of them potentially endangering the success of the company. Read Full Article