Safety Bulletin IFALPA (Update): Winter Conditions at Finland Airports
Update: Safe winter operations normally require special procedures by airline maintenance, engineering, ground crew, and de-icing personnel. The attached bulletin focuses on operations in northern Finland but the content is relevant to other locations subject to similar weather. It provides excellent guidance for both flight crews and operators.
La Ligne 693 de juillet-août 2023 est disponible
L’Inde est à l’honneur de ce numéro de juillet-août. Le pays connaît en effet depuis la fin de la crise Covid un formidable essor dans les secteurs aéronautique et spatial, comme en témoignent les commandes d’appareils signées par les compagnies aériennes indiennes lors du Salon du Bourget 2023 et l’alunissage d’un engin indien il y a seulement quelques semaines. Il n’en fallait pas plus pour que nous nous intéressions aux ambitions du Gouvernement indien et à celles des différents acteurs de l’aérien dont l’objectif est de développer un secteur économique puissant à l’image de celui qui a émergé en Chine il y a une décennie (…)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Winter Conditions at Finland Airports
Safe winter operations normally require special procedures by airline maintenance, engineering, ground crew, and de-icing personnel. In Finland, FINAVIA and TRAFICOM publish an annual Safety Bulletin on winter conditions. This bulletin focuses on operations in northern Finland but the content is relevant to other locations subject to similar weather. It provides excellent guidance for both flight crews and operators (...)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Mexico City International Airport (MMMX)
Mexico City International airport was declared as over capacity in 2014. As a result, the Santa Lucia Military Airbase (MMSM) has been developed into a mixed civil/military airport for simultaneous operations between MMMX and MMSM. MMSM opened 21 March 2022.
Position Paper: EMAS Depiction and Signage
3 December 2021 - IFALPA emphasizes the need for adequate and standardized depiction of Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) on aeronautical charts and airport signage. IFALPA recommends that the presence of EMAS be described in the Airport Operational Information (AOI), depicted on Instrument Approach Charts (IAC) and Take-Off and Landing Performance Tools. Standardized signs should be used at the runway end to indicate the presence of an EMAS (...)
Position Paper IFALPA: EMAS Depiction and Signage
IFALPA emphasizes the need for adequate and standardized depiction of Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) on aeronautical charts and airport signage. IFALPA recommends that the presence of EMAS be described in the Airport Operational Information (AOI), depicted on Instrument Approach Charts (IAC) and Take-Off and Landing Performance Tools. Standardized signs should be used at the runway end to indicate the presence of an EMAS.
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Winter Conditions at Finland Airports (update)
Safe winter operations normally require special procedures by airline maintenance, engineering, ground crew, and de-icing personnel. In Finland, FINAVIA and TRAFICOM publish an annual Safety Bulletin on winter conditions. The attached UPDATED bulletin focuses on operations in northern Finland but the content is relevant to other locations subject to similar weather. It provides excellent guidance for both flight crews and operators.
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Sydney Airport 16R Threshold Reconstruction
The following information has been shared by the the Sydney Airport authorities for the information of the global pilot community concerning the reconstruction of the threshold of runway 16R. Member Associations are encouraged to review and share this information (...)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), the Philippines
This IATA Operations Notice alerts airlines of the ongoing risk to aircraft operations at MNL due to unaddressed deficiencies on the airfield. NAIA have implemented initiatives to address the deficiencies, however, current airline safety reports indicate ongoing issues such as surface conditions, charting, signage, marking and lighting (...)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK)
The attached IATA Operational Notice alerts airlines of the ongoing risk to aircraft operations at BKK airport due to soft ground conditions affecting the taxiways, taxi lanes, and aircraft stands. Soft ground conditions or “soft spots” have been encountered and reported by flight crews and ground service providers at BKK since at least 2008.