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January 03, 2015

FAA Announces Tool To Evaluate Airport Capacity

Software Simulates Arriving And Departing Traffic To Assist In Runway Assignments And Sequencing

For several years, the FAA has used the results of an airport capacity tool called the runwaySimulator model that was developed by MITRE to efficiently evaluate an airport’s capacity.

Airbus Consolidates, Production Rates Increase, Manufacturers Look To The Future

Bigger, faster, more efficient, and more of them sums up much of the airline industry this year, as manufacturers ramped up production on airplanes and introduced new models with more seats and better efficiency. Norwegian Air spent most of the year trying to get authorization to fly from the U.S. with much of the industry objecting, and one airline lost two 777s with a total of nearly 600 people on board. Here are some of the stories making headlines in the airline industry in 2014.

Fasteners May Be Missing, Which Could Lead To Skin Cracks

The FAA has proposed an AD for certain Boeing model 767 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports that six fasteners may not have been installed in the left and right stringer 37 (S-37) between body station (BS) 428 and 431 lap splices on certain airplanes.