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IOSA checklist questions now available in Q-Pulse format

Following the launch of our Checklist Exchange, we're now able to offer access to a copy of IATA's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) checklist questions. This first series of checklists, the second revision of the IOSA checklists, is now available for download...

Published Thu, Nov 26 2009 15:47 by MichaelF

Tags: aviation, IATA, safety, audit, checklists, IOSA
IOSA comes of age

The 31st March marked the final milestone in IATA’s implementation programme for their operational safety audit register (IOSA). In 2006, IATA declared that all of their member airlines must pass an IOSA audit by the end of December 2008, and set...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 10:35 by MichaelF

Tags: Q-Pulse, airlines, IATA, SMS, ISAGO, ICAO, IOSA, aviation safety
ICAO deadline for airlines to implement SMS passes

The January 2009 deadline for airlines to implement a structured Safety Management System (SMS) has passed with much of the sector struggling to meet the criteria required. The deadline was set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in...

Published Thu, Feb 5 2009 15:36 by MichaelF

Tags: Q-Pulse, FAA, aviation, IATA, IMS, SMS, ICAO, QMS, CASA, Transport Canada
Aviation industry attacks EU emissions plan that effects airlines worldwide

With airlines struggling to maintain their businesses in an era of skyrocketing fuel prices, the aviation industry has attacked European plans to include its carbon pollution in the emissions trading scheme. The head of the International Air Transport...

Published Tue, Jul 22 2008 11:00 by Daniel Rae

Tags: aviation, IATA, environment, EU, ICAO, emissions, CO2, green, aeroplane, sustainable
The Danger Zone: Ramp and Hangar Safety

Aviation can be a dangerous business. But, a look at hangar and ramp accidents shows the costs can be high, even deadly. Training, attitude and reasonable expectations can reduce the number of incidents. For all its glamour, aviation is a dangerous business...

Published Tue, Jul 1 2008 10:00 by Daniel Rae

Tags: aviation, IATA, hangar accidents, SMS, ramp accidents, ISAGO, safety management, ICAO
The countdown to paperless airline ticketing

LONDON, England (CNN) - "Where's my ticket?" There are set to be less and less of those panicked moments when you can't find your bundle of tear-away coupons, one for each sector of your trip. The airline ticket has been steadily reduced...

Published Sat, May 3 2008 12:00 by Daniel Rae

Tags: aviation, IATA, paperless, environment, e-ticket
Travel Health - Airline Safety

Just what is going on with airline safety these days? With the grounding of thousands of flights by American Airlines and a couple of hundred by other companies, is something basically wrong with US scheduled airplanes, or what? Well, yes, there is something...

Published Thu, May 1 2008 11:49 by Daniel Rae

Tags: FAA, airlines, IATA, air safety, safety, Frommers.com

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IOSA checklist questions now available in Q-Pulse format

IOSA comes of age

ICAO deadline for airlines to implement SMS passes

Aviation industry attacks EU emissions plan that effects airlines worldwide

The Danger Zone: Ramp and Hangar Safety

The countdown to paperless airline ticketing

Travel Health - Airline Safety