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  Encyclopedia: List of airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Royal Brunei Airlines (Malay: Penerbangan DiRaja Brunei, Jawi: ï»“ï»§ïº­ïº‘ïºŽÚ Ù† ﺩﻴﺮﺍﺝ ﺑﺮﻮﻧﻲ), or RBA as it is known by its initials in Brunei, is the international airline of the Sultanate of Brunei.
Mandarin Airlines (華信航空) is a regional and domestic airline based in Taipei in Taiwan and is a subsidiary of China Airlines.
Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747 at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) in December 2003 Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA, 日本貨物航空 Nippon Kamotsu Kôkû) is a cargo subsidiary of All Nippon Airways.
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 436-A-2003 -- Authority and charter permits to operate cargo charter flights between Canada and Europe from July 1, ...
MK Airlines argued in its reply that interpreting these reasons as binding on the Agency in its consideration of future applications for charter permits would run counter to the scheme of the CTA and the ATR, and therefore the current all-cargo charter policy continues to apply to the flights under consideration.
MK Airlines responded that these Air Canada flights do not respond to shippers needs as they do not go directly to Luxembourg, they operate in accordance with schedules that best accommodate passenger services and not shippers' needs and they would be unable to carry pieces that are too large for a Boeing 747-400 Combi aircraft.
MK Airlines is also reminded to contact Transport Canada or the local airport authority regarding permission either to operate at specific times or to use any airport facility and for compliance with the security requirements of Transport Canada.
www.cta-otc.gc.ca /rulings-decisions/decisions/2003/A/436-A-2003_e.html   (3325 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Kent | Airport loses business to Belgium
MK Airlines has flown out of the airport since 1999 but is now moving its base to Ostend in Belgium.
MK Airlines said it flew 38,000 tonnes of cargo a year from Manston and airport managers told the BBC 'a substantial amount' of the airport's trade had come from the company.
MK Airlines spokesman Steve Anderson said: "As the first operator out of the airport we had a long-term agreement in place with the airport owners, which was only halfway through.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/3593404.stm   (350 words)

  
 Articles - Douglas DC-8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Airlines cancelled orders for it, public confidence in the idea of jet transport plummeted, and it would take de Havilland four years to find and fix the problem.
Consultations with the airlines resulted in a number of design changes: the fuselage was widened by 15 inches (380 mm) to make room for six abreast seating and make it slightly wider than the 707.
Airlines were offered the option of a windowless cabin, though only one, United, took this up with an order for 15 in 1964.
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 7 feared dead in cargo jet crash - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The MK Airlines Boeing 747 cargo freighter slammed into a rock quarry and burst into flames after taking off from Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia.
A team from East Sussex-based MK Airlines was flying to Halifax to assist with the incident.
MK Airlines was set up in 1990 and operates cargo flights around the world.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5031562.shtml   (373 words)

  
 Plane crash: Crew from SA, Zim
Steve Anderson, from MK Airlines, which is based in Hartfield in England, confirmed there were seven people on board and they were waiting for more news from Canadian police.
MK Airlines was set up in 1990 "to provide cost effective and reliable air cargo capacity to the world cargo industry" and operates scheduled and non-scheduled cargo flights around the world, it says on its internet site.
Although its fleet of Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighters are registered in Ghana, MK Airlines' administrative centre is in Britain.
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-7-1442_1605319,00.html   (300 words)

  
 MK Airlines - 7G - Hartfield - United Kingdom - Capt Michael Kruger , Managing Director & CEO - ATI, Air Transport ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Freight operator MK Airlines views the Boeing 767 as a potential replacement for its ageing McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighter fleet but is in no rush to phase out the older type.
Freight operator MK Airlines is intending to branch into third-party maintenance work as it prepares to secure European certification for its servicing operation.
Freight carrier MK Airlines is to switch its fleet to the UK register as part of a plan to increase business flexibility, after years of operating on the registry of Ghana.
www.rati.com /ALLANDING_881.htm   (337 words)

  
 MK Airlines
MK Airlines was formed in 1990 to provide cost effective and reliable air cargo capacity to the world cargo industry.
MK operates a fleet of Boeing 747 and Douglas DC8 Freighter aircraft to destinations all around the world including many exotic locations.
As for the MK Airlines DC-8 flights F/E Nigel Hogben (Walkaround at MSE and his tour of the F/E Panel) and Capt. Louis De Bruijn (tour of the cockpit) should get most of the credit.
www.worldairroutes.com /MK.html   (785 words)

  
 Memorial for victims of cargo jet crash held in Halifax
What is known is that an MK Airlines jet failed to gain altitude in the pre-dawn sky, struck a berm at the end of a runway and plunged into nearby woodlands, bursting into flames.
MK Airlines has lost three planes in crashes since 1992 but only one resulted in a death.
MK Airlines official Captain John Power, arriving last night from England where the company is based, looked shaken when pressed about the airline's other crashes.
home.att.net /~aircargosafety/10-14-04.htm   (11515 words)

  
 Boeing 747 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
American Airlines, Continental Airlines, and Delta Air Lines are among the larger carriers to discontinue the 747.
Airlines however would have preferred Boeing to develop an all-new design instead of an updated 747, and the plan was dropped after a few months.
But once again airlines weren't interested, and Boeing cancelled the program in 2001 after no orders were forthcoming, and devoted its energies to the ill-fated Sonic Cruiser.
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 Jet crash: Claims of explosion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The tail of the wide-body plane, owned by MK Airlines Ltd of Britain and Ghana, lay in a field at the end of the runway, inside the fence surrounding the airport property.
MK Airlines said that, apart from the usual three-person crew in the cockpit, the plane was also carrying a loadmaster and a spare crew.
The huge aircraft, which had stopped in Halifax to refuel and take on cargo, was loaded with lawn tractors and 53 000kg of lobster and fish bound for Zaragosa, Spain.
www.infowars.com /print/news/jetcrashclaims.htm   (336 words)

  
 The Zimbabwe Independent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The MK Airlines jet was taking off for Spain with a cargo of seafood when it ran into trouble.
Ghanaian aviation officials said MK Airlines had been operating in Ghana since 1994 and had 16 planes registered in the former British colony.
The MK Airlines spokesman in England said the flight originated in New York with general freight and tractors.
www.theindependent.co.zw /news/2004/October/Friday15/815.html   (358 words)

  
 General News of Thursday, 14 October 2004
The MK Airlines jet had been heading for Spain with a cargo of fish and lobster.
He said MK Airlines usually picked up fish in Canada.
Francis Nkansah, senior supervisor at Ghana's Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed MK Airlines had been operating in Ghana since 1994 and had 16 planes registered in the former British colony.
www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=67720   (312 words)

  
 MK Airlines B747 crash at Halifax - Page 29 - PPRuNe Forums
I have never worked for this MK airline, but I hope that when something like this happens to you, the rest of the world is better behaved than you when speculating on the reasons for their demise.
You cite a landing on a closed runway, none of MK's accidents were due to this, many African accidents are from the 'one hit wonder' airlines operating a ropey B707 or similar, MK should be better than this, unfortunately they are somewhat lacking.
Whilst MK is a larger outfit these days I was making reference to the fleet size at the time(s) of the referred to incidents.
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This is the fourth crash in 12 years by Britain- and Ghana-based MK Airlines.
A MK spokesperson told CP the aircraft was in the process of rotating when it crashed.
At a media briefing on Friday afternoon, MK Airlines operations manager Capt. John Power said his company had contacted each of the crew's families with the grim news.
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 What would make this 747 crash??? - Taking Flight - Fear of Flying Support
Here is a brief profile on MK Airlines which I found in my Business Directory...
MK Airlines flies cargo mainly in support of other cargo carriers.
A 747 operated by MK Airlines crashed 700m short of the runway while attempting to land.
www.takingflight.us /forums/showthread.php?t=26   (887 words)

  
 Seven die in Canada plane crash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Steve Anderson, a spokesman for MK Airlines, based in East Sussex, UK, said the company was sending a team to Nova Scotia.
Although it is based in the UK, MK Airlines' fleet of planes is registered in Ghana.
In November 2001, four Britons survived when an MK Airlines Boeing 747 crashed on approach to a Nigerian airstrip.
www.iafpa.org.uk /news-template.php?t=4&id=1435   (307 words)

  
 Daily News
The crash of the MK Airlines 747 in Canada is likely to focus attention on the shadowy world of smaller air cargo operators.
MK is certified in Ghana but is owned and operated out of the United Kingdom.
The air carrier has a fleet that included the 747 and old DC-8 50-series aircraft, which are barred from operating in the United States and Europe by noise and environmental rules.
www.trafficworld.com /news/dailynews/10152004a.asp   (201 words)

  
 Airlines Home Page
Airlines was formed by Jim DeRogatis and John Tanzer -- who had played together opening for Wire in the tribute band the Ex-Lion Tamers -- and John Neilson, who met them at a show after interviewing the headliners.
Four of the songs were ultimately released as two singles on the small Minneapolis label Susstones, Test and For Richard (written in honor of the brilliant oddball physicist Richard Feynman).
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 Cargo Plane Crashes Near Halifax Amid Huge Fireball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The tail of the Boeing 747, owned by MK Airlines Ltd. of Britain, lay in a field at the end of the runway, inside the fence surrounding the airport property.
The MK Airlines spokesman said the company had never had problems with this particular aircraft.
Anderson, the MK spokesman, confirmed the aircraft was in the process of rotating when it crashed.
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 Club Ghana - News and Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
MK Airlines Plane crash was fourth for airline in 14 Years
The crash of a Boeing 747 cargo plane in Halifax on Thursday that killed seven people was the fourth crash in 14 years for MK Airlines.
The three previous crashes suffered by MK Airlines were all in Nigeria, but because that country's safety regulator has never released crash reports, Anderson said he couldn't discuss the causes of those accidents.
www.clubgh.com /showart.asp?art=357&cat=9   (489 words)

  
 DNA tests completed in fatal air crash
After a single delivery on the Halifax-Spain route by MK Airlines in the spring of 2003, the federal cabinet overruled the Canadian Transportation Agency's granting of a permit to the airline for a series of cargo flights.
But MK and one of its customers, Zeus Seafood Inc., appealed to the Federal Court of Canada, paving the way for the transportation regulator to authorize new cargo operations in November, 2003.
A spokesman for MK Airlines of Britain said the situation looked grim given the fact the crash created a huge fireball in the pre-dawn sky.
home.att.net /~aircargosafety/Jet_was_too_slow.htm   (10986 words)

  
 News Article - Slack & Davis, L.L.P. www.slackdavis.com
An eyewitness said it appeared the jet that crashed, an MK Airlines 747-200, was dragging its tail on the runway before it hit a series of towers at the edge of the airport, sheering off its huge tail.
Alex Richman, president of an aviation safety software firm based in Halifax, said the crash Thursday was the fourth for MK Airlines in 12 years, though it was only the second one involving a fatality.
Proulx also declined to comment on whether the crash of the MK Airlines 747 had any similarities to other crashes of the aging aircraft.
www.slackdavis.com /news_article.php/news_id/argval/913/argname/back_link/argval/news_room   (677 words)

  
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 Steve Quayle News Alerts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The MK Airlines jet, which had been leaving with a load of freight and seafood at about 3:50 a.m.
She continued her rotation and ran off the runway and ran into woods," Steve Anderson, a spokesperson with MK Airlines.
The airline has been flying out of the Halifax airport once a week for the past 18 months and is familiar with the area.
www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/04_Global/041014.cargo.crash.html   (378 words)

  
 2002-A-552 -- Exemption - MK Airlines Limited
IN THE MATTER OF an application by MK Airlines Limited for an exemption from the application of subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.
MK Airlines Limited (hereinafter the Licensee) has applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (hereinafter the Agency) for the exemption set out in the title.
Under Licence No. 020154, the Licensee is authorized to operate a non-scheduled international service to transport all-cargo on a charter basis between points in the Republic of Ghana and points in Canada.
www.cta-otc.gc.ca /rulings-decisions/orders/2002/A/2002-A-552_e.html   (195 words)

  
 MACC 6th Dec 99
The Chairman began by welcoming the airline representatives, Mike Kruger and Robert Holland, both from MK Airlines, who were attending for the first time.
Construction of a 30,000sq.ft hangar for MK Airlines was also proposed.
This would enable MK to service their aircraft at Manston rather than having to fly elsewhere for servicing, thereby reducing the number of flights in and out of Manston.
www.m-a-g.fsnet.co.uk /macc/99_12_06.htm   (2182 words)

  
 Brondbjerg Design & Development - Freelance Flash & SQL Server Web Designer - Portfolio
This project has been my most advanced Flash Developmet to date, and working with MK's IT Department, it has grown in both scale and complexity over the past couple of years.
They were used initially, projected on a wall, by the MK Operations department to plan the movenents of their fleet of DC-10s and 747s and Crew around the world.
They are also now being made available company wide through their intranet and globally through their extranet, increasing communication significantly.
www.flipped.co.uk /pages/pf_mkifplan.asp   (190 words)

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