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Video answers: The most valuable airspace in the world

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Around half the world’s economic activity happens in these two regions.
  2. Russia lies between these two economic powerhouses.
  3. Travel between these two regions was very difficult during the cold war.
  4. They were able to connect Europe and Asia by flying via Anchorage, Alaska and thus avoiding USSR airspace.
  5. They saw a reduction of around 50% in the flight time between Europe and Asia by flying via Alaska.
  6. The fall of the USSR and subsequent agreement of overflight rights made travel between Europe and Asia much faster and convenient.
  7. Russia hasn’t signed this agreement because it wants to use its strategic position for political gain.
  8. Norwegian has tried and failed to gain overflight rights from Russia, which essentially prevents it from flying direct to many Asian cities.

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Video: The most valuable airspace in the world

This week’s video describes the enormous value that one particular piece of airspace in the world has. Watch to find out where it is.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. How much economic activity occurs in the two regions mentioned?
  2. What country lies between these two economic powerhouses?
  3. When was travel between these two regions very difficult?
  4. What ‘other way’ did the airlines find to connect these two regions?
  5. What reduction in flight times did airlines have by using this ‘other way’?
  6. What event suddenly made flights between the two regions much easier?
  7. Which big country hasn’t signed the International Air Services Transit Agreement and why?
  8. What is preventing Norwegian from starting routes to Asian cities?

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Tips for an airline interview in English

8 tips for an airline interview.

We all know that interviews make us feel nervous at the best of times, but when you’re doing one in English when English isn’t your first language, it’s even more challenging. Of course there are things that you can do to help you feel less nervous.

First of all, when doing an aviation interview, you have to be aware of what the procedure is going to be; what is the first step in the process, what’s going to happen after that. The first thing that interviewees usually have to do is to hand in some paperwork to the company when they arrive to do an interview process. This verification process makes sure that everything is in order before beginning the interview process. Make sure that you have all of these documents ready before you leave for your interview process and have copies of them if needed. One thing you don’t want is a distraction because there’s a problem with your documentation. Be organised and have it all ready in advance.

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Structure: Future in the past 2

We talked previously about using the future in the past with be (in the past) + going to + infinitive verb to indicate a plan, prediction or expectation from a past perspective.

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Video answers: The little plane war

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. They were both commercial failures with relatively few planes sold.
  2. Nearly 70% of the planes coming into London City Airport are Embraer planes.
  3. Due to noise restrictions, the steep approach angle and short runway, there are few planes that can operate there as efficiently as the Embraer.
  4. It’s a big market because there are many smaller airports which would be best served with regional jets.
  5. One of the test aircraft had an uncontained engine failure during routine testing.
  6. The financial support of the governments of Canada and Quebec helped to save the programme.
  7. They lacked an order from an American airline, which would make or break the programme.
  8. They allegedly sold 75 of their planes to Delta for below cost price.
  9. Boeing filed a dumping petition in US courts and the courts put a 300% import tariff on the planes.
  10. Airbus acquired a 50.01% stake in the programme.
  11. Airbus is a marketing powerhouse and can help sell many more planes than Bombardier alone. However, with final assembly taking place at Airbus’ assembly line in US, it means that the CSeries planes might be classified as US planes, avoiding import tariffs.

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Video: The little plane war

This week’s video describes the war between Boeing and Bombardier over the CSeries jet. Watch to find out exactly what it was about.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. How successful were Airbus’ A318 and Boeing’s 717?
  2. What proportion of London City Airport’s arrivals are Embraer planes?
  3. Why are the reasons for this?
  4. Why is the US a big market for small planes?
  5. What major setback did the CSeries programme have?
  6. What saved the programme after this setback?
  7. What kind of order did Bombardier lack?
  8. What did they do to fix this?
  9. How did Boeing react to this?
  10. What did Airbus do?
  11. How did this help?

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The Little Plane War

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