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Aircraft news
Atlantic Southeast Airlines has ordered 30 Canadair Regional Jet 200s, plus 60 options, with deliveries starting in August. British Columbia-based Central Mountain Air has ordered 10 Beech 1900Ds, with 10 options, with deliveries between April and November. American Eagle has ordered 12 ATR72-210As, with deliveries between ...
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Suppliers
Singapore Airlines has become the first customer for Airbus' AIMFANS A datalink, which will be used to equip the carrier's fleet of A340s. Certification is expected in early 1998. Unison is expected to buy BFGoodrich's aerospace engine electrical systems division by the end of June. Boeing ...
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Appointments
Air Marshall Islands has appointed Peter R Hanna as chief executive officer. James A Robinson has been appointed president and member of the board of directors of Fairchild Aerospace Corporation while Michael L Meshay has joined the board of Fairchild subsidiary Dornier Luftfahrt. Hans-G Koch became ...
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Appointments
François Bachelet becomes chief operating officer of Air France Cargo. Martin George has become British Airways' director of marketing. Meanwhile, BA's chief executive Bob Ayling has become chairman of the Association of European Airlines for 1997. Willem E Kooijman will become KLM's executive vice president personnel ...
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French make waves in Fiji
It's normally the US that stands accused of neo-colonialism. But not to be outdone, France has decided it too can play the game and the focus of its efforts is the tiny Pacific island of Fiji. The island's government, a major recipient of overseas aid from the European ...
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Partners for now
Every year sees a major change to the global alliance movement and this year's survey, the fourth consecutive since 1994/95, is no exception. Last year SAS left the European Quality Alliance for Lufthansa, while this time British Airways ditched its codeshare with US Airways in favour of American Airlines. With ...
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US opens up centre
Sceptics could be forgiven for questioning the true 'open' nature ofthe new US open skies agreements with six Central American countries since carriers from two of the countries are prohibited from flying to the US. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama each signed open skies ...
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CNAC enters stock race
Two of China's leading aviation companies are embroiled in a race to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange before the territory is handed over to Beijing's control on 1 July, with sources suggesting only one is likely to succeed. Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines is still trying to ...
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Airline News
Continental Airlines is to start daily nonstop flights from New York/Newark to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janerio on 10 July. Continental Express was to launch three daily services from Cleveland/Hopkins to Raleigh-Durham on 1 May as well as three daily flights to Norfolk, Virginia via Washington/Dulles and a daily ...
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Boeing's actions require scrutiny
Sole-supplier deals could stifle competition and reduce the impetus to innovate. When a company with the size and influence of Boeing flexes its muscles, everybody had better sit up and take notice. Recently, there's been plenty of muscle-flexing in Seattle. Boeing has signed sole-supplier deals with American Airlines ...
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Financial results
Company Period Net US$ mil Comp period Sales US$ mil % change Aer Lingus Y Dec 31 51.2 24.2 1,225 -4.0 AMR Corp 1Q Mar 31 152.0 157.0 4,006 2.4 Austrian Airlines Y Dec 31 19.8 30.4 1,228 8.8 China Eastern Airlines ...
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Out of tune
After a period of relative quiet, noise is creeping back on to the mainstream aeropolitical agenda. Operators are already starting to feel the effects of a patchwork of regulations, which have emerged to fill the vacuum created by slow progress on the march to the next generation of standards. ...
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PIA sale to fund revamp
The Pakistani government has launched its search for a strategic equity partner to help recapitalise and restructure state-controlled Pakistan International Airlines. The government's privatisation commission plans to appoint financial advisors, consisting of an investment bank, a law firm and consultants, on 20 July to oversee the sale of ...
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Proceed with care
If a single US airline were to be picked out for its sheer likeability, then that airline would have to be Southwest Airlines. This darling of the industry consistently puts smiles on the faces of its employees, its passengers, bankers, analysts, shareholders, and even former Department of Transportation inspector general ...
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China limits CAL's choice
China Airlines' search for a foreign airline equity partner is being frustrated by potential bidders' fears of upsetting Beijing and the Taiwanese carrier is likely to find its choice of investors limited to the Chinese mainland. The quasi-governmental foundation that owns 81 per cent of China Airlines plans ...
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Direct links see change
They've done it by sea, and now Taiwan is searching for ways to ease its self-imposed ban on direct air links with the People's Republic of China. In an historic but short voyage in late April, the first ships carried cargo directly across the straits. Each side has ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Carole Sharpe has been appointed vice-president of communications at US aero-engine manufacturer United Technologies. Source: Flight International
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Global Hawk
Charles Hashem has been named vice-president of the Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Tier II Plus Strategic business unit, of San Diego, California. He was formerly with Lockheed Martin Tactical Communication Systems, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Source: Flight International
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R-R
Rolls-Royce RB.211 engineer Vic Szewczyk and UK Civil Aviation Authority surveyor Peter Leech display UK approval certificates for the RB.211-524G/H-T aero-engine, designed for operation in the Boeing 747-400, following the award of a certificate of type approval which was granted by theUK Civil Aviation Authority in mid-May. ...
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CFM on Il-76
CFM International's president Gerad Leviac says that the company is working with Ilyushin to re-engine the Il-76 with the CFM56 engine. Leviac says that the plan to re-engine the Il-86 with the CFM56 has foundered on the inability to arrange funding. Source: Flight International