All air transport news – Page 2495
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CAL proposes to sell shares
TAIWAN'S CHINA Aviation Development Foundation (CADF) is to sell around 16% of its holding in China Airlines (CAL) to private investors. The sale will reduce CADF's stake in the carrier to 62%. It also plans to launch a rights issue of 200 million shares. The issue is expected to raise ...
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Deregulation: not as good a picture as it is painted
Sir - The article "Low-cost carriers save passengers $6 billion" (Flight International, 1-7 May, P10) raises hope that European "deregulation" will bring a similar reduction in air fares. Judging by results in the USA, however, the real benefit for airline passengers is difficult to measure. Less than 3% ...
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Reviving a giant
After the worst downturn in its history, the Douglas Aircraft division of McDonnell Douglas is showing signs of a dramatic recovery. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES IT HAS BEEN A painful period for the Douglas Aircraft (DAC) division of McDonnell Douglas (MDC), but there is fresh optimism in the ...
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Sochata wins its spurs for quick changes
SOCHATA, THE maintenance arm of French aero-engine manufacturer Snecma, has qualified as an approved quick-engine-change (QEC) repair station for the Allison T56-501Ds which power the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. It becomes one of only three such engine-repair centres. Lockheed Martin has provided Sochata with technical training, especially on the Hercules' ...
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Silkair profit?
SilkAir, the regional subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is hoping to make its first-ever profit in the current financial year to March 1997. Industry sources say that the airline cut its losses to around S$6 million ($4.3 million) over 1995/6, having produced a deficit of $27.5 million the year before. SilkAir ...
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Reclaimed land suggested for London airport
David Learmount/LONDON THE LATEST SCHEME to create badly needed runway space for London centres on building a new airport on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary, with two further "feeder/reliever" airports to take the burden from Heathrow and Gatwick. The recommendations come in a report by ...
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MDC briefs 11 airline customers on MD-XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) plans to reveal the first technical details of its MD-XX tri-jet derivative family at a conference being held this week in Long Beach, California, to which up to 60 airlines have been invited to attend. "The schedule has accelerated ...
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Sanders
Lockheed Martin electronics company Sanders, of Nashua, New Hampshire, has named Paul Cotter C-130J programme manager at the avionics division. With the former Lockheed Electronics since 1977, Cotter was most recently business area manager for fire-control and sensor systems. Robert Cotter becomes director for displays and mission computers at the ...
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In the end, the safe way is to go-around
Sir - It is obvious, after reading the series of letters on non-precision and precision approaches, that a wide variety of pilots reads Flight International. All approaches, whether precision or not, start from an altitude where obstacle clearance is guaranteed and, from there, on descend towards the airfield ...
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Embraer profits
Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has declared that the company's privatisation is working after a much-improved set of first-quarter results. Revenues rose by 41% to $76 million, while losses fell back to $26 million. In the first quarter of 1995 the company had racked up losses of $116 million. The institutions ...
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ITP takes CADDS 5
Spanish engine-manufacturer Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) has placed a $600,000 contract for ComputerVision's CADDS 5 electronic-product-definition software. Bilbao-based ITP will use the software for computer-aided design work on the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan under development to power the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Source: Flight International
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N250 nacelle parts
France's Hispano-Suiza has delivered the first shipment of N250 engine-nacelle parts to Indonesia's IPTN. They consist of side-access doors and lower-cowl structural frames. Hispano-Suiza has firm orders covering parts for seven aircraft. Source: Flight International
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...and Dash-8 sales
Abu Dhabi Aviation has purchased two Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s, worth $25 million, for delivery in February/March 1997, for offshore-oil support in the United Arab Emirates. Source: Flight International
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AI(R) hot and high
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has received US certification for the "hot-and-high" ATR 42-500 and delivered the first of eight to Continental Express. Bombardier has delivered the first "quiet-cabin" de Havilland Dash 8Q to Mesa Air. Source: Flight International
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Saab/BAe, Lockheed vie for Hungary business
HUNGARY WILL ISSUE a request for proposals (RFP) in July for up to 36 fighters to replace its obsolete Mikoyan MiG-21s. Leading candidates for the procurement include the Saab/ British Aerospace JAS39 Gripen, and the Lockheed Martin F-16. Peter Anstiss, director of sales and marketing support at ...
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BMW R-R and CFMI square up for Asian regional engine contest
BMW ROLLS-ROYCE and CFM International are stepping up efforts to supply a powerplant for the Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)-led AE-100 regional-jet development. China is close to selecting a Western partner for the airframe programme, and a final engine selection is expected to be made about a ...
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Airliner hulls set to be 'fireproofed'
FIRE WILL TAKE TWICE as long to burn through an airliner fuselage if materials being tested by the US Federal Aviation Administration achieve their promise, giving greater time for passenger evacuation and for firefighters to bring the blaze under control. The development could have great lifesaving potential, notably ...
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Swissair considers stake in new low-cost Italian carrier
SWISSAIR IS IN talks with Italy's new low-cost carrier, Noman, on commercial links which may lead to it taking a share of up to 33% in the airline. Noman, which was formerly known as Fortune Aviation, began scheduled passenger operations on 22 January, offering no-frills services between ...
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Israel offers India active AAM
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAEL IS OFFERING India access to an active-radar beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile (AAM) as part of an upgrade being proposed for the Indian navy's British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS51s. The active-radar-guided missile is being developed by Rafael, although the company refuses to acknowledge ...
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Finmeccanica prepares way for privatisation process
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONJulian Moxon/PARIS ITALIAN STATE-OWNED industrial giant Finmeccanica has begun the process of separating its key aerospace and defence activities into a separate business, in preparation for privatisation, expected in 1997. The group, which now has control of around 90% of Italy's aerospace industry, has ...