All air transport news – Page 2497
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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
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New Trent 700 failure
The fifth inflight shutdown - the third within in a two-week period - of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 occurred to a Dragonair A330-300 en route from Malaysia to Hong Kong on 23 May. The aircraft was diverted to Subic Bay in the Philippines. "From first reports, we have no reason ...
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Japan plans Hawkeye upgrade
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) is planning a $400 million avionics upgrade for its fleet of Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft, to improve interoperability with the US military. The US Defense Department has notified Congress of the proposed Japanese upgrade project. The modification work ...
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MTU joins NH90 promotion effort for GE T700/T6E
MTU, the Daimler-Benz aero-engine subsidiary, has joined the team promoting the General Electric T700/T6E engine for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. To date, the engine has been developed by GE together with Italian partners Alfa Romeo and FiatAvio, which developed the -T6A variant for Italian versions of the ...
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MDC flies X-36 tailless demonstrator
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has modified its X-36 tailless-fighter technology demonstrator after overheating cut short the 17 May first flight. The remotely piloted research aircraft was landed after just 6min when sensors indicated high temperatures in a rear-fuselage compartment. MDC has added air scoops to improve cooling, according to ...
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All change
The final countdown has begun to tick over Chinese rule over Hong Kong. With the clock ticking away, senior airline executives in the colony have been engaged in a last-minute game of musical chairs, before the Union Jack is hauled down on 30 June. The end-of-year departure of ...
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Maintenance DirectoryPart 2, Africa, Asia and Australasia
The growing importance of the Asia-Pacific market for aviation is attracting considerable investment in the region's airframe and engine repair and overhaul capabilities. With large numbers of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft entering service with Asia's carriers, local-airline engineering divisions and third-party maintenance companies are wanting to cash in on ...
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Grizzly delivery
Kaman has delivered a K-MAX external-lift helicopter to Grizzly Mountain Aviation, of Prineville, Oregon. The company has now sold 13 of the intermeshing-rotor helicopters, and two are on lease to operators. Grizzly Mountain will use the single-seat, single-engined aircraft for logging operations. An aircraft was also recently handed over to ...