All air transport news – Page 2510
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Embraer increases EMB-145 flying
EMBRAER IS FLIGHT-TESTING THREE EMB-145 regional jets and plans to fly a fourth aircraft by 31 March. The Brazilian manufacturer is aiming for certification by late October/early November and for first deliveries to airlines in Australia and France by the end of 1996. The 50-seat aircraft had its international debut ...
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Lining up
BOEING ANNOUNCES a production rate increase and the world is convinced, that the airline recession is over. Why is that so? Because Boeing, is both a bastion and a bellwether of the industry. Boeing has been particularly successful recently with customers seeking a family of aircraft, whether ...
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Aerospatiale supports Airbus restructure
AEROSPATIALE HAS finally given its public support to calls for Airbus Industrie to transform itself from a consortium into a normal company. The German and UK partners, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and British Aerospace, have been pushing for such a change for several years, but have been blocked by ...
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Tu-144 supersonic testbed rolled out
A MODIFIED Tupolev Tu-144LL was rolled out at Zhukovsky Flight Test Centre on 17 March, marking the beginning of a six-month joint Russian-US flight-test programme in support of NASA's high-speed-research programme. The project is aimed at developing technology for a next-generation US high-speed civil transport. The US industry ...
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Mig-AT makes maiden flight
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The MAPO-MiG MiG-AT advanced trainer had its maiden flight at Zhukovsky airfield, near Moscow, on 16 March. The manufacturer is competing with Yakovlev, fielding its Yak-130, to replace hundreds of Czech Aero L-39s in service with the Russian air force and other CIS republics. ...
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Charter collaboration
As an extension of the Sabena/Swissair equity alliance, the respective charter subsidiaries will begin joint flights in July. Sobelair and Balair/CTA, the latter operated by Swissair subsidiary Crossair (but retaining the name for long-haul flights), are co-operating on a Brussels-Zurich-San Francisco route, to be flown by the Belgian company's 270-seat ...
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Tentative Agreement
FedEx has tentatively agreed a new five-year contract with its 3,000 pilots, including pay increases partly linked to profitability and work-rule changes to improve flexibility and productivity. FedEx pilots, who took industrial action when talks broke down, have yet to vote on the deal. The carrier began direct US-China cargo ...
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Bankruptcy fails to prevent Fokker 50 handover
INDEPENDENT BELGIAN COMMUTER AIRLINE VLM took delivery of its fourth Fokker 50 on 15 March - the day that Fokker went bankrupt. The airline, which operates daily scheduled services linking Antwerp and Rotterdam with London City Airport, will use the aircraft on its new Dusseldorf-London route, to be inaugurated on ...
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A330 finance deal
Garuda Indonesia has signed an operating-lease agreement with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell for its first six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus Industrie A330-300s. Delivery of the 293-seat aircraft is scheduled to begin in December. Garuda originally ordered nine A330s, but financing for the remaining three has still to be arranged. ...
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Hong Kong delay
China National Aviation has reportedly delayed the start-up of its planned Hong Kong-based carrier until June. The provisionally named China Hong Kong Airlines had intended to begin operations from 1 April, with a single leased Boeing 737-500, but now needs more time to complete its application for a Hong Kong ...
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Czech delivery
Czech Airline CSA has taken delivery of its two Aero International (Regional) ATR 42-400 turboprops. The airline is the launch customer for the new version of the ATR 42, powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney PW121As.The Czech airline already operates four ATR 72s and two basic ATR 42s. ...
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Atlas contract
Atlas Air has signed a long-term contract to operate a Boeing 747-200 freighter for Swissair Cargo. The aircraft, the first of five leased from FedEx, enters service this month. Atlas already operates 11 cargo 747s. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce
Colin Green, vice-president for business operations at Allison Engine, and who will become managing director of the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group on 30 April, has been appointed an executive director at R-R, with effect from the same date. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Dr Vernon Lee to the new position of vice-president of the newly created Systems Development Center and the FS-X fighter aircraft. He was most recently vice-president of Lockheed Martin's Japan FS-X programme, which he will continue to oversee. Richard ...
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UK turns up heat on engine-control study
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN ADVANCED electronic engine-control (EEC) system, capable of operation in the high-temperature core of a jet engine, rather than being mounted on the fan casing, is under development by a UK consortium. The project could lead to production of more-responsive and reliable EECs ...
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AeroMexico on firmer footing
AEROMEXICO HAS emerged from a critical year with its financial restructuring safely in place and its losses apparently under control. The Mexican carrier, which came close to collapse during 1995, reports that net losses ended the year at 173 million pesos ($23 million). That compares to more than ...
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Varig outlines blueprint for expansion
VARIG BRAZILIAN Airlines president Fernando Pinto has outlined a new expansion programme following two years of substantial cuts in staff, unprofitable routes and aircraft. The airline plans to invest $40 million developing new routes and is negotiating with leasing companies GECAS and GPA to acquire two McDonnell Douglas ...
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Lessons to learn from Concorde
Sir - In "Twenty years young" (Flight International, 7-13 February, P41) you comment that "...in terms of flight cycles and hours, the aircraft [Concordes] are remarkably young, despite the physical age of the fleet". British Airways, you report, operates each Concorde for 900-1,100h a year - one-quarter (or less) of ...
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Saf-T-Glo hopes Pathfinder lighting will shine in USA
AN EMERGENCY FLOOR-path-lighting system, which requires no electrical power and has no batteries, bulbs or wiring to install and maintain, has been certificated in the USA by Diversified Aviation Services (DAS). The Pathfinder photo-luminescent lighting system, manufactured by UK company Saf-T-Glo, has been approved and installed by airlines, in France ...
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Precision quick-start for pistons
PRECISION AIRMOTIVE has introduced a lightweight electric starter for aircraft piston engines. The Lamar permanent-magnet starter has demonstrated quicker engine starts than conventional starters under most conditions, the Everett, Washing- ton-based company says. The bulky field windings of a conventional starter motor are replaced with lightweight permanent magnets. ...