All air transport news – Page 2583
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Alitalia pilots feel the heat
Alitalia is forcing its intransigent pilots into a corner. The recent move by management to convert lower cost domestic subsidiary Avianova to a regional European operation follows the decision to wet-lease B767s on some transatlantic routes. Both moves mean cheaper labour for Alitalia and less work for its pilots. ...
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New SA fires flag growth
South Africa's new found international acceptance has forced its flag carrier sub- stantially to upgrade its fleet of long-range, wide-bodied aircraft and go on a billion dollar spending spree to compete with growing competition. South African Airways will spend $1.1 billion acquiring some 10 new wide-bodied aircraft over ...
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Old certification standards
Sir - You raise the subject of the application of old certification standards to new-derivative aircraft such as the Boeing 737X (Flight International, 10-16 May). We understand that some new standards apply only to new designs, and may not be appropriate for an existing, well-proved aircraft. For example, ...
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UTC
William Paul has been elected an executive vice-president of United Technologies (UTC), of Washington DC. Paul, who joined UTC's Sikorsky Aircraft division in 1955, was formerly senior vice-president of Government affairs at UTC, for which he remains responsible. Source: Flight International
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Freighter sales
Citicorp Aircraft Management has sold two ex-Delta Airlines Boeing 727-200s, one to Brazil's ITA Cargo and one to express-package operator DHL Airways. The aircraft will be converted to freighters. Source: Flight International
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APIC China deal
Auxiliary Power International (APIC) is to supply APS 3200 auxiliary power units for seven Airbus A320s ordered by Sichuan Airlines of China. The first APIC-equipped A320 will be delivered to China in July. Source: Flight International
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Dollar distress
Even its most ardent supporters would have to admit that the US dollar's spectacular slide against most of the world's leading currencies has left it looking decidedly less solid of late. For the world's aerospace and airline industries, at least those outside the USA, it is a further uncertainty in ...
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MDC offers two-crew cockpit
BUILDING ON DC-10 avionics-upgrade work with United, MDC is offering a two-crew cockpit emulating that of the MD-11. "We'll know within 60 days whether we will do that," says Foreman. The core of what MDC calls the advanced common cockpit is a Honeywell-developed versatile integrated avionics (VIA 2000) ...
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Avro introduces maintenance and refurbishment services
Avro International, the British Aerospace regional-jets subsidiary, has begun offering maintenance and refurbishment services through its flight-test department at Woodford, UK. Under the Avrotec name, the company will initially offer support for the BAe146/Avro RJ series, but in the future it intends to extend its work to cover ...
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Re-learning some old lessons
Sir - With reference to the continuing investigation into the Boeing 737 accidents in March 1991 at Colorado, and in September 1994 at Pittsburgh, I wonder whether old lessons can be re-learned. In the 1950s, the single pole, electrically operated tailplane on the Canberra often ran away to ...
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Precise positioning
Boeing plans to evaluate GPS-based landing systems in parallel with the FAA. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Boeing is leading an industry programme to validate use of the global-positioning system (GPS) for Category III automatic landings. While the US Federal Aviation Administration intends to demonstrate Cat III GPS, Boeing's ...
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BA profits soar but its alliances falter
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS HAS once more cruised to a record set of results, helped by a mix of premium-passenger growth and cost-cutting. The performance was marred only by continuing problems at alliance partners TAT and USAir. Group pre-tax profits were at a new high of ...
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Aerospatiale struggles with break-even target
Julian Moxon/PARIS CUT-THROAT competition from the USA and the slide in the value of the dollar mean that Aerospatiale will be hard-pressed to reach its target of break-even in 1995, says president Louis Gallois. The state-owned French manufacturer has been struggling to reduce its debt burden, ...
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When an inspection calls
Operators are seeking better, less expensive ways to evaluate ageing airframe condition Graham Warwick/ATLANTA While cost-conscious carriers are keeping aircraft in service longer, they want to minimise the maintenance burden of ageing airliners. New inspection techniques provide one answer. The goal of NASA's Airframe ...
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Airbus partners disagree over future development strategy
Julian Moxon/PARIS Major differences of opinion are emerging between French manufacturer Aerospatiale and its principal partner in the Airbus Industrie consortium, Daimler Benz Aerospace (DASA), over future aircraft development strategy. Aerospatiale is seeking German support for investment in a supersonic transport, for which it believes there ...
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Team launches DC-10 upgrade
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has teamed with Alenia subsidiary Aeronavali to launch a DC-10 product-improvement programme ranging in scope from a completely new, two-crew, digital flightdeck to a full conversion from passenger to freighter. The plan is aimed mainly at the expected growth in ...
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Boeing to cut more jobs than expected
Boeing expects to cut as many as 12,000 jobs this year - some 5,000 more than the company had anticipated. Updated 1995 employment forecasts revealed by Boeing show that more than half of the reductions will come from employees taking advantage of its one-time special retirement-incentive programme announced ...
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Ukraine wins first launch contract
Tim Furniss/LONDON NPO YUZHNOYE OF Ukraine has been awarded a contract from Space Systems/ Loral to launch 36 Globalstar telecommunications satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard three Zenit 2 boosters. The launches will be from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in 1998. The contract is the first dedicated commercial-launch deal ...
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Star performer
New Brazilian regional-airline Interbrasil STAR has begun operations with the first of three Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Quick Change passenger/cargo aircraft ordered in 1994, for $22 million. Brasilia-based Interbrasil's main shareholder is Brazilian airline Transbrasil. Source: Flight International
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A330 for Dragonair
Dragonair has taken delivery of its first Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus Industrie A330, leased from International Lease Finance (ILFC). The Hong Kong carrier is scheduled to receive a second A330, purchased from sister carrier Cathay Pacific Airways, in July, and an additional ILFC-owned aircraft in September. The aircraft will be ...