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Reflecting the true costs of airport modifications
Sir-In your article, "Airlines force Boeing to raise 747-600X range" (Flight International, 22-28 May, P13), you mention the Airports Council International's (ACI) new report, Costs and Capacity Implications of New Large Aircraft for Airports. I would like to clarify a point on the average capital cost per new-large-aircraft ...
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Channel Express
Antony Sainthill has been appointed director of Airbus Industrie A300 programmes at cargo carrier Channel Express (Air Services), of Bournemouth International Airport, in the UK. He has been a non-executive director since 1994 Source: Flight International
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IAS
Custom-completions specialist International Aviation Services, of Forth Worth, Texas, has named Kristin Martin general counsel. Patrick Browne becomes manager of technical sales, having held flight-officer positions with South African Airways, People's Express, Continental Airlines and Air Micronesia. Jeff Conrad has been appointed director of business development, having held management positions ...
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Home run
Delta Air Lines is welcoming the 1996 Olympics to its home town of Atlanta, Georgia, with a major sponsorship operation. Karen Walker/ATLANTA FEW COMPANIES EPITOMISE the corporate USA as neatly as Delta Air Lines, with its under-stated red, white and blue livery and conservative reputation. The appearance, therefore, ...
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Romania's Romaero attracts Canadian manufacturers
ROMANIAN STATE-owned aircraft manufacturer Romaero is to supply parts for Bombardier's Canadair CL-415 amphibious aircraft. The deal follows the sale of 24 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets and de Havilland Dash 8s to Romanian airline DAC Air. The two are not connected, the Canadian company claims, adding: "We have ...
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Falcon certification
Dassault Aviation has obtained French civil-aviation certification for its Falcon 900EX long-range business-jet. The French manufacturer expects to gain US certification later this month, leading to first customer deliveries in October. Sony's US arm is the launch customer for the aircraft. The 900EX, which is equipped with AlliedSignal TFE731-60 turbofan ...
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Turbocharged Pulsar model is introduced...
AERO DESIGNS HAS introduced a turbocharged version of its Pulsar entry-level kitplane. The Turbo Pulsar is powered by a turbocharged Rotax 914, giving a cruise speed of 150kt (280km/h) at 7,500ft (2,300m), rising to 160kt at 17,500ft. The normally aspirated, Rotax 912-powered Pulsar XP has a cruise speed of 130kt. ...
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UK targets export rise
THE UK Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) has set a target of increasing the UK's share of world defence markets by 3% over the next five years. Charles Masefield, head of the UK Ministry of Defence-run organisation, says that the UK won a 19% share in 1995, but is aiming ...
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P&W secures NASA engine deal
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES PRATT & WHITNEY has won a $27 million five-year engine-technology contract from the NASA Lewis Research Center as part of the agency's advanced subsonic-technology (AST) project. The AST project, which was launched in 1992, is designed to keep the US aerospace industry competitive by ...
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Italy powers ahead with its latest A109
AGUSTA HELICOPTERS has achieved Italian certification of the latest member of its A109 family, the Power, just one year after it was first revealed at the 1995 Paris air show. The first of six helicopters is due to be delivered to launch customer Omniflight in September. Agusta claims to have ...
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US NTSB pushes for Sukhoi checks
Checks on the flight controls of Sukhoi Su-29 and Su-31 aerobatic aircraft are being urged after the fatal crash of an Su-29 near New Orleans on 21 March was blamed on an incorrectly assembled elevator-control system. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called on the US Federal Aviation ...
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NEC wins a massive ICO space contract
Tim Furniss/LONDON ICO GLOBAL Communications, the Inmarsat affiliate which plans to provide a global voice, data, facsimile and messaging mobile-satellite communications system from 2000 (Flight International, 4-10 October, 1995, P44), has awarded a $500 million contract to a consortium led by NEC of Japan to provide the ground-segment-systems ...
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KLM renews growth effort in Europe with expanded fleet
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM IS TO START A NEW wave of growth in its European operations, outlining plans for a $300 million short-haul fleet expansion and a new agreement with its pilots' union, which paves the way for greater use of wet-lease and codesharing with regional partners. ...
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FAA forced ValuJet cut in growth before crash
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US FEDERAL AVIATION Administration concern over the effect on ValuJet's safety of its rapid expansion forced the carrier to rein back planned growth almost four months before the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 crash in Florida on 11 May, documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act ...
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China plans 777 lease for US service
CHINA SOUTHERN Airlines is negotiating to lease three more Boeing 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) from International Lease Finance to support its planned start-up passenger service to the USA. The Chinese carrier is understood to be discussing taking the three leased aircraft in 1997. The airline needs more long-range ...
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Engine-makers line up options for 747X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGLES GENERAL ELECTRIC and Pratt & Whitney expect to finalise by the end of the month their joint-venture plans for the new -500/600 growth versions of Boeing 747. The two manufacturers have "-quickly reached agreement on an engine configuration", but have yet to reach ...
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Former SNPE chief Bechat returns to Snecma to take over from Dufour
JEAN-PAUL BECHAT has become Snecma's new chairman and chief executive, replacing Bernard Dufour, who leaves after only two years, mainly because of deteriorating relations between the French aero-engine builder and General Electric, its 50-50 partner in CFM International. Bechat left Snecma two years ago, to become chairman and chief executive ...
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Myanmar FANS decision 'unwise'
MYANMAR has been told that it risks future international air traffic bypassing Yangon's flight-information region, following its decision to purchase conventional radar equipment. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) had been pressing Myanmar to order future-air-navigation-system (FANS)-compatible equipment. This would have allowed a planned new FANS route across ...
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North Korea's IATA overtures on the brink of fulfilment
NORTH KOREA WILL sign a series of agreements shortly with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is expected to lead to opening up of Pyongyang's airspace to international traffic. Discussions between IATA and North Korea on future co-operation are at an "advanced" stage, according to IATA regional ...
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JAT wants to buy more aircraft
YUGOSLAV flag carrier JAT wants to acquire new aircraft as it tries to modernise its war-battered operations. It is reported in Belgrade newspapers that JAT plans to invest around $1 billion by 2000, to rejuvenate part of its fleet. JAT resumed international operations in 1994, with the lifting ...