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The numbers game
For the first time in decades, there is an argument over which company sold the most new airliners in 1994. At headline level the dispute is, of course, irrelevant in a business whose time-scales are so long. Underneath, however, the fact that there is an argument at all, suggests that ...
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Duty times are no threat
Sir - In "Duty bound" (Flight International, 14-20 December, 1994, P32) you say that "...IFALPA [International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations] is convinced that the proposed European rules are dangerous". It is a nonsense for pilot unions to pretend to be prepared to leave decisions to the Aeromedical ...
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Modern-cockpit history
Cathode-ray-tube (CRT) flight-instrument displays and digital-technology flight-management systems arrived in operational airline cockpits only in 1982. Digital fly-by-wire control arrived less than seven years ago, in 1988. Today, however, the instrument displays of the Boeing 767, 757 and Airbus Industrie A310/A300-600 (the order in which the aircraft entered ...
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Power For ILFC
International Lease Finance (ILFC) has chosen General Electric/Snecma CFM56-5A/Bs, worth more than $300 million, to power 23 firm and nine optioned Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s (Flight International, 4-10 January). The remaining seven firm and one optioned Airbus will be powered by IAE's V2500. Source: Flight International
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Garuda
The sale of older aircraft helped Garuda Indonesia show a five-fold growth in profits for 1994, according to Indonesian transport minister Haryanto Danutirto. The state-owned carrier's profits rose to nearly Rps351 billion ($160 million) over the year, up from Rps64 billion in 1993. Garuda recently disposed of its fleet of ...
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Airbus cockpit/control milestones
1982 Garuda Indonesian Airlines takes delivery of its uniquely ordered A300B4-200s, the world's only two-crew conventional-cockpit wide-bodied type, which has a fully electro-mechanical (E-M) instrument fit but a "forward-facing crew-cockpit" (FFCC) employing the revolutionary "dark, quiet cockpit" (DQC) design philosophy. In the DQC, selector-switch lights turn off, when a system ...
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MDC
John Capellupo has become president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. With McDonnell Douglas (MDC) for 34 years, Capellupo has also served as president of MDC's Missile Systems as well as being deputy president of Douglas Aircraft. Kenneth Francis, formerly executive vice-president responsible for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace West, will assume special-assignment duties ...
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ANA, the 777...and Rolls-Royce
To listen to British Airways and Boeing describe the "working-together" programme, in which the manufacturer invited an unprecedented degree of customer involvement in the design of its 777, is to hear a remarkable tale indeed; one of serendipity of requirements and almost supernatural harmony between the participants. The concept worked, ...
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Weak demand forces Air Hong Kong to cut fleet
CARGO CARRIER Air Hong Kong has cut its fleet from three to two Boeing 747 freighters as it continues to suffer from poor demand and heavy financial losses. The 747-100F is to be returned early to leasing company GE Capital Aviation, as the carrier is able only to ...
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Eastwest Service
Germany's newest carrier, Erfurt-based Eastwest Airlines, has begun a five-times-weekly direct service from Berlin Tempelhof to Rotterdam. From 9 January, the airline is operating a Dornier 328 turbo-prop service from Monday to Friday - the only direct air link between the two cities. Source: ...
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Fedex MD-11 Lease
Express-parcel carrier FedEx has agreed to lease two additional General Electric CF6-80C2-powered McDonnell Douglas MD-11F freighters for delivery in late 1995, bringing its MD-11 fleet to 15 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Section 41 Success
Singapore Aviation Services (SASCO) has signed two contracts, worth S$8 million ($5.5 million), for section 41 modification to two South African Airways Boeing 747s and a Middle East Airlines 747. SASCO will also perform engine-pylon modifications to the aircraft. It has signed a letter of intent to carry out similar ...
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Smoother operations
NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle landing runway has been modified to reduce launch delays Tim Furniss/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Space Shuttle launch delays may be reduced by more than 50% because of extensive modifications to the 4,570m (15,000ft)-long grooved-concrete runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) ...
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Carib Express nears launch
CARIBBEAN START-UP carrier Carib Express has received a ECU4 million ($4.8 million) loan from the European Development Bank and plans to begin operations in February. It is negotiating with British Aerospace Asset Management Organisation for three BAe 146s. Meanwhile, the Governments of St Kitts Nevis and Monserrat, have ...
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VLCT study identifies 1,000-strong market
Guy Norris/SEATTLE EARLY RESULTS of the study into the very-large commercial transport (VLCT) being run by Boeing and the Airbus partners, indicate a possible market for up to 500 aircraft of more than 500 seats by the year 2010. As many as 1,000 could be needed by ...
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Bede hands over BD-10 manufacture to Peregrine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BEDE JET has licensed the rights to certificate, manufacture and market its BD-10 single-turbojet general-aviation aircraft to Peregrine Flight International, the Nevada-based company formed to help buyers of the BD-10 kitplane build their aircraft. Kit shipments have been halted while Peregrine studies the ...
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FAA to look at cockpit design
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration, is beginning a yearlong study, of modern airliner cockpit-design following concerns raised by recent accidents. It says that, in the light of "several [unspecified] accidents", it is creating a team "...to evaluate current-generation transport-category airplane-cockpit design". The review is to focus ...
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SIA signs deal for new A340 fleet
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has signed a contract confirming its previously announced order for ten Airbus Industrie A340-300E long-haul passenger aircraft and 20 options. SIA announced in June 1994 its intention to buy up to 30 A340s, worth a total of $5.4 billion (Flight International, 29 June-5 July 1994). ...
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Heathrow hopes for 80 million passengers
LONDON HEATHROW airport is gearing up for a 60% passenger-traffic increase as its owner BAA fires the first shots in the political war for clearance to build a fifth terminal (T5). The public inquiry into the case for T5 starts in May. If BAA's case is defeated, ...
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Dornier 328s to Star in Texas
TEXAS-BASED regional carrier Lone Star Airlines has ordered four Dornier 328s and taken options on a further four of the 30-seat high-speed turboprops. The first aircraft will enter service in January, replacing the 19-seat Fairchild Metros, used on routes from Dallas/Forth Worth, to Chihuahua and cities in Mexico. ...