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China turns down Dragonair stake to go it alone
CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) has rejected Swire Pacific's offer of a 6% share in Dragonair, and will instead press on with plans to launch its own Hong Kong-based carrier. Beijing-controlled CNAC is reported to have already leased a Boeing 737 from the USA for delivery in March. The ...
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Sonaca faces bankruptcy
BELGIAN aero-structures company Sonaca, has warned its state owners that it faces bankruptcy, without a major rescue plan, including fresh capital and a halving of the work force. The company has drawn up a rescue plan that calls for up to BFr1 billion ($33 million) in new funds ...
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Tahiti's FANS makes headway
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRANCE'S THOMSON-CSF has completed the second phase of Tahiti's new satellite-based oceanic air-traffic-control system, with delivery of the automated data-link component. When complete in early 1997, the Tahiti system will be one of the main components of the South Pacific Future Air Navigation ...
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Airtran picks hushkit
Florida-based hushkit manufacturer AvAero has won an order from Airtran Airways of Orlando to supply five Boeing 737 hushkit shipsets. The order, which also includes options on four more shipsets, includes the replacement of a Nordam-made hushkit with the AvAero system on the first aircraft. "They ...
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A tale of two crises
Could Fokker have performed better if it had followed Avro's lead in cutting quicker and deeper? Kevin O'Toole/LONDON FOKKER MAY NOT appreciate the irony, but its latest crisis has come just as the regional-jet market is showing few signs of life. If a recovery in ...
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DC-9 update
BFGoodrich Aerospace is to supply new landing-gear indication and warning systems for 106 Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. BFG is also to supply fuel-measurement system upgrades for Northwest's 34 Boeing 747s. Source: Flight International
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Raisbeck
Tom Halvorson has joined Raisbeck Engineering as vice-president marketing. Halvorson's 35-year aviation career has spanned marketing, fixed base operations, aircraft sales and regional-airline management. He joins Raisbeck Engineering after 15 years with Western Aircraft of Idaho where he has held a variety of positions, most recently company president. In the ...
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DASA folds its wings
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE DECISION BY Daimler-Benz, to abandon its Dutch regional-jet associate Fokker to its fate, is the final nail in the coffin of the German company's hopes, of dominating a united European regional aircraft industry. With the policy in tatters, little remains for Daimler-Benz other than to ...
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Boeing counts the cost of airliner-delivery slump
BOEING'S COMMERCIAL aircraft business emerged from a tough 1995 with profits down by more than one-quarter as airliner deliveries continued to slide, a situation worsened by the ten-week machinists' strike. It delivered only 206 airliners over the year - the lowest for a decade - to record nearly ...
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Air India pauses as Airbus renews offer
Air India has postponed a decision on the acquisition of up to 24 long-range aircraft while it considers a revised offer from Airbus Industrie. The national carrier was due to announce a decision following a board meeting in new Delhi on 23 January. The issue slipped off the agenda ...
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US pilot hiring up
Major US airlines almost doubled pilot hiring in 1995, according to Atlanta, Georgia-based Aviation Information Resources (AIR). The consultancy says that 12 majors hired 2,377 pilots, up from 1,266 in 1994. The forecast is for the airlines to hire 2,500 pilots in 1996. Overall, 196 airlines surveyed by AIR hired ...
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Aero Lloyd Airbus
German charter carrier Aero Lloyd took delivery on 16 January of its first IAE V2500-powered Airbus A320. The airline will eventually operate a fleet of six A320s and ten A321s, configured in a single-class layout for 174 and 212 passengers, respectively. The Airbuses will successively replace the existing fleet of ...
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Virgin lays on sleepers
Gunter Endres/LONDON VIRGIN ATLANTIC Airways is to become the first major airline in modern times to install a separate sleeping compartment in its aircraft. The airline will use what is usually the front cargo hold of an Airbus A340-300. The A340 is due to be delivered in 1997. ...
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British Midland to face JAR action
IMPLEMENTATION OF the European Joint Aviation Regulations (JARs) has led to criminal charges being brought against British Midland Airlines by the UK Civil Aviation Authority following a maintenance error in 1995. JARs make companies, rather than individuals, responsible for errors. The BMA mistake caused the emergency diversion and ...
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Parker buys Abex
PARKER HANNIFIN has acquired Abex/NWL for $193 million, in a move designed to complete the group's offering of hydraulic systems to the aircraft industry. Abex/NWL will become a part of Parker Hannifin's aerospace systems and controls subsidiary Parker Bertea Aerospace, bringing with it new lines in pumps, servo ...
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STAe agrees funds for maintenance arm
SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has gone ahead with the recapitalisation of its loss-making maintenance company ST Aviation Services (SASCO), after reaching agreement with partner shareholders Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan Airlines (JAL). Under the restructuring plan, STAe has converted a S$20 million ($14 million) loan into preference shares ...
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Britannia boosts cargo business
BRITANNIA AIRWAYS, the world's largest holiday-passenger charter airline, is attempting to boost its revenues with an aggressive entry into the cargo business, taking advantage of the belly-hold capacity of its Boeing 767 and 757 fleet. The airline believes that there is a vast unexplored market from the Mediterranean ...
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Taiwan looks for foreign training
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE TAIWAN IS seeking access to foreign military bases and training ranges for its air force, to overcome the problem of increasingly restricted airspace. According to local reports, Taiwan has approached several countries, including Australia, the Philippines and the USA. The move will almost certainly meet with opposition from ...
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Meridiana pioneers regional satcoms
ITALIAN REGIONAL carrier Meridiana is to fit its fleet of British Aerospace BAe 146-200s with passenger satellite-telephones. The move is the first satellite communication (satcom) installation on the 146 and the first significant passenger-satcom made available by a regional carrier, according to In-Flight Entertainment, the Flight International newsletter. ...
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Evergreen flies all-GPS 747
EVERGREEN International Airlines has replaced the inertial-navigation system (INS) in a Boeing 747-100 freighter with a triple global-positioning system (GPS) installation, the first INS replacement by GPS in a 747. The installation of three Trimble TNL-8100 GPS navigation systems in the 747 was certificated by avionics-engineering firm Canard ...