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Major job cuts
Boeing, Fokker and Embraer have been trimming staff in a bid to cut costs back and stay competitive. Boeing announced 5,000 more employees will go in addition to the 7,000 job losses already announced. Fokker is to cut staff by 945, of which 490 will be forced lay-offs, by year ...
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Ansett carry on regardless
Ignoring recent losses and the imminent purchase of 50 per cent of its stock by Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia has decided to push ahead with plans to expand its embryonic international operations in Asia. Managing director Graeme McMahon says a third Boeing 747-300 will be leased for ...
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New wave hits Mexico
The reversal in Mexican economic fortunes, dragged down by the slump of the peso, is at least restoring some equilibrium in the airline industry. But the economic crisis could yet precipitate a reversal in policy, with the government pushing to re-regulate pricing and infusing both Aeromexico and Mexicana with new ...
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Euro pilots strike out
Continuing management efforts to cut the European majors' operating costs are resulting in clashes with pilots at KLM, SAS and Alitalia. If pilots do not concede the need to reduce costs, carriers may seek alternatives. KLM is insisting on a longterm programme to cut its aircrew costs, which ...
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Africa's Alliance prepares to launch scheduled services
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON ALLIANCE, THE NEW African long-haul venture led by South African Airways (SAA), is gearing up for the launch of scheduled services in July, and says that new routes and aircraft are likely to follow. The venture has its origins in protracted talks between ...
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Impact of high-speed competition: the real threat
Sir - Andrew Chuter is right to warn the airlines of the impact of high-speed rail services (Flight International, 7-13 June, P94). The real danger threatening domestic and short-haul European services, does not come from the TGV high speed train, however, but from the willingness of governments to sink ...
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Back to break-even
The world airline industry ended 1994 close to break-even, but cost of reduction is still top of the agenda. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON At times, it seemed that it would never happen, but the world airline industry at last appears to have ended its record run of ...
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Air Macau goes for Airbus
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has won a close fight with Boeing to provide aircraft for start-up carrier Air Macau, which is to begin operations soon after Macau's first international airport opens for business in November. Air Macau is to lease two A320s and two A321s, both powered by International Aero ...
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Air France cash is approved
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has authorised the next tranche of cash for the recapitalisation of Air France, but has expressed reservations about the speed with which the national flag carrier is restructuring. The first Fr10 billion ($2 billion) chunk of the Fr20 billion being given to the airline ...
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Embraer plans an August roll-out for the EMB-145
EMBRAER WILL roll out the prototype EMB-145 regional jet at its Sao Jose dos Campos plant on 18 August. All ground tests, are scheduled to be completed by late July, leading to a first flight in August according to the manufacturer. The 13-month, 1,100h, flight-test programme is to ...
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FAA approves FANS-1 package
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has issued a formal type certificate for Boeing's future air-navigation system (FANS-1) installation package for Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 747-400s. The system provides for automatic position reporting and other operational communication by satellite from anywhere in the world. The FANS-1 incorporates a comprehensive flight-management-system ...
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MoU talks boost Saudi EH101 sales prospects
THE UK AND SAUDI Arabia are negotiating a memorandum of understanding, covering the potential sale of the Westland/ Agusta EH101 helicopter, outside the British Aerospace Al Yamamah arms agreement. The Saudis are primarily interested in the anti-submarine-warfare (ASW) variant of the EH101, known as the Merlin, for the ...
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First 737-400 delivered to JAL
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) HAS TAKEN DELIVERY of its first Boeing 737-400. The aircraft, the first of four 737-400s ordered by the Japanese flag carrier, will enter service in September on domestic routes, primarily from Osaka's Kansai International Airport. The services will be operated in conjunction with Japan TransOcean Air, 51%-owned ...
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No substitute for 'airmanship'
Sir -With reference to correspondence regarding training and modern aircraft, I would like, having myself flown, trained, checked and examined on various types of aircraft including currently the A320, to add some comments. all aircraft are flown the same way, are subject to the same conditions/elements and all ...
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Fokker will challenge Avro's jet monopoly at London City
Andrew Doyle/LONDON DUTCH MANUFACTURER Fokker is working on airframe and avionics modifications to its JetLine family of Fokker 100 regional jets, to allow them to be operated at London City Airport, threatening Avro International Aerospace's long-standing monopoly on jet operations at the airport. Fokker's move ...
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Boeing narrows NSA propulsion bidders' field
BOEING HAS short-listed three competing turbofan engines to power its proposed 90- to 108-seat New Small Aeroplane (NSA), due to enter service early in the next century. The three candidate engines are the BMW Rolls Royce BR.715, CFM International CFM56 Lite and the planned standard version of the ...
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AlliedSignal cuts down on BAe 146 engine-maintenance costs
ALLIEDSIGNAL HAS pledged to cut LF502 engine maintenance costs for British Aerospace 146 operators to below $40/h over the next five years. The programme is a joint initiative with BAe's Asset Management Organisation (AMO), which handles the manufacturer's 100-strong fleet of leased 146s. AMO managing director Robin Southwell ...
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KAL chooses PW4000 engine family to power 777s and A330s
KOREAN AIRLINES (KAL) has selected the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine family for its Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s, in a deal worth about $850 million. KAL's first four 777-200Bs will be powered by the 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust PW4090 and its remaining eight stretch -300s by the PW4098, derated ...
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Four-rotor Cobra crucial to Venom bid
Douglas Barrie/PARIS Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC GEC-MARCONI'S VENOM bid for the UK's £2 billion attack-helicopter programme hangs on its ability to provide the UK with a four-bladed development of the Bell AH-1W Cobra, according to a senior US Navy official. GEC and the US Marine Corps ...
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GE confident of fan blade answer
Graham Warwick/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC Aircraft Engines has developed a solution to the fan-blade failure which has grounded GE90-powered Boeing 777 flight-test aircraft (Flight International, 14-20 June, P4). GE has until mid-July to restage the 3.6kg birdstrike test successfully, if Boeing is to deliver the first GE90-powered 777 ...