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    Reed Aerospace poised to launch 24h information service

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Reed Aerospace, publisher of Flight International and Airline Business, is to launch the world's first round-the-clock air transport-dedicated newswire as part of a major new electronic information service. An initial team of eight journalists worldwide is being recruited to provide the first-hand news that will make up the ...

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    -including powerful on-line database

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Alongside its rolling news service, Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) will offer customers an extensive online database. ATI's data modules will cover suppliers, aircraft, airlines, airports, powerplants, other organisations, a who's-who of key industry personnel, events, jobs, safety statistics and data from sister company OAG. The databases ...

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    AVIC deals lift Chinese industry

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has agreed separate deals with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and CFM International (CFMI) aimed at developing China's aerospace industry. The deal with AI(R) involves the establishment of a joint venture to assess the possibility of assembly of ATR turboprops in China. ...

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    Burnham: service is the key to growth

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    AlliedSignal Aerospace is not a company that wastes time - its own or anybody else's. So when company president Dan Burnham calls a press conference, reporters should be on red alert that he has something to shout about. So it proved on Monday at Paris, when Burnham coolly ...

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    Saab confident of continuing turboprop market

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Saab remains confident that there will still be a strong market for turboprops well into the next century, despite the increasing number of orders for regional jets. Saab Aircraft president Gert Schyborger says the impact of the 50-seat regional jets has been to expand the market and create ...

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    Jetphone to pick up C&W clients

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Air/ground telephony provider Jetphone is set to pick up at least two airline customers left without a supplier by the market exit of Cable and Wireless Flightlink (C&W), reports Reed Aerospace news and data service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). The electronic news service, formally launched yesterday, says Crossair ...

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    Computer lends assistance at take-off

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Dedicated to his job and not wanting to miss an air show, Morten Raaby, Sales and Project Engineer from Dataflight, is delaying his honeymoon to be here at the Paris show. "I got married last week, but couldn't let that stop me from being here," he laughs. ...

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    Bombardier looks to change perception of regionals

    1997-06-17T15:10:00Z

    North American airline passengers are disenchanted with turboprop aircraft because they see them as noisy, cramped and subject to greater turbulence. But the development of new wide-body turboprops is changing this perception, says Pierre Lortie, president of Bombardier regional aircraft division. Speaking at Le Bourget yesterday, Lortie says ...

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    Jetstream family gets extra payload boost

    1997-06-17T13:52:00Z

    Improvements to the hot and high performance of British Aerospace's Jetstream 19-seat turboprop family that could be worth up to 350kg of extra payload will be on the market from July. British Aerospace produced around 400 of its Jetstream 31s, Super 31s and 32s, putting most of them into ...

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    Design goes well with showgoers

    1997-06-17T11:58:00Z

    It's unanimous - British Airways has pulled off an artistic masterstroke with its inspirational new logo and tailfin designs, if the views of Paris showgoers are an accurate barometer. The airline unveiled its new corporate image - one of the biggest rebranding exercises in corporate history - on 10 ...

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    Menziken chance

    1997-06-17T11:10:00Z

    Menziken Aerospace Group has enjoyed a long association with the Paris air show, and the company, which operates on both sides of the Atlantic, is keen to make a strong impression this week. Sales manager Alex Wyler says there is no better place than Paris to meet with ...

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    AlliedSignal alliance set to storm aftermarket

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    AlliedSignal Aerospace has formed an alliance with logistics company Caterpillar in an initiative to strengthen its position in the aftermarket, it was announced at the show yesterday. The aims are to help customers cut flight delays and aircraft downtime, and to enable them to save millions of dollars ...

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    Embraer sales keep rolling in

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Embraer expects to announce more orders for its EMB-145 regional jet during the show, confirms Mauricio Botelho, the Brazilian manufacturer's chief executive officer. Botelho's apparent confidence raises speculation that Embraer might be the winner of a long-awaited order for regional jets from American Airlines' subsidiary AMR Eagle. ...

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    Sogerma signs two conversion contracts

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Groupe Aerospatiale company Sogerma announced at the show the award of two new contracts, one in Europe, the other in Asia. The Sogerma Maintenance Group has signed a contract with Airbus Industrie to convert three Airbus A330-300s for Belgian carrier Sabena. Each of the aircraft, which ...

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    Change of engine may delay Ariane 5

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Ariane engine builder Société Européenne de Propulsion (SEP) has decided to change the Vulcain cryogenic motor which should have boosted the Ariane 5 heavy duty rocket on its next flight in mid-September. This follows a problem detected during a bench trial test of a similar engine destined for ...

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    AvSoft on aircraft

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Airlines and component manufacturers alike can tap into a powerful software system which holds detailed information on virtually every commercial aircraft on the planet. AvSoft from Rugby, England, is at the show this week to promote the ACAS Product Tracker system, a highly flexible market information package, which ...

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    AIS targets rapid response customers

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Aero and Industrial Services (AIS) is using its appearance at Le Bourget this week to tell potential customers about a new rapid response capability. AIS, housed in Hall 2/H14, is operating a repair or replace system of maintenance from its base in Burnley, UK, and completed a same-day ...

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    Linda succeeds where Amelia Earhart failed

    1997-06-16T15:06:00Z

    Sixty years after trail-blazing aviatrix Amelia Earhart's round-the-world flight ended in disaster, Linda Finch completed a commemorative circumnavigation in an identical 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, is the centrepiece of a special Pratt & Whitney display pavilion in the static park ...

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    Airport delegates to chart new directions

    1997-06-16T15:02:00Z

    More than 150 airline and airport delegates are expected to attend the world's only route planning forum, which the organisers say is set to be the biggest airport marketing event ever. Routes Oslo 97, to be held from 14-16 September, follows the success of previous 'Routes' in Cannes ...

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    Recaro sitting pretty with AA

    1997-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Recaro Aircraft Seating of Germany has just received an order from American Airlines (AA) to equip the carrier's entire narrow-body fleet with economy class seats. It's the first order American Airlines has placed with an aircraft seat supplier from outside the USA. Recaro will replace coach ...