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Maintenance-subsidies inquiry starts at EC
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has launched an investigation into illegal state subsidies to Germany's Lemwerder airliner-maintenance operation. It has also promised a second inquiry to look at the Irish Government cash due to be injected into the troubled Shannon Aerospace venture. The Lemwerder aid dates back to 1993, ...
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ATARS F-15 Tests
McDonnell Douglas has suspended flight tests of an F-15 equipped with a reconnaissance system after just two sorties, claiming that all goals have been achieved. Six to eight flights of the F-15, fitted with the Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS) pod had been planned. Source: Flight International
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Change of mood
SAS president Jan Stenberg has brought a new realism to the airline Kirean Daly/LONDON Even in the difficult days of the early 1990s, few airlines saw their fortunes tumble quite so rapidly as did Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). Under the leadership of Jan Carlzon, the tri-national carrier ...
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Lockheed Martin to build new Asian satellite
LOCKHEED MARTIN is to negotiate a final contract for the development of a $650 million cellular-telephone communications-satellite network for the Asian Cellular Satellite System (ACSS). Launch of the first satellite, the Garuda 1, is scheduled for 1998 (Flight International, 22-28 February). The contract expected to be signed in ...
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Northwest seeks deals to ease Asian worries
Paul Lewis/Tokyo NORTHWEST AIRLINES is working to strengthen its Japanese-based hub operation through new co-operation agreements with Asian carriers, as local criticism intensifies of US airline industry fifth-freedom rights in the region. The airline is looking to develop a strategic relationship with at least one ...
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Thai domestic start-up wins approval
The THAI OWNERS OF former Cambodian International Airlines have been granted permission to start domestic services in Thailand. The carrier, renamed Orient Express, has been given rights to operate up to 20 routes from Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The airline already owns a Boeing 737 and three Boeing ...
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US airlines hold profit course
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US AIRLINES continued their long haul back into profit during the first quarter, although news that Trans World Airlines is heading back into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection sounds a warning note that the restructuring is not yet over. TWA says that it has ...
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NEPC acquires Damania
NEPC AIRLINES, one of India's fastest-growing private carriers, has bought rival Damania Airways for some $33.3 million. It is unclear whether Damania will remain a separate company, or be merged with NEPC, which operates five Fokker F27s on feeder routes in southern India. Merger seems more likely since, ...
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777 ETOPS approvals go down to the wire
Guy Norris/SEATTLE BOEING AND UNITED Airlines hope to receive US Federal Aviation Administration approval for 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for the 777 by 30 May - just a week before revenue services begin. The European Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) timetable is unclear. British Airways ...
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US start-up leases three BAe 146s
TRISTAR AIRLINES, a new US start-up carrier, has leased three British Aerospace 146-200s for five years from BAe's Asset Management Organisation (AMO). The agreement, signed at the convention, allows TriStar to begin scheduled operations from mid-July. The airline plans an initial, nine daily scheduled flights from its ...
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Business Express expands at Logan
BUSINESS EXPRESS Airlines has announced a major expansion which includes a 100% increase in gate and ramp space at primary hub Logan Airport, Boston. The airline has leased space at six gates from Massport, the airport's governing agency, allowing it to operate more than 80% of its 158 ...
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Iberia finishes 1994 in profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IBERIA ENDED 1994 with its first operating profit in five years, leaving the ailing Spanish carrier optimistic that it can deliver the promised turnaround over the next two years. The state-owned group, which is still awaiting European Commission (EC) approval for its rescue plan, ...
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Belgian boost
BELGIAN FLAG CARRIER SABENA has taken short-term leases on three British Aerospace One-Elevens to provide increased summer capacity. This aircraft, a -500 model, is wet-leased from British World Airways; the other two aircraft will come from European Aviation. They will be used to boost frequencies on short-haul routes from Brussels ...
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Boeing wins Chinese/Danish orders for 737s
BOEING HAS REVEALED orders for a total of nine 737s from Chinese and Danish carriers, together worth over $300 million. Shandong Airlines of China has ordered 737-300 passenger aircraft, worth a total of $120 million with spares and training. The Jinan-based carrier will take the first in December ...
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Air Inter strike continues
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH PILOT unions are continuing to obstruct attempts to negotiate an end to the crippling series of strikes at Air Inter, which led, on 12 May, to the resignation of the president, Michel Bernard (Flight International, 15-23 May). Air France president Christian Blanc ...
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Terminal Illness
"The new terminal will have a profound effect on the environment" Last week, a public inquiry began into the plans of the UK's major airport operator, BAA, to build a fifth passenger terminal at London Heathrow, the country's largest and most important airport. Some 300km (160 miles) ...
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Confidential safety
Airbus Industrie is the first manufacturer to set up confidential reporting. David Learmount/LONDON Even co-operative airlines often withhold some information when the report incidents to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Safety Information Exchange, according to its administrator, Bob Woodhouse. Fear of litigation explains at least a part ...
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Transbrasil underlines improvements in Brazil
Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIRO TRANSBRASIL HAS swung back into the black for the first time in eight years, helped by Brazilian Government reforms designed to stabilise the country's volatile economy. Brazilian flag carrier Varig has already reported a profit for 1994, and expects to make ...
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Low-cost measures
Agreeing to new training regulations is one thing - being able to afford them is another. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Regional airlines have long hoped for advances in technology, which would make flight simulation more affordable. Now US regulatory changes are planned which will make simulator training ...