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PAL under new fire over job loss fears
Long-suffering Philippine Airlines (PAL) is again under fire from its biggest union over fears that the carrier will cut thousands of jobs. The PAL Employees Association (PALEA) is calling on the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw its support for the national carrier's rehabilitation plan because ...
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Open skies predicted
US Airways chairman Stephen Wolf expressed optimism in London that the United States and the United Kingdom could be on the verge of an open-skies agreement. However, he says if US-UK open-skies do not come about soon it is unlikely that they will appear for several years. "It ...
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Arianespace signs Nilesat contract
Arianespace's order book has increased to 42 satellites to be launched, worth $3.26 billion, with the formal signing of the contract to launch Egypt's Nilesat 102. Armand Carlier, the chairman and CEO of Matra Marconi Space, the manufacturer of the satellite, and Jean-Marie Luton, the CEO of Arianespace, ...
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New Casa system to fly on Ariane 5
Casa's space division in Madrid has developed and qualified a new spacecraft separation system which is to fly on the Ariane 505 and 506 mission later this year. The system is a clamp ring that holds the spacecraft to the payload adapter, which is also supplied by Casa. ...
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Ultra to supply anti-ice support for Beech 1900D
Raytheon Aircraft and Ultra Electronics have signed a second deal in the space of a few days here at the show. Ultra's controls division has been selected to supply ice-protection power generation systems for the Raytheon Beech 1900D. The hub integrated power and switching system (HIPSS) was chosen after ...
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Koreans buy Challenger for maritime surveillance
The South Korean government has ordered a Challenger 604 business jet for its National Maritime Police for a surveillance role. The aircraft is scheduled to enter service in the second quarter of 2001. This is the first of up to five aircraft required by the Koreans for this ...
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Miami promotes access to Americas
"We're here to tell the world we're the gateway to the Americas," says Peter Cajigal of Miami International Airport (MIA) office of marketing and trade development. The airport, which last year saw two million tonnes of freight and 36.5 million passengers pass through its gates, is currently undergoing a ...
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Arabian Gulf to get new air services
Two new airline ventures are planned in the Arabian Gulf, one based in the UAE and one in Qatar. Qatar's Gulf Falcon Group plans to use Dubai 2000 as the launchpad for its as-yet-unnamed airline. Group chairman Sheikh Hamad Al Thani says the airline, one of a number of ...
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BAe demonstrator may fly ahead of plan
Tim Ripley A flying technology demonstrator for the UK's future offensive air system (FOAS) is likely to be brought forward as the British Aerospace-led research effort gathers pace. FOAS is intended to replace the Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fleet late in the second decade of next century ...
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Outsourced inventory control makes big business sense
Geoff Thomas "Our business is the outsourcing of inventory management - and it's growing at such a rate even I find it hard to keep up with the pace sometimes," says Zivi R Nedivi, Kellstrom Industries' president and CEO. Kellstrom is a fast-growing company in a fast-growing sector. ...
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BFGoodrich/Coltec claim victory
BFGoodrich and Coltec Industries look set to go ahead with their merger after an arbitration panel threw out AlliedSignal's challenge to the deal. With US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pentagon approval already in hand, Coltec says it expects the merger to proceed as soon as the parties ...
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MAS to cut back on first-class offerings
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is to remove first class from at least some of its 11 Airbus A330-300s and may reconfigure its 37 Boeing 737-400s and -500s to all-economy configuration. The airline is circumspect about plans that reportedly come after talks failed with an unnamed Brazilian carrier and at ...
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US FAA proposes new standards
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to revise and tighten its standards for aircraft maintenance performed at all US repair stations, as well as foreign repair stations performing work on US aircraft. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that the FAA has issued for the rule change would ...
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Waterbomber set for passenger role
Alan Peaford A new sector in the regional aircraft market was confirmed yesterday when Beta Air outlined its plans to offer a 72-seat passenger version of its jet-powered waterbomber. The Be-200 has impressed the crowds at Le Bourget with its fire-fighting capabilities, dropping 6,000 tonnes of water in ...
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Boeing offers transatlanticall-business class 737NG
Graham Warwick Airlines are being offered a version of the 737-based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) that could be used to fly 50-60 all business-class passengers across the Atlantic. The proposed 737-700ERX is "fundamentally a BBJ," John Roundhill, vice-president product strategy and development said at the show. The ...
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Team forms for UK MoD refuelling tanker contract
Karen Walker Lockheed Martin and Aerospatiale Matra have teamed in a bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's programme to provide privately-financed aerial refuelling services to the Royal Air Force. The companies plan to team with one of the seven potential prime contracts for the UK future strategic ...
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Record sales in Paris reflect health of industry
Mike Martin Readers of the runes might have read much into the weather at this year's show. A colossal electric storm lashed Le Bourget for hours, only to give way to gorgeous sunshine for the rest of the week. Would that the industry had seen a similar shifting ...
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Flying testbed shows off advanced ATC datalink
The future of European air traffic control (ATC) has been seen at Le Bourget. A Cessna Citation II research aircraft of the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has been flying live ATN datalink demonstrations. Show visitors at Thomson-CSF could see ATC radar and controllers communicating digitally with the ...
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Make a date with Farnborough 2000
The ink might still be wet on some of the contracts signed at Paris this week, but preparations are already well under way for Farnborough 2000 - as the UK show moves to a new date. The Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), organisers of the event, say ...
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Sukhoi/MAPO MiG teams join forces
Geoff Thomas Pressure from the Russian government on Sukhoi Design Bureau and MAPO MiG to work more closely together appears finally to be bearing fruit. Speaking in Paris yesterday, Sukhoi design bureau chief Mikhail Simonov announced that his organisation would be joining forces with MAPO MiG to develop ...