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BA awards pilot-training contracts
British Airways is moving some ab initio pilot-training out of Australia and into the USA, while renewing contracts with two UK-based training colleges. The airline says that considerations were "overall cost-effectiveness, but also quality and reliability". The US contract-winner is the Western Michigan University's new International Pilot Training Centre, ...
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SIMONA research simulator takes shape Delft
Evans &Sutherland has agreed to provide a visual system for Delft University of Technology's SIMONA research flight-simulator, which is now taking shape in the Netherlands. A three-channel "state-of-the-art" visual will be provided for the simulator, which is being assembled with industry support. The composite "shuttle", which houses the flightdeck, has ...
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Hughes wins Danish ATC training deal
Hughes Training's UK arm has won an $8 million contract to supply Denmark's civil-aviation administration with an air-traffic-control (ATC) training system for installation at its Copenhagen Airport academy. The system will include 34 radar-simulator positions, five aerodrome trainers and an ATC visual tower simulator. The contract marks the first ...
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IVEX prepares image generator
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC IVEX is testing a prototype of its AeroReality image generator, based on the Silicon Graphics (SGI) Onyx2 InfiniteReality graphics supercomputer. The AeroReality is intended to be the first SGI-based image generator able to meet the highest commercial-flight-simulation training standard, described as Level D. The ...
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BMA picks TTS simulator for A320
British Midland (BMA) has selected Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS) to supply an Airbus A320 full-flight simulator, to support its purchase of 20 A320/A321s. The device is scheduled to be installed alongside a TTS-produced Boeing 737 simulator at the airline's training centre in late 1998. CAE Electronics, meanwhile, has sold ...
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Telescope tube is delivered to Dasa
Patria Finavicomp, a subsidiary of Patria Finavitec of Finland, has delivered the tubular structure for the European Space Agency's X-Ray Multi Mirror telescope to prime contractor Daimler-Benz Aerospace's (Dasa) Dornier Satellitensysteme. The 7m-long composite tube, weighing 160kg, is the main structural element of the 3,900kg telescope, to be launched in ...
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AsiaSat 3 drifts in space after failure of Proton upper stage
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Hughes-built AsiaSat 3 communications satellite was left drifting in a useless orbit after the the failure of the fourth stage of the Russian Proton K booster which launched it from Baikonur on 24 December. It was the first failure suffered by the US/Russian ILS International ...
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Advertising space
Russia's Mir space station cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin, wearing BMW tee-shirts and caps, transmitted a live Spanish television advertisement on 21 March, raising funds for Russia's cash-strapped space agency. Source: Flight International
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Israel expands
A consortium consisting of Groupe GTM of France and AGI of the USis proposing to construct a second international airport at Netivim, Israel. A second airport would alleviate overcrowding at Tel Aviv's existing Ben Gurion international airport. Source: Airline Business
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Suppliers
International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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Has Schipol reached it's limit
Dutch law imposes strict noise limits in the form of Kosten units (Ke), which express aircraft noise on an annual basis. The Ke measure is weighted according to aircraft type and time of day. Night flights count 10 times more heavily than day operations. Schiphol's 1998 Runway Operations Plan ...
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BA/AA gives up on slots
American Airlines is hoping for a breakthrough in 1998 in its continued battle to win approval for an alliance with British Airways. But concessions will have to be made, particularly at Heathrow. Some 20 months after the proposal first surfaced, the level of frustration in Texas is nearing boiling ...
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IRI passes the buck
A cynic might say that Alitalia wants to have its cake, eat it and then complain about the recipe; the carrier is being accused of misusing state funds just as it pushes for softer state aid conditions. State holding company IRI said in November that it would reduce its ...
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African turf fight
Fanie Brand is a juggler. Not of clubs, swords or firetorches, but of airline concepts. At present the senior marketing manager of Uganda-based Alliance Air has no fewer than four concepts on his drawing board, with two due to launch in March. All are part of a complex matrix which, ...
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Help is at hand
Competition officials in Brussels celebrated November by resigning in disgust at the lack of resources available to them. These overseers in the Belgian capital couldn't even clear their desks; they didn't have any. Fortunately for supporters of airline competition in Europe, the departures were from Belgium's own fledgling anti-trust ...
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A matter of faith
By definition, a shock always originates where you least expect it. Early in 1997, as the global economic boom continued, the nature and timing of the next downturn were far from most people's minds. Then came economic turmoil in the region where experts least expected it - Asia. Now, Asia's ...
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Roll out the changes
'Change is good' has become something of an unofficial mantra in the offices and on the factory floor of Boeing. Sometimes whispered through gritted teeth, sometimes just a shared joke, it is an acknowledgement between colleagues that their company has been all about change in the past year. A new ...
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Cashback time in Brazil
Carnival time has come early for Transbrasil. The carrier is set to receive a massive compensation settlement following Brazilian government fare freezes. But Varig, Vasp and TAM may be shortchanged. Brazil's supreme court ruled in early December that Transbrasil will receive US$500 million in damages from the Brazilian government. ...
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Third of a SALE
Two Singapore government investment groups are to offer a combined US$125 million for a 29 per cent stake in the lessor, Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise. Boullioun Aviation and Singapore Airlines will also invest $125 million each in SALE. Source: Airline Business
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New Zeal for open deals
New Zealand and Singapore have signed what they call the 'world's most open aviation deal', while China has agreed to relax two of its bilaterals. The New Zealand/Singapore treaty offers no route restrictions between the two countries, unfettered fifth freedom rights and no foreign ownership restrictions. While Singapore ...