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    Tarom heads over two

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Tarom Romanian Airlines is closing in on a union agreement to restructure the carrier after the government revamped its senior management again last year. Gheorge Racaru has been reappointed as managing director after being sacked from the position in mid-1996 after succumbing to union opposition for his plans to ...

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    TWA tipped for upturn

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A new president, a new injection of capital and a new feeling of confidence seem to be gearing Trans World Airlines up for what could be its turnaround year in 1998. TWA has named William Compton, a former MD-80 captain and a member of the Air Line Pilots Association's ...

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    Atlantic rush

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Several new transatlantic routes are in the works. Continental Airlines is to link New York/Newark with Moscow, Dublin, Shannon and Glasgow. Delta Air Lines will fly from Atlanta to Hamburg and from New York/JFK to Stockholm and Stuttgart. KLM/Northwest are to fly from Amsterdam to Seattle and Philadelphia. US Airways ...

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    Colombo cased

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The short-list for a 40 per cent stake in Air Lanka has been narrowed to Emirates, Continental Airlines and Malaysian start-up, AirAsia. The Emirates proposal involves taking over management of Air Lanka in return for a reduced purchase price.   Source: Airline Business

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    SAA timetable

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The airport authorities of BAA, Schiphol, Frankfurt, Milan, Rome and Montreal are each to bid for a 20 per cent stake in the Airports Company of South Africa.   Source: Airline Business

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    Freddie flung

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Laker Airways' case against British Airways has been thrown out by a Florida court. Laker had alleged that BA was blocking its bid to secure competitive slots at London/ Gatwick for its transatlantic services.   Source: Airline Business

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    China offering

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    China Eastern has completed its first domestic equity offering, raising a net US$86.8 million with a Shanghai exchange offering of 300 million shares reserved for Chinese investors. Meanwhile CNAC's proposed Hong Kong float has been shelved again following the currency crisis rocking southeast Asia.   Source: Airline Business

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    LanChile loot

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    LanChile raised some $135 million from its IPO in November, selling shares on both the Santiago and New York stock exchanges.   Source: Airline Business

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    Bangkok boost

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    New Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has revived plans to build Nong Ngu Hai airport at Bangkok, with completion now planned by 2003. His predecessor, former PM, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, had abandoned the project in the face of cost over-runs and delays.   Source: Airline Business

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    Tokyo to go

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    One of the last three holdouts at Tokyo's Narita airport has finally agreed to sell his land. He is one of the rice farmers who have blocked construction of Narita's second runway for nearly 30 years. The airport authorities now hope to open the new runway in 2000.   ...

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    Blue Sky lacks charm

    1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

    British Airways' charm offensive to secure approval for its European low-cost operation was wearing thin as the case for regulatory intervention strengthened in December. BA outlined its plan, codenamed Operation Blue Sky, in late November. BA insists the new carrier will be completely independent and have three years to ...

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    Honeywell Airbus

    1997-12-24T11:49:00Z

    The consortium of Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair has selected Honeywell avionics for 29 Airbus A330s on order and option. All have selected Honeywell's Pegasus flight-management system while Sabena and Swissair have ordered the company's ANSIR 2000 digital laser-gyro air-data/inertial-reference system.   Source: Flight International

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    Rockwell for American

    1997-12-24T11:48:00Z

    American Airlines has selected Rockwell-Collins as the primary supplier of avionics for its new Boeing fleet, under a ten-year agreement valued at $200 million. Collins will supply multi-mode receivers, windshear-detection radars and collision-avoidance systems for 75 737s and 11 777s due for delivery beginning in 1998.   Source: Flight ...

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    R-R expands in Far East

    1997-12-24T11:47:00Z

    Rolls-Royce is to conclude a new industrial joint venture with Malaysia early in 1998, linked to the sale of Trent engines to Malaysia Airlines. R-R and British Aerospace have also submitted proposals for the overhaul and repair of Adours used in Malaysian air force BAe Hawk trainers.   Source: ...

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    Smiths VADR

    1997-12-24T11:46:00Z

    The US Army has installed the first production version of the Smiths Industries crash-survivable voice and data recorder (VADR) on a Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter. The VADR will be standard on the UK's WAH-64.   Source: Flight International

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    Bogus parts kill

    1997-12-24T11:18:00Z

    A New Zealand court has convicted aircraft parts trader James Gedson of the manslaughter of two helicopter pilots who died when their Robinson R22 crashed in October 1995 following tail-rotor failure. This is believed to be the world's first successful homicide prosecution for knowingly supplying "bogus parts". The failed rotor ...

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    Cessna prop

    1997-12-24T11:17:00Z

    Hartzell Propeller has certificated Top Prop two-bladed, aluminium-hub, replacement propellers for early-model Cessna 310 piston twins, eliminating the inspection requirements of an airworthiness directive on older steel-hub propellers.   Source: Flight International

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    GPS options

    1997-12-24T11:15:00Z

    US manufacturers Aviat and American Champion are to include Northstar Avionics global-positioning-system receivers as recommended options on their line of general-aviation aircraft. Aviat produces the utility Husky A-1 and aerobatic Pitts Special, while American Champion builds five light-aircraft models. Northstar is a subsidiary of Canadian Marconi.   Source: Flight ...

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    Aerial acquisition

    1997-12-24T11:03:00Z

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $29 million contract from the US Navy for 119 BQM-74E aerial targets. The contract represents the third option to a competitive contract awarded in 1996.   Source: Flight International

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    ASPJ for USN F/A-18's

    1997-12-24T11:02:00Z

    The ITT/Northrop Grumman joint venture has received $45 million from the US Navy to build 36 additional ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammers (ASPJ) for installation on Boeing F/A-18C/D strike aircraft. Northrop Grumman hopes to sell the ASPJ to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Additional sales to the USN ...