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Marginal routes offer scope for turboprops
The economic turmoil in Asia-Pacific could provide turboprop manufacturers such as Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) with a major opportunity, senior vice-president, commercial, Alain Brodin said at the show. He says it is possible that airlines operating jets on marginal routes could move them to lower-cost operators which would use ...
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Mistral missile systems ordered by Brunei
Matra BAe Dynamics has hit the target for the second time at Asian Aerospace '98, announcing an order from Brunei for a "substantial" number of Mistral surface-to-air missile systems. The order comes hot on the heels of Australia selecting the Anglo-French company's Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) for ...
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Boeing sees good potential in region's air cargo market
The financial turmoil of Asia-Pacific is not reflected in any downturn in air cargo forecasts. The market remains stable, Boeing's James Edgar, regional director, cargo marketing, said at the show yesterday. The broader picture shows world air cargo traffic tripling over the next 20 years. "In fact, the ...
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Demand for luxury services means business for Aerolux
With executive jet operators always looking to offer that little bit of extra luxury, and commercial operators seeking to make their first or business classes different from the opposition, Aerolux is enjoying the sweet taste of success. Aerolux is the UK-based agent and representative of MAG, the world's largest ...
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Derco names new top management
Derco Aerospace has appointed a new chairman and new president as part of its organisational restructuring. Eric Dermond is the new chairman and chief executive officer, while Max Dermond has been named president and chief operating officer. Eric Dermond will focus his attention on issues such as acquisition ...
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Bombardier on lookout for service centre partners
Bombardier Business Aircraft hopes to have a new Asia-Pacific regional service centre for its products set up in the first quarter of 1999, says the company's vice-president and general manager, customer support. David Orcutt flew into Asian Aerospace '98 to take a closer look at a shortlist of potential ...
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Harrison is BAe's new man in Singapore
British Aerospace has appointed AVM Tony Harrison executive vice-president and general manager for Singapore. In particular, Harrison will be focusing on the Eurofighter EF 2000 programme in this region. Harrison, whose appointment was announced this week at the show, brings something of a pedigree to the post. A former ...
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GE joins forces with Eva in overhaul operation
General Electric (GE) has announced a joint venture with Taiwan's second-largest carrier, Eva Airways, to form an engine overhaul and aircraft maintenance joint venture, to be named Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EAT). The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed in Taipei on 24 February. Eva will hold an 80% share ...
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Multi-billion deal for Airbus?
Airbus and International Aero Engines are believed to have sealed a major multi-billion-dollar deal with three Latin American airlines for 100 A319/A320/A321s equipped with the V2500 turbofan. LanChile of Chile, Taca of El Salvador and TAM of Brazil have joined forces for this particular purchase in an effort to ...
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CFM focuses on loyalty to beat the opposition
"When the customers are happy with you, then they come back to you." That's an observation by Gerard Laviec, CFM International's president and chief executive officer. CFM's overwhelmingly strong position in the narrowbody market seems to bear that out, but what Laviec now has to concentrate on is maintaining that ...
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No brakes on Messier-Bugatti in global market
Asian Aerospace exhibitor Messier-Bugatti (Stand A411), which is owned by Snecma, is now the world's leading supplier of carbon brakes, with around 30% of its possible global market. Airbus has certified Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for each of its aircraft types and Dassault also specifies them for the Mirage 2000 ...
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Pierson a popular winner in aerospace industry awards
There was unanimous approval from the packed aerospace industry audience at the Shangri-La Hotel last night as Jean Pierson, the president and chief executive of Airbus Industrie, was named as the Aerospace Personality of the Year. Pierson, who retires from Airbus at the end of next month, has been ...
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Asia-Pacific projects shine in awards
Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport was one of several Asia-Pacific winners at the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards. The airport won the Infrastructure award in recognition of the first landing at the airport which will formally open later this year. The Air China-Lufthansa joint venture, Ameco-Beijing, was ...
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Dassault tests viability of supersonic business jet
Dassault's plans for developing a supersonic business jet with a top speed of Mach 1.8 are proceeding at a pace and details of outline design and a possible cost will be given in May. Bruno Revellin-Falcoz, the French manufacturer's senior executive vice-president, says the company is taking the project ...
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Airlines order sliding carpet air cargo loading system
American Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) have placed major orders with Telair International's baggage conveyor belt subsidiary. The AA deal, with Scandinavian Bellyloading (Stand D128), covers the installation of 120 sliding carpet loading systems in the airline's operating and new Boeing 757s. The systems are designed to move ...
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Thomson-CSF plan on track
French electronics giant Thomson-CSF is on track to complete its re-structuring by the summer to create Europe's biggest defence electronics grouping. As part of a French government-chaperoned consolidation, the company is to form a strategic partnership with elements of Alcatel-Alstrom, Dassault Electronique and Aerospatiale to form a major civil and ...
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Bullish exhibitors grab opportunities
The only bad shows are the shows you don't attend. That's the view from exhibitor Derco, whose chairman and chief executive Eric Dermond is delighted with the interest generated in his company, thanks to Asian Aerospace '98. "We have been very, very busy meeting suppliers and customers and ...
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Innovative antenna introduced by JV partners
Genuinely innovative products are relatively rare in the aviation industry - so when Dayton-Granger (Stand D244) and Canadian company Bristol Aerospace introduced a helicopter antenna incorporating the deflector component of a wire strike protection system (WSPS) cutter assembly, there was considerable interest. Research and development efforts have been on-going ...
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Defector alleges Russians hold anthrax stockpile
The former Soviet Union had "hundreds of tons" of anthrax bacteria and lesser amounts of the smallpox and plague viruses ready to launch in the 1980s by missile in case of a world war, a high-level defector revealed on USA prime-time TV last night. Dr Kanatjan Alibekov, who was second-in-command ...
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Australians look overseas for Wedgetail orders
The winning bidder for the Australian government's Project Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft will benefit not only from that country's order, but also its desire to seek additional orders for Wedgetail from other nations. "There are a lot of Australian companies involved in the various aspects ...