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Emery
International freight carrier Emery Worldwide, of Palo Alto, California, has appointed Lawrence Cummings division operations manager for the UK, Ireland and southern Africa, reporting to David Harrison, manager of the London-based UK division. Cummings, formerly managing director international road-transportation company Interoute, succeeds Brian East, who becomes customer-services manager and aviation ...
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Smiths
Smiths Industries Aerospace has appointed Paul Edwards vice-president of business development for its civil-systems division, based in Clearwater, Florida. He was previously director of strategic planning, and joined the company in 1994. Smiths has also named David Montgomery director of manufacturing operations at Clearwater, responsible for assembly, test, production control, ...
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Airbus and Boeing begin tussle for corporate-jet supremacy
Airbus Industrie has signed the first customers for its A319CJ (corporate jet) as orders for the rival Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) continue to swell. Boeing announced at the show that it holds 25 orders for its aircraft, which combines the fuselage of the 737-700 with the strengthened wing ...
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Bombardier ponders super mid-size launch
Bombardier will decide within a year whether to launch development of a "super mid-size" business jet to fill the gap between the mid-sized Learjet 60 and large Canadair Challenger 604, says business-aircraft division president Michael Graff. Market research and engineering analysis are "well advanced", he adds. If Bombardier ...
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Cessna uprates Caravan and steps up output
Cessna Aircraft has introduced an uprated version of its basic Model 208 Caravan and is to step up production in 1998 to meet increased demand for the single-turboprop utility aircraft. The Caravan 675 uses the more-powerful, 500kW (675shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A engine of the larger Model ...
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Century books orders for jet single
Century Aerospace began taking orders for its Century Jet single-turbofan business aircraft at the show, and was confident of meeting its target of an initial 20 sales by the end of the week. The first 20 buyers were offered $100,000 off the $1.95 million list price, and a ...
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Dassault Aviation plans supersonic business jet
Dassault Aviation is considering development of a supersonic jet (SSJ) business jet, six years after rival aircraft manufacturers Gulfstream Aerospace and Sukhoi aborted the last project aimed at the supersonic corporate-jet sector. "The time is now right to talk about a Falcon SST - the so-called global twins ...
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Busy K-C Aviation fails to complete Global Express deal
K-C Aviation says that its business-aircraft completion bookings are "at an all time high" and the Dallas-based firm is being forced to turn some refurbishment work away. It is, however, making little progress in its bid to undertake completion work on the Bombardier Global Express. K-C president John ...
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Learjet 45 wins approval with improved range
Bombardier has announced increased cruise performance for the Learjet 45 and is working to improve field performance following final US certification of the light business jet on 22 September - one day before the show opened. Lower-than-predicted aircraft drag and better-than-expected fuel efficiency have increased range from the ...
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New Piper unveils turbine mock-up of Meridian
NEWPIPER Aircraft has unveiled a mock-up of its Malibu Meridian six-seat turbine-single, further boosting this burgeoning sector of the aircraft market. The Meridian is based on Piper's Malibu Mirage pressurised piston-single, and is the company's first turboprop since the Cheyenne production line was halted several years ago. The ...
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Commitment to Bell Boeing 609 grows
Although the first flight of the Bell Boeing Model 609 is still two years away, interest in the civil tilt-rotor continues to grow. The joint venture by Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing holds preliminary purchase agreements from 29 customers representing 41 aircraft, including Evergreen Helicopters, Massachusetts Life Insurance, ...
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Galaxy breaks ground
Galaxy Aerospace broke ground for its new Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Texas, headquarters on 23 September. The $12 million site, to be completed inSeptember 1998, will include completion and service centres for the company's Astra SPX and Galaxy business jets. Source: Flight International
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Saab sets its jet deadline
Saab's days as a turboprop manufacturer are numbered, with the Swedish company working to an early 1998 deadline to join one of two regional jet programmes. Gert Schyborger, Saab Aircraft's president, confirms that the struggling 2000 programme will be the company's last turboprop venture and says he will ...
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Safer than ever?
Airlines fear the regulation of safety oversight is fragmenting while Icao seeks to stamp its authority on the process. By Doug Cameron. Outsourcing can be taken to extremes. One Asia-Pacific state contracted out its airline licensing and safety oversight functions to a neighbouring country but failed to inform international regulators ...
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Comair takes place in Sun
The sale of the South African state-owned carrier Sun Air to a consortium that includes rival Comair leaves flag carrier South African Airways facing a stronger private sector challenge, despite claims by both smaller operators that they will continue to compete with one another. Sun Air was sold ...
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The people's airline
The new climate at employee-owned United, instilled by chairman Gerald Greenwald, has not filtered through to the airline's grass roots nor brought any obvious great advantages over US rivals. But the airline's strategy looks sound and profitability is at an all-time high. By Karen Walker. Gerald Greenwald, United Airline's ...
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ANA may join club of four
Bilateral talks between the US and Japan, which were set to resume in Tokyo in late September, are likely to result in the clearance of two codeshare alliances. But All Nippon Airways could emerge as the real victor as it is finally recognised as an incumbent carrier, enjoying almost unlimited ...
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Paris draws Blanc on sale
It's a question of bad timing. Christian Blanc's departure as chairman of Air France has come at a fragile time, midway through the airline's restructuring process. Blanc resigned in September after the government ruled out selling off a majority stake in Air France. 'The captain has abandoned his ...
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Niu's for you
Air Niugini has asked for expressions of interest from Asia-Pacific's major carriers in its search for an equity partner as part of its privatisation process. There is no indication yet of the size of the stake on offer but management plans to reserve some shares for local investors and employees. ...