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Servisair
Anthony Rowbotham has been appointed general manager for business development, overseas division, at Servisair, of Stockport, Cheshire, UK. Rowbotham, previously general manager for business development at London Luton Airport, will be based at London Heathrow Airport. Source: Flight International
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America West
America West Airlines, of Miami, Florida, has named Jeffrey Anderson station manager at Miami International Airport. Anderson was formerly managing director of Executive Airlines, an American Eagle affiliate, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier
The Bombardier Business Aircraft division of Montreal, Canada, has named Charles Garneau sales director, Canada, for Canadair Business Aircraft. He was formerly marketing director for the Amphibious Aircraft division. Mike Blouin and Richard Jamieson have been appointed field service representatives. Source: Flight International
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Saab aircraft
Michael Harrington has been appointed managing director of Saab Aircraft International, the UK subsidiary of the Swedish aerospace company. Harrington, formerly general manager of Italian independent carrier Alpi Eagles, succeeds Martin Craigs, who will move to Hong Kong to head Saab's Asia-Pacific activities. Source: Flight International
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Germany economy
Lufthansa has selected B/E Aerospace's Seating Products division to supply economy-class seats for four Boeing 747-400s, scheduled for delivery in 1997. The German flag carrier's fleet of 18 Airbus A340-200/300s is also equipped with Florida, USA-based B/E Aerospace's Innovator 1 seats. Source: Flight International
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BAe chooses IBM
British Aerospace Defence Military Aircraft division has placed an $18 million order for IBM's ProductManager product data management system, for use with CATIA computer-aided-design software. The ProductManager's initial application will be for the Eurofighter EF2000 programme, followed by the Nimrod 2000 project. Source: Flight International
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Austrian ODS
Siemens Air Traffic Management is to supply an Operational Display System to Austro Control, which is responsible for air-traffic-control services in the Vienna Flight Information Region. The $30 million contract marks the fourth phase of a five-phase modernisation programme at the centre, and covers the supply of advanced, high-definition, colour ...
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767 AWACS tests
The first Boeing 767 AWACS (airborne-warning and control system) has performed "as good, or better than expected", during maximum gross take-off weight certification and low-energy refused take-off tests at Edwards AFB, California. Tests are understood to have been performed at, or near, the 171,255kg maximum take-off weight earmarked ...
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Orion upgrade
Lockheed Martin has received a $50 million contract to upgrade the radars, computers, displays and communications systems in four Norwegian air force P-3Cs. Work will begin in 1997 and will be completed in 1999. Source: Flight International
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Jet Airways adds
Jet Airways of India will add a Boeing 737-500 to its fleet at the end of November, increasing its fleet of 737s to 12. Three more 737-400s will be introduced by May next year, enabling the airline to expand its route network and frequencies. Source: Flight ...
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DAS doubles DC-10s
Das Air will add a second McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighter in 1997, and has announced plans to increase its presence in the Gulf. The number of services from London to Dubai has been increased to three a week, and a direct flight has been added to Abu Dhabi. The UK-based ...
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Gray resigns
Andrew Gray resigned as director of customer services and managing director of Air UK on 1 November, to "-pursue his career outside Air UK". Commenting on his departure, the airline says that Gray "-has made a substantial contribution to the development of Air UK". Source: Flight ...
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Poor safety monitoring
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given several Caribbean states poor marks for monitoring aviation safety. These are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, and St Kitts and Nevis. Only limited operations to the USA are permitted until improvements are made. ...
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Israel operates 707 in AEW role
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE is operating several converted Boeing 707s in the airborne early- warning (AEW) role. The aircraft are fitted with Elta-developed, side-mounted antenna arrays in a configuration similar to those of the Israel Aircraft Industries/Elta Phalcon AEWs offered for export. The converted 707s are now the ...
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Kiwi International rescue is in doubt, while ValuJet sees red
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of Kiwi International Airlines remains in doubt and liquidation of the low-fare US airline entrant is a distinct possibility as a rescue effort turns sour. Kiwi, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 30 September and suspended its scheduled flight ...
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Boeing wins airborne-laser battle-
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTONDC A BOEING-LED TEAM has been selected by the US Air Force to develop and flight test an Airborne Laser (ABL) designed to shoot down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles during their boost phase. The Boeing Defense and Space Group team was awarded a $1.1 ...
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Eurocopter signs training helicopter contract with FBS
EUROCOPTER has signed a contract with joint-venture company FBS to supply 38 single-turbine AS350 Squirrel helicopters for use by the Defence Helicopter Flying School in the UK. The helicopters will be used to train Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force helicopter pilots. The school will have 76 ...
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Bell Boeing still hopes to increase tilt-rotor V-22 production
BELL BOEING executives still hope that production rates on the V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor programme may be increased, despite a US Department of Defense (DoD) rebuttal of their proposal. The DoD has rejected a request to increase the V-22 production rate and switch to multi-year contracting which, the ...
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Display progress
Guy Norris/PHOENIX Graham Warwick/CEDAR RAPIDS Another busy day begins for the corporate-jet crew. Today's flight will take them from Dallas to New Orleans and on to Washington DC, weather permitting. The chief pilot moves the cursor to a "soft key" on the multi-function display (MFD) and selects weather ...
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Falcon rejuvenated
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH and Guy Norris/EDWARDS AFB FIGHTER PILOTS use "check six" as slang for a look back to ensure that the enemy is not approaching from behind. It is also the motto of the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B mid-life update (MLU) programme - signifying a look back to ...