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AAR
Brian Olds has been appointed senior vice-president for aircraft sales and leasing at service company AAR Engine Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. He will oversee the company's acquisitions, sales and leasing operations. He was most recently executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Midway Airlines. Irvin R Lucas, formerly ...
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IAS
Custom-completions specialist International Aviation Services, of Forth Worth, Texas, has named Kristin Martin general counsel. Patrick Browne becomes manager of technical sales, having held flight-officer positions with South African Airways, People's Express, Continental Airlines and Air Micronesia. Jeff Conrad has been appointed director of business development, having held management positions ...
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Tracor
Ben Medley has joined electronic -warfare-systems manufacturer Tracor Aerospace, of Austin, Texas, as vice-president of operations at the Austin and Lansdale, Pennsylvania plants. He joined Tracor in 1968, moving to Texas-based E-Systems in 1990. He has been a consultant to Tracor for the past two years. ...
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Swissair
Swiss national carrier Swissair has appointed Mark Ellinger general manager for the eastern region of the USA. Ellinger, who will be based in Manhattan, New York, was most recently director of public relations and market communications. He succeeds Markus Albrecht, who becomes general manager for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and ...
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Swearingen
Business-jet manufacturer Sino Swearingen, of San Antonio, Texas, has appointed Chester Schickling vice-president of marketing. He was formerly director of regional-airline sales at Standard Aero. Source: Flight International
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VKP MAPO
Alexander Bezroukov has been appointed chairman/ chief executive of VKP MAPO (Military Industrial Complex - Moscow Aircraft Production Organisation) by decree from Russian leader Boris Yeltsin. He joined MAPO as a trainee electrician in 1980. He was previously commercial director of MAPO MiG. Source: Flight International
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FLS Aerospace
Vilhelm Hahn-Petersen will become chief executive of UK maintainer FLS Aerospace, of Stansted, on 1 September. Steffen Harp¿th, who combined the positions of chairman and chief executive will continue as chairman only. Hahn-Petersen, now general manager of component services, joined the FLS Group in 1988. Mike Humphreys and Keld S¿ndergaard ...
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CAA
Dan Griffith has joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority's Safety Regulation Group as a test pilot. He is a former research-and-development test pilot at the UK's Defence Research Agency Bedford and the DTEO Boscombe Down, his main involvement being with the British Aerospace fly-by-wire Harrier and National Air Traffic System-funded ...
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EJA acquires
Executive Jet Aviation (EJA), which has acquired 19 Hawker 1000s since 1993, expects to pick up three more of the corporate aircraft this year. The successful fractional-jet-ownership operator says that the Hawker programme has grown tremendously because of keen customer interest in the mid-size business jet with coast-to-coast range. ...
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Malaysian bilateral
Malaysia and the USA have signed a bilateral airworthiness agreement and are now working towards US acceptance of Malaysian certification standards for the locally produced SME Aviation MD3-160 light aircraft. Approval will require a final technical assessment to be made in September or October, and would clear the way for ...
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Special edition
Chicago-based clothing manufacturer Fruit of the Loom has taken delivery of its first Bombardier Canadair Special Edition extended-range corporate version of the Regional Jet. The aircraft has a 12-passenger interior layout. Source: Flight International
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EVA acquires
EVA Airways has taken a 29.7% stake in domestic carrier Taiwan Airlines for T$153 million ($6 million). Within the domestic market, EVA already owns 32% of Makung Airlines and 20% of Great China Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Garuda debt
The Indonesian Government has taken over $745 million in debts built up at flag carrier Garuda to pay for its fleet renewal. The state-owned carrier is reported to be planning to go public next year. Source: Flight International
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UNC completes
UNC has completed the $150 million acquisition of Garrett Aviation Services, which has created one of the world's largest independent aviation aftermarket-service companies, with annual revenues approaching $1 billion. Source: Flight International
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Midwest sale
US paper-making giant Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has sold its remaining stake in Midwest Express, having floated most of its holding in 1995. Midwest started life in 1984 as K-C's corporate flight department, but has emerged as one of the USA's fast-growing low-fares carriers. Source: Flight International
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Aloha record
Hawaii-based inter-island airline Aloha has recorded an operating profit of $4.3 million on a turnover of $64.8 million, compared with a loss of $925,000 on revenues of $57.7 million for the same period in 1995. Source: Flight International
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Ceaseless turmoil
Europe's SOHO spacecraft is showing that the Sun is proving tobe a surprisingly dynamic star. Tim Furniss/LONDON EVERYONE IS IMPRESSED by the SOHO's performance, says Roget Bonnet, the European Space Agency's (ESA) director of science. "By the end of the mission, we shall know the Sun far better ...
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Fleet completes
Toronto-based Fleet Aerospace has completed the C$27 million ($19.9 million) purchase of Hawker Siddeley Canada's aerospace operations and formed Orenda Aerospace, consisting of Orenda, Middleton Aerospace and A-R Technologies. Source: Flight International
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The right staff
Airline-sponsored or self-financing pilot trainees can now receive high-quality aptitude testing. Harry Hopkins/LONDON AIRLINES ARE GENERALLY judged on the skills of their crews, and passengers usually remember a flight by the standard of service from the cabin crew and the smoothness of the landing. Airlines use ...
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Home run
Delta Air Lines is welcoming the 1996 Olympics to its home town of Atlanta, Georgia, with a major sponsorship operation. Karen Walker/ATLANTA FEW COMPANIES EPITOMISE the corporate USA as neatly as Delta Air Lines, with its under-stated red, white and blue livery and conservative reputation. The appearance, therefore, ...