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Customer support
The Pratt & Whitney Canada/MTU European Customer Support Centre (CSC) has purchased a 51% share in Anglo-African Automotive, a maintenance company previously jointly owned by Denel Aviation and National Airways (NAC), a Raytheon Aircraft and Bell Helicopter Tex- tron distributor. The company, based a Lanseria Airport near Johannesburg, has been ...
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Turbomeca
Jean-Bernard Cocheteux, formerly deputy general manager of French components-manufacturer Labinal and general manager at engine manufacturer Turbo- m,ca, has been appointed chairman and chief executive at Turbom,ca. He succeeds Sonia Meton, who died in a recent accident. Christine Meton, her daughter and granddaughter of Turbom,ca founder Joseph Szydiowski, joins the ...
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Raytheon
Dick Klass has been appointed to the newly created position of vice-president for Government marketing at Raytheon Aircraft, of Wichita, Kansas. Klass, a US Air Force veteran, was most recently vice-president at the International Planning and Analysis Center, of Washington DC, and, before that, he was corporate director for the ...
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FAA
J C Johns is named product lead for the US Federal Aviation Administration's global-positioning-system team. With the FAA since 1992, Johns headed the acquisition part of the wide-area augmentation system for more than two years. Susan Kurland becomes associate administrator for airports. She was formerly deputy corporation counsel to the ...
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Simula
Sean Nolen has joined transportation-safety company Simula, of Phoenix, Arizona, as vice-president of finance, chief financial officer and treasurer, succeeding Kevin Clark, who has resigned. Nolen was formerly with the Phoenix office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, most recently as senior manager with responsibility for the Simula account. ...
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Hamilton
Robert Moore has been appointed executive vice-president for aircraft products at United Technologies Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Moore, who was most recently senior vice-president for production operations at US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky, succeeds Hansel Tookes, who has become president for Government engine business at United Technologies Pratt & ...
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Duncan
Service organisation Duncan Aviation, of Lincoln, Nebraska, has promoted Aaron Hilkemann to executive vice-president and chief operating officer. He will also continue as chief financial officer for Duncan Enterprises. He was formerly vice-president and director of financial operations at FirstTier Financial, of Omaha, Nebraska. Tony Gilbert is named manager of ...
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COMSAT
Thomas Collins has been promoted to vice-president and general manager of COMSAT Mobile Communications, of Bethesda, Maryland. Formerly vice-president of finance and planning for COMSAT International Communications, he replaces Christopher Leber, who becomes vice-president and general manager of the newly created Personal Communications division. Source: Flight ...
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BFGoodrich
Adrienne Stevens has become vice-president for sales and marketing at BFGoodrich Aerospace, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She replaces Steve Wilson, who is named general manager of BFGoodrich Test Systems. Source: Flight International
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Wanda Burghart
BELL TEXTRON Bell Helicopter Textron of Fort Worth, Texas, has named Wanda Burghart director of training and development. Burghart, with Bell since 1984, will be responsible for all employee-training programmes, long-range strategic planning and the company's organisational development Source: Flight International
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ICAO mechanism
Sir - The editorial "An unsafe idea" (Flight International, 10-16 April) asserts that the US Federal Aviation Administration's initiative, which "...has led to the application of sanctions against unsafe airlines, or airlines from unsafe countries", was endorsed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). This is inaccurate. ICAO, ...
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MD-90 orders
EVA Air has converted options on four McDonnell Douglas MD-90s to firm orders for itself and two subsidiary Taiwanese domestic carriers. The first will be delivered to Great China Airlines in March 1997, two to EVA in April and July and the final aircraft to UNI Air, formerly Makung Airlines, ...
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Virgin Airbuses
Virgin has signed a contract for two additional Airbus A340-300s for delivery in the second quarter of 1997. The airline says that it will use the aircraft to develop further its network to destinations in Asia-Pacific, Australasia, South Africa and the USA. "Some exciting opportunities in the Caribbean are also ...
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Macau addition
Start-up carrier Air Macau has added Bangkok to its growing network of Asian regional destinations. In addition to its new service to the Thai capital three times a week, Air Macau now operates 61 weekly frequencies to Beijing, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Taipei and Xiamen. The airline has taken delivery of a ...