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GAMA
Washington DC-based US national trade organisation, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), has named Darby Becker director of government and international affairs. Becker was formerly legislative director in the office of US Representative Jerry Costello. Source: Flight International
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Western
Fixed-base operator and US-certificated repair station Western Aircraft, of Boise, Idaho, has appointed Doug Hart chief executive. He also becomes vice-chairman of the overall board for all companies owned by Western owner and chairman Al Hilde. Hart has re-organised the firm into three operating groups: Aircraft Sales, Aircraft Operations and ...
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Boeing
Larry Clarkson, senior vice-president of planning and international development at Boeing, has been named president of newly created company Boeing Enterprises, based at Renton, Washington, which will establish and direct new commercial-aircraft-related business entities. Source: Flight International
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British Airways
David Noyes has been appointed regional director for the UK, Africa and the Middle East at British Airways. He succeeds George Cooper, who became regional director for Europe in early February. Martin George is named marketing director, having held senior posts in the airline's UK and Ireland sales. Source: ...
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Cargo gets top priority in China
China plans to virtually triple its cargo-aircraft fleet to 660 by the year 2000. The increase forms part of ambitious plans to expand its airborne freight market by around 14% a year, making it the main priority of the national aviation growth strategy. Zhou Baokou, deputy director of ...
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Chek Lap Kok receives first aircraft
A Hong Kong Government Flying Services Raytheon Beech Super King Air has made the first landing at Chek Lap Kok. The landing comes amid continuing uncertainty over the policy for tariffs at the airport, due to open in 1998. The International Air Transport Association claims that high tariffs may cost ...
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Star Europe takes first Airbus A320
Star Europe, a French charter airline, has introduced two 180-seat CFM International CFM56-powered Airbus A320s on lease from US company GATX. The aircraft, which are replacing Boeing 737s, are being used on the carrier's European charter services. Star Europe is a division of French tour company Look Voyages. ...
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Kotaite calls for ICAO safety audits
Audits of national air-transport standards by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) should be an accepted norm, says the agency's chief, Dr Assad Kotaite, calling on its 185 members to give ICAO the necessary powers. Speaking on 24 February at the current session of the ICAO Council, Kotaite ...
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Eurofighter DA5 flies as tension increases
The sixth Eurofighter EF2000 prototype, development aircraft DA5, was flown for the first time on 24 February, against a background of renewed fear that Germany could miss its first-quarter deadline for production-investment approval. Political sources say that the fears have been revived after the EF2000 failed to appear ...
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US 1996 GA safety is 'best for 40 years'
USGENERAL-AVIATION(GA) safety improved in 1996, with fewer fatal accidents than in any year since 1956, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Based on preliminary flight-hour estimates from the US Federal Aviation Administration, the fatal-accident rate last year was the lowest ever recorded. There were 358 ...
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ECAC/Eurocontrol agreement is a 'raw deal' for all concerned
European aviation organisations have reacted with scepticism to the recent agreement reached by European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) transport ministers to revise the Eurocontrol convention, and International Air Transport Association (IATA) general director Pierre Jeanniot describes the reforms as being a "raw deal" for airlines and passengers. In ...
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Flying Colours paints long-haul fleet plans
Flying Colours Airlines is planning to increase its narrowbody fleet to eight Boeing 757-200s within three years, and has begun evaluating the Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777 for its long-haul expansion plans, according to chairman Errol Cossey. The new UK charter carrier took delivery of its first aircraft, ...
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RAF VC10 refuels C-130J during tests
Lockheed Martin has completed initial aerial-refuelling tests with the C-130JHercules 2 transport. Two flights were conducted in February, during which a C-130J-30 was refuelled by a Royal Air Force British Aerospace VC10 tanker. On the first test, 2t of fuel was transferred from the VC10 as the C-130J was manoeuvred ...
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RAAFstays with Adour on Hawk
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has opted to stay with the Rolls-Royce/ Turboméca Adour engine for its planned fleet of British Aerospace Hawk 100 lead-in fighters, rather than switch to the alternative ITEC F124 powerplant proposed by AlliedSignal. Its decision follows BAe Australia's (BAeA) recent submission of ...
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Philippines air force plans to extend life of F-5A fleet
The Philippine air force plans to bolster and extend the life of its fleet of Northrop Grumman F-5A/Bs as interim lead-in fighters, until a replacement trainer aircraft can be funded. Despite the F-5's advanced age and problems with airframe cracking, the air force wants to retain the type, ...
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USA bars Israelis from launch sites
A team from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been barred from entering NASA's Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Wallop Island, Virginia, launch sites. The move is the latest twist in a battle by the US booster industry to prevent the Israelis from offering their Shavit launcher in the US commercial sector. ...