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US looks for more allies
If the first three months of 1996 are any indication, this year may be remembered for the broad expansion of alliance-building between the world's airlines. US carriers are leading the way, typically ruffling a few feathers, especially in Latin America. So far, few players have been left out ...
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Cargo talks stumble on
After a period of fractious relations, the US and Japan may still be able to agree to a limited liberalisation of the air cargo market between the two countries. But events of the past month have dashed US officials' hopes that renegotiating the cargo bilateral would be a relatively easy ...
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FAA hurts its neighbours
The US Federal Aviation Administration's controversial rating of the oversight practices of foreign civil aviation authorities is threatening the existence of Venezuelan carrier Avensa and starting to harm the international expansion plans of Air Jamaica. After an FAA safety audit, Venezuela was categorised as a Category II country ...
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Food forthought
the dual battle for profitability and greater competitiveness the drive for lower costs means less spending in all areas, including catering. Carriers around the globe are having to cut costs without losing passengers, a trend which is in turn driving changes in the airline catering suppliers market.On board catering is ...
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Air Canada finds powerful partner
AIR CANADA AND Lufthansa have unveiled a major transatlantic strategic alliance between the two airlines, to take effect from 1 June. No equity exchange is involved in the deal. The move comes as the Canadian airline is about end its tie-up with Air France, and Lufthansa is set ...
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Air Ops closes down
SWEDISH-BASED charter airline Air Operations of Europe will cease operations by May. All 170 employees, mainly those at the airline's headquarters in Sollentuna, outside Stockholm, will lose their jobs. The airline, better known as Air Ops, was started by pilot/businessman Thomas Johansson on behalf of Dutch bank ING. ...
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Swissair will cut 1,200 more jobs
SWISSAIR IS CUTTING a further 1,200 jobs from its workforce in a bid to reduce costs. The redundancies come on top of the lay-off of 1,600 employees in September 1995. The airline says that the move is part of a scheme to add a further SFr500 million ($415 ...
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Mesaba setback hits Dornier workforce
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER HAS PUT half of its production workforce on short time after losing to Saab Aircraft on the order for 72 turboprop aircraft from US regional carrier Mesaba Airlines. The short working begins on 1 April, and will continue for six months. What ...
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Embraer increases EMB-145 flying
EMBRAER IS FLIGHT-TESTING THREE EMB-145 regional jets and plans to fly a fourth aircraft by 31 March. The Brazilian manufacturer is aiming for certification by late October/early November and for first deliveries to airlines in Australia and France by the end of 1996. The 50-seat aircraft had its international debut ...
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Lucas boss to replace Weinstock at GEC
PROSPECTS OF a shake-up in the UK aerospace and defence-electronics sector are growing with the confirmation that Lucas chief executive George Simpson is to succeed Lord Weinstock as managing director at GEC. Weinstock has ruled the GEC boardroom since 1963 and was largely responsible for building the ...
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Lining up
BOEING ANNOUNCES a production rate increase and the world is convinced, that the airline recession is over. Why is that so? Because Boeing, is both a bastion and a bellwether of the industry. Boeing has been particularly successful recently with customers seeking a family of aircraft, whether ...
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Aerospatiale supports Airbus restructure
AEROSPATIALE HAS finally given its public support to calls for Airbus Industrie to transform itself from a consortium into a normal company. The German and UK partners, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and British Aerospace, have been pushing for such a change for several years, but have been blocked by ...
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Tu-144 supersonic testbed rolled out
A MODIFIED Tupolev Tu-144LL was rolled out at Zhukovsky Flight Test Centre on 17 March, marking the beginning of a six-month joint Russian-US flight-test programme in support of NASA's high-speed-research programme. The project is aimed at developing technology for a next-generation US high-speed civil transport. The US industry ...
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Mig-AT makes maiden flight
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The MAPO-MiG MiG-AT advanced trainer had its maiden flight at Zhukovsky airfield, near Moscow, on 16 March. The manufacturer is competing with Yakovlev, fielding its Yak-130, to replace hundreds of Czech Aero L-39s in service with the Russian air force and other CIS republics. ...
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French seek private investment for FLA
THE FRENCH aerospace industry and Government are trying to salvage the ailing European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme with suggestions that private funding of the French portion of the programme be sought and that a reduction be made in the military-transport specification, to cut costs. The FLA ...
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BAe offers to build new Nimrod 2000s for RAF
Douglas Barrie/WARTON BRITISH AEROSPACE HAS submitted an option to build new Nimrod 2000s in support of its bid to meet the Royal Air Force's replacement maritime-patrol-aircraft requirement. With its offer, BAe hopes to overcome possible RAF concerns over the attrition rate of its maritime patrol ...
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...And standing alone
THE ROW THAT has erupted suddenly between France and the USA over traffic rights demonstrates yet again the weakness of individual countries when they attempt to negotiate balanced agreements with the world's most powerful air-transport nation. The USA has concluded individual "open-skies" agreements with eight other European countries, ...
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Disconnect option
The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has changed its philosophy on auto-pilot-disconnect options for Airbus A300-600 and A310 pilots on precision approaches. This results from lessons learned from the April 1994 China Airlines A300-600 crash at Nagoya, Japan, in which 264 people died. Previous regulation required that, below 400ft (120m) ...
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France to hit back after US rebuff
FRANCE SAYS THAT it will "...react accordingly" to the US rejection of its application for an increase of 24% in the number of flights to North America during the summer season. One Paris source says that the USA is "flexing its muscles" to push France towards an open-skies ...
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Unmanned sprayer
Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has successfully flown its RPH2 unmanned helicopter, which has a 4.5m-long fuselage and weighs up to 305kg. The remote-controlled aircraft, will be capable of flights with a duration of up to 1h carrying a 60kg payload, claims FHI, which hopes to begin marketing the RPH2 for ...