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Lagardere's franc gives it control of Thomson
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH DEFENCE minister Charles Millon says that the decision to favour Lagardere's bid for the privatisation of Thomson will pave the way for creation of the world's "second-largest weapons-systems group" and Europe's biggest defence-electronics company. Final approval for the bid will now ...
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Air France signs US pacts
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE HAS ended its long-running search for transatlantic partners with the signing of commercial pacts with both Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The French flag carrier also hints that an Asian partner could be signed up in the first half of 1997. ...
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Japan Airlines/British Airways refute speculation on alliance
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) and British Airways have both denied that they have sealed a secret agreement to form a strategic alliance, although neither denies that talks have taken place. The claims were made by Virgin's Richard Branson, when he stopped off in Hong Kong ...
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Swedish SH37 Viggen crashes photographing...
Swedish SH37 Viggen crashes photographing new Russian cruiser IN AN EPISODE reminiscent of the Cold War, a Swedish air force reconnaissance aircraft crashed on 16 October while on a low-level pass over a new Russian cruiser at sea for the first time. The Saab SH37 Viggen ...
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. . . as newcomers target local Japan market
TWO PRIVATE Japanese companies have announced plans to launch new domestic airlines. This move follows recent initiatives by the transport ministry to liberalise parts of the country's over-regulated airline industry, which carries 75 million passengers annually, and is the second-largest domestic market in the world. Cut-rate Japanese ...
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Deutsche BA undergoes major revamp
DEUTSCHE BA HAS announced a major restructuring, which will see the fast- growing, but loss-making, British Airways subsidiary withdraw from unprofitable international routes and expand its domestic network. The move follows the carrier's decision to sell its turboprop operation to France's Regional Airlines, dispose of its five Fokker ...
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Kiwi International forced to suspend operations
KIWI International suspended flight operations on 15 October after failing to gain a cash infusion from investors. The US airline had filed for bankruptcy protection two weeks before, and cut services, blaming high debts and the fall-out on other low-cost start-ups from the ValuJet crash. Kiwi has struggled ...
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NTSB urges 737 rudder changes
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the US Federal Aviation Administration to require that Boeing make various changes to the design of 737 rudder-control and system components. Three of 14 NTSB recommendations would require Boeing 737 design changes, and ...
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From Many to Few
IT IS, AS WINSTON Churchill might have put it, not so much the beginning of the end, as the end of the beginning. Aerospatiale is to merge with Dassault, and now Thomson is to be sold to Lagardere. The French Government has made the two biggest decisions in privatising its ...
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Untangling Thomson
There is all to play for as the privatisation of Thomson-CSF begins. Kevin O'toole/LONDON ON 16 OCTOBER, the Lagadere group was named by the French Government as its favoured bidder in the privatisation of Thomson. In doing so, it started the dice rolling in what promises to ...
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Ruhe plays roulette with EF2000 funds
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE FOUR EUROFIGHTER partner nations face a minimum additional DM500 million ($325 million) bill and a further year's delay, as well as serious political recriminations, unless Germany can resolve its budgetary crisis by the end of the year. Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and the ...
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Government delays TAP Air Portugal aircraft order
THE PORTUGUESE Government has postponed at the last minute its decision on whether Airbus or Boeing will supply 22 new medium-haul aircraft for state-owned TAP Air Portugal. An announcement had been due on 18 October, but this has been delayed by a week. TAP will not reveal ...
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America West A320 order is revamped
AMERICA WEST Airlines has concluded an agreement with Airbus Industrie to revise its A320 order, which will see it taking ten additional aircraft, as A319s or A321s under "better financial terms and conditions". According to the agreement, the carrier's existing order backlog for 24 A320s has been reconfirmed, ...
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Ban lifted
The Russian Government has issued a five-year waiver for customs fees for the Boeing 757s operated by Baikal Air of Irkutsk and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s flown by Kras Air of Krasnoyarsk. Baikal leased its 757 in 1994 from US company IRLC, and since then, local customs authorities arrested the aircraft ...
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Hamilton
High-technology company Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has appointed Michael Ratchford vice-president for quality and environmental health and safety He was previously director of commercial-customer service. Gregory DeSantis has become vice-president and general manager for worldwide customer support. He was formerly vice-president of operations and has been with Hamilton ...
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Upgrade components
THE CORE OF THE INTEGRATED vehicle and mission management system (IVMMS) is made up of two commercial systems processors (SPs), with "militarised" software. The SP's hardware is based on that of the Lockheed Martin C-130J, with 85% software commonality. The SPs dual-redundant Mil-Std - 1553B data buses ...
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Inchon incoming
Seoul is struggling to meet targets for its new airport. Paul Lewis/SEOUL THE GROWING IMPORTANCE of Asia as a world economic powerhouse is best illustrated by the fact there are no less than four major new international airports, either being planned or built in the ...
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Gripen sprouts vortex generators
AAB MILITARY AIRCRAFT HAS introduced small vortex-generating strakes (inset) on the JAS39 Gripen fighter. They are located on the upper-forward fuselage behind the aircraft's fore-planes. Saab says that the strakes are being added to provide "better performance at low speeds and high angles of attack". The strakes were introduced on ...
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Choice for Arkia and Euro regionals
Arkia Airlines of Israel is to choose between the AI(R) Avro RJ and the de Havilland Dash 8-400, and plans to order between six and ten aircraft to replace Dash 7s. Arkia would like to introduce the new type by mid-1997. The Dash 8-400, however, will not be available until ...
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PanAm adds
Pan American World Airways, which began services on 26 September with three Airbus A300s, has leased two additional A300s from C-S Aviation Services. The ex-Lufthansa aircraft will be delivered by mid-November. Source: Flight International