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Austrian hub hits earnings
Rumours abound about the future of Austrian Airlines' management as the carrier's losses continue to mount, dragged down by a flawed Vienna hub and an ineffective alliance strategy. Austrian firmly refutes suggestions in the local press that co-chairmen Herbert Bammer and Mario Rehulka will be replaced in the ...
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Control is key to future success
Running an airline is becoming yet more complicated. Can managers manage? What will be the biggest managerial challenge faced by airline chiefs in years to come? There are many candidates: marketing in a deregulated environment; cost cutting; attracting new business; finding new markets; alliances; managing union relationships. But the biggest ...
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Balkan banks on cash crop
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines is seeking to bolster its unprofitable operations by exchanging part of its western fleet for new aircraft in an attempt to source cash from financiers and lessors. The airline has had preliminary discussion with financiers and lessors about acquiring up to six B737s to add ...
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TAM's distant Lapsa link
Call it ownership once removed. The Brazilian domestic carrier TAM has signed a $40 million management contract to run the Paraguayan flag carrier, Lapsa. But while the deal gives TAM access to international routes it will not co-brand the operation in order to protect its own image. TAM ...
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Capital cost of noise gag
The UK government has angered longhaul operators by imposing stringent noise limits at all three London airports, which will severely discriminate against B747 operators, including Stage 3 B747-400s. The limits imposed by the UK Department of Transport will reduce noise levels out of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted by ...
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Tough labour act to follow
Northwest Airlines had enough labour problems to last it the rest of this year before American Airlines weighed in by meeting its own pilots' demands. The latter deal threatens to create a ratchet effect with Northwest unions seeking to match the new industry standard. All six of Northwest's ...
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Virgin to stir price action?
Virgin Express' unofficial complaint of predatory pricing by SAS has added to the pressure on the European Commission to take action in this area with three cases from small carriers pending. Virgin is basing its allegations on SAS' decision to cut fares on Copenhagen-Brussels by 52 per cent ...
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FAA may hike startup cost
These are expensive times for startup carriers in the US. The Federal Aviation Administration has added to existing financial concerns, created by the drying up of capital and public mistrust, with proposals that would raise the cost of government scrutiny. The FAA remains stung by criticism of its ...
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Kamel launch
Egypt's Kato Group has emerged as the launch customer for the Rolls-Royce-powered Tu-204 with an order for 200 aircraft. Kato chairman Ibrahim Kamel plans to start a leasing company for the aircraft targeted at carriers in the CIS and Middle East. The aircraft is scheduled to be certificated in January ...
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Mars setback
US President Bill Clinton introduced a new space policy on 19 September, which sees as economically unrealistic any hopes of launching a manned flight to Mars in the next 20 years. Instead, Clinton has confirmed NASA's policy of continuing with plans for robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The policy ...
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Hughes purchase
Hughes Electronics is to take a 71.1% stake in Panamsat. The deal, worth $3 billion, creates the world's second-largest satellite network, after the Government-owned Intelsat. Panamsat shareholders will retain the remaining 28.5% stake. Source: Flight International
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Delta acquires
Delta Air Lines is acquiring four Pratt & Whitney PW2037-powered Boeing 757s from International Lease Finance to replace 737s transferred to the Delta Express low-fare operation. Source: Flight International
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Regional growth
Russia is trying to interest South Korea in the purchase of weapons including Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and Almaz S-300 surface-to-air missile system. A Russian military delegation visited Seoul recently to discuss a memorandum of understanding on arms procurement. The Su-37 prototype is due to appear at the Seoul air show ...
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JSTARS approved
The US Department of Defense has approved full-scale production of the Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). Northrop Grumman can expect to provide the US Air Force with 20 E-8Cs. Source: Flight International
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Navigator approval
The Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 GNSS navigation management system has received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The unit has also received supplemental type certification on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200. The global-positioning-system-based navigation device has been ordered by American Airlines and American Trans Air. ...
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Alaska hushkits
Alaska Airlines has ordered eight Nordam low-gross-weight (LGW) 18-lobe mixer Boeing 737-200 hushkit shipsets for delivery beginning in the first half of 1997. Source: Flight International
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WestJet suspends
WestJet Airlines, the Calgary-based airline which launched discount services in February, has had to suspend operations because of alleged violations of federal safety regulations. The Canadian Transport Department issued a notice of suspension after finding serious deficiencies in the airline's maintenance procedures and record keeping. WestJet has 15 days to ...
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Tornado upgrade
The German Ministry of Defense has awarded a $4 million development contract to Litton's LITEF division in Freiburg, Germany, to upgrade German air force Tornados with the LN-100G-based laser gyro GPINS (global-positioning inertial-navigation system). Laboratory integration work will begin in mid-1997, with flight tests due in 1998, and full-scale production ...
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Improved VLF
Rockwell has won a $38 million development contract to modify miniature receive terminals (MRTs) and secure communications systems which are used on US Air Force Boeing E-4B and US Navy E-6B airborne command aircraft. The MRTs will provide them with an enhanced high-data rate very-low-frequency (VLF) mode and a supportable ...
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Surgical mission
Sikorsky has selected Canadian Marconi's mission-management system for the US Army's UH-60Q medical-evacuation helicopter, with a contract to equip three advanced-development aircraft, with an option for a fourth, a first production option for 87 helicopters, and an eventual requirement for 379 aircraft, converted from UH-60A Black Hawk transport helicopters. ...