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    Messier-Dowty

    1996-05-15T13:33:00Z

    Messier-Dowty International, the landing-gear joint venture of TI Group of the UK and Snecma of France, has appointed Jean-Luc Engerand engineering and quality director. He replaces Jacques Veau, who is to retire.   Source: Flight International

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    Raytheon

    1996-05-15T13:32:00Z

    Brad Hatt has been named vice-president for domestic Beech sales at manufacturer Raytheon Aircraft, of Wichita, Kansas. He was previously vice-president for special-mission aircraft. Source: Flight International

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    American West

    1996-05-15T13:32:00Z

    America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has named Ron Cole vice-president of sales. He was formerly vice-president of marketing sales at Reno Air and, before that, served for 21 years with American Airlines. Source: Flight International

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    JcAIR

    1996-05-15T13:31:00Z

    Steve Wilson has been appointed president and general manager of BFGoodrich Aerospace's test-equipment supplier, JcAIR Test Systems division of New Century, Kansas. He was vice-president of sales and marketing at BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Source: Flight International

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    Skyways

    1996-05-15T13:30:00Z

    Chris Beer has been named head of Skyways Aviation (UK), based in Windsor, a new subsidiary of Swedish airline Skyways. Skyways Aviation will take over the airline's in-house leasing activities, previously carried out by Salenia Aviation. Source: Flight International

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    P&W

    1996-05-15T13:30:00Z

    Engine manufacturer United Technologies Pratt & Whitney, of East Hartford, Connecticut, has named James Taiclet vice-president for military after-sales service. Taiclet, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and a former Lockheed C-141 flight-examiner pilot, will be based in San Antonio, Texas. Source: Flight International

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    Atlas Air

    1996-05-15T13:29:00Z

    Freight carrier Atlas Air, of Golden, Colorado, has appointed Mickey Foret president, effective from 1 June. He was formerly executive vice-president and chief financial officer for Northwest Airlines. Source: Flight International

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    Nepal invite

    1996-05-15T13:21:00Z

    The Nepalese Government has invited the country's fast-growing domestic-airline industry to submit proposals for new international flights.   Source: Flight International

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    Delta tie-up

    1996-05-15T08:53:00Z

    Delta Air Lines, Austrian and Malev Hungarian Airlines have begun code-share/blocked-space service on Delta's daily Boeing 767 flights between Atlanta, Vienna and Budapest.     Source: Flight International

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    Codeshare deal

    1996-05-15T08:53:00Z

    Continental Airlines and World Airways plan to begin code sharing from early June on World's flights from New York Newark to Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Dublin and Shannon. Source: Flight International

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    Small-aircraft owners catch on to self-fuelling

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    PERRY MAINTENANCE has purchased self-service-refuelling specialist Cornerstone and formed a new division, Perry Aviation Refueling (PAR). Fuel supplier Air BP, meanwhile, has launched a self-service aviation fuel card, which customers will be able to use at selected fixed-base operators (FBOs). Indiana-based PAR says that self-service refuelling at FBOs ...

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    GATX seeks approval for 747F modification

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GATX/AIRLOG HOPES to gain US Federal Aviation Administration approval for a modification to its Boeing 747 freighter conversion by mid-1996. An initial attempt to obtain relief with an airworthiness directive (AD) limiting gross weight failed, and the company is conducting additional structural analysis. ...

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    Star in the ascent

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    TURKISH AD HOC cargo carrier Star Airways is preparing to enter the passenger business in June according to Jaime Baldwin, Star Airways' deputy general manager for legal and regulatory affairs. Initial operations will provide inclusive-tour charters from Europe to Turkey and Northern Cyprus, using yet-to-be specified narrow-bodies, probably ...

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    30-seat regional jets?

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Interest in the potential for a 30-seat regional jet appears to be gaining ground among aerospace manufacturers, with some having signed up for a syndicated study into the market being carried out by UK consultancy Meridian International. The study, due to be released in September, will look at airline demand ...

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    Lockheed Martin wins top DoD spot

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    THE MERGED Lockheed Martin has finally overtaken McDonnell Douglas (MDC) as the Pentagon's largest defence contractor, winning $10.5 billion-worth of US military contracts during fiscal year 1995. MDC lost its long-standing lead with only $8 billion. Lockheed Martin took nearly 9% of the contract awards, which totalled $118 ...

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    Alliant Systems picks up TUAV

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    ALLIANT SYSTEMS has beaten eight other competitors to the contract to produce the Pentagon's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV). The UAV Joint Project Office on 2 May awarded prime contractor Alliant Techsystems a $52.6 million contract to provide TUAV systems for a two-year advanced concept-technology demonstration. ...

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    UNC divests to clear way for Garrett deal

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    UNC IS TO SELL its AlliedSignal TFE731 overhaul approval to Sabreliner to comply with anti-trust conditions applicable to its acquisition of Garrett Aviation Services. Garrett will retain its authority to service the widely used business-jet engine. UNC now hopes to complete the acquisition of Garrett during the second ...

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    Separate expense

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS BUSINESS-JET OPERATORS are becoming increasingly concerned about the costs of upgrading older aircraft to prepare them for the new reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) rules, recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and due for introduction on the North Atlantic in early 1997. Owners ...

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    New entrant

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Tim Furniss/LONDON A NEW ENTRANT in the commercial-launcher market will have its debut on 25 May with the lift-off of Europe's Ariane 5. The first flight will carry four Cluster science satellites, on the first of two European Space Agency-funded demonstration flights. When it enters service ...

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    Hunting

    1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent has been named chairman of Bedford, UK-based weapons prime contractor Hunting Defence. A previous chairman of the Military Committee of NATO, Vincent replaces Sir Richard Trant at the end of August. Source: Flight International