All news – Page 7695
-
News
Powering into the future
Germany's two engine manufacturersstill have one programme in common. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace problem-child MTU Munchen and its upstart rival BMW Rolls-Royce, along with the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR), are participating in a Government-sponsored research programme to develop technology for the next generation of ...
-
News
Australia to make TCAS compulsory for transports
AUSTRALIA's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) plans to order the use of the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS) for transport aircraft. CASA has circulated an industry discussion paper following a 1995 Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) report recommending that TCAS be compulsory for all public-transport Australian ...
-
News
VIP Puma
Denel Aviation of South Africa has launched a retrofit VIP conversion for the SA330C Puma Helicopter. The six-seat luxury configuration incorporates additional soundproofing and carpeting. A range of technical upgrades is also available, including improved avionics, long-range fuel tanks and uprated engines. Source: Flight International
-
News
Carbon customers
Three more airlines have selected Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for their Airbus aircraft. Vietnam Airlines has ordered new-generation Sepcarb III brakes for ten A320s. Belgian national carrier Sabena will use carbon brakes on its four A340s, while Turkey's Onur Air has ordered them for three A321s. The brakes for the A321 ...
-
News
Regional return
US regional Mesa Air Group is to terminate its leases on two Fokker 70s, and has begun negotiations to acquire up to eight alternative regional jets within the next nine months. The New Mexico-based company blames the decision to return the aircraft on the "limited production and uncertainty as to ...
-
News
3D keeps engines on-wing
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AEA Technology, of Didcot, UK, has patented a three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic television system for use with standard rigid boroscopes, which it believes could have wide-ranging applications as an aerospace maintenance inspection tool. The TV3 system is designed to enable engineers to carry out ...
-
News
New Sabena chief warns that costs must be reduced
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SABENA'S NEW president, Paul Reutlinger, has warned staff that the ailing carrier needs to shave billions of Belgian francs from its cost base. Reutlinger, who joined Sabena from Swissair after Pierre Godfroid's resignation, says that the carrier needs to make annual savings of ...
-
News
China loses a further Echostar launch deal
Tim Furniss/LONDON CHINA HAS LOST another important satellite launch contract with the decision by US communications company Echostar to switch its Echostar 3 communications satellite from the Long March (LM) 3B booster to an ILS International Launch Services Atlas 2AS vehicle. A new launch date, ...
-
News
Tunnel tests prove Premier performance
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT HAS COMPLETED windtunnel testing of its Premier I light business-jet. Stability and control tests of the one-eighth-scale model shown here were conducted in Boeing's transonic tunnel in Seattle. Low-speed tests were performed at Boeing in Philadelphia and at Wichita State University. Source: Flight International
-
News
Two-seat Gripen has first flight
SAAB'S TWO-SEAT VARIANT OF THE JAS39 GRIPEN was flown for the first time on 29 April. A total of 14 two-seat Gripens are on order for the Swedish air force as part of its second-batch purchase of 110 aircraft. The first of the new variant is due for delivery in ...
-
News
Cold comfort
The CIS Interstate Aviation Committee - Aviation Register has certificated Airbus Industrie's A300-600 and-600R, and has cleared the Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A310 for extreme-cold-weather operations. The cold-weather trials, carried out in January at Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia, cleared the aircraft down to a ground-temperature of -54°C, as opposed to the ...
-
News
Pillay to UK
Singapore Airlines' chairman JY Pillay has left to become his country's high commissioner to the UK. S Dhanabalan succeeds him as director and non executive chairman. Source: Airline Business
-
News
Easy man
EasyJet, the UK low-cost startup, has appointed Ray Webster as managing director. Webster comes from Air New Zealand, and will focus on EasyJet's proposed expansion into Europe. The carrier starts a daily service from London/Luton to Amsterdam from the end of April. Source: Airline Business
-
News
Pay out time
Continental Airlines has distributed $31 million to its 30,000 employees due to its record profit of $224 million in 1995. The carrier's profit share plan allows for a distribution of 15 per cent of its pre-tax earnings. Meanwhile, it is expanding services at its Houston, Newark, and Cleveland hubs. ...
-
News
Fair charge?
Galileo International has revised its pricing structure following complaints by European and Asian airlines, primarily over passive booking and higher functionality charges. Premium charges will now only be applied when actually used in booking and open segment charges will no longer apply. Galileo will raise charges on its net segments ...
-
News
Double deal
The UK's Birmingham International has won approval for a £400 million expansion to double the size of its terminal. BIA has agreed to limit night flights until 1999 in exchange for the approval. Source: Airline Business
-
News
Exim China ban
Eximbank has suspended new financings in China while the US reviews reports that China sold nuclear weapon technology to Pakistan. A decision whether to extend or lift the ban was due by the end of March. Exim has deferred $10 billion in loan guarantees and export credits. The situation could ...
-
News
Sino-Korean boost
South Korean negotiators returned from Beijing after winning huge capacity increases and new route rights. Capacity will rise by 70 per cent from April and new flights will start to Beijing from the regional centres of Pusan and Cheju. Until now all China services have departed from Seoul. ...
-
News
Bonds away!
GPA has completed a $4.05 billion bond issue, more than double the target, which will allow the company to pay $2.9 billion in bank and secured debts. The issue followed a deal between GPA and a US pension fund, which holds $30 million of the lessor's secured notes. ...
-
News
Bouwing out
KLM's Pieter Bouw, Rob Abrahamsen, and Leo van Wijk have resigned from Northwest Airlines' board. Their replacements will be independent of KLM and may not be Dutch. Source: Airline Business