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Air Malta branches out
Consistent profit maker Air Malta plans to set up an airline in Italy, taking a 49% share in the new carrier, which would be called Azzuro Air, according to Air Malta chairman Joseph Tabone. Remaining shares would be held by Italian businesses, he says, and permission to operate has been ...
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Hong Kong urges second runway for Chek Lap Kok
Paul Lewis/HONG KONG HONG KONGS' NEW Airport Authority (AA) is pressing the Government to begin construction of a second parallel runway at Chek Lap Kok, before the airport opens in April 1998. The second runway could be completed as early as the end of 1998, ...
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The enemy within
David Learmount/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARIS Paul Phelan/CAIRNS DESPITE BEING ABLE to report a particularly safe 1995, director of US Army aviation safety Brig Gen Thomas Konitzer sees a need for caution. "The force reduction has increased the workload for Army aviators. Not only have missions ...
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AlliedSignal examines wider engine upgrade plan
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ALLIEDSIGNAL ENGINES is studying upgrades to a series of engines used in the corporate-aviation sector, following the success of its TFE731-3C effort for the Cessna Citation III and VI and the recent launch of the -3D upgrade for use on other types of business ...
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Diamond Launch
Diamond Aircraft will launch the Speed Katana light aircraft and Super Dimona TTS motor glider at the ILA show in Berlin, Germany, in mid-May. Both all-composite two-seat aircraft, are powered by the turbocharged Rotax 914 piston, engine. The uprated Speed Katana is aimed at the personal-aircraft market, while the Super ...
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Track deviation was cause of Il-76 crash
Paul Duffy/MOSCOWAlexander Velovich/MOSCOW THE KRASNOYARSK Avialinii Ilyushin Il-76 freighter which crashed on 5 April, killing all 21 people on board while descending to land at an airport in the Siberian Far East, appears to have crashed because it deviated from its approach track to save running out ...
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Embraer forecasts end to losses
EMBRAER BELIEVES THAT it is only a couple of years away from returning to profit after some early signs of recovery in 1995, the Brazilian manufacturer's first year under private ownership. Although losses totalled $232 million for the full year, Embraer says that it made a significant recovery ...
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Denim plans casual look for crew
DUTCH START-UP airline Denim Air plans to dress its cabin crew in jeans and denim shirts and jackets, introducing a casual look to the business of air travel on the route linking Eindhoven and London. The airline hopes that the marketing ploy, together with a quality one-class in-flight ...
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USAF to mine for data with Virtual DB software
DATABASE SOFTWARE acquired by the US Air Force's Air Intelligence Agency will enable the organisation to "mine" for data across networks. The agency has selected enterWorks.com's Virtual DB software for its Sensor Box project, to conduct a proof-of-concept demonstration of a "virtual data-warehousing" capability. A subsidiary ...
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Russian roulette
Cash-starved Russia could be ousted from the Alpha International Space Station project. Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA ASTRONAUT SHANNON Lucid is now aboard the Russian space station Mir 1, having been delivered on the third Shuttle Mir Mission (SMM). Fellow astronaut Bill Shepherd, due to fly with two ...
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SIA
Chew Choon Seng, Singapore Airlines' (SIA) director of finance and administration, has been promoted to deputy managing director (administration). Chew, with the carrier since 1972, has served in the marketing planning divisions and has been a country manager and regional vice-president. Source: Flight International
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Gapan scholarships
The UK Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) invites applications for the following flying scholarships: The Breitling Guild Flying Scholarship, a new scholarship, provides a fully funded course of flying and ground training in accordance with the 40h UK Civil Aviation Authority-approved syllabus to qualify for ...
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Government must define pilot policy
Sir - The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) is deeply disturbed by the recent decision of the UK Department for Education and Employment to approve work permits for Canadian pilots to fly for Air World this summer (Flight International, 17-23 April, P8). Past precedent suggests that this ...
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No substitute for the final check
Sir - I read your comment "Just bad luck?" (Flight International, 13-19 March), which referred to a Royal Air Force British Aerospace Hawk accident. In my judgement (except for operational reasons), no amount of cost cutting destroys the case for a final check by a suitably trained individual ...
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Race for cheap carbon brakes hots up
Andrew Doyle/PARIS MESSIER-BUGATTI believes that, within four years, it will be able to offer aircraft carbon brakes, which are as cheap to operate as their equivalent steel brakes, according to chairman and chief executive Yves Leclere. "We will match the direct operating costs [DOCs] of ...
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C-130J: towards certification
Certification flight-testing of Lockheed Martin's private-venture C-130J is finally under way. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A "FLAWLESS" FIRST flight, after frustrating delays, has boosted Lockheed Martin's confidence in its upgraded C-130J Hercules II. In fact, after the months following the October 1995 roll out spent on integrating hardware and ...
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Domestic bliss?
South Africa's domestic aviation market is a potential gold mine waiting to be exploited. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER TO AN OUTSIDER, the recent bout of high-profile airline collapses in the South African aviation industry might appear indicative of a market still in a state of flux. This ...
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European firms form alliance to develop small launcher
AEROSPATIALE AND SEP of France and Italy's Fiat BPD have formed an alliance to develop a new small launcher based on the solid-rocket boosters developed for the Ariane 5. Development costs have been estimated at Fr1-2 billion ($200-400 million). The venture is aimed at capturing the growing market ...
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Military pilots gain attitude
A COCKPIT-BASED indicator system which could help fighter pilots maintain the desired attitudes while flying in low-visibility conditions is being developed by the UK's Defence Research Agency (DRA). The ambient attitude indicator (AAI) consists of a canopy-arch-mounted strip of lights, which provides pilots with peripheral visual information ...
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Northrop Share Offer
Northrop Grumman plans a major share-sale to help pay off some of the debt built up after the $3 billion acquisition of Westinghouse Electric in March. Seven million shares will be offered, mainly in the USA, but no price has yet been set. The company reported a first-quarter income of ...