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APU on test
The first RE220 auxiliary power unit (APU), destined for use in the new long-range Bombardier and Gulfstream business jets, has been shipped from AlliedSignal Engines in Phoenix, Arizona, to the BMW Rolls-Royce test site in Oberursel, Germany for endurance tests. The RE220(GV) APU will have its first flight in the ...
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Appointments
Ian Shiu has been named as general manager marketing and sales at Dragonair. Tom Davenport has been appointed to head up the Pratt & Whitney and MTU mid-thrust family engine project. Edmond Soliday has been named as United's vice president corporate safety and security. ...
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Orders/Leases
All Nippon Airways has ordered 10 Airbus A321s with eight options for delivery from 1998. At the same time the carrier deferred delivery of five A340s, due to begin in 1996, to beyond 2000. Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered two A310-300s powered by PW4000 engines. Delivery is scheduled ...
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Suppliers
Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services has won overhaul contracts worth $98.6 million. Airtours, China Eastern and Britannia Airways have all signed new long-term contracts, while Air 2000 and American Trans Air are extending existing contracts. Lockheed Aeromod Centers has won a contract to perform heavy maintenance on ...
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Dan Air unfair
More than 200 pilots made redundant by British Airways after the takeover of Dan Air at the end of 1992 were dismissed unfairly, a UK industrial tribunal ruled. Future hearings will decide whether to order BA to reinstate the pilots or pay compensation. Source: Airline Business
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United Thai up
United Airlines and Thai Airways International have linked their frequent flyer programmes, but a fully fledged alliance is still dependent on settling the stalled US-Thai bilateral. Source: Airline Business
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Falcon fledged
Gulf Air has launched its frequent flyer programme, Falcon, to Gulf Cooperation Council residents and has plans to expand to other countries throughout 1995. The carrier has settled for a standard three-tier membership system. Source: Airline Business
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Estonian support
Estonian Air has received a capital injection of EK20 million ($1.6 million) and a loan of EK10 million from the government to aid its acquisition of western aircraft. The carrier is taking delivery of the first of two B737-500s on lease from ILFC in June. Estonian made a profit of ...
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Sizing up all the options
I agree with the basic message of 'Stop Downsizing' by Scott Brandt (Airline Business, October 1995). No significant improvement in the maintenance cost structure has been accomplished - not only over the last five years but in the last 25 years!Bearing in mind that the major ...
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New Mexico chair
Ernesto Martens Rebolledo replaces Jose Luis Llamosas Portilla as chairman of Aeromexico, according to Aviation Latin America & Caribean. Rebolledo is president of a Banco Serfin subsidiary - one of the airline's major creditors. Source: Airline Business
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Alaskan shift
Alaska Air Group has appointed John F Kelly as chairman, president and chief executive. He will hold the same post at Alaska Airlines and continue as chief operating officer of the carrier. Kelly, who also takes up the chairman's role at Horizon Air Industries, replaces Raymond Vecci. ...
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Olympic event
Prof Rigas Doganis has taken over the presidency and chairmanship of Olympic Airways, replacing Theodoris Tsakiridis. Doganis was formerly head of air transport at Cranfield University in the UK. Source: Airline Business
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El Al at last
El Al has emerged from bankruptcy after more than a decade, leaving new chairman, Joseph Chiehanover, to appoint a board and guide the carrier to privatisation. Source: Airline Business
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Japanese tie
Japan Airlines and Thai have signed an agreement in which both carriers will expand the Nagoya-Bangkok service they operate jointly and launch a joint Osaka/Kansai-Bangkok service. In addition, Thai will operate Fukuoka-Bangkok for the partnership. Source: Airline Business
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Runway debate
Amsterdam/Schipol has received Dutch government approval for its fifth runway, with a stipulation the airport's capacity is limited to 40 million passengers annually. Meanwhile UK Secretary of State for Transport Dr Brian Mawhinney has ruled out a third runway at London/Heathrow. He wants attention focused on 'less environmentally damaging' options ...
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Norse code
After less than a year in the industry, SAS president and chief executive Jan Stenberg is well on course to meet the target set in the cost cutting programme initiated by his interim predecessor Jan Reinås. Including the proceeds from the disposal of non-core activities such as SAS Service Partner, ...
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Heat Rejection
Loral Vought has been awarded a $13.3 million extension-contract to redesign six heat-rejection system radiators for the international space station. The 1,050kg, 3m-long radiators will extend to 25m in orbit and will be capable of releasing 11kW of excess heat using a pumped liquid-ammonia heat-transfer system. ...
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Cellular Go Ahead
The US Federal Communications Commission has granted licences to Motorola, TRW and Loral/Qualcomm to operate the worldwide hand-held cellular-telephone satellite systems Iridium, Odyssey and Globalstar, but not to Constellation Communications and Mobile Communications. Inmarsat plans a competitive system, called Inmarsat P. Source: Flight International