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Virgin go-ahead
A US court ruled that Virgin Atlantic can proceed with its case against British Airways under US anti-trust law. The judge reasoned that acts outside the US can violate its laws if they have the effect of restricting US competition. Source: Airline Business
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Handling trouble
The ground handling debate is underlining the challenges facing the European Commission in policing Europe's single market. The trouble with the European Commission is that it has too many difficulties putting its laudable objectives into action. Ground handling offers the latest example of this. A year after ...
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Spares shortage grounds Australian Black hawks
ONLY THREE of 27 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters operated by the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) 5th Aviation Regiment at Townsville, Queensland, are available for operational flying because of a shortage of spares. The ADF says that the rate at which some parts (principally transmission mounts and the ...
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MD-80 operators prepare for ice
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA US OPERATORS OF the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80 are gearing up for fleet-wide installation of systems designed to prevent the formation of over-wing icing. Two systems have now been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration as alternative means of compliance with an ...
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Soaring satellites
The satellite market is booming in the Asia-Pacific region. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Space-related activity in the Asia-Pacific region is growing at a rate unknown elsewhere. From the westernmost-orbital position allocated to an Asian satellite (38¡E), to the dateline at 180¡E, a 60% growth in traditional satellite-communications ...
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Kaiser/Continental try to woo Piper creditors by deadline
KAISER AEROSPACE AND Teledyne Continental are still in talks with Piper Aircraft and its creditors after the bankruptcy court gave both sides until 3 February to reach agreement on how the aircraft manufacturer will emerge from Chapter 11. Piper's agreed plan for its creditors to take control of ...
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Surviving in Sarajevo
Tim Ripley/SARAJEVO The small sign pinned to the control-tower window at Bosnia's Sarajevo Airport says it all. "You are now standing in one of the most dangerous places on earth," it proclaims. Fortunately for the French air force air-traffic controllers, bulletproof glass now provides them with some ...
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Air Macau chiefs resign after row
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE START-UP CARRIER Air Macau has suffered a major setback with the resignation of its chief executive David Young and two other senior managers, following a row over control and direction of the company. Young has quit the joint venture Sino-Portuguese airline only four months ...
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Late decisions
Kieran Daly/LONDON Frequency congestion in Europe is giving the future air-navigation system a bad name and delaying its implementation. Progress towards use of the future air-navigation system (FANS) continues to prove slow for regulator and airline alike. Operators and governments remain reluctant to make the ...
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DASA confirms ILA '96 participation
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has confirmed its participation in the next International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) at Berlin in 1996. The company had withdrawn from the 1994 show. DASA's decision has been influenced by "...Government recognition of the strategic significance of the aerospace industry in assuring the future of Germany". ...
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United expands shuttle operations
SHUTTLE BY UNITED is to expand its frequencies in eight US West Coast city-pairs and connect San Francisco, California, with Phoenix, Arizona, beginning in early February. The short-haul discounted air service has expanded from its initial 184 daily departures when it started operations in October 1994, to 342 ...
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USA/Canada seek new trans-border deals agreement
Carriers seeking new US-Canada route authority include: Delta Air Lines, which seeks immediate authority to operate two new non-stop flights each between Atlanta and Toronto, Atlanta and Montreal, and Salt Lake City and Vancouver. Delta also wants to connect Cincinnati with Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. It seeks ...
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Saginaw ghost
A mystery from the past may have relevance for the present. David Learmount/LONDON When Capt. Harvey "Hoot" Gibson's aircraft, a Trans World Airlines Boeing 727-100, suddenly rolled out of control and dived 32,000ft (10,000m), Gibson had to pull more than 5g before recovering control at ...
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Daimler-Benz forms satellite-landing venture with Rockwell
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace ( DASA) and Rockwell have formed a joint venture to develop and market satellite-based navigation and landing systems. Rockwell and DASA will each hold 50% of the venture, which is to be located in Ulm, Germany (Flight International, 25-31 January). The venture brings together Rockwell's Collins ...
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Eurocopter boss firm on cuts cost-cutting warning
Julian Moxon and Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS EUROCOPTER president Jean-Francois Bigay has warned that the Franco-German manufacturer will have to press on with cost-cutting measures in the face of a patchy market performance in 1994, when orders and deliveries fell again. The tally of new helicopter deliveries ...
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Hughes wins contracts for four communications satellites
Tim Furniss/LONDON HUGHES SPACE and Communications International has maintained its lead in the satellite-manufacturing market with contract awards to build three HS-601 and one HS-376 communications satellites for Luxembourg, Malaysia and Afro-Asian Satellite Communications (ASC). The deals bring orders for the three-axis HS-601 to 38 ...
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Inmarsat claims lead in global satphones
INMARSAT P COMPANY has received $1.4 billion in investment commitments to implement the building of a global hand-held satellite-telephone system. The investment figure, which has been promised by 35 countries, exceeds the $1 billion target and represents the total projected equity requirements for the project at this stage, ...
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Croatia's cocked hammer
Despite sanctions, Croatia has been able to build up its air force. Andrzej Jeziorski/ZAGREB Croatian air force Col. Mladen Vaselic clearly remembers the moment when he realised that he would soon be a deadly enemy of many of his former academy colleagues. It ...
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Piper expands 1995 output
PIPER AIRCRAFT has markedly increased its 1995 production plan from the 134 aircraft promised last September to a new figure of 173. That compares with 132 in 1994 and 99 in 1993. The Super Cub tail-dragger has been dropped for 1995 - 24 were built in 1994 - ...
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Raytheon lays claim to 1994 sales lead
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT is claiming pole position in business-aircraft sales for 1994, following the consolidation of Beech Aircraft and Raytheon Corporate Jets. The manufacturer says that it delivered 361 aircraft in 1994, including 133 business jets and turboprops, and ended the year with record ...