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Aviall Web site takes lead
Aviall Web site takes lead in aviation sector One exhibitor that has managed to turn the dream of e-commerce into a working reality is Texas-based Aviall (Stand A911). Aviall is the world's largest independent distributor of new aviation parts, distributing to 13,000 operators and 300 airlines worldwide. It ...
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Asia-Pacific crucial to 'son of jumbo' equation
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie (AI) is at Asian Aerospace 2000 having passed a critical milestone in its epic journey to build a "jumbo jet for the 21st century" - the 555-seat plus A3XX. It is appropriate that the Singapore event should be the first major air show since ...
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Face the Facts with Sir Charles Masefield
Asian Aerospace is the first major airshow to feature BAE Systems as a single entity from the outset. (The purchase by British Aerospace of Marconi Electronic Systems late last year happened during the Langkawi show in Malaysia). Sir Charles Masefield, group managing director, spoke about the organisation's plans, including its ...
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AA 2000 to open x-files?
What are the chances of Asian Aerospace turning into an X-rated show? Asia-Pacific holds the key to the next major aircraft programmes planned by Airbus Industrie and Boeing. The European airframer is carrying out market testing for its planned 550-seat A3XX all-new aircraft and expects the region to account for ...
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Cathay splashes out on travellers' spa
The slogan "Arrive in Better Shape" was for many years the marketing catch phrase of Cathay Pacific Airways before it switched to the politically more astute sales banner "The Heart of Asia." This Hong Kong flag carrier's former motto would appear to be alive and kicking today, with ...
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Honeywell plans to grow business in Asia
Honeywell is talking to customers at the show about what they want from the new Honeywell/AlliedSignal partnership. Honeywell's Singapore Repair and Overhaul centre has been in operation since 1978 and is a focal point for customer support throughout Asia and the Pacific. It handles APUs, propulsion engines, components ...
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Implementation of pacific rvsm set for this week
Reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) will be implemented in Pacific oceanic airspace on 24 February as part of a longstanding plan to enhance airspace capacity. Under the plan, vertical separation will be reduced to 1,000ft (300m) from 2,000ft between flight levels 290 and 390 for aircraft approved for RVSM ...
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SIA leads regional recovery
Mike Martin Singapore Airlines is in the market for up to 19 widebody and narrowbody aircraft plus 22 options. The launch of the long-awaited W-aircraft requirement, as reported in today's Flight International, is to replace the Airbus Industrie A310. SIA has issued a formal request for proposals ...
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A worldwide web of difference
STEVE NICHOLS Asian Aerospace is fast becoming a "dot-com" show - at least three companies are featuring new e-commerce products and many others are highlighting a WWW presence. SITA and AAR (Stand A720) are launching aerospan.com at the show, a site that will "initially feature spare parts inventory ...
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Battle royale looming over radio frequencies
The aerospace industry could face a fight with "voracious" commercial telecoms interests at an international conference to re-allocate radio frequencies, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The World Radio Conference of the International Telecommunications Union, which is being held in Istanbul in May, has the power to re-allocate ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister gives nod to limited open skies
Chuck Grieve Malaysia is prepared to grant reciprocal open skies rights as part of the government's efforts to support its growing air transport industry, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told an aviation conference in Kuala Lumpur. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of Air Freight Asia 2000 ...
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Multi-role GIV delivered to Japanese defence agency
The Japanese air self defence force (JASDF) has taken delivery of a fifth multi-purpose variant Gulfstream IV. Equipped with a special cargo door measuring five feet by six feet, the aircraft is designed to meet the medical evacuation requirements of the Japanese defence agency. "The cargo door equipped ...
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Insidious training
Perhaps the time has come to look again at the traditional content of pilot recurrent training. The fundamental emergency which all pilots know that they will face in their simulator session is engine failure at or soon after take-off decision speed (V1). In every simulated take-off they are ready and ...
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Problem case
Setbacks to the US Federal Aviation Administration's satellite navigation centrepiece - the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) - just won't go away. The WAAS, designed to allow the US National Airspace System (NAS) to move away from its reliance on ground-based navigation aids to more accurate and efficient satellite-based ...
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Bad company
Asia's poor safety performers tarnish airlines in the region with good records David Learmount/LONDON By the end of the 1990s, South Asia and Asia Pacific had earned a poor reputation for airline safety, although not all of the region's airlines deserved it, but they suffer for the sins of others, ...
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Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction
Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing says its experience with the introduction of the 777-300 has been a case of "no news is good news". Mike Fleming, Boeing's 777 fleet support chief, says: "In terms of performance ...
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BA and KLM post third-quarter losses
Chris Jasper/LONDON Frits Njio/AMSTERDAM British Airways has announced third quarter results which suggest it is on the way to a big full year loss, although a rise in yields suggests its new premium passenger strategy is paying off. European rival KLM has posted even poorer figures, but unlike BA ...
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WAAS delayed as safety tests run into difficulties
Raytheon and US Federal Aviation Administration officials have held the first of a series of meetings to determine the impact of problems uncovered during acceptance testing of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). A 60-day stability test of the key satellite-based navigation system, intended to improve the accuracy, availability ...
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SAS studies candidates for 70-seat regional jet order
Andrew Doyle/COPENHAGEN SAS expects to launch a competition early next year to select a 70-90-seat regional jet family. The carrier requires around 20 aircraft for use on long thin routes, mainly from Stockholm and Oslo. The Scandinavian carrier, which does not operate regional jets, plans to complete a ...
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Air Canada tackles part of Canadian's debts
Air Canada has restructured part of the C$3.5 billion ($2.4 billion) debt owed by Canadian Airlines, with which it is merging, after reaching agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services. The deal, worth "tens of millions of dollars" according to Air Canada chief executive Robert Milton, covers the lease of a ...