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Ministers support fuel-tax change
Dutch and Belgian transport ministers have spoken out in favour of abolishing the European airline industry's exemption from fuel taxes. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has responded quickly, saying that such a tax would do nothing to help the environment, as its supporters argue. At a meeting ...
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-plans IHAS avionics safety development
AlliedSignal Aerospace is discussing with airlines and aircraft manufacturers its plan to develop a so-called integrated hazard-avoidance system (IHAS). The IHAS would combine safety-related avionics systems, such as ground-proximity warning system, traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system and windshear detection, in a single box, with the aim of providing a ...
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BMed
Geoff Crawford BMED Capt Geoff Crawford has been appointed director of flight operations at British Mediterranean Airways (BMed) of London, UK. Crawford, who joined British Airways as a pilot in 1968, has more recently been senior strategy manager for the BA corporate-strategy department and business manager for customer-service development. Charles ...
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A fine balance
IT IS A BELIEF UNIVERSALLY held among airline managers that, in an upturn, their own particular airline will perform better than its competitors, and that in a downturn it will suffer less. In general, this is bunkum, but it is an unfortunate truth that it is on the basis of ...
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Breakthrough nears on burn-through
Airline passengers will soon have dramatically improved post-accident fire-protection if an Airbus Industrie-led group of European companies can win a European Commission (EC) research grant. Research has already established that the use of different cabin-insulation materials at manufacture could increase tenfold the time it takes for external fire to burn ...
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Eurocontrol solves B-RNAV problem for ageing aircraft
Ageing aircraft not equipped with modern navigation equipment are likely to be allowed to use satellite navigation for basic area navigation (B-RNAV) after the January 1998 deadline for the introduction of B-RNAV in Europe. A programme of work being carried out by Eurocontrol, and now almost complete, appears ...
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Daewoo dumps Dornier 328 contract
Daewoo is to quit production of Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprop fuselage-panels within two months, and will have to pay compensation for its early pull-out from the programme. According to Fairchild Dornier vice-president for programmes and aircraft development, Earl Robinson, Daewoo is bringing its contract with the US-German company ...
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'Heavy-weight' MD-90 delivered to Great China
Great China Airlines has taken delivery of its first McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90-30, which is also the first longer-range version certificated at the new optional higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW). The aircraft has strengthened wing structure, landing gear and flap mechanisms, enabling the MTOW to be increased by ...
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UPS passengers
UPS began passenger services on 7 March, using Boeing 727-100QF freighters recently modified by Pemco to allow them to be operated in the passenger/ cargo quick-change role. The aircraft can now be equipped with 113-seat interiors for weekend charter services, increasing utilisation. Passenger services were inaugurated with a flight from ...
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Rossiya takes presidential Il-96-300
Rossiya, the Russian government airline, has taken delivery of an Ilyushin Il-96-300 for use as a presidential transport. The aircraft has been fitted with a new executive interior and a communications suite. The interior was fitted in Switzerland and the aircraft repainted by KLM in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Source: ...
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Indonesia is ready to cancel F-16 purchase
The Indonesian Government is poised to cancel buying nine Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs, originally ordered by Pakistan, in an effort to distance itself from the growing scandal surrounding foreign financial donations to US President Clinton's re-election campaign. According to informed sources, President Suharto is keen to distance Indonesia from ...
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Ultra-led team to study advanced control systems
A research project aimed at developing advanced control systems for large-aircraft landing gear has been launched by Ultra Electronics, in conjunction with Messier-Dowty and British Aerospace Airbus. The 30-month UK Government-sponsored research programme will cover areas such as active bogie trimming, damping control, steering control and intelligent gear-sequencing. ...
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Sabena is rocked by record losses
Sabena president Paul Reutlinger has revealed the heaviest losses in the Belgian airline's history and admits that its performance remains under review by main shareholder Swissair. The group's total net loss climbed to BFr8.8 billion ($248 million) in 1996, although close to half of the figure came from ...
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The big question
Given the highly public differences between Airbus Industrie and Boeing over the existence, or otherwise, of a multi-billion-dollar market for a new large airliner, you could be forgiven for thinking that a yawning gulf exists between long-term forecasts from the two manufacturers. In fact, this is not so. ...
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Struggle for success
There have been recent airline casualties in the South American commercial air-transport industry's struggle to find its feet - a scrap which continues today. Although traffic is growing fast in this market, there is a clear need for restructuring what has traditionally been a fragmented and unprofitable airline sector. According ...
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No barriers to foreign training, says CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that additional foreign flying schools will be able to apply for approval to offer UK private and commercial pilot-licence training until 1 July, 1999. After that, however, European Joint Aviation Regulation for flightcrew licensing (JAR FCL) will be in place, stating that approved ...
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JAL spins off new domestic subsidiary
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that its planned new domestic subsidiary carrier, JALEXPRESS, will be formally incorporated from 1 April and begin operations in 1998. The new 100% JAL-owned airline is being established to compete with Japan's proliferating number of planned low-cost start-up carriers, following partial liberalisation of ...
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Blended- bodies: not the right mix?
Sir - Although I am a life-long flying-wing fanatic, I do not see how blended-body airliners can work. The aerodynamic advantages are real, and avionics - fly-by-wire - cure the stability snags, but there is still pressurisation. The standard 0.55bar (8lb/in2) represents a lot of pressure on the 280m2 (3,000ft2) ...
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Airbus outlines business case for launching its large airliner
Airbus Industrie is building a business case for launching the A3XX based on prospects of winning around 650 orders for the programme over the next 20 years, says John Leahy senior vice-president Commercial. The comments came as Airbus and Boeing used the release of long-range forecasts to justify ...
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Embraer seeks Paris show launchfor new 37-seat regional turbofan
Embraer has confirmed its intentions to develop a family of small regional jets which would include new 37- and 70-seat aircraft on either side of its EMB-145 50-seater. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer hopes to be able officially to launch the 37-seater, which will be known as the EMB-135, ...