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DFS and Frankfurt Airport push for higher capacity
Andrzej Jeziorski/FRANKFURT GERMAN AIR-TRAFFIC-services agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) and Frankfurt Airport are to test a new wake-vortex warning system (WVWS) as part of a drive to increase the airport's capacity. The WVWS, developed by Munich-based IABG, consists of a series of ten to 12 masts ...
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Aerospatiale/Dassault given new date
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has tightened up the time scale for agreement on a merger between Aerospatiale and Dassault Aviation, with January 1997 now set as the new deadline. Dassault Aviation has agreed to the new date, promising that "-the technical, financial and industrial ...
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UK squeeze
Corporate aircraft are deemed to be a more vital ingredient of the overall traffic mix in the UK. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER AS PRESSURE ON slots intensifies at many of the UK's primary airports, operators are becoming choosy about the type of general-aviation activity they wish to ...
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Looking at the overcharging issue
Sir - I refer to the letter "CAA licence to overcharge is simply not on" (Flight International, 19-25 June, P39). While I commiserate with David Leggett, he may be getting off lightly. Like some engineers, many UK aircrew look to the US Federal Aviation Administration for fairness when ...
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Dunlop preparation
Dunlop Aviation has opened a £750,000 ($1.2 million) metal preparation plant at Coventry in the UK, which manufactures aircraft wheels and brakes. The plant is being used for cleaning, etching and surface preparation of metal parts, before plating or other types of surface finishing. Source: Flight International
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Hinson defends ValuJet grounding
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US FEDERAL AVIATION Administrator David Hinson has responded to allegations that the ValuJet grounding was politically motivated by saying that the decision was made before a meeting at which senior White House officials were briefed. Hinson made the claim during a Congressional hearing ...
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Cycles in the sky
The aviation-industry recovery is in full swing, but economists are even now forecasting when the next downturn will occur Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IN GERMANY THEY CALL it the pig cycle. When pork prices rise, farmers pile into the market to cash in on the boom, only to find ...
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Egyptian commander
Commander Aircraft has delivered three Commander 114AT trainers to Egypt's National Civil Aviation Training Organisation (NCATO), based at Embaba Aerodrome in Giza. NCATO is the only civilian pilot-training organisation in Egypt, and trains all Egyptian airline pilots. Bethany, Oklahoma-based Commander received the contract, worth more than $1 million, after NCATO ...
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Raytheon Premier I stays on track reveals new mid-size business jet
Ramon Lopez/WICHITA RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold almost 100 of its new Premier I light business-aircraft, even though first deliveries are not scheduled until late 1998. Considered "the defining product for Raytheon for the next three decades", the Premier I programme is "on schedule, at cost ...
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Fokker looks for east Asian joint venture
FOKKER SERVICES of the Netherlands, a division of Fokker Aviation, the company born out of the bankruptcy of Fokker Aircraft in March this year, is seeking a joint venture with an East Asian maintenance company or airline to meet the service requirements of operators in the region. Erik ...
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Aircraft window repairs
Aircraft Window Repairs has opened a new office in Florida, following demand for its US Federal Aviation Administration approved hardcoating service. The management team is (left to right) Herb Brock, Ryan Cupery, Robert Cupery-Founder, John Levey and Ray Gregory. Other members of the team (not pictured) are Kathi Cupery and ...
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IPTN takes delivery of its first Bell 430
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has delivered the first Bell 430 eight-seat intermediate twin helicopter to launch customer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) of Indonesia. At the same time, the US helicopter company has agreed to extend its existing production arrangement with IPTN to include the manufacture of the ...
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Fokker studies F28 re-engineing proposal
FOKKER AVIATION is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. Over 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavian Airlines System, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades for ...
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CL-215 leases
Los Angeles County is to lease two Canadair CL-215T firefighting amphibious aircraft from Bombardier for five years after a successful trial of the aircraft in southern California during late 1994. Australian firefighting authorities have also recommended a similar trial for the larger CL-415T during the forthcoming Austral summer. A total ...
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Compromise sought on AE-100
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) is mounting a last-ditch effort to salvage an agreement between China and South Korea for joint development of the proposed AE-100 regional jet. ST is understood to have dispatched a team to Seoul to meet with the Korean Commercial-Aircraft Consortium (KCDC). ST is trying to ...
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Sale and delay
China Airlines' holding company, China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF), is to sell 16 per cent of its 82 per cent stake in the Taiwanese flag to help finance new aircraft and boost the carrier's paid-up capital. Meanwhile, TransAsia Airways is to delay its planned IPO on Taipei's stock ...
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Swiss shut tariffs door
When it came to putting its tariff structure into the Swiss market British Midland, one of the main drivers of price competition in Europe, hit a brick wall. The UK carrier launched its sixth European trunk route out of London/Heathrow into the lucrative Zurich market at the end ...
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JAT is back
Since UN sanctions were first partially dropped in late 1994, JAT has relaunched its former European routes and aims to revive its North American and Australian services. Gordana Stevanovic reports from Belgrade.After teetering on the brink of extinction for more than two years, Yugoslav Airlines (JAT) has returned to international ...
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Is there any Valu left?
Besides becoming one of the most scrutinised tragedies in US aviation history, the May crash of ValuJet flight 592 has also become one of the most politicised. The low-cost carrier's survival depends on whether it can withstand an intense federal safety audit and re-launch its image while keeping its costs ...
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Alliances still not immune from risk
Immunity is in the air. First in this year's clutch came United-Lufthansa, followed by Delta-Swissair-Austrian-Sabena and American-Canadian (even without open skies between the US and Canada). Next up will be United-Air Canada. Then, probably later rather than sooner, American and British Airways will be seeking what has recently become the ...