All General aviation articles – Page 654
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Appointments
Edward Methot is the new vice president of flight operations at America West Airlines. Swissair has appointed Klaus Knappik head of the cargo and logistics division. Crossair has appointed Josef Felder EVP of the new product management division. Juhani Suomela has become Finnair's EVP ...
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Revamped Beechjet 400A delivery imminent
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT WILL deliver this month the first Beechjet 400As with a redesigned interior providing increased passenger and crew comfort, reduced noise and vibration and improved systems accessibility to minimise downtime during inspections. The cabin has centre club seating with reclining and swiveling chairs. Crew seating is also improved. ...
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India's Indigenous P68
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL), India's only private-aircraft manufacturer, says that it will soon be producing the P68 twin-piston-engined six-seat light aircraft indigenously. Only the engine and flight instruments will have to be imported. TAAL manufactures the P68 with technical support from Italy's Partenavia. Source: Flight International
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FAA admits its mistake on funding for AGATE
Karen Walker/LAS VEGAS THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration says that its decision to drop funding from a programme aimed at rejuvenating general aviation (GA) was "a mistake", and that the money will be found after all. FAA administrator David Hinson told attendees at the US ...
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Latin American lead
Increasingly creative financial mechanisms and new products that insure against political and contractual risks, are providing incentives for private sector investment in Latin American and Caribbean airports. By Ellis Juan.As the air transport sector continues its rapid expansion in an increasingly globalised economy, the entry of fast-growing new participants like ...
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Ansett's Kiwi jaunt drags
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is considering a total takeover of Ansett New Zealand in a final bid to remove obstacles to the proposed merger of Air New Zealand and Australian domestic Ansett. Severing the controlling link between Ansett Australia and Ansett New Zealand appears to be the only ...
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Cessna first
Cessna has flown the first Model 172 piston-single to be produced since 1986. The pilot-production aircraft, flown on 16 April, will be used for flight tests leading to recertification of the 172. Roll-out of the first 172 built at Cessna's new Independence, Kansas, piston-single plant is due in December. ...
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Lockheed Martin chief reticent on job losses
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC LOCKHEED MARTIN chief executive Norman Augustine has played down the extent of likely job cuts following the $9.1 billion acquisition of Loral's defence business. Augustine admits that the acquisition, which was completed on 23 April, may mean some job losses in the short term, but ...
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Europe's cost crisis
What does it take to ensure the start up of a profitable low-cost carrier in Europe? Hugh Parry looks at the pitfalls and compares the cost of operating in Europe to what is on offer in the US.Imagine an airline based at London/Heathrow flying to Paris 15 times a ...
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GV testing is on course despite engine snags
Graham Warwick/SAVANNAH FLIGHT TESTING of the Gulfstream V, long-range business jet, is exceeding expectations, despite a shortage of BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines. The manufacturer admits that flying has been slowed by a lack of spare engines, caused by development problems and flight-test incidents. Gulfstream has ...
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East West in US deadlock
The vagaries of the youthful private Indian aviation sector are starting to manifest themselves in the courts, as the number of cases of litigation against the independents by foreign lessors starts to rise. The most prominent case that has come to court is between East West Airlines and ...
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Electro-impulse de-icing is selected for Premier I
A LOW-POWER DE-ICING system, which uses a short-duration, high-acceleration deflection of the leading edge to remove ice, has been selected by Raytheon Aircraft for use on the horizontal stabiliser of its Premier I light business-jet. The electro-magnetic expulsion de-icing (EMEDI) system has been developed by Innovative Dynamics ...
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Startup hits Denver hub
After an astounding growth spurt, US startup Western Pacific Airlines is slowing down to consolidate its network spanning 19 cities centred on Colorado Springs, up from five cities when service began a year ago. Though not yet profitable, the airline has boarded 1 million passengers since its first flight, and ...
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Sparks fly in India pay row
Air India is facing further disruption to its services as ground engineers vow to continue their walkout action in a bid to put their salaries on a level with pilots and flight engineers, while management is retaliating by threatening a lockout at the flag carrier. A strike call ...
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Pressing for open skies
The US Department of Transportation has in general had strong support from the halls of Congress of late - especially in the realm of international aviation issues. In a late March floor speech, Larry Pressler, South Dakota Republican and chairman of the Senate commerce committee, spoke on the ...
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Aerotiga delay
Tallahassee, Florida-based SME Aero says that North American sales of the Malaysian-produced AeroTiga light aircraft have been hit by production start-up delays. Source: Flight International
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USA extends ban on airline gambling
THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) is to retain its ban on gambling on commercial-airline flights to and from the USA by all carriers at least until a national commission has considered the wider issue of gambling legislation in the USA. The policy re-affirmation came with release ...
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Kitplanes rev up for air-racing market
TWO KITPLANE manufacturers believe that they have identified a potential market for high-performance racing aircraft as low-cost alternatives to the "warbirds", such as the North American P-51 Mustang, now widely used. Both companies cite the high cost of buying and racing aircraft such as the P-51, and the outcry caused ...