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TWA acts as clock ticks
Trans World Airlines is cutting jobs, has a fresh look and is introducing new frequent flyer incentives in a bid to attract high-yielding business traffic, but Wall Street analysts question if the returns will come quick enough. 'There is a mad dash going on to improve the product ...
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Strong debut for Southern
Fresh from its strong debut on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges in late July, China Southern Airlines has revealed plans to spend nearly US$1.3 billion on a fleet expansion and general modernisation programme over the next three years. The carrier will spend some US$560 million ...
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MAS/GE engine deal
Malaysia Airlines (MAS)and General Electric have finalised an agreement to form the joint venture, Aircraft Engine Repair & Overhaul (1997) (AERO '97). The new company, which is 70% owned by GE and 30% by MAS, will focus on developing the airline's existing CFM56 and Pratt & Whitney PW4000 capabilities. Similar ...
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Singapore Technologies builds on 1996 recovery
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) turned in a solid performance for the first half of 1997, boosted in part by a return to profitability of its Commercial Business Group (CBG) on the back of firmer civil-aircraft maintenance markets. STAe showed a net profit of S$28 million ($19 million ) ...
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Cathay will re-engine entire 747-400 fleet
Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) will ship Cathay Pacific Airway's first hybrid Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H-T engine to Boeing in early September for flight certification, following agreement to modify the airline's entire fleet of 21 747-400s. HAESL is now modifying the first -524G and plans to run the engine ...
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Olympic will buy 737-800s
Julian Moxon/paris Olympic Airways is to acquire a fleet of Next Generation Boeing 737s and Airbus A340s. The airline is close to resolving its long-running dispute with the European Commission (EC), which has held up payment of the last two tranches of its state aid. Resolution of the ...
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GATX Airlog close to returning reworked cargo 747s to use
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Two airlines have started work to return to service two Boeing 747 freighters grounded in mid-1996, when the US Federal Aviation Administration imposed load restrictions on the GATX Airlog cargo conversion. Airlog says that work to recertificate the conversion is "about 80% complete" ...
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Volga-Dnepr signs up for Il-96T
Ilyushin has signed an agreement with Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr covering the sale of four Il-96T freighters, with two options. The aircraft manufacturer's chief designer Igor Katyrev says the agreement does not constitute a firm contract at this stage, although Volga-Dnepr has scheduled the first delivery for 1999. ...
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Boeing and Airbus sign Russian deals
AIRBUS and Boeing have both signed deals extending their co-operations with the Russian aviation sector. The European consortium's agreement with the Russian Ministry of Economics covers a range of joint projects in the fields of certification, research and development and production, including assistance with European Joint Aviation Authorities ...
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Japanese consortium prepares plans to launch regional airline
An Okinawa-based Japanese business consortium is drawing up plans to launch an airline within three years, to operate domestic routes and, possibly, international services in the longer term. A group of 32 island investors led by Okinawa Electric Power has established a new company called Southern Cross to ...
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GosNIIAS signs up to produce Collins TCAS modules
Rockwell Avionics & Communications has signed a co-production agreement with the Russian State Research Institute for Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS), for the production and testing in Moscow of components for the Collins traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). Under the agreement, GosNIIAS will produce key modules of the Collins TPR-900 ...
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World's first civil GPS satellite landing system obtains FAA approval
The Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000differential global-positioning-system (GPS) satellite landing system now has US Federal Aviation Administration Special Category 1 (SCAT-1) approval. The "fail-operational" SLS installation comprises three GPS "pseudolyte" Remote Satellite Measurement Units (RSMU) up to 100m from an SLS ground reference station. The RSMUs supply the station with a ...
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-and get tough on maintenance deficiencies
In its toughest punitive move to date, New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority is to ground the small Palmerston North-based operator United Aviation because of "serious maintenance deÌciencies" discovered during audits. The airline, which ßies a small ßeet of piston twins, suffered a fatal accident with one of its ...
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BFGoodrich
Keith Hagerich has been named director of operations for Everett, Washington-based BFGoodrich Aerospace's Component Services division - Miami Service Center. He has been with the company for 14 years, most recently as director of quality for the Transport Repair and Maintenance division. Source: Flight International
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Heico addition
The acquisitive Heico group has agreed to acquire the Northwings Accessories repair and overhaul business in Miami, Florida, for $10.5 million. Heico says that it is targeting the components overhaul sector in its search for expansion. Over the first half of 1997, Heico virtually doubled sales to $28 million, earning ...
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GE fits new combustors to CF6-80C2 powerplants
General Electric (GE) is being forced to fit new combustors to a batch of 213 CF6-80C2 engines, which have been found to be defective. According to Lufthansa Technik (LHT), which is offering on-location exchanges of the combustors to affected airlines, GE has found that the splash plates (which ...
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Cathay profits dip as traffic disappoints
Cathay Pacific Airways saw profits for the first half fall marginally under pressure from currency fluctuations, an unexpected drop in traffic and the recent grounding of its Airbus A330-300 aircraft fleet. The Hong Kong carrier reported a net profit of just above HK$1 billion ($130 million) for the ...
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Pakistan shelves privatisation of PIA,but fleet renewal nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Privatisation plans for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)have been put on hold, says the carrier's new chairman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, but he confirms that decisions are close on new-aircraft purchases which will mean that the entire fleet will be renewed over the next few years. ...
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Signature
Bruce Van Allen has been promoted to executive vice-president and chief operating ofÌcer, with responsibility for overseeing operations, marketing and human resources at Signature Flight Support, of Orlando, Florida. He was formerly senior vice-president of operations. Blake Fish and Chuck Bobbitt have been appointed vice-presidents of operations, reporting to Van ...