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NTSB wants 1900 CVRs improved
Beech 1900 regional-aircraft operators should be required to inspect and repair deficient cockpit-voice recorders, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. Safety Board investigators say that they had trouble understanding crucial radio transmissions from the United Express Beech 1900 which collided with a Beech King Air ...
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Aeromexico checks Transaero DC-10
Aeromexico has completed a C-check on an ex-American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 for Finavion, which has leased the aircraft to Russia's Transaero Airlines. Work was performed at Mexico City, where the airline has carried out third-party maintenance since 1995, for carriers from Mexico, such as Allegro and Aerocaribe, and overseas, ...
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French Maroc
Air France and Royal Air Maroc are awaiting government approval for them to codeshare from Casablanca to Lyon and Strasbourg from October. The carriers will also look at schedule co-ordination and co-operation in maintenance, cargo, IT and customer programmes. They may also move Paris-Morocco flights from Orly to Charles de ...
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Suppliers
Perot Systems Corporation has purchased a majority stake in Icarus Consulting, with fixed options to buy the remaining 30 per cent from the SAirGroup over the next three years. BAEngineering is to supply aircraft maintenance services at FLS Aerospace's Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester facilities from March 1997 to ...
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Suppliers
Singapore Airlines has become the first customer for Airbus' AIMFANS A datalink, which will be used to equip the carrier's fleet of A340s. Certification is expected in early 1998. Unison is expected to buy BFGoodrich's aerospace engine electrical systems division by the end of June. Boeing ...
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Wolf stalks, unions resist
Frustrated by the lack of progress in labour negotiations and under pressure to cut costs, US Airways chairman and chief executive officer Stephen Wolf has launched an 'efficiency programme' that includes the ending of jet services to nine US cities, the grounding of 22 aircraft, and consolidation in maintenance and ...
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French make waves in Fiji
It's normally the US that stands accused of neo-colonialism. But not to be outdone, France has decided it too can play the game and the focus of its efforts is the tiny Pacific island of Fiji. The island's government, a major recipient of overseas aid from the European ...
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Boeing's actions require scrutiny
Sole-supplier deals could stifle competition and reduce the impetus to innovate. When a company with the size and influence of Boeing flexes its muscles, everybody had better sit up and take notice. Recently, there's been plenty of muscle-flexing in Seattle. Boeing has signed sole-supplier deals with American Airlines ...
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Will A3XX ever get off the ground?
Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment. For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the ...
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Should licence rules be adapted?
Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment. For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the ...
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Talking Lauda
Lauda Air has ordered Honeywell's Airline Maintenance and Operations Support System (AMOSS), designed for air-to-ground communications between aircraft and an airline's flight operations and maintenance departments. Source: Flight International
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Should licence rules be adapted?
Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment. For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the ...
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Notes on tables
This Flight International Third-Party Airliner Maintenance Directory Part 2 covers Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Rim. It is an update of the information published in the issue of 6-12 November, 1996. Part III, covering companies in Europe and the CIS is to be published in our 22-28 ...
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British Midland plans a foray into third-party maintenance market
British Midland is planning a major expansion into the third-party maintenance market, with the formation of British Midland Engineering, a new subsidiary company based at East Midlands Airport in the UK. The airline is also setting up a separate ground-handling company to expand its services in this area. ...
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FAA grounds Great Lakes Aviation
GREAT LAKES Aviation suspended flights on 16 May in the face of a US Federal Aviation Administration-imposed shutdown because of alleged deficiencies with maintenance operations. The action forced codeshare partners United Airlines and Midway Airlines to accommodate stranded passengers. Great Lakes served 82 cities in 21 US states ...
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Affordable start
Remarkably, Skyfox has been awarded the first certification for not one, but two aircraft under European/ Australian joint airworthiness regulations for very light aircraft (JAR/VLA). As a result of the certification of the tailwheel CA25 Impala, and its newer derivative, the nosewheel-equipped Skyfox Gazelle, the Queensland-based manufacturer is now promoting ...
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Aeronautique Services will run Avions Mudry
In what may prove to be a landmark decision for the French general-aviation industry, a French commercial court has decided that bankrupt Avions Mudry will be taken over by the Avions Robin holding company, Aeronautique Services. Aeronautique Services owner Jean-Paul Pellissier says that he plans to re-establish the ...
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Maintenance DirectoryPart 2, Africa, Asia and Australasia
The growing importance of the Asia-Pacific market for aviation is attracting considerable investment in the region's airframe and engine repair and overhaul capabilities. With large numbers of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft entering service with Asia's carriers, local-airline engineering divisions and third-party maintenance companies are wanting to cash in on ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Karl Krapek, president of US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, has taken over management of P&W's large commercial-engine business. The current president, Robert Wolfe, is to leave the company. Krapek has named eight top executives, with four new appointments: Robert Leduc, senior vice-president for commercial-engine programmes and service; John Wohler, ...
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HAL moves up
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) reports that sales grew by 10%,to $493 million, over the last financial year to March 1997. Although the bulk of sales are within India, the state-owned company managed exports of $9.5 million and expects that to rise this year because of $20 million-worth of work contracted by ...