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Far East success
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has secured two contracts, as the first results of a marketing drive in Asia. An Air India Boeing 747-200 is already undergoing a D-check and repyloning at Bedek's Ben-Gurion International Airport site in Tel Aviv. A China Northern airline McDonnell Douglas MD-82 ...
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GAMCO deal
Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO) has signed a deal with American Trans Air to undertake a D-check, aging-aircraft modifications and various other tasks on one of the US airline's 15 Lockheed L-1011 airliners. The 28-day maintenance work will start at GAMCO's Abu Dhabi International Airport hangar on 3 February. ...
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ANZ takes control at Air Nelson
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ), has acquired full control of regional scheduled-service operator Air Nelson. ANZ previously held a 50% shareholding in the carrier. The move further tightens ANZ's hold on the local regional market in the wake of its deal to acquire a 25% stake in Australian carrier ...
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Finmeccanica and Fiat in engine merger talks
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA STATE-OWNED Finmeccanica is negotiating a possible rationalisation of the Italian aero-engine business with the Fiat Group. A successful outcome to the talks would see Fiat Avio merge with the smaller Finmeccanica operation at Alfa Romeo Avio. Previous attempts to marry the ...
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SIA orders ATEC test system for use on 777s and A340s
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE AEROSPATIALE HAS sold one of its ATEC Series 6 automated test systems to Singapore Airlines (SIA) for use on the carrier's Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s. The French company says that it expects the airline to order more "...once its 777 budget is in place". ...
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Maintenance accord
BF Goodrich Aerospace has signed a ten-year agreement with Colorado-based Western Pacific Airlines to provide maintenance services for the low-cost carrier's entire fleet, including aircraft and component overhaul. BF Goodrich's Tramco division recently received a major contract to maintain American West's aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Learjet
Bob Sundin has been named Learjet/Canadair Challenger maintenance manager at Bombardier Aviation Services, of Tucson, Arizona. Jim Flynn is appointed manager of used-aircraft sales. He was formerly Learjet's manager of aircraft acceptance, also of Tucson. Bob Butcher becomes sales director, having been sales-support administrator. Nita Scrivner becomes manager of public ...
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Mexican overhaul
Standard Aero, of Winnipeg, Canada, and Mexican overhaul company Servicios Aereos Del Centro, have won a C$1 million ($725,000) renewable yearly contract from the Mexican Government to repair and overhaul Allison 250 and Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines powering the Procuraduria General de la Republica's fleet. Source: ...
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Air Atlantique extends engine life
AIR ATLANTIQUE has applied to the UK Civil Aviation Authority for an almost 60% extension of the time between overhauls (TBO) on the Teledyne Continental GTSIO-520 piston engines powering its Cessna 404 Titans. The first of four tear down inspections required by the CAA, has revealed no problems ...
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US faces labour strife
The state of US aviation labour relations does not bode well for the new year, with union negotiations due at Northwest Airlines, USAir and United Airlines, among others. By early December, the 32,500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Boeing had been on ...
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Airline news
EVA Air was due to launch services from Taipei to Macau, Los Angeles and Panama in December and will begin Hong Kong services in February. Emirates has launched services to Ho Chi Minh City and Nairobi, both on a twice weekly basis. Elsewhere the carrier has launched Mercator, ...
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Financial results
Air Canada's international passenger sales jumped 25% and operating income rose 14.4%. There was a US$43m gain on the sale of warrants. The move into profit was helped by lower debt, but comes before a charge for cabin crew redundancies. A full-year loss of $240m is expected. ...
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Hawaiian defers
Hawaiian Airlines has deferred to 9 December $7.1 million in McDonnell Douglas DC-10 maintenance and lease payments to American Airlines, to allow more time to negotiate a capital infusion from a private investor group. A letter of intent signed with the group expires on 8 December. ...
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AAR
James Whaylen has been promoted to director of business-aviation maintenance services at fixed-base operator AAR Oklahoma, of Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City. He was formerly manager of business-aviation service sales, where he is replaced by David Chapman. Jack Hawkins is promoted to manager of business-aviation maintenance services. Hank Pruitt ...
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Maintenance tracking
Learjet has unveiled its LASER maintenance-tracking programme following a three-month trial with more than 200 operators. Accessed via modem on the CompuServe on-line service, the LASER identifies upcoming inspections and parts replacements. Learjet will use the system to monitor reliability, with the aim of extending maintenance intervals. Source: ...
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Guangzhou success
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) has won China's first international third-party heavy-maintenance contract, with an agreement to service two Royal Nepal Airlines (RNA) Boeing 757s. The two-year deal, worth an estimated $3 million, provides A- and C-checks, emergency repairs, component overhaul, the secondment of GAMECO staff to Kathmandu and the ...
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ATR to establish training centre in Bangkok
ATR AND THAI Airways International have finalised an agreement for the establishment of a training centre on Thai premises in the capital, Bangkok. The new centre, due to come into operation in September 1996, will provide training of flight crew and maintenance personnel in the Far East and ...
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British World's Viscounts soldier on
BRITISH WORLD AIRLINES (BWA) is now the largest operator of Viscounts, with eight active at the end of 1995. At one stage, BWA and its predecessors operated 18 of the aircraft. Of the eight left, five have been converted to freighters and three soldiers on in passenger guise, ...
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Northwest to fit EIDS to 747s
NORTHWEST AIRLINES IS TO RETROFIT its fleet of Boeing 747-100/-200s with B&D Instruments' cockpit engine-instrument display system (EIDS), replacing electro-mechanical indicators. The unit displays engine parameters on two active-matrix liquid-crystal display screens and is designed to improve despatch reliability and reduce maintenance costs, compared with existing instruments. A "snapshot" feature ...