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French Land Contract
French landing-gear manufacturer and maintenance company Messier-Bugatti has won a contract from Korean Airlines for the general overhaul of landing gear on five Airbus Industrie A300-600 aircraft, representing work on 15 landing-gear legs. The work will be carried out at Messier-Bugatti's Molsheim plant in eastern France, and is expected to ...
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World Airline Directory
Flight International's annual World Airline Directory is always in great demand. This year's is bigger and more comprehensive than ever, listing details of over 1,100 airlines. The new edition carries more details of airline personnel; services such as maintenance; and executive names, in a new and more accessible format. ...
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Intertrade
Rick Sine has been appointed vice-president, engineering services and quality assurance, at Intertrade, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sine was an executive-level maintenance/operations leader with United Parcel Service Airlines. Intertrade has also appointed Perry Rebhuhn as senior accounts executive and Bruce Gross as senior accounts manager. Rebhuhn was formerly senior trading ...
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Aviall
Frank Leftwich has been named president of newly created marketing company Aviall Asia, based in Hong Kong. He was previously executive vice-president of marketing for engine overhauler Aviall, of Dallas, Texas. Dan Komnenovich becomes senior vice-president of marketing for engine overhauler Aviall at Dallas. He was formerly senior vice-president for ...
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UK CAA backs breather for 707s/DC-8s
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE UK GOVERNMENT is considering recommendations which would give operators of Boeing 707s and McDonnell Douglas DC-80-50s temporary waivers from European noise restrictions. Civil Aviation Administration proposals now with UK transport secretary Brian Mawhinney would give 12-month dispensations to about 75% of the dozen ...
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GE turboprop will power Sukhoi S-80
GENERAL ELECTRIC has agreed a deal to put its CT7 turboprop on the Sukhoi S-80 utility aircraft. A repair, overhaul and support deal for the engine has been put in place with Rybinsk Motors. Under the contract with Sukhoi, two CT7-9B turboprops will be delivered for flight testing ...
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Fokker slashes costs in new restructuring plan
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Fokker has embarked upon a radical programme of restructuring, job cuts and site closures in a bid to pull itself back into profit by mid-1996. Losses have been mounting at the Dutch manufacturer as output has dwindled to only 50 aircraft a year - ...
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Oil loss forces down BMA 737
RAPID ENGINE-OIL loss on both engines forced a British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 crew to make an emergency landing at London Luton Airport on 23 February. UK Civil Aviation Authority records show that blanking plates had not been replaced after borescope inspections of the two engines, and that ...
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TWA component deal
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has signed a five-year component-maintenance agreement with Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics, which is expected to provide 20% savings, or about $100,000 in the first year. TWA will pay a monthly fixed-price per flight-hour, per unit, for avionics repairs. Source: Flight International
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Appointments
Ian Shiu has been named as general manager marketing and sales at Dragonair. Tom Davenport has been appointed to head up the Pratt & Whitney and MTU mid-thrust family engine project. Edmond Soliday has been named as United's vice president corporate safety and security. ...
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Suppliers
Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services has won overhaul contracts worth $98.6 million. Airtours, China Eastern and Britannia Airways have all signed new long-term contracts, while Air 2000 and American Trans Air are extending existing contracts. Lockheed Aeromod Centers has won a contract to perform heavy maintenance on ...
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Sizing up all the options
I agree with the basic message of 'Stop Downsizing' by Scott Brandt (Airline Business, October 1995). No significant improvement in the maintenance cost structure has been accomplished - not only over the last five years but in the last 25 years!Bearing in mind that the major ...
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PEMCO
Precision Standard of Birmingham, Alabama has appointed Cleveland Howie as director of marketing for the company's Pemco Nacelle Services Unit. Howie was most recently senior sales and marketing representative for AAR Engine Component Systems. The company has also appointed Lars Kirchhoff as regional marketing manager for its Pemco World Air ...
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Jetstream aims for J41 backlog
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JETSTREAM AIRCRAFT aims to build a three-year backlog for its J41 30-seat turboprop to take into the alliance with ATR when the merger is completed by the end of this year. Marketing director Nick Godwin estimates that orders for the J41 earned it ...
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JAL and Thai consider expanding ties
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) and Thai Airways International are considering expanding their recently concluded co-operation agreement into a wider strategic tie-up covering Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The two airlines have agreed to increase joint flights from Bangkok to Nagoya and Fukuoka, introduce new joint services to Kansai Airport ...
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Air New Zealand boosts profits
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) boosted profits in its first half-year, despite continuing problems with its domestic Boeing 737 fleet and a rapid expansion of capacity on international routes. The New Zealand carrier managed to raise net profits by nearly 60%, to more than NZ$140 million ($89 million) ...
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Endeavour prepared for longest Shuttle flight
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SPACE SHUTTLE Endeavour/STS67 is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 01.27 local time on 2 March to attempt a 16-day mission, the longest by the Space Shuttle. Carrying the Astro 2 payload of three ultraviolet astronomy telescopes, ...
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Executive Jet sells all 1995 Ultra shares
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) says that it has sold full shareholdings in 16 Citation Ultra business-jets due for delivery in 1995 for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The aircraft are part of a $150 million order for 25 Citation Ultras announced in July 1994. First delivery is due in ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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Belgium holds bilateral talks with USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BELGIUM AND the USA met on 28 February to finalise the latest transatlantic open-skies agreement, so dealing another blow to European attempts to develop a common response to the US bilaterals offensive. A Belgium deal would also allow Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair ...