News from FlightGlobal – Page 2429
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Choice of pilots must be objective
Sir - A career in the management of aircraft in the airline business has become a clearly identified professional area where the job description and the profile of the person to fulfil this exacting and responsible management activity can at last be specified. The history of flying aeroplanes ...
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Air China deal boosts CAE's market share
CAEElectronics has sold two full-flight simulators and a flight-training device to Air China in a deal worth C$30 million ($21.7 million). The Boeing 737-800 and 777-200 simulators and 777-200 flight- training device will be installed in Air China's Beijing training centre in late 1998. The Chinese airline has ...
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Airbus/CASC finalise Hua Ou support centre
Airbus Industrie and China Aviation Supplies' (CASC) new Hua Ou Aviation Training and Support Centre in Beijing is in the final stages of being fitted out and is scheduled to begin full operations at the end of October. The joint venture recently received its final approval from China's ...
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US Airways
US Airways, of Arlington, Virginia, has appointed Fred Poole vice-president of heavy maintenance, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was formerly general manager of the United Airlines maintenance centre, based at Indianapolis, Indiana. Source: Flight International
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Deutshe BA
Philip Saunders has been appointed head of marketing and sales for British Airways' German subsidiary, Deutsche BA. Saunders has worked for British Airways since 1990, with responsibility for the development and marketing of various BA routes into Central and Eastern Europe, holding the posts of district manager in St Petersburg ...
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Boeing may launch 777-X this year
Guy Norris and Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is confident that it will launch the 777-200X and -300X within three months. The company rebuts suggestions that the project is slowing down because of market uncertainty and concerns over performance. Programme manager Jeff Peace says: "We are very serious ...
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AEA hits out as Europe's ATC delays soar
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH The Association of European Airlines (AEA) is calling for a fresh drive towards a single integrated European air- traffic-control (ATC) system, in response to rising traffic and record delays in Europe in recent months. Worsening punctuality figures on European routes show a "severe problem", with ...
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Widebodies head for Air China
Air China is to begin taking delivery of the first of eight new Airbus Industrie A340-300s and Boeing 777-200s in early October, as part of a wider fleet re-equipment programme. The Chinese flag carrier will take delivery of its first A340 on 8 October, and put the aircraft ...
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Blanc resignation fails to deflect French Government
The final elements of the merger of Air France and its domestic subsidiary, Air France Europe, went ahead as planned on 12 September. The move followed the resignation of the national carrier's president, Christian Blanc, over the Government's refusal to privatise the airline (Flight International, 10-16 September). A ...
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Chinese independents co-operate to form defensive alliance
Six independent provincial Chinese carriers, led by Hainan Airlines, have signed an agreement to form the country's first co-operative alliance, in a move designed to strengthen their position against competition and take-over moves by larger, state-owned, airlines. The New Star (Xinxing) Air Alliance will consist of Hainan Airlines, ...
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US/Aeroflot dispute
United Airlines has asked the US Department of Transportation to suspend Aeroflot flights to Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, in retaliation for Russia's 1995 decision to bar United's codeshare with Lufthansa for services between the Moscow and the USA, via Frankfurt. More recently, Russia refused United permission to fly over ...
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British World takes delivery of ATP QC
British World Airlines took delivery of its first British Aerospace ATP QC (Quick-Change) on 15 September. A second will arrive in December and "at least another two" in 1998, says sales director Mike Sessions, who adds that the aircraft "-have only been flown for about 20h each". ...
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Zurich leads battle to penalise polluters with landing-fee rise
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Zurich Airport has become the world's first major airport to introduce an emissions charge, amounting to as much as 40% of normal landing fees, for operators of aircraft which fail to meet the highest environmental standards. The charge, introduced from 1 September, is balanced by ...
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Slowdown in USA hurts airport growth
A Slowdown in the US domestic-passenger market has left its mark on mid-year figures from the world airports, despite a continuing boom in the European and Asia Pacific regions. Airport passenger numbers continued to grow at a relatively steady rate of 4.7% around the world during the first ...
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Potential suitors eye Cathay partnership
Cathay Pacific Airways says that it is being actively courted by global airline partnerships - in addition to the Star Alliance - but that is in no rush to make a decision. The Hong Kong carrier also warns that the recent downturn in traffic will affect the timing of its ...
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Boeing outlines five 747 growth options
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCPaul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is discussing with airlines five possible 747 derivatives as it moves towards a decision in early 1998 on which (if any) option to pursue. Airlines are being shown study aircraft with various combinations of capacities for up to 500 passengers and ranges of ...
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Dasa tests flight management
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)is beginning a six-month flight-test campaign for a new flight-management system (FMS), the NFS-5000, developed by its Ulm, Germany-based subsidiary Navigation and Flight Guidance Systems (NFS). The system creates flight plans for pilots, who simply have to enter their point of departure and ...
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Low fares or bust?
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Air South's recent bankruptcy has struck a chill note for US start-up airlines. Although the carrier may have been a relatively small player, its demise is dangerously close to home for a low-cost airline sector in which nobody is looking secure. The financial performance ...
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Sponsoring flying training: the debate continues
Sir - I can sympathise entirely with Christopher Stone, who is having difficulty finding an airline to sponsor him to fly. I have been trying since I was 16 (I am now 23), with no success. Despite having spent a fortune on my private pilot's licence, I have ...
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AMR buys Dalfort
AMR Airline Services has acquired Dalfort Aviation Services, including office space for its growing workforce, a hangar on lease to K-C Aviation and a fixed-based operation (FBO) at Dallas Love Field, Texas. Business-aviation services will move to AMR Combs' existing Love Field FBO. Dalfort's large maintenance hangar is not part ...