News from FlightGlobal – Page 2449
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Colombian threat
The USA is threatening to suspend daily Avianca flights between Bogota and Miami or New York in retaliation for the Colombian Government's refusal to permit American Airlines to operate daily flights between New York and Bogota. The flight is allowed by the bilateral agreement between the two nations, says Washington. ...
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Germany will close three radar centres by 2000
Andrzej Jeziorski/FRANKFURT T HE GERMAN AIR-traffic- services agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) is to close down three of its six radar centres by the year 2000 as part of the agency's efficiency drive. No decision has yet been made about which centres are to go, says DFS ...
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Jet finalises regional-fleet plan
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON JET AIRWAYS IS finalising plans for the acquisition of a fleet of regional aircraft to operate on services in north-eastern India. ,Jet Airways' chairman Naresh Goyal says that the airline is committed to initiating regional services: "We are vigorously pursuing plans to induct smaller ...
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Equal rights
Paul Duffy/BOCA RATON, FLORIDA THE DEMAND FOR OLDER aircraft, particularly for freighters, is rising strongly because operators are beginning to realise that the economics of using older aircraft can result in considerable cost savings. According to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC), world air cargo will continue ...
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It's the passengers who matter
Sir - The argument that "-the airline industry needs to bring public perceptions and expectations in line with reality" in your Comment, "Means to and end" (Flight International, 3-9 July), surely needs to be turned on its head. The airlines need to listen to what the customer wants and expects, ...
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Safety review
Controversy about airline safety has been rife in the first six months of 1996. David Learmount/LONDON THERE WERE 609 DEATHS in world airline accidents during the first six months of 1996, which compares with only 206 for the same period the previous year. The figures for 1995, however, ...
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Flying into the future
Communications, navigation and surveillance in European airspace will be substantially different in the next decade - but how different? Kieran Daly/LONDON AROUND THE WORLD, air-traffic-services (ATS) providers are coming to terms with how the advent of the future air-navigation system will affect their airspace. For dozens of nations, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo cuts costs and capacity
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUFTHANSA CARGO IS clamping down on costs and capacity, as the world's largest international freight carrier steels itself for another couple of tough years in the heavily oversubscribed international freight market. The operation ended its first year of independence in 1995, showing a DM20 ...
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Gavilan flight-testing resumes
COLOMBIAN manufacturer El Gavilan has begun flight-testing the Gavilan 358 single-engined utility aircraft. The second prototype - the first crashed in 1993 after engine failure - is being flight-tested at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and US certification is planned for later this year. Designed and built at Lock Haven ...
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Kenya soars despite pilots pay award
PROFITS CONTINUE TO soar at Kenya Airways, but the newly privatised carrier has outlined a major round of cost cuts following the court award of a massive pay hike to pilots. The pay award, which virtually doubles salaries, came after the airline's 108 pilots referred a pay dispute ...
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ATR 500 milestone
Air Mauritius has placed the 500th order for the ATR programme, with a contract for two ATR 42-500s for delivery in April and June, 1997. Recent orders include two ATR 72-210s for Yangon Airways, for delivery in October and December, and two ATR 42-400s for a European maritime-patrol operator. ...
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VASP gets eighth MD-11
VASP Brazilian Airlines took delivery of its eighth McDonnell Douglas MD-11 from Long Beach, California, on 2 July. The Sao Paulo-based operator introduced its first MD-11 into service in 1992. More than 150 MD-11s are now in service with 19 operators. Source: Flight International
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FAA should tidy up its own back yard
Sir - When the US Federal Aviation Administration began its programme of declaring foreign airworthiness authorities as unfit, and prevented airlines under its jurisdiction from expanding services to the USA, I regarded this as tantamount to air piracy. As recent events, surrounding the ValuJet crash investigations have revealed, ...
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London Luton
Frank Pullman has been appointed chief executive at London Luton Airport of the UK, with effect from 1 August. Pullman, former airport director, was previously with British Airways, where he held several senior management positions. Source: Flight International
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Cebu Pacific Air eyes Asian and transpacific expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CEBU PACIFIC Air is planning to launch a series of South-East-Asian regional and transpacific services following its successful start earlier this year operating domestic routes in the Philippines. Applications have already been filed for international services to Guam, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, ...
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Robinson makes surprise move to Dornier
JIM ROBINSON, the former president of AlliedSignal Engines, who recently took over at Learjet, has surprised the aerospace world by becoming president of Dornier. Robinson will be based at Dornier's Oberpfaffenhofen headquarters, near Munich, to oversee the integration of the company with Fairchild Aircraft, which bought the majority ...
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EC studies US/ European competition
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has launched an investigation, into six alliances between US and European airlines, to determine whether they will limit competition. According to EC competition commissioner Karel Van Miert and transport commissioner Neil Kinnock, the aim is to give the EC similar powers to those ...
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CityLine begins HGS-equipped CRJ trial
Lufthansa's regional daughter-company, Lufthansa CityLine, has started test flights of a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS) for its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) fleet. The company hopes to equip its entire fleet of 28 CRJs with the system by the end of August. The HGS was certificated for ...