News from FlightGlobal – Page 2466
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Flight Dynamics plans HUDs for more 737s
FLIGHT DYNAMICS plans to increase its dominance of the market for head-up displays (HUDs) on civil transports by certificating its system for Category III operations on five Boeing 737 models by mid-1999. The schedule calls for certification of the 737-400 and -500 to Cat IIIa by the end ...
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Japan and USA agree common ground
JAPAN and the USA have reached temporary agreement on outstanding route disputes in an effort to clear the way for broader negotiations on revising their 1952 bilateral air-services treaty. Under the deal, Japan Airlines (JAL) and United Airlines will be allowed to add new passenger services and ...
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Boeing thrashes out offset with South African Airways
BOEING and South African Airways (SAA) are continuing discussions over the amount and method of paying offset counter-trade payments attached to the airline's $960 million order for seven Boeing 777-200s and two 747-400s, six months after the deal was signed in November 1995. Concern has been growing ...
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Doubts rock KLM and Northwest alliance
THE FUTURE of the transatlantic alliance between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines has again been thrown into doubt, following the apparent failure of the two airlines to agree on whether the tie-up should be expanded. The latest wrangle has reportedly prompted KLM to consider dissolving the ...
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Unique Internationalism
THE UK'S OLDEST flying-training school is to close. Air Service Training (AST) blames not the now-ended airline recession, but its own regulator for allowing overseas schools with lower costs to train ab initio pilots for the full UK commercial pilot's licence, and its Government for giving UK students tax incentives ...
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Boeing concedes defeat over China AirExpress
Paul Lewis/Singapore BOEING IS SEEKING alternative partners to develop a 100-seat aircraft, having conceded defeat in its bid to join with China in the development of the AirExpress AE-100 regional jet. The US manufacturer threw in the towel after Commercial-Airplane president Ron Woodard admitted that ...
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Carbon customers
Three more airlines have selected Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for their Airbus aircraft. Vietnam Airlines has ordered new-generation Sepcarb III brakes for ten A320s. Belgian national carrier Sabena will use carbon brakes on its four A340s, while Turkey's Onur Air has ordered them for three A321s. The brakes for the A321 ...
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New Sabena chief warns that costs must be reduced
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SABENA'S NEW president, Paul Reutlinger, has warned staff that the ailing carrier needs to shave billions of Belgian francs from its cost base. Reutlinger, who joined Sabena from Swissair after Pierre Godfroid's resignation, says that the carrier needs to make annual savings of ...
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Easy man
EasyJet, the UK low-cost startup, has appointed Ray Webster as managing director. Webster comes from Air New Zealand, and will focus on EasyJet's proposed expansion into Europe. The carrier starts a daily service from London/Luton to Amsterdam from the end of April. Source: Airline Business
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Pay out time
Continental Airlines has distributed $31 million to its 30,000 employees due to its record profit of $224 million in 1995. The carrier's profit share plan allows for a distribution of 15 per cent of its pre-tax earnings. Meanwhile, it is expanding services at its Houston, Newark, and Cleveland hubs. ...
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Double deal
The UK's Birmingham International has won approval for a £400 million expansion to double the size of its terminal. BIA has agreed to limit night flights until 1999 in exchange for the approval. Source: Airline Business
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So what's in a name?
t used to be called Air Inter. Now, its legal name is Air France Europe but it trades as Air Inter Europe. It is majority owned by the Air France Group, but is legally a separate company. In 1997, it will be merged into Air France's European route operation, which ...
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Still under the influence
Everyone in the US says that they want 'clean' elections. But until the long-threatened reform in campaign finance actually occurs, Washington decision-making will always be influenced by corporations, unions and professional interest groups via political action committees (PACs). Witness United Parcel Service. Its PAC, a legal entity set ...
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Appointments
Edward Methot is the new vice president of flight operations at America West Airlines. Swissair has appointed Klaus Knappik head of the cargo and logistics division. Crossair has appointed Josef Felder EVP of the new product management division. Juhani Suomela has become Finnair's EVP ...
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Aircraft news
Philippine Airlines has confirmed firm orders for four A340-300s, eight A330-300s and 12 A320s with deliveries starting in the second quarter of 1997. Swissair has ordered a further three A319s and two A320s. Finnair is set to order four B757s for charter operations, replacing two A300s. ...
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Double hubbing
Air France has modified operations at its Charles de Gaulle hub to create five waves of flights, with a maximum wait of 150 minutes for a connection. This should increase revenue by $200 million. Manchester airport has opened its 'Superhub' aimed at cutting transfer times between international and ...
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Rafi resigns
El Al's president Raphael Harlev has resigned because of the indefinite postponement of privatisation. The carrier had yet to appoint a successor, at presstime. Meanwhile, the Israeli flag has signed a codeshare agreement with American Airlines on its Tel Aviv flights to Chicago and Newark. The US carrier will put ...
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Nice and easy
UK low-fare, no-frills startup EasyJet is continuing its rapid expansion with the launch of daily flights from London/Luton to Nice and Barcelona from early June. One-way fares start at $31. Source: Airline Business
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ATC: food for thought
The diverse worlds of air traffic control and airline catering meet with the extraordinary acronym of Eatchip, which, much to the disappointment of food aficionados, stands for European Air Traffic Control Harmonisaton and Improvement Programme. All of a sudden, the usually lugubrious air traffic control sector has moved ...
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All bark and no bite?
Demands on the European Commission to protect smaller or new entrant airlines from anti-competitive behaviour could increase with the recent rise in startup activity. But is the Commission equipped for the task? By Trevor Soames.Europe has come a long way since the third package of air transport liberalisation measures swept ...