News from FlightGlobal – Page 2490

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    Raisbeck

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Tom Halvorson has joined Raisbeck Engineering as vice-president marketing. Halvorson's 35-year aviation career has spanned marketing, fixed base operations, aircraft sales and regional-airline management. He joins Raisbeck Engineering after 15 years with Western Aircraft of Idaho where he has held a variety of positions, most recently company president. In the ...

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    American West

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    American West Airlines has appointed Michael Carreon as vice-president and controller. He will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining internal accounting controls. Carreon joined American West in 1994 as senior director of corporate audit. Source: Flight International

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    Bombardier lands new Dash-8 and Regional Jet deals

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    BOMBARDIER IS to supply private Romanian airline DAC Air with a mix of 50-seat Dash 8-300s and Regional Jets to replace its aging Antonov An-24s. The Canadian company has also landed a Dash-8 deal with UK carrier Brymon Airways. The Romanian deal is potentially worth $425 million, and ...

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    Boeing counts the cost of airliner-delivery slump

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    BOEING'S COMMERCIAL aircraft business emerged from a tough 1995 with profits down by more than one-quarter as airliner deliveries continued to slide, a situation worsened by the ten-week machinists' strike. It delivered only 206 airliners over the year - the lowest for a decade - to record nearly ...

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    Brake selection

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Korean Air has selected Messier-BFGoodrich carbon brakes for its seven firm-ordered Airbus A330s. Deliveries of the brakes, jointly developed by France's Messier-Bugatti and BFGoodrich of the USA, will begin in February 1997. Source: Flight International

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    USAir turnaround ends six straight years of losses

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    PROFITS HAVE continued to roll in from the US airline industry, with USAir delivering on its promises of a dramatic turnaround, producing its first annual profit since 1988. USAir ended the year showing net profits of $120 million, against a loss of $685 million a year ago. ...

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    Debonair set for Luton launch in May

    1996-01-31T00:00:00Z

    UK START-UP carrier Debonair Airlines plans to begin scheduled passenger services from London Luton Airport to five capital cities in Europe and one domestic destination on 1 May. Details of the routes have not been revealed, but while it will be a low cost operation, Debonair says that ...

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    Air India pauses as Airbus renews offer

    1996-01-24T10:52:00Z

    Air India has postponed a decision on the acquisition of up to 24 long-range aircraft while it considers a revised offer from Airbus Industrie. The national carrier was due to announce a decision following a board meeting in new Delhi on 23 January. The issue slipped off the agenda ...

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    Defining IATA's role in Russia

    1996-01-24T10:45:00Z

    Sir - Your leader "Air traffic mismanagement" (Flight International, 6-12 December, 1995) states: "The fear is that Russia will adopt a series of isolated, unco-ordinated, primarily vendor-driven ATM systems", which, in itself, is not unjustified. The conclusions of the analysis are wrong, however. The International Air Transport Association's ...

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    Air Canada

    1996-01-24T10:42:00Z

    Chris Nassenstein has been appointed vice-president for technical operations at Air Canada, with effect from 1 February. He was most recently vice-president for maintenance and engineering at Canadian Airlines and has also held senior positions at Nordair, Austin Airways and Quebecair. He replaces John Dickie.   Source: ...

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    United objection

    1996-01-24T10:12:00Z

    United Airlines has objected to Japan Airlines' (JAL) application for a new route from Tokyo to Kona, Hawaii. The move is in retaliation for the Japanese Government's failure to approve its plans for a new fifth-freedom route between Seoul and Osaka. JAL wants to launch the service in April. ...

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    US pilot hiring up

    1996-01-24T10:07:00Z

    Major US airlines almost doubled pilot hiring in 1995, according to Atlanta, Georgia-based Aviation Information Resources (AIR). The consultancy says that 12 majors hired 2,377 pilots, up from 1,266 in 1994. The forecast is for the airlines to hire 2,500 pilots in 1996. Overall, 196 airlines surveyed by AIR hired ...

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    JAL expansion

    1996-01-24T10:02:00Z

    Japan Airlines (JAL) recently unveiled a corporate medium-range plan for 1996 through to 2000, projecting a 3-5% annual pick-up in business,because of the expansion of Tokyo's two main airports and increased use of Kansai International Airport. With completion of Tokyo's Haneda Airport upgrade by the spring of 1997, JAL is ...

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    Wavionix speeds up design of air-traffic flight patterns

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    David Learmount/LONDON A SOFTWARE product which is claimed to revolutionise the safe design of air-traffic flight procedures has been launched by a new company, Wavionix, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The time taken to design new air-traffic flight patterns or amend existing ones can be cut from ...

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    Virgin lays on sleepers

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    Gunter Endres/LONDON VIRGIN ATLANTIC Airways is to become the first major airline in modern times to install a separate sleeping compartment in its aircraft. The airline will use what is usually the front cargo hold of an Airbus A340-300. The A340 is due to be delivered in 1997. ...

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    British Mediterranean wins CAA decision

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    THE UK CIVIL Aviation Authority has overturned a British Airways application for additional frequencies on British Mediterranean's (BMA's) core London-Beirut service, should more slots become available under the bilateral agreement between the UK and Lebanon. Of the seven weekly frequencies allocated to the two airlines in 1994, five ...

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    STAe agrees funds for maintenance arm

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has gone ahead with the recapitalisation of its loss-making maintenance company ST Aviation Services (SASCO), after reaching agreement with partner shareholders Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan Airlines (JAL). Under the restructuring plan, STAe has converted a S$20 million ($14 million) loan into preference shares ...

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    Britannia boosts cargo business

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    BRITANNIA AIRWAYS, the world's largest holiday-passenger charter airline, is attempting to boost its revenues with an aggressive entry into the cargo business, taking advantage of the belly-hold capacity of its Boeing 767 and 757 fleet. The airline believes that there is a vast unexplored market from the Mediterranean ...

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    . . . as Zaire looks for new carrier

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    ZAIRE IS SETTING up a new national carrier in which Belgian airline Sabena has agreed to take a 49.5% stake. The Zaire Government will hold the majority 50.5% of shares, in what is being called "new" Air Zaire. South African and Swiss money is also understood to be ...

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    Europe gives go-ahead for Lufthansa/SAS tie-up

    1996-01-24T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has given its approval to the alliance between Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), but is demanding that each yield certain routes to their competitors, and abandon existing marketing agreements with other airlines. Lufthansa chairman Jurgen Weber calls the outcome ...