News from FlightGlobal – Page 2505
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Guernsey jet upgrade
Jersey European Airways is upgrading its four daily turboprop services between Guernsey and London Gatwick. The airline intends to put one of its two newly leased 99-seat BAe 146-200s on the route in March, replacing the 52-seat Fokker F27-500 and virtually doubling capacity. The second aircraft has been put on ...
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American
American Airlines, of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Michael Smith managing director of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based at London Heathrow Airport, UK. Smith, who is now managing director of western-division sales, replaces Peter Bowler, who is to return to Fort Worth as managing director of ...
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Egyptian airline takes Metros
ORCA AIR, a new Egyptian airline based at Sharm el Sheikh on the tip of the Sinai peninsula has ordered, two 19-seat Fairchild Metro 23s and taken options on four more. The aircraft will be the first 23E models, incorporating an electronic flight-instrumentation system (EFIS) cockpit. The first ...
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Dash for growth
Bombardier Regional Aircraft landed a double coup at the show, confirming an order from Great China Airways of Taiwan for six de Havilland Dash 8-400s, with options on a further six. The aircraft will replace Dash 8-300s operated by the Taiwanese carrier. The second deal is with Japanese carrier Ryuku ...
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US airlines move to end passenger-liability limits gathers pace
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US AIRLINES HAVE become the latest to put their signature to an inter-carrier agreement which should see the scrapping of all passenger-liability limits within the next year. Under the new agreement, which was endorsed at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general ...
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Bidders line up for Kenya Airways stake
KENYA AIRWAYS IS close to selecting a strategic airline-partner, with KLM understood to have joined front runners British Airways and South African Airways (SAA) among the final bidders. Submissions were handed in on 3 November, with a winner due to be selected, on 30 November, at a meeting ...
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New Merpati president will go ahead with CN-235 lease plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MERPATI NUSANTARA Airlines is to go ahead with the lease of 16 Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) CN-235-220 passenger aircraft, following the dismissal of the carrier's president, Ridwan Fatarudin. According to Mr Soepandi, president of Merpati parent airline Garuda Indonesia, there is a ...
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Teleflex/GE join forces
TELEFLEX AND GE Aircraft Engines have agreed to form a joint venture, called Airfoil Technologies International, to repair commercial aero-engine fan blades and compressor aerofoils. The venture, which will be 51% owned by Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Teleflex, is expected to begin operations before the end of this year. ...
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Dragonair moves to protect independence
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has terminated its management agreement with Dragonair, in a move designed to prepare the carrier for a possible public listing in 1996. Cathay Pacific owns 30% of Dragonair and has been responsible for running the Hong Kong airline under a 15-year ...
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Transavia seals Boeing 737 deal
Peter Legro (left), chief executive of Dutch charter and scheduled airline Transavia, has confirmed an order for eight Boeing 737-800s, with an option on a further 12, in a signing ceremony at the airline's headquarters at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Boeing president Ron Woodard is seen countersigning the order, which is ...
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KLM reporting a record first half
BRITISH AIRWAYS HAD a clutch of record traffic figures and its highest-ever profits to show as the group revealed an "outstanding" set of results for the first half of the financial year. Net profits climbed to £323 million over the six months to September, as sales broke through ...
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Reduced separations lie ahead on Atlantic routes
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE NORTH ATLANTIC Systems Planning Group (NATSPG) plans to start preparations in December to pave the way for the introduction of a trial 1,000ft (300m) reduced vertical- separation minima (RVSM) across the Atlantic by January 1997. The NATSPG, which includes all major ...
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Regional connection
Delta Connection carrier Comair has increased its firm orders for Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets by ten, to 45 - of which 26 have already been delivered, with the remainder to arrive by the end of 1996. Cincinnati, Ohio-based Comair has options on a further 25 Regional Jets. Source: ...
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India prepares for change to CNS/ATM
David Learmount/SEATTLE INDIA HAS DRAWN up plans to replace its terrestrial air-traffic-control (ATC) system with a global-navigation satellite-system (GNSS)-based communications, navigation and surveillance/air-traffic management (CNS/ATM) by 2015. A Government study shows that the new system has the potential to yield tenfold increases in system air-traffic capacity ...
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Sextant HFDS certificated
SEXTANT AVIONIQUE has achieved French certification of its head-up flight-display system (HFDS) for Category IIIB landings in the Boeing 737-300. Launch customer Aeropostal has carried out the first commercial flight using the system. Aeropostal flies passengers by day, converting its aircraft to freight configuration for night-mail services. Director-general ...
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Swissair and Sabena World launch joint sales effort
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SWISSAIR AND BELGIAN Sabena World Airlines are to launch a joint sales operation and offer shuttle services linking Brussels with Zurich and Geneva in 1996. Code sharing is also to be introduced on long-haul flights to the Middle East, Far East and South America. ...
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USA and Thailand talks make 'major progress'
The USA and Thailand have announced "major progress" in talks to agree the basic framework for a new bilateral agreement. As a result, negotiators have been instructed to begin formal negotiations at soon as possible. The two countries have been at loggerheads for several months over the deal. ...
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Trent leasing
The Rolls-Royce Trent has been selected by Singapore Aircraft Leasing to power six Boeing 777s ordered by the company. The deal completes a clean sweep for R-R in Southeast Asia. It also has orders from Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airline Systems and Thai International for Trent to power 777s. ...
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Don't knock Sir Freddie's return
Sir - I oppose the views of John Byrnes on the return of Sir Freddie Laker (Flight International, Letters, 18-24 October, P64). I was employed by Laker Airways for 11 years and was thrown into the same job maelstrom as everyone else. It is probably true ...
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Aviall
Dennis Wagner, has become vice president of finance and administration, at engine overhaul company Aviall Engine Services, of Dallas, Texas. Wagner, who joined Aviall in 1987 as director of finance and administration for Ryder Airline Services, was most recently general manager of CFM International CFM56 and International Aero Engines V2500 ...