News from FlightGlobal – Page 2546
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British Airways
Jeannie Bevan has been named purchasing director at British Airways, from 1 July. Bevan, now purchasing director at the NatWest Group, succeeds Mervyn Walker, who became director of human resources in January. Source: Flight International
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AOM and TAT link to take on Air France Europe
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH INDEPENDENT airline AOM French Airlines has joined forces with British Airways partner TAT to compete with Air France between Paris Orly and Marseilles, the busiest domestic route in France. The move may signal a further rationalisation of French independents, which have been jostling ...
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European bosses accuse pilots on flight-limits issue
PILOTS HAVE "HIJACKED" the issue of joint European flight-time limitations (FTL) as a route to securing improvements in their working conditions, claim the region's airline chiefs. The draft Joint Aviation Regulation on FTL was highlighted as one of the major threats to the airline industry's fledgling recovery as ...
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Mesaba selects ACT for ice protection
MESABA AIRLINES HAS chosen Aerospace Composite Technologies (ACT) engine-inlet ice-protection systems for its recently ordered fleet of Saab 340B turboprops. All of the aircraft, which include 20 used 340As and 30 new 340BPlus, will incorporate improvements engineered by ACT. The system for the used aircraft includes a new ...
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ValuJet halves its network as NTSB probe centres on cargo-fire issue
THE THEORY that the ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 accident on 11 May was linked to the unauthorised freighting of oxygen-generator units has been reinforced by the investigator's discovery of pieces of the canisters embedded in a tyre from the forward cargo hold. At the time of going to ...
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CFM hits back at IAE claims as V2500 is flown on Airbus A319
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM INTERNATIONAL is challenging the competitive claims of International Aero Engines (IAE), as the manufacturer of V2500 celebrates a successful first flight on the Airbus A319 at Toulouse on 22 May. The planned culmination of the 200h A319 flight-test programme in December, ...
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RAA launches plan to counter poor public image of regionals
AN IMAGE-enhancement campaign has been adopted by the Regional Airline Association (RAA) in an effort to counter public uncertainties about the safety of commuter airlines. Called Plane Sense, the programme focuses on three main groups - passengers, travel agents and professionals, and the employees of regional airlines. Packages ...
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AI(R) aims for launch of regional-jet in 1997
AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) says that development of a 58- to 85-seat regional-jet family is its "main goal", with a market study already under way and a launch pencilled in for the Paris air show in June 1997. The plan is to work towards an in-service entry ...
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Market for 30-seat regional jet studied
ALLIEDSIGNAL ENGINES believes that a 30-seat regional jet may be economically feasible and has embarked on a study to examine the market for regional jets with fewer than 50 seats. General Electric, meanwhile, says that it is in the "exploratory phase" of studying the market for 35- to 45-seat regional ...
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Small, but is it beautiful?
ALL OF A SUDDEN, the discussion is about small jets. Not just the 100-seater which China and Korea, or China and Singapore, want to build with European help. Not just the rival 100-seater, for which Boeing and Bombardier may link up with Japan. Not just the 100-seater which IPTN wants ...
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Snecma and P&WC reveal regional turbofan details
SNECMA AND PRATT & Whitney Canada are planning to begin deliveries of the proposed SPW14 joint-venture engine early in the year 2000, to match the projected introduction of the Aero International (Regional) (AIR(R)) 70 regional jet. The SPW14 is the only all-new turbofan under consideration for the ...
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Delta chairman calls for speedy open-skies deal
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCJulian Moxon/BRUSSELS DELTA AIR LINES chairman Ronald Allen, speaking as initial anti-trust immunity was granted for his airline's alliance with Swissair and Sabena, has called for the European Union (EU) to move "boldly and swiftly" towards a full open-skies deal with the USA. ...
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Maersk emerges as winner in Estonia
A CONSORTIUM headed by Denmark's Maersk Air has emerged as the winner of the race to take control of Estonian Airlines. Scandinavian Airlines System had battled to win the privatisation contest, to secure its grip on the Baltic. Maersk Air, together with Danish investment group Baltic Creco, is ...
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Lufthansa will attack costs
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A SET OF RECORD figures for 1995/6 has ensured that British Airways reclaimed its title as the world's most profitable airline. The group shows no intention of letting its lead slip, making an immediate announcement of another massive drive to improve costs, further product upgrades ...
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BA and American move closer to unveiling alliance
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS and American Airlines are close to unveiling an alliance, initially expected to include joint marketing and codesharing of flights, but which could pave the way for a long-awaited US-UK open-skies agreement. The tie-up, which is expected to be announced shortly, will give ...
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Thailand lays out plans for second national airline
THE THAI Government, after considerable internal debate, has finally laid out a series of corporate guidelines for the establishment of second national airline. A proposed start-up second carrier has faced extensive delays, as the result of domestic political debate over the extent of foreign investment. It will for the first ...
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IAE will power China Southern A320s
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) has won a third major Asian carrier competition, with the China Southern Airlines' selection of the V2500 powerplant for its new fleet of Airbus A320s. China Southern is understood to have opted for the V2525-A5 over the competing General Electric/Snecma CFM56-5B. An official announcement ...
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...while South Korea attempts to salvage China deal
SOUTH KOREA IS trying salvage plans to develop a new 100-seat passenger aircraft in co-operation with China, following the renewal of direct industry-level discussions between the countries. A Samsung Aerospace team, led by vice-president Yu Moo-Sung, has met Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) in Beijing, in an ...
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Air Littoral joins battle in France's open skies
AIR LITTORAL is replacing its ATR fleet with 15 new ATR 42-500s, and is preparing to take over several of the former Air Inter routes and slots amid fierce competition in France and across the border. The airline's chairman and chief executive Marc Dufour says that he has launched a ...