News from FlightGlobal – Page 2548
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Coping with technology
Kieran Daly/TOULOUSE The almost universal use of cockpit-resource-management (CRM) techniques will be one of the major features of training as airline pilot-recruitment reaches its next peak. Even though the concept is today far from new, its practice is still very much in development and is having to evolve ...
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Tying the knot
In the world of airline alliances, few proposed so far have implications as great as that between Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) - not entirely from what is being done (though that is impressive enough), but also from what is not. This deal pulls together, in ...
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Maintenance Record
US maintenance specialist Greenwich Air Services has posted record results for the six months ended 31 March, with sales more than doubling, to $83.1 million, and net income up to $2.4 million, from $1.6 million for the same period in 1994. Source: Flight International
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Pan Am Expands
Miami-based Pan Am International Academy has installed Airbus A300 full-flight and fixed-based simulators acquired from Continental Airlines. Source: Flight International
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US regional growth continues in 1994
US REGIONAL AIRLINES report an 8% increase in the passengers boarding in 1994. The Regional Airlines Association (RAA) recorded 57 million boardings industry-wide, generating a 13% increase in traffic to 12 billion revenue-passenger kilometres. RAA figures show a US regional fleet of 2,172 aircraft - a ...
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Bombardier tests CL-415 modifications for France
BOMBARDIER HAS completed flight-testing of modifications to the Canadair CL-415 water-bomber and is preparing to present the results to France's Securite Civile, which had refused to take delivery of the aircraft (Flight International, 9 March-4 April, P17). Scooping tests were conducted off North Carolina in early April, ...
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Competition conference
Europe is less than two years away from completing the single European air market, yet bitter disputes continue to rage over issues ranging from airport access and slot allocation, through to state aid and US open-skies deals. To help address these crucial issues, Flight International has been invited ...
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TNT considers Subic Bay tie-up with FedEx
TNT Worldwide Express is looking to relocate its Philippine-based Asian freight hub from Manila to Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) and is negotiating a line-haul co-operation agreement with FedEx as part of the move. The company's joint venture Pacific East Asia Cargo (PEAC) carrier is constrained by a ...
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Tan battles on for control of PAL
Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman Lucio Tan is threatening to take the Government to the country's Supreme Court in his battle to retain majority control of the flag carrier. The Philippine tobacco tycoon controls PAL by virtue of his 51% stake in PR Holdings, which in turn owns 67% ...
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Indian Airlines plans to wet-lease regionals
INDIAN AIRLINES' board of directors has approved a proposal to acquire six 56-seater aircraft on wet lease. The aircraft will be flown on short-haul routes, mainly in India's northeastern sector. The board has also approved a scheme, to form a joint venture with either an international or Indian ...
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Indian cargo step Up
Elbee Airlines is to become India's first all-cargo airline. The new carrier is scheduled to become operational in June, having acquired an air-taxi-operator's certificate from the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation to operate four Fokker 50s on domestic routes. There are no dedicated cargo airlines in India's domestic sector, ...
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Lockheed Martin ready to consolidate by June
Lockheed Martin chairman Dan Tellep has underlined the newly merged group's commitment to announce decisions on consolidating the businesses "no later than" the end of June. Presenting the group's first-quarter results, the first since the merger was formalised, Tellep calls for "reduction of excess capacity and aggressive elimination ...
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Lufthansa considers A320s for S America
LUFTHANSA IS considering using the Airbus cross-crew qualification (CCQ) concept to allow it to base A320s in Latin America to operate onward routes from its long-haul services. The airline will begin using Airbus A340s to Caracas, Venezuela, during the next winter timetable, but expects very low load-factors on ...
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Cargo boosts long-haul economics
TWO OF AIRBUS Industrie's long-haul customers are using their aircraft to fly pure-freight services. Cathay Pacific has found the A330 and A340 sufficiently efficient to operate as lower-deck-only freighters once their day-time passenger duties are completed, and Aer Lingus says that it converts one of its three A330-300s ...
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Top executives struggle for power at Kiwi
KIWI INTERNATIONAL Airlines has gone through its second management shake-up of the year, with Byron Hogue resigning as chief executive. Kiwi president Danny Wright assumes Hogue's post. The troubled carrier has offered no explanation for the move, but there are reports of a power struggle between Wright and ...
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USAir moves nearer union accord agreement
USAIR HAS WON tentative agreement on labour concessions from the International Association of Machinists. They join company pilots, in agreeing to the loss-making carrier's programme to cut $2.5 billion in labour costs, over five years. The airline is continuing negotiations with the Association of Flight Attendants and members ...
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Swissair finally seals alliance with Sabena
SWISSAIR HAS at last secured its longstanding ambition of taking a 49.5% stake in Belgian carrier Sabena, giving both airlines the critical mass they have been seeking within Europe. The deal was agreed between the airlines and the Belgian Government on 4 May, ending at least six months ...
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Arrow strikes deal with FAA
ARROW AIR EXPECTS to resume cargo operations by the end of this month following a deal made with the US Federal Aviation Administration. The two sides agreed that Arrow Air would retain its operating certificate if it paid the aviation agency $1.5 million to defray the cost of ...
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Airbus challenges 737 'grandfather' allowance
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is bracing itself for a bitter struggle to force the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to decline "grandfather" certification-rights for Boeing's new 737 family. The consortium is determined to raise the profile of the issue, which has become a key factor in recent airline aircraft-selections. ...
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UK gives option to cut take-off separation
SOME AIRCRAFT departing from London Heathrow Airport will be operated at half the present take-off separation minima during a UK Civil Aviation Authority-sanctioned trial scheduled to start in June. The current separation for a narrow-body following a wide-body is 2min, and the proposal would reduce this to 60s. ...