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Report weakens airport campaign
First, the good news. According to an official report, most of the runways in the US national airport system are in good to excellent condition. The bad news is that this may not be good for the airports. It will not be good news if the report, compiled by ...
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Managing safely
Australasia hopes to lead by example with its candid approach to safety measures in the cockpit Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Has cockpit resource management (CRM) delivered the safety outcomes projected when the concept was launched in the early 1980s? Not universally, admit specialists such as Robert Helmreich, Ashleigh Merit and John ...
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Qantas warns on competition
Paul Phelan/SYDNEY Qantas has warned that increasingly desperate competition from rivals in the region will make it difficult for the Australian airline to sustain the record profits it has just declared for the 1997/8 financial year. Operating profit was up 13.6% on the previous year at US$282 million, ...
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Boeing burgers
Boeing is reshaping the way it produces airliners to reduce costs and speed up deliveries Guy Norris/Seattle To most, burgers and airliners do not readily mix. Yet, as Boeing fights hard to reduce costs, cycle times and defects, the fast-food production concept is exactly the sort of philosophy it is ...
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IAI seeks to wrap up FedEx deal with further Airtruck investors
Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Airtruck specialised cargo aircraft has been selected in principle by FedEx to meet its requirement for a Fokker F27 replace- ment. The Israeli company is struggling to meet FedEx's price demands, however, and is seeking additional customers, partners and investors to enable the programme to be ...
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Air Jamaica plan for all-Airbus fleet hit by shortage of aircraft
Graham Warwick/Washington DC Air Jamaica wants to move to an all-Airbus fleet "as soon as possible", to cut costs, but is being stymied by a lack of available aircraft. The Jamaican flag carrier is looking for at least four A320s and one A340, says chief executive Christopher Zacca. ...
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Pan Am Academy investor hunt ends in Boston
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) has been acquired by a US investment firm which has agreed to at least double the size of the Miami, Florida-based independent training company over the next three years. PAIFA was purchased by private Spanish investors in 1992 from the estate of defunct ...
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Turbulence injures US Airways 737 passengers
Wake turbulence during the cruise phase of a flight is suspected as the cause of an incident which resulted in injuries to passengers during a US Airways Boeing 737-300 flight between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Las Vegas, Nevada, on 7 August. The captain reported the aircraft as acting "-like something ...
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One Eleven Stage 3 hushkit begins flight testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON European Aviation and Quiet Technologies have completed initial flight tests of a proof of concept BAC One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit prototype, and are satisfied that the aircraft will meet Stage 3 noise limits. The companies are to continue with development, having also shown that the fuel ...
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A3XX model tested
British Aerospace Airbus is testing a 1/28-scale model of the proposed 480/660-seat Airbus A3XX in the pressurised 5m windtunnel at the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's Farnborough site. BAe, part of the integrated wing team with Aerospatiale and Daimler-Benz Aerospace, is testing slat and flap deployment angles to investigate ...
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UAL/Delta pilot talks
Pilots groups representing Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have begun negotiating the issues concerning their two airlines' proposed marketing alliance, which includes a code-share. The pact does not involve a merger, but must be approved by both pilot groups represented by the Air Line Pilots Association since their contracts ...
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Sea Launch security scrutinised
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing managers are working to tighten security on sensitive technology going into the international Sea Launch vehicle. The move came after the US State Department suspended licences allowing Boeing to work with its Russian and Ukrainian partners on the multinational commercial satellite launcher project. The suspension took ...
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IPTN pins hopes on new partner
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE IPTN intends to continue with low level development work on the 100/130-seat N2130 and look for international partners for as long as possible, while shareholders debate the future of the programme's Dua Satu Tiga Puluh (DSTP) underwriter. "We will continue on a very small scale, minimising ...
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FedEx prepares for Loadmaster training
FedEx has selected Pan Am International Flight Academy to provide training for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster. The Academy will build a training centre at FedEx's Memphis, Tennessee, hub to house a Level D full-flight simulator for the turboprop-powered feeder freighter. FedEx has 50 Loadmasters on order and 50 more ...
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Virgin Express finalises plans to start Rome hub
Virgin Express is finalising its plans for a secondary hub at Rome, with the setting up of a base at the Italian airport. The low-cost airline chose Rome Fuimicino Airport to be its southern European hub in May, and already serves the airport from its Brussels base and flies ...
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China consortium plans regional jet
Three Chinese aerospace companies are proposing the joint development of a new 70-seat regional jet in what appears to be an independent initiative without central government support. Manufacturing plants Xian, Harbin and Shaanxi say that they plan to set up such a joint venture and are seeking additional risk-sharing ...
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BA and KLM blaze a trail for European profits
British Airways and KLM have led what promises to be a strong round of European airline profits in the June quarter as the region's traffic continues to boom. The UK flag carrier, reporting the first quarter of its financial year, was back on track after the profits dip caused ...
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Lone pilot objects to Australasian Singapore alliance
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS An objection by New Zealand pilot Peter Wakeman to Australia's competition authorities was the only remaining obstacle last week to the implementation of the planned commercial alliance between Air New Zealand, Ansett and Singapore Airlines (SIA). The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC)released a final authorisation on ...
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El Al attempts to block plans to open Israeli freight market
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV El Al is trying to foil an Israeli Government plan to open up the country's air cargo market to another local carrier, claiming that the move would threaten its revenue as it prepares for privatisation. El Al is the only Israeli airline with a licence ...
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Commercial aircraft of the world
Part 2:the large airliners New models and increasing production are in prospect as the millennium approaches, but the manufacturers are taking heed of the warning signals that a slowdown is in prospectMax Kingsley-Jones/LondonData Tables/Air Transport Intelligence Large airliner production will break all records this year as the market moves towards ...