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Embraer plans ambitious growth
Julian Moxon/BAVENO THE NEW PRESIDENT of Embraer, Maurice Botelho, says that the newly privatised Brazilian manufacturer should return to sales of $700 million within five years, helped by an expansion in the European market. "That's what we earned in the past, and there's no reason ...
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BA looks to desert 146s for quieter life
Gunter Endres/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS IS considering bringing up to 18 British Aerospace 146s into its fleet as noise regulations start to bite on European routes flown to by its UK regional service. The airline will have to stop its Boeing 737-200s flying between Birmingham and ...
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Chinese start recruiting for Hong Kong start-up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is pressing ahead with plans to establish a Hong Kong-based international airline, at the same time as negotiating to purchase a 10% stake in Dragonair The new CNAC carrier, provisionally named China Hong Kong, has already begun to recruit ...
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Flights from Taiwan to China via Macau gain approval
TAIWAN HAS concluded a five-year commercial air agreement with Macau, which permits for the first time "through flights" to China, using the same aircraft. Under the agreement, signed on 17 October, start-up carrier Air Macau will be permitted to fly from Taipei or Kaoshiung to Macau and ...
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Air Liberte makes a move for rival AOM
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE PRESIDENT of French airline Air Liberte, Lotfi Belhassine, has formed a consortium with the aim of acquiring rival private carrier AOM, "...if the price is right". Belhassine has for some time made no secret of his desire to purchase AOM, creating what he ...
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Military business bolsters MDC
THE MILITARY AIRCRAFT business again helped McDonnell Douglas (MDC) continue its run of record profits into the third quarter, although the shrinking airliner-division has reported a small loss. The military-aircraft unit has turned in operating profits of $652 million over the first nine months of the year, nearly ...
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SIA shifts 'Y-aircraft' goalposts
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has changed the requirements for its "Y-aircraft" competition and increased the number of aircraft required, to cover a wider range of weight and size options. Rival airframe and engine manufacturers have all resubmitted their tenders to meet SIA's new requirement for a larger family of ...
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PNG replaces Air Niugini board
PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG) prime minister Sir Julius Chan has ousted Air Niugini's board and general manager, following former chairman Mike Bromley's public warnings that the airline is being "choked to death" by the Government. Bromley had cited price controls, gross under-capitalisation, inflated operating costs resulting from the ...
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Exim Bank 'will finance Il-96s'
THE US EXPORT-Import (Exim) Bank was expected to announce on 20 October that it is prepared to help finance the purchase of Westernised Ilyushin Il-96s by Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA). Russian economics minister Yevgeniy Yasin says, that Exim support for the $1 billion purchase of 20 Il-96M/Ts "...is ...
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MD-95 launched with ValuJet order
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has launched its MD-95 on the back of a single 50-aircraft order from fast-growing low-cost operator ValuJet Airlines. The value of the order from the successful low-fare US carrier based in Atlanta, Georgia exceeds $1 ...
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China Hainan plans big boost to Metro fleet
CHINA HAINAN AIRLINES is to buy an additional 19 Fairchild Metro 23 19-seat regional aircraft to meet increased demand for feeder services in China. The carrier has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fairchild Aircraft. The San Antonio, US-based manufacturer's financial division will help to finance the deal. ...
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Boeing/GE propose new icing test waiver on GE90
BOEING AND GENERAL Electric are proposing a revised plan to test the effectiveness of modified acoustic panels on the GE90 engine which suffered ice-impact damage during a crucial natural-icing flight-test on 9 October. The icing test is the last significant hurdle to be overcome before the GE90-powered 777 ...
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MDC will hire more staff
McDONNELL Douglas (MDC) is immediately "ramping up its resources" as a result of the ValuJet order and will add up to 450 design and development staff by mid-1996, says MD-95 deputy programme manager, Jerry Callaghan. A further 1,500 assembly line jobs will also be created, starting in 1996 ...
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A dying breed
VALUJET EFFECTIVELY (and finally) launched the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-95 on 19 October, with an order for 50. The deal will be seen by some as the launch of the last of the old-style regional jets, but its pricing appears to be all too modern. Either way, ValuJet's order will ...
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Embraer
Brazilian airframe manufacturer Embraer has appointed Mauricio Botelho president and chief executive. He replaces Juarez Wanderley, who was the interim president during the transition period, which followed the carrier's privatisation. Wanderley becomes vice-president of industry under a new management structure. Botelho has held management positions in engineering, telecommunications, automation systems ...
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Taiwan's domestic airlines jockey for position
FORMOSA AIRLINES with 23 aircraft, has the largest fleet of Taiwan's domestic airlines. It has two Saab 340As, six Saab 340Bs, three Fokker 50s, seven Dornier 228s and two Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders. Another Fokker 50 will be delivered in November. Two Fokker 100s will be delivered, one in December ...
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No need to jump the gun on JAR 65
Sir - Andreas Georgiades, president of Aircraft Engineers International, wrote on the Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) requirement JAR 65 (Flight International, 6-12 September, Letters, P43). I would like to point out that the views and facts in David Learmount's original article (Flight International, 26 July - 1 August) ...
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Sino Swearingen
John Mangan and Ronald Neal have joined the new management committee set up by Sino Swearingen Aircraft (SSAC) as senior vice-presidents. Mangan was previously with McDonnell Douglas for 31 years, latterly as acting president of its Pacific and Asia arm. Neal was senior vice-president of operations for Fairchild before his ...
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China and South Korea delay Airexpress decision
CHINA AND SOUTH Korea have pushed back selection of a Western partner for the proposed Airexpress 100-seat regional-aircraft programme, to allow more time to evaluate the four competing proposals. A final selection was expected to be taken in early October on a 20% partner from either Europe or ...
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Sabena boss seeks more work for less pay
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A SCHEME UNVEILED by Sabena president Pierre Godfroid to get employees to work longer hours for less pay, to improve productivity, has met with an instant response. Cabin crew and pilots have announced they are going on strike on 20 October. Godfroid believes ...