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Lufthansa and BA step up pilot hiring to beat shortage
Andrew Doyle/FRANKFURT Lufthansa and British Airways are to draw up plans for large-scale pilot recruitment for the first time since the recession began. Both carriers will be seeking candidates for ab initio training, as well as direct-entry pilots, while Lufthansa is also chasing foreign pilots ...
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E&S achieves its first sale as independent
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EVANS & SUTHERLAND (E&S) has secured its first contract to provide commercial flight-simulator visual systems since establishing itself as an independent supplier in 1994. Airbus Industrie has ordered two E&S visual-systems for installation on A320 and A330/A340 simulators to be built by Thomson Training and ...
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FlightSafety makes plans for Vital installations
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) plans to begin installing its latest Vital ChromaView visual system on company-operated simulators by the end of 1995. ChromaView launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) is completing installation of three systems on Boeing 737 and 777 simulators, and the first training approval is imminent. FSI ...
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Taking the heat
CASA president Raul Herranz talks about his successful business strategy. Julian Moxon/MADRID WITH VIRTUALLY no rain in recent months, and the city now suffering the hottest weather in recent memory, the atmosphere in Madrid this summer is hardly refreshing. Unless, that is, one ...
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El Al plans to switch from purchasing to leasing
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV EL AL HAS APPROVED a new strategic plan in which the Israeli carrier will freeze a scheme to purchase new aircraft over the next five years and switch to a policy of leasing. El Al has previously purchased all of its aircraft. ...
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Boeing climbs back on top in jet-airliner orders competition
Gunter Endres/LONDON AFTER HITTING rock bottom in 1994, jet-airliner orders in the first half of 1995 provide some encouragement for the three major manufacturers. Total order intake reached 250, with few cancellations to take the shine off the figures. Honours so far go to Boeing, with ...
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EC expresses 'serious doubts' about Lufthansa/SAS alliance
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has written to Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), expressing "serious doubts" about the two airlines' planned strategic alliance. Although the EC says that it is "unlikely" to reject the proposed alliance completely, it may impose conditions. The details of the EC's concerns are ...
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Russian Aviation Consortium flexes its muscles to push Tu-204 sales
Paul Duffy/SHANNON THE NEWLY formed Russian Aviation Consortium has called for the resignation of transport minister Vitali Yefimov following his opposition to the grant of state funding for Tupolev Tu-204 production. A new plan to fund Tu-204 sales is also proposed. The consortium, which won ...
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Avia becomes Africa's latest casualty casualty
AVIA AIRLINES has filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest casualty in the chequered history of recent South African start-ups. The independent airline, which used a leased Boeing 747SP from South African Airways, began operations in May, flying three times a week from Johannesburg to London Gatwick. ...
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Pilot changes
THE EUROPEAN airline-pilot market - much to the chagrin of the pilots - is still very much a buyer's market. There are some signs that it is freeing up, with some major airlines starting to recruit (or at least showing an interest). There is not, however, a widespread shortage of ...
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Market boost kills Boeing cost-cutting plan
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING RECENTLY considered closing its Renton final-assembly line and moving 757 production to Everett, Washington, and 737 work to Wichita, Kansas, as part of a cost-cutting plan. The scheme was abandoned, as it became clear, that aircraft orders were starting to improve. The ...
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IPTN receives European approval for CN-235-110
THE INDUSTRI PESAWAT Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) version of the Airtech CN-235-110, has received its first internationally recognised certification, with the granting of JAR 25 type approval, by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). JAR 25 certification follows a two-year validation programme, designed to boost the Indonesian CN-235's sales ...
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Rolls-Royce
Chris Hornblower is named vice-president for Seattle operations at Rolls-Royce Inc, of Reston, Virginia, the US arm of the UK aero-engine manufacturer. John Hodson, senior vice-president for engine operations, is to retire in January 1996. Hornblower was formerly director of engineering at R-R Commercial Aero Engines, at its Derby, UK ...
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Bigot's battle
The joint marketing of the Atlas and Proton fleet is a major threat to Arianespace. Tim Furniss/PARIS IT WAS THE THIRD day of the Paris air show, and Arianespace chairman Charles Bigot was rattled. The day before, Lockheed Martin and Khrunichev of Russia had announced ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Bombardier has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150 to power the recently launched de Havilland Dash 8-400. The PW150 is a growth version of the PW100-series turboprop, and is rated at 4,800-5,600kW. The engine will be de-rated to 3,670kW for the Dash 8-400, however. P&WC is now ...
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Power struggle
It is a familiar story, but Russian engine makers are suffering from a shortage of funds. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW OF ALL SECTORS IN THE Russian aviation industry, engine manufacturers are receiving probably the sharpest criticism from national media and airline operators for their apparent inability to ...
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Airbus decides on CADDS, not CATIA
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has selected Computervision's CADDS over the IBM/Dassault CATIA as the consortium's future computer-aided-design system. The move to a common electronic product-definition (EPD) system will turn Airbus into a "virtual company", and improve its ability to compete with Boeing, which used CATIA for EPD ...
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US school qualifies pilot for UK flying certificate
A US TRAINING school is claiming a first after a student passed the flight test, in the USA, for an UK Civil Aviation Authority professional licence. Long Beach, California based Everything Flyable says, that the flight test on 14 July was the first for a CAA licence to be conducted ...