Strategy – Page 1077
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Boeing regains popularity in China
Boeing is beginning to enjoy a revival in the number of its passenger aircraft being ordered and leased by Chinese carriers, as political relations between Beijing and Washington continue to show signs of improvement. After a year in which Boeing recorded total sales of only three aircraft in ...
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Ministry places launch order for Beriev Be-200
Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations has placed an order with the Beta-Air consortium for seven Beriev Be-200 jet amphibians.The aircraft will be built at the APKSukhoi Irkutsk plant. Along with Irkutsk and Beriev, the Beta-Air consortium also includes Swiss financier ILTA Trade. The order is a further success ...
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Air France
François Bachelet has been appointed chief operating officer of Air France Cargo, taking over functions previously held by Sten Grotenfelt. Bachelet, who joined the company in 1965, was previously vice-president of development and a former chief executive of Sodexi, the express-freight subsidiary of Air France. Source: ...
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Cathay Pacific
Henry Fan, managing director of Citic Pacific, has been appointed to the non-executive position of deputy chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways. Capt Ken Barley has been named director of flight operations, succeeding Capt Gerry Clemmow, who retired at the end of 1996. Barley also replaces Clemmow on the Cathay Pacific ...
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Virgin Express may pull out of its Brussels base
Virgin Express, one of the pioneers of Europe's low-fares air market, reports that it grew by one-third in 1996 and expects to report a profit despite the dramatic growth. The announcement comes, however, with a veiled warning that Belgium's high social costs could persuade the carrier to leave ...
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Emery
Kerry Fielden has been appointed to the newly created position of sales manager for the UK, Ireland and southern Africa by the UK division of international aviation-services company Emery Worldwide, of Redwood City, California. He was most recently business-development director for UPS, based in London, UK. Source: Flight ...
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S Koreans discuss link-up
South Korea's four main competing aerospace manufacturers are discussing the formation of a joint-venture organisation to lead and co-ordinate the development of new indigenous projects and participation in larger international collaborative efforts. The new company would bring together Daewoo Heavy Industries, Hyundai, Korean Air and Samsung Aerospace. It ...
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Airmotive acquired
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has acquired a majority stake in Airmotive Ireland, following intense negotiations on possible technical co-operation between LHT and Airmotive parent Aer Lingus. Airmotive focuses on servicing Pratt & Whitney JT8 and JT9 engines as well as CFM International CFM56s. Its 1996 turnover was $100 million, about a ...
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UK ignores EC warning on BA
The UK Government has brushed aside warnings from the European Commission (EC) that it could be taken to court if it approves the proposed British Airways alliance with American Airlines, without imposing tougher conditions to ensure transatlantic competition. The spat has also exposed more fundamental legal questions over the extent ...
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Government clears way for full Lufthansa privatisation
The German Government has passed a new Bill, proposed by transport minister Matthias Wissmann, aimed at clearing the way for a full privatisation of the national airline Lufthansa. The airline group says that its shares could be available on the stock market this year once the new legislation ...
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Competing powers
"The EC competition commissioner's interest in the BA/AA alliance is curious - the competition department has failed to involve itself in more significant airline competition issues." By seeking to stamp his authority on the proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines, the European Commission (EC) competition commissioner, ...
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Building a new India
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) boss R N Sharma's announcement at the Aero India '96 show in December that he intended to start negotiations to license-build a 50-seat turboprop, and to buy a stake in a regional-jet programme, raised a few smiles among the Indian press corps. They had heard it all ...
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Judge favours KLM in preliminary court skirmish
KLM has won a partial victory in the New York Supreme Court in the first round of its legal battle with partner Northwest Airlines over shareholder rights. The battle goes back to an acrimonious boardroom fall-out between the two airline managements just over a year ago. Northwest accused ...
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Gulf Air restructures fleet and network
Gulf Air is to dispose of six aircraft and cease operating certain routes, as the airline attempts to turn round its heavy losses and reduce its debt mountain. The announcement comes only a week after the four Gulf States which own the airline again failed to agree on terms for ...
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Heathrow responds to Fokker 50 delay
Sir- In response to N Malle's letter (Flight International, 8-14 January, P37), about the landing of a damaged Fokker 50 at Heathrow in December, I would like to make the following points. Landing-gear failure was apparent on final approach. By the time the aircraft had been manoeuvred in ...
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KLM
Willem Kooijman has been appointed executive vice-president personnel and organisation of Dutch national airline KLM, effective from 1 May. He succeeds Cees Van Woudenburg, who has joined the KLM board of managing directors. Kooijman joins from Rotterdam-based catering firm Van Hecke. Source: Flight International
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Transworld moves to GHI
Transworld Airlines (TWA) has appointed Gatwick Handling (GHI) as its ground-handling agent at the London airport in south-east England. GHI managing director Peter O'Boyle (left) is seen here confirming the deal with TWA station manager, Mike Spencer. TWA operates a daily Boeing 767 transatlantic service from Gatwick to St Louis ...
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Auxiliary Power International (APIC)
Auxiliary Power International (APIC) is now wholly-owned by Sundstrand, after the company acquired Labinal's 50% stake in the company late in 1996. APIC, which is to be integrated into Sundstrand's San Diego, California-based Power Systems division, was formed by the US company and France's Labinal in 1989, to produce APUs ...