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Broderick says NTSB's ATR 72 verdict is wrong
AN INFLUENTIAL former US Federal Aviation Administration safety chief has radically challenged the National Transportation Safety Board's controversial verdict on the crash of a Simmons/American Eagle ATR 72 near Roselawn, Indiana, on 31 October 1994. Anthony Broderick, who resigned as the US Federal Aviation Administration's associate administrator for ...
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Embraer claims US launch customer
Doug Cameron/LONDON EMBRAER SAYS that it has secured a US launch customer for the EMB-145 regional jet and expects to deliver two units to the airline in December. The US carrier has not been named, but is understood to be Atlantic Coast Airlines, a United ...
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Europe is urged to act over 'unsafe' foreign carriers-
David Learmount/LONDON EUROPEAN UNION (EU) nations have been urged to take immediate action against unsafe foreign airlines which operate into EU airports. Action at national level, sanctioned by the European Council of Ministers, is a precursor to a united EU policy to be implemented in December. ...
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Boeing prepares new strategy
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING HOPES to finalise by the end of October a broad-based product-development strategy to take the company into the next century. The company is wrestling with several options and, because it is short of engineers, is attempting to prioritise without over-reaching itself. ...
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Giant Boeing order paves the way for first United 747-600X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES has radically revised its large Boeing order, shifting the emphasis away from more 777s to 747-400s and, at the same time, paving the way for its first 747-600Xs. Negotiations for the long-anticipated order were originally based around an additional 17 777s, ...
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Air Nostrum plans for expansion
AIR NOSTRUM may acquire a small fleet of regional-jet aircraft to enable it to expand its European network. The Spanish regional carrier, based in Valencia, flies seven leased Fokker 50s on a network of scheduled routes, within mainland Spain and to the Balearic Islands. Two more Fokker 50s ...
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ValuJet remains in profit despite FAA's grounding
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONRamon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET HAS ended the first half-year in good financial shape, despite its grounding, and appears confident of resuming operations on 23 August. Although the airline was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration shortly after the Florida crash on 11 May, ...
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Tracking down spare parts
Airline outsourcing is hardly front-page news, but most spares-suppliers welcome the attention. Some spare-parts companies are enjoying growth Karen Walker/ATLANTA THE AIRCRAFT spare-parts industry is unsure of itself. At the same time as some companies are enjoying growth, others face uncertain futures. New regulations around ...
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Aiming for the top
Phillipine Airlines is being revamped in a determined effort to polish its tarnished image Paul Lewis/MANILA For many years Phillipine Airlines (PAL) had the reputation of being a carrier with a problem. A series of soap-opera-type shareholder battles for control, a geriatric fleet of aircraft, poor punctuality ...
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New chairman aims to begin rapid shake-up plan at BWIA
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON NEW BWIA International chief executive Gilles Filiatreault is to present to a meeting of the main board on 16 August a new strategy for the Caribbean carrier, just 11 days after his appointment was made public. BWIA announced the elevation of the former ...
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Indian courts resolve Skyline leasing wrangle
Andrew Chuter/LONDON US LEASING COMPANY PLM International has failed in a legal action to have Indian carrier Skyline NEPC, return two Boeing 737-200s, which it has on lease. The Bombay court has ordered the airline to pay arrears, which have accrued from non-payment of leases since late ...
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Business Express attracts interest, despite bankruptcy
SAAB AIRCRAFT, which forced Business Express into bankruptcy court early this year over a $20 million debt, "-has been approached by parties interested in taking over the regional airline", says Michael Magnusson, Saab's senior US-based sales executive. "We are confident that someone will take it over. A couple ...
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Delta launches low-cost Express from Florida base
Karen Walker/ATLANTA DELTA AIRLINES has entered the low-fare market with the launch of Delta Express, a single-class service providing non-stop flights between Florida and cities in the mid-western and north-eastern USA. Services, using a dedicated fleet of 25 Boeing 737-200s, will begin on 1 October ...
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BWIA
Gilles Filiatreault has been named chief executive of Caribbean airline BWIA, of Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. He was formerly chief executive at Liat and, before that, he was founder-president and chief executive of Air Canada regional carrier Air Alliance. Source: Flight International
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Air Jamaica
Albert Chappell has been appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Air Jamaica, of Kingston, Jamaica, in a restructuring of the executive management. President David Taylor has resigned the position with immediate effect, to ease the organisational changes. Source: Flight International
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American
AMERICAN American Airlines, of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Frank Morogiello managing director of commercial sales. He succeeds James Marsicano, who has become vice-president for the SABRE Interactive Group. Morogiello was previously American's managing director of field corporate programmes and special sales. Source: Flight International
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British Midland
Rick Cooper has been named director of international marketing for the USA for UK carrier British Midland Airways. Cooper, who will be based in Scottsdale, Arizona, was formerly with US carrier United Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Airtran
AirWays, of Orlando, Florida, parent company of AirTran Airways, has appointed its chairman and chief executive, Robert Swenson, president and chief executive of AirTran, following the retirement of John Horn. Swenson was chief executive of AirTran Corporation from 1978 to September 1995 and is a former treasurer, vice-chairman and chairman ...
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US airlines exploit the boom
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE MAJOR US AIRLINES have followed up their latest round of record profits with predictions that their spectacular performances will continue into the second half of the year. The airlines turned in their best-ever net profit - of more than $1.5 billion - ...