Strategy – Page 1126
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Hexcel and Ciba Geigy finalise composites plan
HEXCEL AND CIBA Geigy have finalised plans to combine their composites operations, to create one of the aerospace industry's largest suppliers of honeycomb, pre-impregnated and fabric composites. The deal, which was first announced in the middle of the year (Flight International, 19-25 July), has now passed anti-trust hurdles ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...
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FANS pays its way
Airlines are demanding hard cost benefits as FANS moves off the drawing board and into the sky. Kevin O'Toole and Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM ALMOST BY definition, the debate over the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) has been strong on the benefits of tomorrow's technology, but a little weaker ...
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Hong Kong and USA agree bilateral treaty
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE HONG KONG AND the USA have finally reached an agreement on a new bilateral air-services treaty, which will extend beyond the colony's 1997 hand-over date to China and promises to open up new routes in Asia and North America. The deal comes at ...
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Sabena pursues share in proposed Zairean airline
BELGIAN AIRLINE Sabena has confirmed its interest in taking a majority share in a new Zairean airline scheduled to take over from the defunct Air Zaire. Sabena has sent a letter of intent to Kinshasa (Flight International, 20-26 September, P14). The African Government had proposed that ...
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Fedex
Michael Ducker has been promoted to senior vice-president of Federal Express' Asia Pacific division. He was formerly regional vice-president of operations in the South Pacific area. He takes over from Joseph McCarty, who, having held the Asia Pacific post since November 1991, moves to senior vice-president of the new Latin ...
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Boeing heads for 700-seater launch decision next year
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS considering launching a family of stretched 747 derivatives in 1996 if market conditions are right. The possible introduction of the 700-seat aircraft emerged in evidence given by British Airways to a public inquiry on the expansion of London Heathrow Airport. ...
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Air Inter to rename and restructure
FRENCH DOMESTIC carrier Air Inter is to be renamed Air Inter Europe on 1 January 1996, as part of the Air France Group's reorganisation plans. The airline will begin flights to several new destinations in Europe, the number increasing with the take-over of Air France's European routes in ...
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USAir bidding war sparks off speculation
PROSPECTS OF a full-scale bidding war for USAir has left airline analysts rushing to predict the likely fall-out for the industry on both sides of the Atlantic. The speculation was sparked off by the surprise revelation from United Airlines that it has opened exploratory talks with USAir ...
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Brazilian order boosts Cessna
CESSNA AIRCRAFT'S authorised sales representative in Brazil, TAM/Transportes Aereos Regonais, has placed an order for 100 single-engine pistons, with deliveries starting in 1997. Cessna says that TAM holds more than 100 additional orders based on the company's option-to-buy agreements. TAM is a big user of Cessna Caravans, operating ...
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Ghana Airways
Speedwing Consulting, providing management services for Ghana Airways for two years, has named Rex Lezard chief executive of the airline. Lezard, who succeeds Alec Grant Sam, has also worked for British Airways in the UK, Greece and South Africa. Sam is to retire after 37 years of service. ...
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Air Seychelles
David Hill has been appointed director of finance and planning at Air Seychelles, and Neil Pakey becomes general manager for marketing and industry affairs. Hill was formerly with British Airways and British Airways Holidays, while Pakey recently joined the airline from the European Commission, following his role as head of ...
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Training: two sides of the coin
Sir - I read the article "UK schools angry at US training plan" (Flight International, 13-19 September, P20), in which the General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association's (GAMTA) chief executive, Graham Forbes, expresses his members' concerns over what they perceive as unfair competition. I do not expect the ...
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Eastern expansion
Vietnam is on the brink of major air-transport growth. Paul Lewis/HANOI THE INDOCHINA region of Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) is emerging from more than four decades of conflict and economic isolation and today represents the last real undeveloped air-transport market in the area. ...
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EJA expands NetJets with European move
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) has launched the long-awaited expansion of its NetJets business-aircraft fractional-ownership programme into Europe. EJA will base four company-owned Cessna Citation S/IIs in Europe, beginning in the fourth quarter of 1995 and will begin selling aircraft shares, in the first quarter of 1996 says, ...
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Air France recovery derailed by problems
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS A NEW SERIES OF strikes, trouble with Algeria, and a 1.5% drop in traffic during the first five months of its current financial year to 31 March, 1966, are combing to derail Air France's three-year recovery plan. The twin aims of chairman Christian Blanc -to raise ...
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Independents jockey for position in India
THE LOW PRICE OF FIVE 20-year old Boeing 737-200s being offered for sale by Government-owned Indian Airlines has elicited bids from two independent rivals - NEPC Airlines and Sahara India Airlines. The five aircraft are expected to fetch up to $40 million. NEPC and Sahara have ambitions to ...
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Appointments
Abacus Distribution Systems has appointed Seiji Fukatsu as its new chairman. He is also president and chief executive officer of All Nippon Airways. John Watson has been appointed city manager, Philadelphia, for United Airlines. He was previously general manager sales, UK and Europe. European ground handling ...
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Stop downsizing
Considerable barriers to rationalising airline maintenance remain. The answer lies not in downsizing but in upgrading training and systems, discarding outdated procedures and making facilities flexible, argues Scott Brandt.Airline maintenance has historically accounted for 9 to 13 per cent of an airline's operating costs. Maintenance cost per ASM varies throughout ...
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None the wiser
At a preliminary meeting to lay the groundwork for a quasi plenary session early next year, five members of the European Comité des Sages have begun a campaign to accelerate changes in European aviation policy. Mark Odell reports exclusively on the proceedings.Just when the European Commission thought it was safe, ...