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EU liable to impose will
The European Commission has hijacked the global debate on airline liability with proposals that would force all European Union carriers to conform to a Japanese-style unlimited liability system. The move towards a legally enforceable liability regime not only appears to have taken the European carriers by surprise but ...
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Europe
During the past year the fortunes of Europe's flag carriers have, at best, been variable. And as 1996 gets underway there is a pervasive sense of unsettled agendas and greater events to come. The European majors have reaped the benefits of fragile economic recovery and stronger demand to ...
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Horror movie
Problems with airline inflight entertainment and communications systems have turned into a nightmare for many senior executives and there is not much prospect of an early solution. Kieran Daly looks at the problems.Rarely before has a technical concept promised such commercial advantage and delivered such misery. In fact the story ...
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The market makers
Intense competition is leading more and more airlines to seek low costs and maximum revenues in off-line markets by outsourcing some of their sales and marketing operations. Special report by Doug Rhymes.International airline sales and marketing managers are struggling to cope with the unique challenges presented by an industry bent ...
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Swiss role reversal
Regional operator Crossair has a central role to play in reversing the fortunes of the Swissair group. Mark Odell reports from Switzerland on the wider restructuring of a company trying to redefine itself.Swissair has earned its reputation for quality, sound management principles and solid financial performance as it has grown ...
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Computers aid GV wing design
APPEARANCES CAN be deceiving, and the GV's outward similarity to the GIV belies the changes wrought to achieve an almost-60% increase in range. The wing is all-new, sized to house the fuel required for a 12,000km (6,500nm) range, but shaped by the desire to maintain the GIV's ...
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Olin brings power to passenger seats
OLIN AEROSPACE (OAC) has begun demonstrating an in-seat power system to airlines which will allow passengers to plug in their laptop computers during flight. Redmond, Washington-based OAC says that lap-top batteries "dying" is a major source of passenger complaints and that airlines surveyed ranked an in-seat power system as a ...
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Checking the numbers
There are fears that Hong Kong's new airport is already heading for a capacity problem. Chris Yates/HONG KONG IT IS THE WORLD'S single largest project in civil engineering today and one of the most complex combined excavation and reclamation projects in history, requiring the largest fleet of seaborne dredgers, ...
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RAF close to decision on Jaguar weapons
The RAF is considering fitting its Sepecat Jaguar aircraft with the British Aerospace ASRAAM short-range air-to-air and the ALARM anti-radiation missiles, as part of an upgrade programme intended to see the aircraft continue in service until 2008. A "feasibility fit" of the weapons has already been carried ...
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Galileo data delight NASA but scupper scientists' theories
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE DESIGNERS of NASA's Galileo probe have been vindicated after 57min of data were returned from the craft as it descended through the predominantly hydrogenous atmosphere of Jupiter on 7 December. The data, however, disappointed scientists, who had been expecting them to reveal far more ...
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USAir turnaround ends six straight years of losses
PROFITS HAVE continued to roll in from the US airline industry, with USAir delivering on its promises of a dramatic turnaround, producing its first annual profit since 1988. USAir ended the year showing net profits of $120 million, against a loss of $685 million a year ago. ...
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Tahiti's FANS makes headway
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRANCE'S THOMSON-CSF has completed the second phase of Tahiti's new satellite-based oceanic air-traffic-control system, with delivery of the automated data-link component. When complete in early 1997, the Tahiti system will be one of the main components of the South Pacific Future Air Navigation ...
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The psychology of selection process
Sir - I note the interesting juxtaposition of letters ("Psychologists analyse thyselves" and "Is there an anti-poaching scheme?", Flight International, 6-12 December, 1995, P93). I am not a psychologist, but I have worked in recruitment and selection, and I think that both letters miss some crucial points. ...
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Defining IATA's role in Russia
Sir - Your leader "Air traffic mismanagement" (Flight International, 6-12 December, 1995) states: "The fear is that Russia will adopt a series of isolated, unco-ordinated, primarily vendor-driven ATM systems", which, in itself, is not unjustified. The conclusions of the analysis are wrong, however. The International Air Transport Association's ...
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NVG modifications begin on F-16s
LOCKHEED MARTIN is modifying US Air Force Block 40 night-attack F-16s with interior and exterior lighting compatible with night-vision goggles (NVGs). The USAF plans to equip 250 aircraft with NVG-compatible lighting to enhance the F-16's close-air-support capability. Four aircraft have been modified for use in an NVG tactics-development ...
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FAA agrees to investigate phase-in of free-flight
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has declared in favour of phased introduction of "free-flight" air navigation as recommended by a Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics task-force report. Monte Belger, the FAA's associate administrator for air-traffic services, says that the aviation agency will respond formally this month to the ...
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Wavionix speeds up design of air-traffic flight patterns
David Learmount/LONDON A SOFTWARE product which is claimed to revolutionise the safe design of air-traffic flight procedures has been launched by a new company, Wavionix, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The time taken to design new air-traffic flight patterns or amend existing ones can be cut from ...
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Thomson nets European GPS navigation award
Julian Moxon/PARIS THOMSON-CSF has been awarded the production contract for the first phase of the European geostationary navigation-overlay system (EGNOS). The company has also been invited to tender for the study contracts for the second phase, making it highly likely it will become prime contractor for the entire ...
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Regional-jet makers ponder tough BA requirement
THE FIVE AIRCRAFT manufacturers invited by British Airways to bid for a $1 billion order for up to 60 regional jets have been left facing some difficult decisions over how best to meet the UK flag carrier's requirements on delivery schedules and aircraft mix. None of the contenders ...