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Lifting the gloom
The mood at GAMTA's annual conference in London was very different to that in 1994. Kieran Daly/LONDON The second half of the 1990s will test Europe's general aviation (GA) operators beyond precedent, but it may also reward them, as never before. What is beyond doubt is that ...
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Frustration of seeking a job
Sir - I am a pilot with a UK regional airline seeking employment with some of the major scheduled and charter carriers, to further my career. It is frustrating to be told by some airlines that they are not recruiting, and do not foresee doing so, only to ...
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GE90-powered 777 reaches Mach 0.96 in dive
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 reached Mach 0.96 during a high-speed dive in February, as part of a faster-than-expected expansion of the aircraft/engine flight envelope. "We are well into the test schedule. In fact we're already at the point that we'd normally be at six weeks into ...
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Smiths secures place on new 737 programme
SMITHS INDUSTRIES estimates that it has secured around $350 million of business on the next generation of Boeing 737, after being selected to supply the aircraft's flight-management computer (FMC) system. Smiths supplies a range of avionics equipment for the existing 737 programme, including the FMC, but faced a ...
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FAA adopts GPS plan for Olympic helicopters
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has adopted as a major project plans to develop a low-level airspace system for Atlanta, Georgia, to enable helicopters to be used to overcome traffic congestion expected during the 1996 Olympic Games. The joint government-industry project will develop a network of helicopter routes ...
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Aeroflot looks West for its fleet renewal
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) has confirmed plans to lease further Western aircraft until upgraded Russian aircraft become available. Replacement of ARIA's 116-strong fleet of ageing and fuel-inefficient aircraft is a priority, acknowledges airline chief executive Vladimir Tikhonov, giving his report on the airline's performance ...
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Airline seats get off the ground
SIMULA SUBSIDIARY Airline Interiors has secured a launch customer for its 16G airline seats. California-based start-up carrier Trans-Orient Express has signed a letter of intent to install the seats in Boeing 747-200s to be used on services between Los Angeles and Vietnam, beginning in late 1995. Initial deliveries are worth ...
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Providing the answers
The causes of accidents are often not found because of inadequate flight-data recorders. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The United Airlines Boeing 737-200 which rolled on its back and crashed for no apparent reason on the approach to Colorado Springs in March 1991 carried a six-parameter ...
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Boeing seeks waiver over head-impact rules
BOEING HAS requested a temporary exemption from US Federal Aviation Administration head-injury criteria (HIC) certification rules for some economy-class seats on the 777 until May 1996. The company, like others, has been struggling for some four years to find ways of meeting the HIC requirements and has experimented ...
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Canada will introduce charges for overflights
THE CANADIAN Government is to introduce overflight charges to airlines using its airspace, as part of a restructuring in advance of the privatisation of its Air Navigation System (ANS). The Government confirms that it will privatise its C$800 million ($575 million)-a-year ANS when it releases its plans for ...
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Swissair in regional/charter shake-up
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH SWISSAIR HAS HANDED over its regional-jet operations to its Crossair subsidiary. In a second strategic move, Swissair and Crossair will absorb the loss-making charter flights of Balair/CTA - effectively ending the latter's operations. Both moves are aimed at cutting costs and restoring group profitability. By the ...
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Sizing up all the options
I agree with the basic message of 'Stop Downsizing' by Scott Brandt (Airline Business, October 1995). No significant improvement in the maintenance cost structure has been accomplished - not only over the last five years but in the last 25 years!Bearing in mind that the major ...
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Jetstream aims for J41 backlog
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JETSTREAM AIRCRAFT aims to build a three-year backlog for its J41 30-seat turboprop to take into the alliance with ATR when the merger is completed by the end of this year. Marketing director Nick Godwin estimates that orders for the J41 earned it ...
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An-70 investigators face FDR problems accident
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE INVESTIGATION of the fatal crash of the first and only Antonov An-70 prototype may be hampered by a lack of useable information from the flight-data recorder (FDR). Sources close to the Antonov flight-test operation allege that pressure on staff to accelerate the ...
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Africa's new note of hope
Africa's newest carrier, Alliance, starts operations in March heralding a new era of cooperation in the continent's aviation industry. A joint venture between South African Airways and the national airlines and governments of Tanzania and Uganda, Alliance will start by operating charters for SAA. On 1 July it ...
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Airlines v agents: war is declared
US travel agents angry about commission rate cuts should not be surprised. This is war - my wife and kid will suffer,' said one travel agent. 'D-elta E-vidently L-oathes T-ravel A-gents,' complained another. At last, US carriers are taking action to attack the one major cost item which has ...
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Travel agents capped by all
Delta Air Lines' lead in capping travel agent commissions could boost operating results by as much as 15 per cent this year, industry analysts believe. The caps on domestic commissions still give travel agents 10 per cent on fares under $500 but put a limit of $25 on ...
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Strong yen aids surge in JLL deals
The Japanese leveraged lease looks certain to stabilise into a more mature product, helped by cautious equity investors. Report by Tom Ballantyne. When aircraft deliveries finally begin to pick up speed over the coming years the Japanese leveraged lease should have evolved into a stable, more mature product. ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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Airlines put Nordam's window to the test
NORDAM HAS introduced a new airliner cabin-window designed to counter crazing - the thousands of scratches on airliner windows - which has reached epidemic proportions, according to airlines. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's new Nordex EL cabin windows are being flight tested by 15 airlines. "Nordex EL has ...