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Keeping in touch
Air-to-ground telephones for airline passengers are becoming more commonplace. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Passengers on certain British Airways flights are the first in the UK to enjoy something US air travelers have come to expect - air-to-ground telephones on aircraft. BA is the first airline to put ...
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Maintenance
FINNAIR MAINTENANCE In the production of our Airliner Maintenance Directory (15-21 February), the country header for Finland and the entry for Finnair were unfortunately omitted. The details for Finnair are as follows: FINNAIR, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, 01530 Vantaa. Tel: +358 (0) 818 81; fax: +358 ...
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Swissair supports Fokker 100
SWISSAIR HAS written to Fokker to make clear that it has no criticism of the Fokker 100, despite its probable dropping of the type from its fleet. The airline says, that its public comments on the Fokker 100's economics, when it said that the aircraft had "accounted ...
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BA considers A330 for medium-haul fleet update
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS plans to make a decision on updating its medium-haul fleet within the next 12 months, with the Airbus A330 among the contenders. The airline says that in a year's time it will be in a position to begin "seriously considering" acquisition ...
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Section 41 Success
Singapore Aviation Services (SASCO) has signed two contracts, worth S$8 million ($5.5 million), for section 41 modification to two South African Airways Boeing 747s and a Middle East Airlines 747. SASCO will also perform engine-pylon modifications to the aircraft. It has signed a letter of intent to carry out similar ...
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BWIA owners aim to double revenue
Kieran Daly/LONDON BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways' new owners believe that they can more than double the Trinidad and Tobago flag-carriers turnover in five years. The airline, now owned by the Acker Group, its Caribbean investors and employees, will shortly place orders for two Boeing 767-300ERs and ...
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Tuning Up With Aircom
Swissair has chosen the SITA/France Telecom/Teleglobe Canada/Telestra Satellite Aircom in-flight entertainment communications system for its medium-haul fleet of Airbus A319, A320 and A321 narrow-bodies. The airline has already retrofitted its McDonnell Douglas MD-11s and is about to begin equipping its Boeing 747-300s. Scandinavian Airline System has also selected the product ...
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JAR: airlines and schools the losers
Sir - Your article "Licence to change" (Flight International, 22-28 February, P25) provided a good overview of the proposed changes in Joint Aviation Rules (JAR) flight crew licences (FCL) Draft 5, but one statement is rather misleading. In the article postscript, which outlines the requirements of JAR FCL Part 1, ...
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Brazilian Skyjet begins operations
A NEW BRAZILIAN charter carrier, Skyjet, has started operations with flights to Margarita Island in Venezuela, Cancun, Mexico and the Virgin Islands, operating a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Skyjet will take delivery of a second DC-10 by the middle of this year. It hopes to operate it on proposed ...
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USAir cuts point-to-point routes as it retreats into primary hubs
USAIR PLANS TO retreat from low-cost point-to-point competition and re-focus operations around its major hubs. The re-organisation will result in a 5% cut in capacity across the carrier's route system. The beleaguered airline, which is still trying to win labour concessions from union workers, will retrench ...
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Rejected DASA looks east for regional partner
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) says that it will go ahead with a new regional-jet programme together with Korean and Chinese partners, even if its other European rivals fail to come on board. The challenge follows DASA's signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ...
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IAI uprates Kfir fighter for new Philippines sales drive
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries has stepped up efforts to sell its Kfir fighter to the Philippines, with an upgraded variant of the aircraft, dubbed the Kfir 2000, now being proposed. The Israeli Company is offering the Kfir C-10, which is a post-production model with a revised avionics suite. It ...
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Embraer
Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley has become president of Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. He replaces Ozires Silva, who has resigned. Wanderley was formerly senior vice-president for production. Silva will remain a consultant to Embraer's board. Frederico Pinheiro Flaury Curado, vice-president for subcontract and services, becomes senior vice- president commercial, replacing ...
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Rio-Sul finalises Nordeste purchase
RIO-SUL HAS FINALLY sealed a $7 million bid to buy fellow Brazilian regional Nordeste Lineas Aeres. Rio-Sul, which is part of the Varig group, had been attempting to make the acquisition for over two years, but ran into political opposition from the Bahia region in the north-east of ...
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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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Airbus should be applauded
Sir - Following recent correspondence in Flight International about the safety of Airbus aircraft, I believe that what is happening is the result of resistance to change. I was suspicious the first time I travelled in an Airbus A320 as a passenger. I think that people in general ...
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Litton chance
Litton stands to sell more than 2,000 embedded (EGI) LN-100G global-positioning/inertial-navigation systems, worth $275 million, to equip US Navy McDonnell Douglas F-18s and Northrop Grumman EA-6Bs, after being selected for an initial integration programme. The first contract, awarded through the US Air Force, is worth $5.4 million and covers the ...
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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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USAir sells off 11 Boeing 737-300s
USAIR IS SELLING 11 Boeing 737-300s to General Electric Capital (GECC). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The financially ailing US carrier says that the aircraft sale is part of a plan to cut operating costs by at least $1 billion annually. It says ...
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EMB-145 assembly advances
ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRST Embraer EMB-145 regional turbofan is continuing towards completion. Various fuselage subassemblies built by Embraer and its partners, Enaer of Chile and Sonaca of Belgium, are in the process of being mated ahead of installation of the first wingset being delivered by Spanish company Gamesa. The EMB-145 ...