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Hong Kong airport 'pricing itself out of contention'
Chuck Grieve Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad delivers the keynote address at the recent Air Freight Asia 2000. The bi-annual conference and exhibition, held for the first time in Malaysia, attracted more than 400 delegates and 47 exhibitors. Chuck Grieve reports on highlights of the two-day event last week ...
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World airlines demand modern atc, no undue taxes
The heads of most of the world's airline associations are calling upon all governments and aviation authorities to redouble efforts to modernise air traffic control (ATC) systems across the globe. Meeting in Washington DC this week, industry leaders representing carriers from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, the ...
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Aviall Web site takes lead
Aviall Web site takes lead in aviation sector One exhibitor that has managed to turn the dream of e-commerce into a working reality is Texas-based Aviall (Stand A911). Aviall is the world's largest independent distributor of new aviation parts, distributing to 13,000 operators and 300 airlines worldwide. It ...
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Asia-Pacific crucial to 'son of jumbo' equation
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie (AI) is at Asian Aerospace 2000 having passed a critical milestone in its epic journey to build a "jumbo jet for the 21st century" - the 555-seat plus A3XX. It is appropriate that the Singapore event should be the first major air show since ...
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CMFI aims to maintain lead after second bumper year
Karen Walker What a difference a year makes. No-one is more aware of that than CFM International's (CFMI) senior management team, which now looks to the year ahead with renewed confidence following a 1999 that surpassed all expectations. Confident, but never complacent, says officer Gerard Laviec, CFMI president ...
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Face the Facts with Sir Charles Masefield
Asian Aerospace is the first major airshow to feature BAE Systems as a single entity from the outset. (The purchase by British Aerospace of Marconi Electronic Systems late last year happened during the Langkawi show in Malaysia). Sir Charles Masefield, group managing director, spoke about the organisation's plans, including its ...
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AA 2000 to open x-files?
What are the chances of Asian Aerospace turning into an X-rated show? Asia-Pacific holds the key to the next major aircraft programmes planned by Airbus Industrie and Boeing. The European airframer is carrying out market testing for its planned 550-seat A3XX all-new aircraft and expects the region to account for ...
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Cathay splashes out on travellers' spa
The slogan "Arrive in Better Shape" was for many years the marketing catch phrase of Cathay Pacific Airways before it switched to the politically more astute sales banner "The Heart of Asia." This Hong Kong flag carrier's former motto would appear to be alive and kicking today, with ...
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Honeywell plans to grow business in Asia
Honeywell is talking to customers at the show about what they want from the new Honeywell/AlliedSignal partnership. Honeywell's Singapore Repair and Overhaul centre has been in operation since 1978 and is a focal point for customer support throughout Asia and the Pacific. It handles APUs, propulsion engines, components ...
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Implementation of pacific rvsm set for this week
Reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) will be implemented in Pacific oceanic airspace on 24 February as part of a longstanding plan to enhance airspace capacity. Under the plan, vertical separation will be reduced to 1,000ft (300m) from 2,000ft between flight levels 290 and 390 for aircraft approved for RVSM ...
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Ikonos satellite imagery knocks security for a loop
Tim Ripley Singapore would opt to purchase a ground station to allow greater access to digital imagery from the Ikonos satellite for "targeting purposes". The commercially-funded satellite was launched last September by Lockheed Martin and the Space Imaging consortium, which involves US giants Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, Japan's ...
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SIA leads regional recovery
Mike Martin Singapore Airlines is in the market for up to 19 widebody and narrowbody aircraft plus 22 options. The launch of the long-awaited W-aircraft requirement, as reported in today's Flight International, is to replace the Airbus Industrie A310. SIA has issued a formal request for proposals ...
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A worldwide web of difference
STEVE NICHOLS Asian Aerospace is fast becoming a "dot-com" show - at least three companies are featuring new e-commerce products and many others are highlighting a WWW presence. SITA and AAR (Stand A720) are launching aerospan.com at the show, a site that will "initially feature spare parts inventory ...
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China to send men into space
Tim Furniss China is ready to become the world's third nation to put a man into space. The second launch of a Long March 2F booster with the Chinese Shen Zhou spacecraft from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert is expected this year to test the craft before a ...
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P&W addresses 'green' concerns with PW6000
As the search to improve the impact of aviation on the Earth's environment goes on, Pratt & Whitney is talking up the advantages of its PW6000 engine, the only engine designed specifically for 100-passenger aircraft. The PW6000's balanced approach to low emissions produces the lowest overall emissions while satisfying ...
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Battle royale looming over radio frequencies
The aerospace industry could face a fight with "voracious" commercial telecoms interests at an international conference to re-allocate radio frequencies, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The World Radio Conference of the International Telecommunications Union, which is being held in Istanbul in May, has the power to re-allocate ...
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Supply may frustrate freighter conversions
The market for freighter conversions is estimated at some 2,300 aircraft in the next 20 years, but availability of appropriate aircraft for conversion may be an issue. Speaking at Air Freight Asia, Bharat Bhise, president and chief executive officer of C-S Aviation Services, sees continued strong growth in the ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister gives nod to limited open skies
Chuck Grieve Malaysia is prepared to grant reciprocal open skies rights as part of the government's efforts to support its growing air transport industry, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told an aviation conference in Kuala Lumpur. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of Air Freight Asia 2000 ...
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Italians take delivery of first ACJ
The Italian love of stylish living now reaches into the heart of government following the delivery of the world's first Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliner (A319 CJ). Following the handover in Hamburg last week, the ACJ is now deployed to carry members of the Italian government in a modified interior ...
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Neutral site is response to needs of customers
The creation of MyAircraft.com, the Honeywell/United Technologies electronic marketplace for the aerospace industry, was a direct outcome of Honeywell's more intensely customer-focused policy, says Lynn Brubaker, vice-president and general manager, Air Transport and Regional Aerospace. Brubaker is charged with making the new "outward-facing" philosophy work. "We have established an ...