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Rich International retrieves FAA certificate
RICH INTERNATIONAL Airways has been re-awarded its air-carrier certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration, but the carrier still awaits authorisation from the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to restart charter flights. The Miami-based operator was grounded by the FAA in September 1996 after a safety audit uncovered ...
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TNT looks at large freighters
TNT Express Worldwide is aiming to introduce its first large freighter aircraft in 1998, if a strategic analysis of the market which it is now undertaking concludes that such a move is required. The express-parcel company, acquired by Dutch postal company KPN late in 1995, is timing the ...
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IFALPA sparks row over use of TCAS in RVSM airspace
T he International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) has sharply criticised the UK Civil Aviation Authority for issuing guidelines which IFALPA claims effectively "-advise or encourage" pilots to disregard traffic-alert and collision-avoidance-system II(TCAS II)resolution advisories (RAs). The CAA guide lines, issued on 25 February, cover operation ...
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SAA prepares for privatisation with management restructure
South African Airways (SAA) is undergoing a management restructuring, as part of its move towards privatisation. Talks have been under way for several weeks between SAA, its parent company, Transnet, and the trade unions, which are understood to have produced broad agreement on the main issues involved. "The ...
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Boeing
Larry Clarkson, senior vice-president of planning and international development at Boeing, has been named president of newly created company Boeing Enterprises, based at Renton, Washington, which will establish and direct new commercial-aircraft-related business entities. Source: Flight International
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Cargo gets top priority in China
China plans to virtually triple its cargo-aircraft fleet to 660 by the year 2000. The increase forms part of ambitious plans to expand its airborne freight market by around 14% a year, making it the main priority of the national aviation growth strategy. Zhou Baokou, deputy director of ...
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Chinese negotiate for ATR 42/72 production
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) says that talks are proceeding well with Aero International (Regional) AI(R) over the possible setting up of licensed production of the AI(R) ATR 42 and ATR 72 regional turboprops in China. AVIC vice-minister and executive vice-president, Wang Ang, says that the talks are ...
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Vertical dangers
British Aerospace's recent admission that it may be forced, however reluctantly, to consider vertical integration with GEC to maintain its position in the world defence market, speaks volumes about the uncertainties and risks which are now at play in the European defence aero- space industry. The uncertainties largely ...
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Puel revamps Aerospatiale's loss-making maintenance arm
Henri-Paul Puel, the new president of Sogerma has set about a major re-organisation of the loss-making maintenance arm of Aerospatiale, partly blaming poor recent performance on a series of misjudged deals struck before his arrival. The action follows a disappointing year for Sogerma, which saw its net losses ...
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AlliedSignal reveals new Chinese ventures
AlliedSignal is exploring at least eight new joint ventures in China as part of a $200 million company-wide investment to ensure a long-term strategic stake in Asia and aid selection of its systems for the AE-100 regional-aircraft project. "What we're doing is establishing a footprint for the business ...
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Regionals split from British Midland
Airlines of Britain Holdings (ABH), which owns British Midland (BM),has split off its regional airlines into a separate grouping, in a move designed to free the operations to increase their franchise links with British Airways as BM moves closer to Lufthansa. The bulk of ABH's regional operations, which ...
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ValuJet struggles to fly back into profits
VALUJET REPORTS a net loss of nearly $21 million for the fourth quarter of 1996, its first since restarting operations after the three months' grounding which was imposed in the wake of the Florida crash. The airline warns that there will be more red ink to come in the first ...
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Transaero chooses Boeing and Ilyushin
Transaero's fleet plans over the next ten to 15 years will centre on acquiring a mix of Western and Russian types, including the Boeing 767, next-generation Boeing 737 (-600/ 700/800), and Ilyushin Il-96M, the carrier has announced. The Moscow-based airline expects to introduce the first of the new aircraft "within ...
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Star Europe takes first Airbus A320
Star Europe, a French charter airline, has introduced two 180-seat CFM International CFM56-powered Airbus A320s on lease from US company GATX. The aircraft, which are replacing Boeing 737s, are being used on the carrier's European charter services. Star Europe is a division of French tour company Look Voyages. ...
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Flying Colours paints long-haul fleet plans
Flying Colours Airlines is planning to increase its narrowbody fleet to eight Boeing 757-200s within three years, and has begun evaluating the Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777 for its long-haul expansion plans, according to chairman Errol Cossey. The new UK charter carrier took delivery of its first aircraft, ...
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Boeing to discuss 747-400IGW-
Boeing has added growth-weight and "simple-stretch" derivatives of its 747-400 to product-development plans, following its decision to shelve work on the 747-500X and -600X. An initial version, which is called the 747-400 increased-gross-weight (IGW), would offer a modest increase in range, compared with the existing -400. This could ...
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The importance of independence
Sir - Andrew Tetley, in his letter about the UK Civil Aviation Authority-proposed stick-shaker for the Dassault Falcon 2000 (Flight International, 12-18 February, P55), refers to an important matter of principle which has received little or no public debate. It concerns the ability, or otherwise, of national airworthiness authorities of ...
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In search of the new jet age
Time was when the regional-aircraft industry was focused on who would win the battle to build a family of 70- to 120-seat jet-powered aircraft. Strategists toiled to demonstrate how such a family would sit beneath the fleets of the majors. Much has changed since then. Now, the focus ...
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BAe Airbus delivers first A330-200 wing
British Aerospace Airbus has dispatched the first A330-200 wing from its plant at Chester to Airbus partner Dasa Airbus at Bremen, Germany, for equipping. BAe put the wing in the jig for final assembly in November 1996. The lower-capacity, longer-range A330-200 is scheduled to have its maiden flight in August. ...
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-as board approves 777-200X/300X specifications
Boeing has received board approval to firm up the specifications of its proposed 777-200X/300X growth derivatives and offer them to airlines, as the company gears up towards a possible launch of the new models at the Paris air show in June. Boeing claims that the -200Xwill be the ...