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Aviata tug has its debut
THE HIGH Powered Aviata GM-2 Gniady glider tug, has been flown for the first time in Warsaw. The low-wing aircraft is designed by Aviata and incorporates the wings and tail plane of the PZL-Okecie PZL-110 Koliber, a licence-built version of the Socata Rallye. The engine, propeller and cowlings ...
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KLM signs up Indian ally
Gunter Endres/LONDON KLM HAS AGREED the basis of a far-reaching commercial partnership with India's second- largest private airline, Jet Airways. An initial memorandum of understanding was signed on 29 August and executives from the two carriers will meet soon to flesh out the proposed co-operation and ...
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Latvia signs for newcomer
THE LATVIAN Government has finally signed off plans to establish a new flag carrier, due to take over from the old Latavio airline at the start of 1996. The agreement to establish the as yet, unnamed new carrier, was officially signed at Riga on 29 August by Latvia's ...
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MTU
Paul Egon Grall has become managing director of MTU Maintenance, of Munich, Germany, in addition to his responsibilities as director of operations. Grall, who joined MTU Munchen in 1974, was a member of the planning team, which set up MTU Maintenance and assumed responsibility for engineering and, later, for technical ...
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FlightSafety
Bob Russell has been named project manager maintenance training plans for FlightSafety International, of La Guardia Airport, New York. The newly created position is part of the expanding service organisation, which FlightSafety is providing for the training of aircraft-maintenance technicians. Russell was previously director of aircraft services at Duncan Aviation, ...
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Suppliers
Pratt & Whitney's PW4168 has received its 180 minute Etops approval for the A330. Shannon Aerospace has secured business as the primary facility for Lufthansa Technik and Swissair for the overhaul of the B737, B757 and MD-80 aircraft. Heavy maintenance work will increase at Shannon, which will also ...
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The great Gats
Despite the complexities, experience with the Gats in aviation so far shows it should not be written off as a vehicle for multilateral liberalisation. Ron Katz reports. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) and its annex on air transport services came into force for the majority of Gatt ...
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Northern Exposure
Alaska Air has slashed its unit costs, revamped its network and moved away from high service levels. Now the carrier must rebuild its balance sheet and rebuff the advances of competitors in an increasingly tough market. Mead Jennings reports from Seattle.John Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Alaska Air ...
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Abacus lifts Thai stakes
In a further bid to break the monopoly of the Amadeus CRS in Thailand, Singapore-based Abacus is threatening to elevate its battle with the Thai government to a regional trade dispute. As a measure of intent, Abacus president William Liu has already threatened to wipe Thai Airways flights ...
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AirAsia back for seconds
Proposed Malaysian startup AirAsia is back - well almost. Owners Hicom and the Mofaz group are launching an airport ground services company to cement their role in aviation, while the government continues to consider the application for an operating licence. AirAsia was to have become Malaysia's second national ...
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Profits hit USAir cuts ...
USAir's short period of optimism, with its labour problems near resolution, its competitors at bay and its second quarter profit up 717 per cent, was only illusory. The carrier returned to square one in its labour talks in July, Southwest is preparing to enter the Florida market, long ...
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European deal for Pemco
Pemco World Air Service's Copenhagen, Denmark, base has won a two-year contract to provide technical support, including component maintenance, for Brussels-based European Air Transport's fleet of Boeing 727-100/200 freighters. Source: Flight International
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Delta repairs PW4060s
Delta Air Lines has signed a contract, potentially worth $10-15 million, to repair up to 15 Pratt & Whitney PW4060 turbofans for Sweden's Volvo Aero Engine Services. The PW4060 powers extended-range Boeing 767s. The engines will be air-freighted to Atlanta, Georgia, for repair. Source: Flight International
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Basel hangar expansion
Jet Aviation Basel will complete expansion of its hangar space early in September, enabling the maintenance centre to accommodate one Airbus A340, Boeing 747-400 or McDonnell Douglas MD-11, or two Boeing 727s side-by-side. Source: Flight International
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Shannon breakthrough
Lauda Air has signed a one-year agreement with Shannon Aerospace for the maintenance of the Austrian carrier's fleet of Boeing 767s and 737s. Lauda's initial 767 will be input in October, and will be the first of the type to be worked on by the Irish overhaul concern. ...
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Southwest signs up
Southwest Airlines has awarded GE Engine Services a ten-year, $380 million contract to maintain the CFM56-7 engines which will power the US carrier's fleet of Boeing 737-700s. The work will be performed under GE's Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH) service programme. Southwest will begin taking delivery of 737-700s in 1997. ...
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Meeting demands
Airbus Industrie rolls out the A319 to complete its present range of airliners. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE IN JUST 25 years since its creation in December 1970, Airbus Industrie has fielded a range of airliners spanning 124-350 seats, knocked McDonnell Douglas (MDC) into third place in ...
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SAMECO plans abandoned
Plans for the Sino-Singapore joint-venture company, Shenzhen Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering (SAMECO), have been scrapped after the venture failed to win government approval to perform heavy maintenance work. SAMECO was due to open by early 1996, initially providing line maintenance, but with the long-term intention of developing a ...
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GAMECO looks for partners to fund Chinese expansion
GUANGZHOU AIRCRAFT Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) is considering opening up its joint venture to new partners, as part of its planned expansion into central China. The company plans to start building a new two-bay widebody aircraft maintenance hangar in early 1996 and has targeted the city of Wuhan as ...
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KLM/Garuda intensify co-operation
KLM ROYAL Dutch Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have strengthened their long-established commercial co-operation with a new agreement signed in Jakarta on 23 August, following the conclusion of talks between Garuda's president Soepandi and Pieter Bouw, president of the Dutch carrier. Bouw was in Indonesia as part of a Dutch trade ...