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Bombardier
Jean Girard has been named vice-president and general manager of the new Bombardier Completion Centre, formed from the business-jet completion division of Innotech Aviation of Dorval, Quebec, Canada, purchased by Bombardier in November. Girard was formerly vice-president of aviation services at the Canadair Defence Systems division. ...
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Greenwich Air
Michael Bucci is named senior vice-president, general counsel and secretary of turbine-engine overhaul company Greenwich Air Services, of Miami, Florida. He has held positions with law firms. Source: Flight International
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TI tilt rotor deals
The TI Group has secured two separate deals to provide the landing gear and flight controls for the new Bell Boeing 609 corporate tilt-rotor. Dowty Aerospace Wolverhampton is to design and develop a complete suite of fly-by-wire control actuators in a deal reckoned to be worth in excess of $100 ...
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Turkey takes ASARS
The Turkish Air Force has ordered Tadiran Spectralink airborne search and rescue systems(ASARS), worth $3.3 million. Each ASARS consists of an ARS700 airborne system installed in the aircraft, and a PRC 434A transceiver mounted in the pilot's flight suite, says Holon, Israel-based Tadiran. Source: Flight International
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Image investment
Van der Horst of Singapore will invest $25 million in the Space Imaging company, which will market 1m-resolution remote-sensing-satellite images, joining Lockheed Martin, Raytheon E-Systems and Mitsubishi. Source: Flight International
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TV switch on
MCI's 1997 domestic US satellite-television service has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission, but MCI will have to request transfer of the licence to new owner British Telecom, for 1998. Source: Flight International
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KLM raises fares
KLM, which was among the first of the carriers to add a ticket surcharge to cover soaring fuel costs, has now officially raised fares by up to 5% on a range of international markets. Alliance partner Northwest Airlines will also raise the price of tickets in the Netherlands market. The ...
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Transat eyes Europe
Canadian charter airline and tour operator Transat plans to spend up to C$150 million ($112 million) in 1997 to buy a top tour operator in France or the UK. Source: Flight International
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PIA privatisation
Pakistan has called in a team from International Finance (IFC), the consulting arm of the World Bank, to advise on restructuring and privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). IFC, which recently advised on the successful privatisation of Kenya Airways, is also to look at Pakistan's state-owned railway. The restructuring study ...
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C-101 returned
France's SAGEM has delivered the first upgraded CASA C101 Halcon II to the Chilean air force. Source: Flight International
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Hunter test
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and TRW have successfully carried out a 16h flight test of the E-Hunter long-endurance variant of the basic IAI Hunter. The E-Hunter will be demonstrated to the US Army early this year. The E-Hunter differs from the basic Hunter in having an extended wing span and ...
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Phillipine F-18 tests
Phillipine air force pilots have completed a four-day evaluation of the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet at the US Navy Naval Air Warfare Center-China Lake. The Phillipine air force is considering the F-18 as a candidate for its future fighter requirement alongside several other aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin F-16 and ...
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Sidewinder wound in
The Royal Navy has withdrawn some of its AIM-9 Sidewinder infra-red short range air-to-air missiles following the discovery of cracking in missile warheads. The cracks were discovered during routine X-ray inspection. The affected missiles were purchased in 1979 and 1981. The affected warheads are being withdrawn. ...
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Ryanair adds 737s
Ryanair has acquired six ex-Lufthansa Boeing 737-200s from US lessor JETZ Ventures. The first will be delivered this month, with the remainder arriving in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Frontier leases
Denver-based Frontier Airlines is to lease two new 737-300s from Boullioun Aviation Services, of Belleview, Washington. The aircraft will be delivered in August 1997 and January 1998. Source: Flight International
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USA exercises judgement
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey passing marks for monitoring aviation safety, but Cote d'Ivoire and Thailand earned conditional ratings, given after a nation's civil-aviation authority fails an FAA-conducted audit of its safety-oversight organisation and practices. Under these circumstances, only limited operations to the USA ...
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Cityline regional jets
Lufthansa CityLine has added three more Canadair Regional Jet orders, for delivery in March 1997 and early 1998, replacing three Fokker 50s. With the introduction of these aircraft, the carrier's Regional Jet fleet will total 31 aircraft. Three additional Regional Jet options are held. Source: Flight ...
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ValuJet stalled
In late December the US Federal Aviation Administration denied ValuJet Airlines permission to resume service between Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and West Palm Beach and Fort Meyers, Florida, and add more aircraft. Under a consent agreement, ValuJet is required to seek authority from the aviation agency to expand beyond ...
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Hold fire
Without waiting for impending US Federal Aviation Administration regulation to be confirmed, member carriers of the US Air Transport Association have agreed voluntarily to retrofit cargo-hold fire detection-and- suppression systems to all public-transport aircraft not already equipped with them, and are working with industry to develop appropriate equipment. The FAA ...