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MDC
McDonnell Douglas (MDC), of Huntington Beach, California, has appointed Dr Rodney Linford vice-president and general manager for space flight programmes. He succeeds George Kersels, who has left the company. Linford will report to Bill Olson, senior vice-president at MDC Space and Defense Systems. Source: Flight International
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CHC helicopter
CHC Helicopter of Canada, parent company of UK helicopter company British International, has appointed Paul Conway managing director of the UK company. He was formerly commercial and deputy managing director of British International. David Wood has left the UK company. Source: Flight International
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London Luton
Frank Pullman has been appointed chief executive at London Luton Airport of the UK, with effect from 1 August. Pullman, former airport director, was previously with British Airways, where he held several senior management positions. Source: Flight International
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Cebu Pacific Air eyes Asian and transpacific expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CEBU PACIFIC Air is planning to launch a series of South-East-Asian regional and transpacific services following its successful start earlier this year operating domestic routes in the Philippines. Applications have already been filed for international services to Guam, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, ...
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Robinson makes surprise move to Dornier
JIM ROBINSON, the former president of AlliedSignal Engines, who recently took over at Learjet, has surprised the aerospace world by becoming president of Dornier. Robinson will be based at Dornier's Oberpfaffenhofen headquarters, near Munich, to oversee the integration of the company with Fairchild Aircraft, which bought the majority ...
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MTU restructuring
The Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) engine subsidiary MTU Munich is to reorganise its activities into some 20 process-oriented centres in a further move to cut costs and return to profit in 1998. The company turned over DM1.4 billion ($916 million) in 1995, but declines to reveal the size of its loss. ...
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DLR cancels Strato 2C contract
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR), has terminated its contract with Burkhart Grob Aerospace for the development of the Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft. The cancellation comes after the German Government refused to release DM47 million ($31.3 million) for the completion of the ...
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Lockheed Martin wins X-33 contract with VentureStar
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA HAS selected Lockheed Martin to design, build and test the X-33, a half-scale model of a proposed Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) to replace the Space Shuttle fleet. A full-scale vehicle could be operational by 2005. The fully re-useable Lockheed Martin VentureStar will ...
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Fakel moves into AAM market
RUSSIAN SURFACE-to-air missile (SAM) design house Fakel is attempting to break into new markets by offering two air-to-air versions of secret SAM development projects. Both weapons are being offered for the Sukhoi Su-27M (Su-35) Flanker. Fakel is working on an active-radar-guided medium-range missile (box right in picture) ...
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Tu-204 programme in doubt
THE FUTURE OF THE Tupolev Tu-204 has been thrown into doubt, following a decision by Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) to leave the Russian Aviation Consortium, an industrial investment group set up to promote the aircraft. ARIA has already invested around 48 billion roubles ($10 million) in the consortium, ...
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Augustine bids for RAF RMPA reprieve
LOCKHEED Martin chief executive Norman Augustine and GEC-Marconi chairman Lord Weinstock have held eleventh-hour talks with UK Government ministers in an attempt to overturn a £2 billion ($3 billion) Ministry of Defence (MoD) recommendation in favour of the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000, rather than the Lockheed Martin Orion 2000, for ...
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Air Afrique
Flight International would like to point out that Air France is not involved directly in the attempted rescue of Air Afrique, contrary to the headline which appeared in the magazine recently (Flight International, 26 June-2 July, P9); although the French flag carrier does have a sizeable shareholding in Air Afrique. ...
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IRI approves Alitalia cash-rescue package
AFTER A SERIES of last-minute delays, Alitalia's rescue plans including a badly needed cash injection have been agreed by the airline's parent state-holding company IRI. IRI eventually emerged from a shareholders' meeting on 1 July saying that it had agreed to provide Alitalia with L3 billion ($2 billion). ...
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Development control essential
Sir - The article "UK monetary constraints force RPMA cost rethink" (Flight International, 15-21 May, P6), on the Royal Air Force British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 replacement programme, highlights the need for manufacturers to improve control of development programmes. A factor, which can influence the time scale and cost of a ...
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EC studies US/ European competition
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has launched an investigation, into six alliances between US and European airlines, to determine whether they will limit competition. According to EC competition commissioner Karel Van Miert and transport commissioner Neil Kinnock, the aim is to give the EC similar powers to those ...
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Chinese ventures
AlliedSignal Aerospace's joint venture with China Eastern Airlines to repair and overhaul wheels and brakes opened at Long Hau Airport, Shanghai on 28 June. On 1 July, McDonnell Douglas opened a commercial-aircraft-spares centre in Beijing with China Aviation Supply. Source: Flight International
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F-16 trainer for Kelly
Lockheed Martin F-16 pilots of the 182nd Fighter Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing at Kelly AFB, San Antonio, will be the first to use a new Unit Training Device flight simulator at the base. The Hughes-built simulator is the first of 56 for the US ...