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Snag delays Aerospatiale/Dassault deal
Agreement ON THE proposed merger between France's two biggest airframe manufacturers, Aerospatiale and Dassault, has been hampered by disagreement over Serge Dassault's status in the resulting entity, and the way in which it will be managed. While it is virtually certain that the 30 June deadline for an ...
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Chicago control
A Harris voice-switching and control system (VSCS) has been commissioned at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Centre, and a Loral display channel-complex rehost (DCCR) computer upgrade will become fully operational at the Centre in December. The VSCS provides high-speed message transfers, while the DCCR is a processor upgrade for ...
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Atlas lease
Atlas Air is to lease a Boeing 747-200 freighter to Thai Airways - the carrier's first - under a $76 million, three-year contract which holds a one-year option. Thai Airways has the option to lease two other aircraft from Atlas Air in two years' time. The deal, with all options, ...
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Virgin service
Euro Belgian Airlines is to start a service linking Rome and Madrid on 2 September, marking the company's first market outside its Brussels hub. The low-fare service will be operated with a new Boeing 737-300, due to be delivered in August, when the company will be formally relaunched as Virgin ...
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...but not Saratov
Unpaid workers at Russia's Saratov Aircraft Production plant have demanded an investigation into the crisis-hit company, which builds Yakovlev Yak-42 airliners. The governor of the Saratov region has responded with a promise to set up an audit commission to report on whether the plant is still viable. Yak-42 production has ...
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PHI expands
Petroleum Helicopters (PHI) has acquired half of Clintondale Aviation, a New York-based charter transport company with which it is already linked through a joint venture in the former USSR. Since early 1995, both firms have operated a joint venture in the region and PHI says that the acquisition will further ...
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TAM buys Helisul
Brazilian carrier TAM has acquired regional operator Helisul for R$2 million ($2.2 million). Helisul's five-aircraft fleet will be incorporated into TAM's Brasil Central subsidiary. Source: Flight International
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Airline capital
Aerospace consultancy Airline Capital Associates, of New York, has appointed Frank Rosenberg managing director. He was formerly president of aviation consultancy FA Dana Group and, before that, was chief operating officer of Ogden's aviation division and chief financial officer for North America at British Airways. Source: Flight International
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Brymon
Gareth Kirkwood has been named managing director of British Airways subsidiary Brymon Airways, of Plymouth, Devon. He succeeds Mike Jones, who becomes senior vice-president for sales and marketing at the UK's Alamo Car Rental. Kirkwood, a former commercial manager for British Airways' international consultancy, Speedwing, has been on secondment from ...
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TDI
Training Devices (TDI), of Englewood, Colorado, has appointed Charlie Douglas vice-president of operations. Douglas, who will take responsibility for the direction of full-flight simulator and flight-training-device production operations, was formerly programme manager with Rediffusion Simulation, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
Lloyd Carpenter has been named vice-president for international operations at Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division (ESSD). Carpenter, with Westinghouse since 1962, was most recently vice-president for technical services, logistics and capital resources at ESSD. Source: Flight International
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Aircraft window repairs
Aircraft Window Repairs has opened a new office in Florida, following demand for its US Federal Aviation Administration approved hardcoating service. The management team is (left to right) Herb Brock, Ryan Cupery, Robert Cupery-Founder, John Levey and Ray Gregory. Other members of the team (not pictured) are Kathi Cupery and ...
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Boeing
Jean Chamberlin has been named programme manager for Boeing Defense & Space Group's Northrop Grumman B-2 activities. She succeeds Mark Sussman, who becomes manager of unmanned-aerial-vehicle programmes. Sussman replaces Richard Alldredge, who becomes chief engineer for the Military Airplanes division. Source: Flight International
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Spanish wings
Gamesa Aeronautica of Spain has signed a contract with Sino-Swearingen Aircraft to build the wing for the SJ-30 business jet. The initial contract is valid for ten years, and has a value of Ptas 50,000 million ($400 million). The work will be undertaken at the company's Vitoria-Gasteiz plant, where Gamesa ...
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Global expansion
Learjet has begun construction of a 9,100m2 (100,000ft2) extension to the Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita, Kansas, in preparation for the start of the Global Express flight-test programme. The first ultra-long-range Global Express business jet is due to arrive in Wichita for the start of tests in October. In ...
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CL-215 leases
Los Angeles County is to lease two Canadair CL-215T firefighting amphibious aircraft from Bombardier for five years after a successful trial of the aircraft in southern California during late 1994. Australian firefighting authorities have also recommended a similar trial for the larger CL-415T during the forthcoming Austral summer. A total ...