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BAe sea skewered
The long-running battle between Aerospatiale and British Aerospace to sell anti-ship missiles to Kuwait has taken a further twist, with the Kuwaiti parliament insisting that a decision to award the contract to BAe be examined by the public funds protection committee. Aerospatiale has been pushing the MM15 missile and BAe ...
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Jet Aviation
Werner Aerne has been named, vice-president/general manager of business-aviation service company, Jet Aviation of Zurich, Switzerland. He replaces Ruedi Kraft, who has been appointed head of Jet Aviation's new Singapore site. Both appointments took effect on 1 November. Source: Flight International
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Air Hanson
James Dillon-Godfray has joined distributor Air Hanson, of Camberley, Surrey, as sales manager for Raytheon products in the UK, Ireland and Pakistan. He was formerly with British Aerospace for 12 years. Source: Flight International
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Fokker
Eelco Wagner has been appointed vice-president for marketing and sales for North America at Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He also becomes president of Fokker Aircraft USA, where he succeeds Maarten van Eeghen, who has joined Dutch Railways. Wagner was formerly vice-president for customer support. Bert Wilschut, ...
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Bristow
Capt. Tony Jones has been appointed regional director, for the UK and Europe at UK helicopter company Bristow, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Jones, who is now general manager for Scotland and who will continue to be based at the Aberdeen headquarters, succeeds John Odlin, who is to retire. ...
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Atlantic
Ben Waide has become chairman, chief executive and director of service company, Atlantic Aviation, of Wilmington, Delaware, replacing Stockton Smith, who has resigned. Waide was most recently chief operating officer of a strategic business unit for DuPont, having been director of that company's corporate-aviation department. Source: Flight International
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BAA
UK airports operator BAA has appointed Andrew Jurenko chief executive for Australia Pacific Airports, the new consortium formed between BAA and two Australian financial institutions to contend for the forthcoming sale of Australia's airports. Jurenko, who will be based in Sydney, will be replaced as managing director of BAA Pacific, ...
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Qantas
Australian national airline Qantas is to reshuffle its senior-level domestic and international operations management from 1 December. Gordon Howlett, executive general manager for international operations, will become executive general manager for national operations. Colin Hughes, group general manager for national operations, will become group general manager for international operations. Howlett ...
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Are low fares, just pie in the sky?
Sir - The question of fare levels - in which the public should take a great interest - is an important issue. There is talk about a "low-fare philosophy" and Ryan Air is operating to Glasgow, the second-densest route in Europe, at fares lower than those established for ...
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Engineers of many talents wanted
Sir - I have purposely waited to write this letter, so that I can ask the gentleman in charge of appointments at Airbus Industrie whether he has filled the advertised avionics-engineer position (Flight International, 23-29 August, P53). The advertisement includes the statement: "Candidates must be fluent in French, ...
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Alcatel satellites
US company WorldSpace has raised $650 million capital to purchase three communications satellites from Alcatel Espace to provide worldwide digital radio programming. The satellites will be launched in 1998-9. Source: Flight International
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Peruvian A300
ING Aviation Lease of the Netherlands has leased an ex-Continental Airbus A300B4 to Peru's Faucett Airlines. ING has previously leased three A300s to Faucett, two of which are sub-leased to APA Airlines of the Dominican Republic. Source: Flight International
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Freighter lease
Atlas Air is to operate a fourth Boeing 747-200 freighter on behalf of Taiwan's China Airlines under a new five-year agreement. Golden, Colorado-based Atlas began operating for China Airlines early in 1993. Source: Flight International
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Burlington expands
US cargo carrier Burlington Air Express took over Roadway Global Air's domestic fast-package business on 20 November following Roadway Services' decision to discontinue air-freight operations. Burlington will acquire Roadway's San Jose, California, operation and will use an additional aircraft to handle the extra 182,000kg/day of cargo. Source: Flight ...
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Amphibian start-up
New Middle East regional carrier City Link plans to begin downtown-to-downtown services between Abu Dhabi and Dubai by the end of the year, using two float-equipped Cessna Caravan turboprop singles. Three new Caravan amphibians are on order for delivery in 1996. Source: Flight International
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Price drop
Northrop Grumman has signed a $2.4 billion agreement with McDonnell Douglas, guaranteeing a 35% reduction in the cost of components produced by its Vought operation for the next 80 C-17 military air transports. The company produces the engine nacelles, tail sections and aerial-refueling panels. Source: Flight ...
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Hawaiian defers
Hawaiian Airlines has deferred to 9 December $7.1 million in McDonnell Douglas DC-10 maintenance and lease payments to American Airlines, to allow more time to negotiate a capital infusion from a private investor group. A letter of intent signed with the group expires on 8 December. ...
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Marconi plant sale
Canadian Marconi, reducing its manufacturing capacity, has sold its Cornwall, Ontario, factory to United Tri-Tech, which offers build-to- print services to the electronics industry. Source: Flight International
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OSC completes
Orbital Sciences (OSC) has completed its stock-swap acquisition of Canada's MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, a leading supplier of commercial space remote-sensing ground-stations. Source: Flight International