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Kaman succession
Kaman has embarked on a search for a new chief executive to succeed company founder Charles Kaman, age 79. Kaman has asked the company's directors to begin looking for a new executive to take over the daily running of the $1 billion business. He will remain chairman, a position he ...
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Teaming up
FLS Aerospace has concluded the take-over of TEAM, the maintenance arm of Aer Lingus. The deal, which includes a 10-year maintenance contract with the Irish airline, means FLS Aerospace now has major hangar facilities at Stansted, Dublin, Gatwick, Manchester and Copenhagen. Source: Flight International
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Eritrea Fulcrums
Eritrea has acquired up to 10 MAPO MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters. Moldova is believed to have been the source of the aircraft. The fighters were the leftovers from a force inherited with the break-up of the Soviet Union. Up to 21 of the most airworthy were purchased by the US in ...
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More 717 wing work goes to Canadian plant
Boeing has extended 717 wing manufacturing at its Boeing Toronto site in Canada by another 50 shipsets, but insists the move does not imply the end of its links with Hyundai of South Korea, or its ongoing talks in China to find a second source for wing manufacture. "Boeing ...
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Marconi begins NG 737 head-up display tests
Marconi Avionics has begun flight testing the HUD 2020 head-up display for the Next Generation (NG) 737 on a leased 737-800 based at Mojave, California. The tests are aimed at achieving US Federal Aviation Administration certification in the first quarter of 1999, followed by immediate deliveries to Boeing for ...
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Air France plans image change
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta has launched a three-year programme to improve the airline's competitiveness and image as it prepares for a global alliance before the end of next year. A four-part plan has been unveiled to the workforce portraying Air France as an airline recognised ...
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Airports
-The UK Civil Aviation Authority has blocked a move by London Heathrow operator HAL to limit the number of suppliers of ground-handling services at the airport. HAL manages handling for ramp operations, baggage and cargo. At a recent public hearing the CAA decided there was not a sufficiently strong case ...
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Sabena shows new colours on A340
Sabena has applied a new corporate identity to the recently repaired Airbus A340-200 which was damaged after landing at Brussels in August after one of its main undercarriage legs collapsed. The airline, which is celebrating its 75th aniversary, has switched to a darker blue for its new image, which features ...
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Delta scales back Los Angeles operations
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines is scaling back services to Los Angeles by discontinuing its codeshare arrangements with SkyWest Airlines. At the same time it is strengthening its Asian presence with the signature of a co-operation deal with China Southern Airlines. The two companies have announced that ...
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Air Liberte franchise boosts Flandre Air jet expansion
French regional airline Flandre Air has teamed with Air Liberté in a franchise agreement that will add 22 routes and 18 aircraft to the British Airways subsidiary. The five-year deal, which is expected to take effect on 18 January, extends the code-sharing agreement between the two carriers, signed in ...
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GAMECO heads for mainland expansion
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance (GAMECO) is to open two new facilities in response to growing mainland Chinese demand for aircraft maintenance services. A new three-bay widebody hangar is to be built at Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, and land has been allocated for two more similar hangars to be built ...
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Kitty Hawk mulls exit from charter work
Kitty Hawk has parked one of two Boeing 747 passenger aircraft operated by its American International Airways (AIA) unit pending a decision about whether to sell the aircraft or convert it into a freighter. The decision leaves one 747-100 and two Lockheed L-1011 TriStars available for passenger charter customers, ...
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Marketplace
-Continental Airlines has placed a $75 million order with Rolls-Royce for RB211-535E4B engines to power five Boeing 757-200s. The 757s were ordered in 1997 and are due for delivery between December 1999 and June 2000. -American International Airways, a division of Kitty Hawk, has taken delivery of an ex-Middle East ...
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US DoT delays ruling on Northwest routes
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is delaying its investigation into whether the "virtual merger" of Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines constitutes a transfer of international routes to Northwest. The DoT gave the airlines a one-year exemption from a new law requiring DoT approval of foreign route transfers. It ...
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Olympic Airways beats path to alliance link
The search for a strategic partner for struggling Olympic Airways has become the central feature of a new restructuring plan now being implemented by the Greek national carrier. The government, aware that Olympic has been brushed aside in the airline industry's global consolidation programme, has propelled its search for ...
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Pylon crack
Boeing has amended its inspection procedures for Boeing 747 engine pylons after the discovery of serious fatigue cracking in a Cathay Pacific 747 pylon. The crack, in the number one engine pylon, was discovered during a post-flight inspection in December 1996. According to an incident report released by the Hong ...
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Qantas studies 747 classic fleet expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Qantas is evaluating Boeing 747 classic fleets being offered for sale with a view to boosting its own fleet of 747s by up to six aircraft at the end of next year. The airline is working on a business study which proposes the increase in 747 ...
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R-R aims to secure Trent fuel savings with 3-D compressor
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce is to introduce new compressor blade technology in two members of the Trent engine family, which it hopes will yield a significant reduction in fuel consumption. The blades - designed using three-dimensional aerodynamic (3-D aero) analysis software - will initially be used on the Trent ...
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Crane files lawsuit against BFGoodrich and Coltec in merger bid
BFGoodrich's agreement to acquire Coltec Industries has come under attack from US engineering concern Crane, which has filed a lawsuit against both companies in a bid to force Coltec to consider its merger offer. Stamford, Connecticut-based Crane says the lawsuit is intended to remove anti-takeover provisions in the Coltec/BFGoodrich ...
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Thomson-CSF consolidates divisions into one group
Thomson-CSF has consolidated its electronic warfare, airport detection and missiles electronics arms into a single group, Thomson-CSF Detexis. The merger results from the incorporation of Dassault Electronique into Thomson-CSF in June as part of the creation of a defence electronics group bringing in Alcatel and Aerospatiale's space division. Dassault ...