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    Pilots rage against PAL

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The acrimonious pilots dispute at Philippine Airlines (PAL) is about to spill over into the Filipino Supreme Court as the legal mudslinging between sacked pilots and the airline hots up. The Airline Pilots Association of the Philippines (ALPAP) is suing PAL, accusing it of an illegal lockout. More than ...

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    Asians clean up house

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    In hard times, heads roll. Sometimes leaders step aside voluntarily, as in the case of Japan Airlines' president Akira Kondo and chairman Susumu Yamaji. But purges at China Airlines (CAL) and Garuda Indonesia are part of major housecleaning efforts. In a dramatic move to distance China Airlines from its ...

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    Losses: What losses?

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The airline industry is renowned, with few exceptions, for its poor returns. Indeed, airlines as a group actually destroyed value between 1992 and 1997, achieving a feeble 6 per cent return on invested capital - at least three percentage points below the 9 to 10 per cent cost of capital ...

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    SAA chief plans repairs

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    South African Airways' new US chief executive is promising a complete overhaul and believes alliances and privatisation will have to wait until the airline is in better shape. Coleman Andrews, former CEO of World Airways, has been given a four-year contract with a mandate to restore the South African ...

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    Policy stirs Tata's hopes

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    With the announcement of a new aviation policy by the right-wing Indian government, the civil aviation ministry has reopened the Tata Airlines file. Tata proposes that foreign institutional investors pay Rs 2.78 billion (US$65.5 million) for a 40 per cent equity stake in the airline, leaving Tata Industries with ...

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    Thai unties foreign knot

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    One year since the flotation of the Thai baht sparked the Asian meltdown, the Thai government has amended the country's 1954 Aviation Act to allow foreigners to control up to 49 per cent of Thai Airways. According to transport and communications minister Suthep Thuagsuban, the move is proof of ...

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    Japan's economy faces overhaul

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Japan is facing a crisis of historical proportions. The dramatic fall in the value of the yen and the long-term decline in the value of the companies which make up the Nikkei stock market index are simply symptoms of far-reaching changes taking place in the way in which the country ...

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    Startups look to citizen McCain

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Last year it was the ticket tax; this year it's the Department of Transportation. The US majors have a new enemy in their gunsights and the atmosphere on Capitol Hill is bellicose once again. In 1997 the carriers that united in a campaign to abolish the 10 per cent ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Raytheon Aircraft

    1998-07-29T17:12:00Z

    RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT Manufacturer PWR Max TD WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E Beech ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing

    1998-07-29T16:47:00Z

    HARBIN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING (HAMC) Manufacturer PWR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E Y-12-II Turboprop utility ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Ilyushin

    1998-07-29T16:45:00Z

    ILYUSHIN   Manufacturer Max TD WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC Max WLE C P Il-76M Long-range transport 117.7kN 50.5 46.6 6,700 459kt ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: PZL-Warsaw

    1998-07-29T16:43:00Z

    PZL-WARSAW Manufacturer PWR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC C Max WLE E CR Max PNR TC-1 PZL-130 ORLIK Trainer turboprop-powered 560kW 9.0 ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Gulfstream Aerospace

    1998-07-29T16:41:00Z

    GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC Max Pay. C P E Gulfstream IV/SRA-4 Special ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Galaxy Aerospace

    1998-07-29T16:36:00Z

    GALAXY AEROSPACE  Galaxy Aerospace, PO Box 657, Haslet, Texas 76052, USA: Tel:+1 817 837 3700; Fax:+1 817 837 3723  ASTRA SPX Two Israel Aircraft Industries Astra SPX business jets, designated C-38As,were delivered to the US Air National Guard in 1998 to replace C-21s (Learjet 35As). The USAF has options ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: PZL-Mielec

    1998-07-29T16:34:00Z

    PZL-MIELEC Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC C Max WLE E CR Max PNR I-22 Iryda M-96 ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC)

    1998-07-29T16:31:00Z

    PAKISTAN AERONAUTICAL COMPLEX (PAC) Kamara, District Attock, Pakistan; tel: +92 (51) 584 212; fax: +92 (51) 583 837 PAC and China's NAMC continue to produce the K-8 Karkoram jet trainer. Deliveries of the first six aircraft to the Chinese and Pakistani air force began in 1994, with all six delivered ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: CASA

    1998-07-29T16:29:00Z

    CASA   Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max Pay. Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Fokker

    1998-07-29T16:25:00Z

    FOKKER Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max WLE Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. P Max WLE E CR Max ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)

    1998-07-29T16:25:00Z

    HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS (HAL)     Manufacturer Max TD WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC C Kiran Mk.II Trainer turbofan/jet-powered 18.68kN 10.7 10.6 780 ...

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    Military Aircraft Directory: Pilatus Britten-Norman

    1998-07-29T16:23:00Z

    PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN (PB-N) Manufacturer PWR Max TD WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E BN2B-20 ...