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NetJets medical
Executive Jet International has introduced Medlink Worldwide passenger care services as part of its NetJets business jet fractional ownership programme. Medlink will install emergency medical kits in all NetJets aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Jet dealership
Honeywell has awarded an avionics dealership to Jet Maintenance Singapore, a subsidiary of business aviation company Jet Aviation. The contract covers warranty and support services on the company's avionics. Source: Flight International
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NEA locates
Northern Executive Aviation (NEA) is relocating to a new business aviation terminal at Manchester Airport in the UK. The new £1.5 million ($2.5 million) building is to open in July and will include an aircraft hangar for NEA's fleet of three Learjet 35s and a business aviation centre. Source: ...
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Challenger sales
Bombardier has sold two Challenger 604 business jets to unnamed corporate operators in Argentina and Venezuela. This marks the first sale of the 604 corporate variant in Latin America for the Montreal, Canada-based manufacturer. Source: Flight International
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Vantage price hike
With orders for its Vantage single engined business jet now past the 100 aircraft mark, VisionAire has increased the price by almost 3%, to $1.8 million, with a second hike, to $1.85 million, planned for later this year. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream Charters
Gulfstream has launched a programme to facilitate chartering of its business jets. Gulfstream Charter Services will act as a clearing house for charter requests, connecting customers with operators in Europe and North America. Source: Flight International
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IMI holds Boeing talks
Israel Military Industries (IMI) and Boeing are negotiating the joint development of a new stand-off missile known as the Light Defender. The weapon, which is expected to have a range in excess of 400km (215nm), is a variant of the Israeli Delilah decoy. Delilah uses a turbofan engine developed in ...
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Aircraft News
United Airlines has ordered 20 Airbus A320s and 10 A319s for delivery in 2000-1. Business Express has ordered 20 Embraer RJ.135s plus 40 options, with deliveries starting in October 1999. SkyWest has ordered 20 EMB.120s plus 40 options, for delivery from March 1998. Trans States has ordered two ERJ.145s. ...
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Appointments
Keijo Suila has been appointed president and ceo of Finnair from 1 November. Delta Air Lines has promoted Fred Buttrell to vice president of operational planning, control and reliability. US Airways has made Terry Hall senior vice president finance and chief financial officer and Bruce Ashby senior vice ...
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Suppliers
Sabre and Abacus are to form a computer reservations joint venture for Asia-Pacific. Rolls-Royce is setting up a Singapore-based Trent engine overhaul joint venture with Singapore Airlines Engineering Co and Hong Kong Aero Engine Service Ltd (HAESL). British Airways is to equip 100 long-haul aircraft with the Rockwell ...
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New colour
Norwegian ferry operator Color Line is starting a low-cost, no-frills airline in August. Color Air will start flying from Oslo to key domestic destinations, and plans international routes later. Initial fleet will be two B737-300s operated by Air Foyle. Source: Airline Business
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BA Rring tickets
The Hong Kong Board of Airline Representatives is taking a 'harsh view' of passengers who violate air traffic regulations by flying from Hong Kong to Bangkok and other Asian hubs to buy cheaper tickets to Europe. The Hong Kong Travel Industry Corporation will impose penalties on travel agents who ...
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New aero space
Aerospatiale plans to restructure during the second half of 1998 by spinning off its activities as subsidiaries to be organised into two sectors, aircraft and space and defence. Source: Airline Business
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Eagle's O'Hares RJs
American Eagle will launch its first regional jet service on 15 May between Chicago's O'Hare International and Cleveland and Cincinnati in Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The regional affiliate of American Airlines will replace turboprop aircraft now used to cover the routes with the 50-seat Embraer RJ-145. The airline will take ...
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Delta's finance chief
Leo Mullin, Delta's president and chief executive, has snubbed industry veterans in making his first senior level pick. Mullin, who himself had no airline experience, has hired Warren Jenson, the current financial chief at a major US television network, to become Delta's chief financial officer. Mullin cited the former accountant's ...
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DOT rules OK
The US Department of Transportation's new policy document for anticompetitive behaviour was due to be published in March. The document gives the DOT more armour to act against major carriers which use tactics such as capacity dumping against startups. Source: Airline Business
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Iberia invests
Iberia raised its 33 per cent stake in Aviaco to 100 per cent at a cost of $117 million. Ground staff at Aviaco agreed in March to an 8.5 per cent pay cut in return for maintaining current manning levels. Source: Airline Business
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BA Finnish links
British Airways and Finnair were to start codesharing on 15 services from London/Heathrow and Gatwick to Helsinki and Stockholm on 29 March, and from Manchester to Stockholm and Helsinki from 2 May. Deutsche BA will join the codeshare this summer. Finnair was to codeshare with BApartner LOT from 29 March ...
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Suicidal crash?
Last December's SilkAir crash in Indonesia may have been caused by a suicidal pilot. The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder stopped working before the crash. Investigators are considering whether one pilot may have turned them off. Source: Airline Business
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Peruvian SAR
Heli-Dyne Systems is equipping two Bell 412EPs for shipborne search and rescue (SAR) duties with the Peruvian navy, which already operates two Bell 230s similarly equipped by the Hurst, Texas, company. Source: Flight International