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Support in Gulf for FAA safety initiative
Karen Walker Senior US Federal Aviation Administration officials are in Dubai this week hoping to garner interest from Gulf aviation officials in a major demonstration programme that aims to improve civil aviation safety and efficiency. Flight 2000 will be a joint FAA and US industry effort ...
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DHL opens air express centre
Mark Hannant DHL Worldwide Express chose the eve of the show to inaugurate its $4-million Air Express Centre at Dubai International Airport. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation, unveiled a plaque to commemorate the occasion. ...
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Tyrolean opts for more Bombardier aircraft
Austrian regional airline Tyrolean Airways has placed a firm order for three 50-seat Dash 8Q Series 300 and one 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet Series 200B LR aircraft with Canada's Bombardier Regional Aircraft. The value of the order is approximately $65 million. Deliveries of the four aircraft will be ...
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Just LOOk at this attention to detail
Alan Peaford When you are spending $35 million on the most beautiful business aircraft in the skies today, you want to be sure that the manufacturer has concentrated on every little detail- down to the smallest cabin on the aircraft. And on the Gulfstream V, making ...
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Gulfstream is riding high on GV's successes
Karen Walker With 39 world and US national records to its name, the Gulfstream V is certain to attract attention at Dubai '97, where the aircraft is making its debut public appearance in the Middle East. Basking in the GV's spotlight will be Bill Boisture, the ...
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IBM layoffs coming?
IBM confirmed on Friday that it will lay off between 500 and 600 staff from its 20,000-strong North American sales and distribution force. Source: Flight Daily News
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Gates, Nader trade rhetoric
Microsoft magnate Bill Gates and consumer advocate Ralph Nader traded barbs Friday from 5,000km apart. At a shareholders' meeting in Seattle, Gates charged that a conference hosted by Nader to discuss Microsoft - along with the government's probe of Microsoft - amount to a "witch hunt" atmosphere that will help ...
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Loadmaster freighter starts to take shape
Alan Dron Metal is now being cut for the first components of the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster freighter, reports the company. It had been hoped to use Dubai '97 - the first time the company has attended the show - as the platform from which to announce ...
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Multi-billion airliner market is forecast
Middle East and North African airlines will buy 702 aircraft worth around $45 billion in the next 20 years, the latest Airbus Industrie (AI) market forecast indicates. Most of the aircraft - 413 - will be needed to meet market growth, while a further 289 will replace models ...
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Apache launched on French order
Tim Ripley France has finally placed a $250-million order for 100 Apache AP long-range stealthy cruise missiles, allowing work to begin on the industrialisation phase of the eight-year-old programme. The contract is a milestone in the programme, which will lead to the fielding of the first ...
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Battle continues in bid to win UAE fighter contract
Tim Ripley Fighter manufacturers from America, Britain and France are still locked in a multi-billion dollar dogfight to win an order for 80 strike aircraft from the United Arab Emirates Air Force. The contest, valued at $6-8 billion, has been going on for almost three years ...
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Dollar dips against yen
The dollar ended lower against the Japanese yen Friday. It fell from a seven-month high on talk that the Japanese government would create a massive bailout plan for its beleaguered banking system. The dollar rose against the German mark for the fourth straight day, ending at 1.7298 marks, up from ...
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Hershey sues rival candy makerHershey
Foods Corp is suing Mars Incorporated, one of its biggest rivals. Hershey lawyers claim that a new package design for a Mars product - peanut butter M&Ms - infringes on the brand identity of an established Hershey's product, Reese's Pieces. A Hershey spokesman says the M&M packaging is nearly identical ...
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Siemens buys Westinghouse unit
Westinghouse Electric has agreed to sell its power generation business to Siemens of Germany for $1.525 billion cash, as part of its plan to divest its industrial businesses. Westinghouse officials say the divestiture timetable has been pushed back about six months, but expect to complete the sell-off of non-media units ...
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Rolls-Royce for VW?
German newspapers are reporting that a Volkswagen bid for Rolls-Royce cars has been accepted by Vickers, the manufacturer's owner. Vickers officials have denied that any deal is complete and say that negotiations could take months rather than days. Source: Flight Daily News
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Wall Street recovery
Stocks powered ahead Friday as Wall Street celebrated the good news that wholesale inflation in the United Stateshas stayed almost the same in the last month. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 84.72 points, at 7,572.48. For the week, it fell 8.84 points. In the broader market, advances led by ...
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Fuel speed ahead
Air BP's 70-plus years' experience of supplying aviation fuels has gone into the new Sterling Card which officials claim is the most competitively-priced fuel card in the world. Aimed at corporate users, the card can be used to charge fuel and a range of non-fuel products including catering, ...
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Ethiopian decision
The Ethiopian air force is expected to decide soon on who will win a contract to upgrade its Mikoyan MiG-21 fleet. Israel Aircraft Industries and Elbit, as well as Rosvooruzheniye/Mig Mapo, are competing for the work. Source: Flight International
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SIA flies to Star position
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on bilateral co-operation shortly with Lufthansa, as an initial step to becoming a full member of the rapidly expanding Star Alliance. According to industry sources, the two airlines could sign an MoU on 24 November, although this could ...
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MMS wins $1 billion work on the Celestri
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has signed an agreement with Motorola which will result in an anticipated $1 billion contract to build 71 communications satellites for the US company's Celestri system. The Celestri satellites will be based on the MMS 3,000-4,000kg-class Eurostar 3000 spacecraft bus. A total of 70 ...