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Sempati president makes restructuring case
Sempati Air's recently appointed president, Santun Nainggolan, is warning that the Indonesian regional carrier's financial problems will get worse, unless the company is restructured and jobs shed. Nainggolan has compared Indonesia's largest private airline to an "overloaded boat" in danger of sinking if action is not taken to ...
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P&W and SIA sign engine-overhaul agreement
Pratt & Whitney has signed a preliminary agreement to invest in Singapore Airlines' (SIA) engine service-and-overhaul capability and develop it as a regional joint-venture business. Under the memorandum signed, P&W plans to take a 51% stake in the joint venture, with SIA's engineering subsidiary holding the rest. The ...
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Western Pacific and Frontier plan low-fare marriage
The two Colorado-based independent carriers, Western Pacific Airlines (Westpac) and Frontier Airlines, have announced plans to merge and form one of the largest low-fare operators in the USA after Southwest Airlines. The two airlines lost $21 million between them in the first quarter of 1997 and hope to ...
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Coping with interference
Sir - I read with interest Capt Mark Zucal's letter "Electromagnetic hazards" (Flight International, 18-24 June, P68). These are now known as "PEDs" (personal electronic devices). I am involved in this, not with compact-disc (CD) players, but, more importantly, with medical equipment and work along with operators, manufacturers ...
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Hughes
David Pope has become president of International Airspace Management Systems, a new business area within Hughes Aircraft's Information Systems, based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. He was formerly vice-president of Command and Control Systems, of Fullerton, California, a division of Hughes Information Technology Systems. Source: Flight ...
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Litton
Michael Gering has become president of Woodland Hills, California-based Litton Industries' Amecom division, of College Park, Maryland, which develops systems for electronic warfare, air-traffic control and space operations. Gering was most recently vice-president and general manager. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce
Paul Heiden has been appointed an executive director of UK aero-engine company Rolls-Royce from 1 July, when he becomes managing director of the Industrial Power Group. Heiden, now finance director of the Aerospace Group, succeeds Richard Maudslay, who has resigned as an executive director. John Rivers, now personnel director of ...
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Reed Aerospace
Changes have taken place within Reed Aerospace with the creation of Reed Aerospace's on-line news service, Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). Kieran Daly, formerly Flight International Newsletters editor, has become ATI on-line editor. He has been replaced on Newsletters by Emma Kelly, previously editor of Inmarsat's Aeronautical Satellite News. New ATI ...
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Aviall spares
Aviall has been appointed the sole worldwide after-market distributor for Allison 250 turbine-engine replacement parts produced by Extex, which acquired Superior Turbine, the leading independent developer of Allison 250 spares, in 1996. Source: Flight International
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ABSC brakes horizon
Aircraft Braking Systems (ABSC) has been selected to supply the braking system for Raytheon Aircraft's Hawker Horizon business jet. ABSC will supply tyres, wheels, carbon brakes and the brake-by-wire system. Messier-Dowty is supplying the landing gear. Source: Flight International
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Cabin deal
French maintenance company Sogerma is to supply Sabena with cabin interiors for its long-range fleet. It will also equip the aircraft with satellite communications and reporting systems. A deal has also been signed with Airbus for conversion of three A330-300s previously owned by Air Inter Europe. Completion is set for ...
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CASA selects Meggitt
Meggitt Aerospace, of the UK, has been awarded a contract to supply the bleed-air ducting system for the engine-nacelle interface of CASA's new C-295 military-transport aircraft. The new aircraft will be powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127G turboprops. Source: Flight International
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China A320 installed
An Airbus A320 simulator, produced by Thomson Training &Simulation, has been installed in a new training and support centre near Beijing Airport, established by Airbus and China Aviation Supplies. An A340 simulator is due to be operational before the end of the year. Source: Flight International
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SimuFlite upgrades
SimuFlite Training International has upgraded its Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas-based Bombardier Canadair Challenger 601-3A/3R and Raytheon Hawker 800/1000 simulators with Honeywell's NZ-2000 navigation-management computer. Source: Flight International
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Falcons fly for longer
Dassault Aviation has extended the B-check maintenance interval on its Falcon 50 business jet from 1,200h to 1,500h, with a similar extension planned for the Falcon 900 in July. The Falcon 2000 already has a 1,500h B-check interval. Source: Flight International
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USN pursues Nile
The US Navy has awarded Logicon's Tactical Systems division $14 million to continue development of the NATO Improved Link Eleven (NILE) digital datalink system. This contract phase will develop common specifications, according to the USN. Link 11 is the standard naval-communications datalink among NATO nations. It is used to provide ...
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Ocean surveillance
Thomson-CSF is to supply a further three of its Ocean Master maritime-surveillance radars to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force. The radars will equip its Shinmaywa USA1 search-and-rescue amphibian aircraft, the latest orders coinciding with the delivery of the first system of the initial batch, ordered 13 months ago. Thomson-CSF says ...
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Osprey upgrade
Hughes Training has received a $13 million US Navy contract to upgrade the existing Bell Boeing MV-22 operational flight trainer and cockpit-procedures trainer, to match the Osprey tilt-rotor's latest cockpit configuration. The original simulators, built by Hughes Aircraft, were delivered to the US Marine Corps in 1996. The engineering and ...
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Air Canada sells NWT
Air Canada has sold its NWT Air regional subsidiary which provides passenger and cargo services to Northern Canada. The regional carrier has been acquired by First Air, another operator in the region. The operations will eventually be combined, although initially it will continue to operate under the NWT banner. Air ...