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Alitalia gets by without Fokkers
Sir - I refer to the article "Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s" (Flight International, 12-18 February, P18). The original order which was placed by Alitalia for Fokker 70s has fallen through because of the well-known bankruptcy of the manufacturer. Fokker was able to deliver only five regional ...
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RAF photographic competition
Royal Air Force Sgt Rick Brewell has won the Flight International air-to-air category of the 1997 RAFPublic Relations Photographic Competition (the winning picture is on the cover of our 19-25 February issue). Douglas Barrie, Defence Aviation Editor, congratulates him. Source: Flight International
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Remote control - Deep Space 1's computer is the nearest thing yet to HAL, the computer star of the famous movie 2001.
NASA is preparing, it says, the "most advanced spacecraft advanced-intelligence software yet developed", for launch aboard its Deep Space 1 (DS1) spacecraft. The computer is the nearest thing yet to HAL 9000, the computer featured in the landmark science-fiction story, 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in 1968 by Arthur C ...
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R-R is buoyant on future growth
Rolls-Royce has rounded off an upbeat round of financial results from the world's main aero-engine suppliers with a steady performance from its aerospace division, and the promise of further growth this year. Sales from the R-R aerospace division climbed by nearly one-quarter in 1996 to come close to ...
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Low-cost carriers lose out in Haneda Airport slot lottery
Japan's major existing airlines and the country's planned start-up carriers have all signalled their dissatisfaction with the transport ministry's allocation of 40 new slots at Tokyo's overcrowded Haneda Airport. The decision has done little to satisfy competing demands from Japan's three main carriers, and has dealt a major ...
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Irish lease company orders 12 new 737s
Irish lease-management company Pembroke Capital, of Dublin, has ordered 12 Boeing 737s valued at $504 million. The company, which was formed in November 1993 by ex-GPA employees, will take delivery of four 737-300s and eight -800s between June 1998 and April 1999. Pre-delivery financing for the order will ...
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Doganis re-opens subsidies argument
The controversial debate about whether government subsidies to European state airlines should be allowed under European Commission regulations has been re-opened by Professor Rigas Doganis, a former Olympic Airways chairman who is now head of the Air Transport Group at the UK's Cranfield University. Speaking during a lecture ...
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French figures show improvement as shake-up looms
As it prepares for its biggest shake-up since the Second World War, the French aerospace industry has revealed a significant improvement in performance for 1996, with sales growing by more than 7% and a similar improvement forecast for this year. The growth was led by airframe manufacturing, with ...
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Saudi eyes Fokker
Saudi prince, Al-Waleed bin Talal has emerged as the latest potential buyer for Fokker. His representatives met the bankrupt Dutch aircraft maker at the end of February. Source: Flight International
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Rich International retrieves FAA certificate
RICH INTERNATIONAL Airways has been re-awarded its air-carrier certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration, but the carrier still awaits authorisation from the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to restart charter flights. The Miami-based operator was grounded by the FAA in September 1996 after a safety audit uncovered ...
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TNT looks at large freighters
TNT Express Worldwide is aiming to introduce its first large freighter aircraft in 1998, if a strategic analysis of the market which it is now undertaking concludes that such a move is required. The express-parcel company, acquired by Dutch postal company KPN late in 1995, is timing the ...
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IFALPA sparks row over use of TCAS in RVSM airspace
T he International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) has sharply criticised the UK Civil Aviation Authority for issuing guidelines which IFALPA claims effectively "-advise or encourage" pilots to disregard traffic-alert and collision-avoidance-system II(TCAS II)resolution advisories (RAs). The CAA guide lines, issued on 25 February, cover operation ...
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SAA prepares for privatisation with management restructure
South African Airways (SAA) is undergoing a management restructuring, as part of its move towards privatisation. Talks have been under way for several weeks between SAA, its parent company, Transnet, and the trade unions, which are understood to have produced broad agreement on the main issues involved. "The ...
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DeutscheBA
David Noyes has been appointed regional director for the UK, Africa and the Middle East at British Airways. He succeeds George Cooper, who became regional director for Europe in early February. Martin George is named marketing director, having held senior posts in the airline's UK and Ireland sales. Source: ...
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Sabre manages yields
Sabre manages yields Hawaiian Airlines is to implement Sabre Decision Technologies' Airmax automated yield-management system to optimise the allocation of seats and pricing flight-by-flight and increase revenues. Source: Flight International
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Air Canada
Air Canada saw profits more than double in 1996 and reports that its international services accounted for more than half of passenger sales for the first time. The airline's net profit hit C$149 million ($110 million) was helped by a further C$72 million gain on the sale of its stake ...
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Kuwait Rebuilds
Losses at Kuwait Airways (KAC)reached $100 million in the last financial year to June 1996, as the airline continues to repair the damage to fleet and infrastructure caused by the Iraqi invasion of 1990-1. KAC chairman Ahmed al Mishari says that the true costs of the invasion "-are not yet ...
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Who wants to work that long?
Sir - I have followed with interest the discussion about retirement age for pilots. What I find difficult to understand is why someone would want to work to the ages suggested. Firstly, evidence indicates that life expectancy is significantly reduced as one extends a career beyond 60 (or ...
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Pilot's JAR-FCL: agreement needed
Sir - Mr Payton's letter "Delaying JAR-FCL is not feasible" (Flight International, 15-21 January, P44) leads one to believe that the new licensing system is agreed and that it merely requires conformity by a certain date. The 26 member states of the European Joint Aviation Authorities have yet ...