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Noise challenge
The International Air Transport Association is to seek a judicial review of new noise limits set to be imposed at London's three main airports from 1 January (Flight International, 4-10 September, P4). The organisation says that it has had to take a "rare and reluctant step", following the failure of ...
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Turkey kills Cobra
Turkey has abandoned plans to purchase an additional ten Bell Helicopter AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters from the US Department of Defense. Concluding the acquisition had been hampered by US politicians concerned that the helicopters might be used against Kurdish "rebels" in the south-east of the country. Turkey's pulling out of ...
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Delta Drops MDC
Delta has decided not to short-list McDonnell Douglas as a candidate to supply up to 27 widebodied aircraft, which will partially replace its fleet of 50 Lockheed TriStars. The choice now lies between Airbus Industrie and Boeing, with the A330/ A340 and Boeing 777 and a new version of the ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Pratt &Whitney have appointed Louis Chênevert executive vice-president of operations. He succeeds Mark Coran, who will retire early in 1997. Chênevert is now vice-president and will take over the management of material planning and manufacturing for all of P&W's large commercial and military engines. Source: Flight International
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Dragonair
Dragonair has appointed Stanley Hui as chief executive from 1 February, 1997. He is now seconded by Cathay Pacific Airways to Air Hong Kong as its chief operating officer. Hui replaces Philip Chen, who will return to Cathay to replace Simon Heale as deputy managing director from March 1997. Heale ...
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AAC
The Association of Airline Consolidators has elected Ken McLeod as chairman. He replaces David Mortimer who becomes deputy chair. McLeod spent 12 years in the consolidation market where, as head of product and planning for Airsavers, he liaised with more than 80 airlines. Source: Flight International
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Duncan
Jeff Manion and Tim Klenke have joined Duncan Aviation's Airframe Service Sales groups as service sales representatives. Manion will support Hawker and Falcon operators. Klenke will work with Cessna Citation, Israel Aircraft Industries Astra/ Westwind and turboprop operators. Source: Flight International
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BAAS
British Aerospace Aviation Services has appointed Robin Loader (above) business director for Airbus maintenance, responsible for marketing, maintenance labour sales and business development; Paul Jones, director operations, responsible for maintenance and conversion production at Filton; and Stuart Schofield, director of technical services and sales. Source: Flight ...
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Pace agreement
Pace Airline Services has signed a new agreement to continue representing Ryanair Cargo from January 1997. Above, (left to right): Tim Jeans commercial director, Ryanair; Darach Boylan, director, Pace Ireland; and Malcolm Warner, managing director Pace, celebrate the signing. Under the new agreement, Pace has purchased all of the available ...
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Let manufacturers make the checks
Sir - With reference to your editorial and items about recent accidents and poor crew standards ("Admit it", Flight International, 13-19 November, P3,14, 30 and 31) why not build into the aircraft-operating system the facility for the aircraft manufacturer to make checks? During the pre-flight checklist, the aircraft ...
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A simple matter of subtraction
So what exactly is all the fuss about? Will all computer systems simply stop functioning as the clock strikes midnight on 31 December 1999? Many won't, but the likelihood of at least some of them either failing or producing spurious data is very real. Peter de Jager, a ...
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How long can profits last
After a good 1995, US airlines are, with some exceptions, moving towards an even better profit picture this year. And well it should be. If not now, one would have to ask: When? As the year of the 10 per cent ticket-tax boost draws to a close, and ...
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ESOP reflects a united front
In his Dateline Washington column on United's Esop (Airline Business, October), Mead Jennings arrives at erroneous conclusions based on what can only be described as misinformation. Allow me to put the record straight. * United's Esop structure is unique in business history in that it contains a sunset ...
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Saddened by Sudan action
I am writing regarding your brief report on the death penalty against Sudan Airways ruled by the United Nations Security Council on 8 October (Airline Business, November). One can only be saddened to see that small third world airlines can actually vanish altogether through actions that are only possible against ...
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Aircraft news
TAP Air Portugal has ordered 18 Airbus A319s and taken an option on eight more, for delivery between December 1997 and June 2000, as part of its decision to become an all- Airbus operator. Cathay Pacific is ordering three more A340-300s. Dragonair will purchase two A320s, with options on five ...
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Suppliers
Rolls-Royce's Trent 800 now has Federal Aviation Administration approval for 180-minute extended-range operations on the B777. Shannon Aerospace is carrying out a heavy maintenance programme on Avianca's 11 MD-83s. UNC's manufacturing division has acquired the assets of aircraft component manufacturer Stearns Company. Galileo International ...
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Appointments
Anthony Herron has been appointed finance director of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Federal Express has elected Paul Walsh to its board of directors, replacing Anthony Bryan, who is to retire. David Svatos of Trans World Airlines has been elected president of the World Airline Entertainment ...