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Plane handling/air transat
Seen, left to right, are Richard Meakes, manager of operations for UK company Plane Handling, of Feltham, Middlesex; Mark Bright, general manager for Air Cargo Partners, representing Air Transat cargo sales in the south of England; and Pat Heslop, general manager for Plane Handling. Plane Handling will undertake cargo-handling activities ...
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Northrop
William Brackney has been appointed vice-president for business operations and Wylie Smith vice-president for finance at the Electronic Sensors and Systems division of Northrop Grumman, of Los Angeles, California. They will be based at Baltimore, Maryland. Brackney, most recently vice-president for business management on the B-2 bomber programme, joined the ...
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Messier-Dowty
Messier-Dowty International, the landing-gear joint venture of TI Group of the UK and Snecma of France, has appointed Jean-Luc Engerand engineering and quality director. He replaces Jacques Veau, who is to retire. Source: Flight International
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American West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has named Ron Cole vice-president of sales. He was formerly vice-president of marketing sales at Reno Air and, before that, served for 21 years with American Airlines. Source: Flight International
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JcAIR
Steve Wilson has been appointed president and general manager of BFGoodrich Aerospace's test-equipment supplier, JcAIR Test Systems division of New Century, Kansas. He was vice-president of sales and marketing at BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Source: Flight International
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P&W
Engine manufacturer United Technologies Pratt & Whitney, of East Hartford, Connecticut, has named James Taiclet vice-president for military after-sales service. Taiclet, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and a former Lockheed C-141 flight-examiner pilot, will be based in San Antonio, Texas. Source: Flight International
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Nepal invite
The Nepalese Government has invited the country's fast-growing domestic-airline industry to submit proposals for new international flights. Source: Flight International
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Delta tie-up
Delta Air Lines, Austrian and Malev Hungarian Airlines have begun code-share/blocked-space service on Delta's daily Boeing 767 flights between Atlanta, Vienna and Budapest. Source: Flight International
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Codeshare deal
Continental Airlines and World Airways plan to begin code sharing from early June on World's flights from New York Newark to Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Dublin and Shannon. Source: Flight International
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Small-aircraft owners catch on to self-fuelling
PERRY MAINTENANCE has purchased self-service-refuelling specialist Cornerstone and formed a new division, Perry Aviation Refueling (PAR). Fuel supplier Air BP, meanwhile, has launched a self-service aviation fuel card, which customers will be able to use at selected fixed-base operators (FBOs). Indiana-based PAR says that self-service refuelling at FBOs ...
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GATX seeks approval for 747F modification
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GATX/AIRLOG HOPES to gain US Federal Aviation Administration approval for a modification to its Boeing 747 freighter conversion by mid-1996. An initial attempt to obtain relief with an airworthiness directive (AD) limiting gross weight failed, and the company is conducting additional structural analysis. ...
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Star in the ascent
TURKISH AD HOC cargo carrier Star Airways is preparing to enter the passenger business in June according to Jaime Baldwin, Star Airways' deputy general manager for legal and regulatory affairs. Initial operations will provide inclusive-tour charters from Europe to Turkey and Northern Cyprus, using yet-to-be specified narrow-bodies, probably ...
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30-seat regional jets?
Interest in the potential for a 30-seat regional jet appears to be gaining ground among aerospace manufacturers, with some having signed up for a syndicated study into the market being carried out by UK consultancy Meridian International. The study, due to be released in September, will look at airline demand ...
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Lockheed Martin wins top DoD spot
THE MERGED Lockheed Martin has finally overtaken McDonnell Douglas (MDC) as the Pentagon's largest defence contractor, winning $10.5 billion-worth of US military contracts during fiscal year 1995. MDC lost its long-standing lead with only $8 billion. Lockheed Martin took nearly 9% of the contract awards, which totalled $118 ...