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Indian upgrade
The Indian air force is considering upgrading about 60 of its early-model Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters now in service. The move comes as Russia prepares to deliver the last two of 16 new aircraft to India on 16 December. Source: Flight International
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Dominating ducting
Avica, part of Meggitt Aerospace Components, has been awarded a £6 million ($9.3 million) contract to supply secondary power and environmental-control-system ducting for the Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter. Source: Flight International
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Greek start-up
Greece's newest private airline, Skybus, started operations on 15 November with three daily flights between Athens and Thessaloniki, using Venus Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82s until it obtains its own air operator's certificate. The airline is evaluating the MD-82 and Boeing 737 for its fleet acquisition. Source: ...
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Sunways expands
Sunways Airlines, the Swedish holiday-charter carrier, has signed a long-term lease agreement with Air Belgium for one 757, bringing its leased fleet to three of the Boeing twin-engined jet. It will be used on the airline's expanding inclusive-tour operations from March 1996. Source: Flight International
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Booking cyberseat
British Midland will be the first airline to provide a reservations booking service with payment on the Internet. To be known as CyberSeat, the service enables travellers to specify a chosen route, date of travel and the number of seats required, and to make payment by credit card. Personal information ...
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Destination London
Sempati Air Transport of Indonesia is seeking permission to launch a non-stop direct service between the resort island of Bali and London. The airline hopes to begin its Denpasar-Heathrow service by late 1997 or early 1998, using either long-range Airbus Industrie A340s or Boeing 777s. Until now, Sempati has been ...
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Shannon schedule
Air Bristol associate AB Shannon is to inaugurate a twice-daily scheduled passenger service between Shannon and London Gatwick on 7 December, using a 104-seat BAC One-Eleven on lease from European Aviation. The new service is being supported by Irish airport operator Aer Rianta, and will improve UK/Irish links. ...
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Canadian transfer
Canadian Airlines subsidiary Canadian North is to transfer its northern Quebec services to regional partner Inter-Canadien in late January 1996. Source: Flight International
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Maintenance support
AirTran Airways has signed a letter of intent to acquire defunct Page Avjet's Orlando, Florida, maintenance hangar, to support its fleet of eight Boeing 737-200s. The Orlando-based airline plans to occupy the hangar in January 1996. Source: Flight International
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Lucas
Tim Score has been appointed group controller at international automotive and aerospace systems supplier Lucas Industries, of Solihull, West Midlands, UK, with effect from January 1996. He has been group financial controller at industrial manufacturing group BTR. Score will report to finance director John Grant. Source: ...
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Safety comparisons with US record should be balanced
Sir - The article "Hull-loss accident rate climbing" (Flight International, 22-28 November, P22) calls for a response. It is correct to use the USA as a benchmark to trace the evolution of the frequency of this type of accident. The USA has been, and still is, a leader ...
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Psychologists: analyse thyselves
Sir - Experienced pilots applying for airline jobs are required to take an increasing number of psychological tests, but are these relevant to the job of flying an aircraft safely and efficiently? Do psychologists take their own tests to select themselves for jobs? As an established airline captain ...
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Is there an 'anti-poaching' scheme?
Sir - I believe that there are in existence "anti-poaching" agreements between some airlines whereby, when the imminent big recruitment drive comes, pilots will be prevented from getting better jobs with bigger airlines. This would be illegal, since it would restrict civil liberties, and managers involved in such ...
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Lockheed
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Sector has merged its Aircraft Services company (LMAS), based in Ontario, Canada, with its Skunk Works (LMSW) subsidiary in Palmdale, California, under LMSW president Jack Gordon. The modification and maintenance activities of LMAS will become a division of LMSW under Art Schuetz, vice-president and general manager of ...
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ICAO
Dr Assad Kotaite has been re-elected president of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the United Nations aviation-safety agency, his eighth consecutive three-year term. He has held the position since 1977. Before that, he was ICAO secretary-general for seven years. Source: Flight International
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E&S
Graphics, visual-systems and simulation company Evans & Sutherland (E&S) of Salt Lake City, Utah, has appointed John Lemley vice-president and chief financial officer, replacing Gary Meredith, who is promoted to senior vice-president. Lemley was formerly senior vice-president and chief financial officer with computer-electronics company Megahertz, also of Salt Lake City. ...
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FSI
Keith McGann has been appointed to the newly created position of manager for the maintenance resource-management programme at FlightSafety International (FSI) of New Jersey. He was formerly maintenance training services marketing representative. John Pum becomes regional marketing manager for the south-western region and has established a new office at Ontario ...
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Simuflite
SimuFlite Training International, of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, has promoted Bill Wilhelmi, manager of advanced programmes, to senior manager of marketing and business development. Mark Malkosky has been appointed manager of maintenance training. Malkosky has been with the pilot-training company for three years, most recently as supervisor of maintenance ...
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Flight Directors
Jon Thompson has joined Flight Directors of Crawley, UK, as general-aviation manager within the charter-sales team, where he will concentrate on the conference/ incentive and executive-aviation markets. He comes to the company from Air Charter UK. Source: Flight International
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Les Wilson
Les Wilson, managing director of Bristol Airport, Avon, in the UK, died in a car crash on 27 November. He was deputy managing director at London Luton Airport before joining Bristol in 1980. A previous past chairman of the Airport Operators Association, he was awarded an OBE in the 1995 ...