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Delta poised for antitrust
A decision on the antitrust immunity application for Delta Air Lines, Swissair, Austrian and Sabena could be hampered by a similar request from American and Canadian Airlines International. The US Department of Justice finished its analysis of the Delta proposal in early November, and the application is now ...
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Pay on-line
British Midland has become the first airline to offer a booking service with payment on the Internet, using encrypted Netscape software. Source: Airline Business
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Virgin draws US to Europe
In a powerful combination of UK entrepreneurial drive and US investment capital, Richard Branson and David Bonderman are teaming up to launch the first low-cost startup to strike at the heart of the European Union with substantial foreign ownership. Called Virgin Europe, the new carrier is expected to be based ...
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Love lost but at what cost
The row-turned-lawsuit between Northwest Airlines and codesharing partner KLM has both carriers asking a simple question: can the world's most successful alliance survive? The question comes as the US airline industry appears to be on the verge of a major restructuring, with or without a United Airlines-USAir merger. ...
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Airline news
SAS has launched a thrice weekly service from Copen-hagen to Poznan, the carrier's third Polish destination. Ansett Australia is to begin codesharing on seven existing Malaysia Airlines services and on a new Saturday service between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur via Melbourne. Meanwhile, Ansett has also entered ...
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Burning ambition
A towering inferno and pending Pentagon funding decisions place airship production on an uncertain course. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC OFFICIALS AT US lighter-than-air-dirigible manufacturer Westinghouse Airships hope to establish before the end of the year a firm flight-plan for future airship production. The previous business strategy ...
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Weight watchers
NASA engineers are searching for ways to increase the critical payload of the orbiter fleet. Tim Furniss/WASHINGTON DC THE SPACE SHUTTLE will not be seen as being a fully operational vehicle until about 1999 when it will have flown 100 missions, says Bryan O'Connor, a former Shuttle commander ...
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Swissair
Philippe Bruggisser, director-general of Swissair Participations (Gate Gourmet, Swissotel, Jack Maeder) will succeed Otto Loepfe as director-general of the Swissair Group on 1 January 1996. Following his appointment as president of the International Air Transport Association, Loepfe will concentrate his activity at Swissair on the development of co-operation with partner ...
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EU law hits Ryanair routes
Gunter Endres/LONDON IRISH NO-FRILLS AIRLINE Ryanair is being forced to offer only 50% of seats available on its flights between London Stansted and Prestwick in Scotland, until it obtains its own Aircraft Operating Certificate, or finds a UK airline which will operate the service on its behalf (Flight ...
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SAS profits soar
THE SAS group came close to doubling its pre-tax profits for the third quarter, despite the cost of the pilots' dispute in June, which resulted in a three-day lockout. SAS turned in profits of SKr1.1 billion ($167 million) for the quarter, overcoming an estimated SKr300 million loss from ...
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Competition rules
The SBAC is challenging UK aerospace to be more competitive. Forbes Mutch/LONDON THE LIGHTS are dimmed and a hundred figures settle back expectantly in their chairs. A message is illuminated on the screen above their heads: "Where there is no vision, the people perish." ...
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Loral tests virtual trainer
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LORAL HAS demonstrated a novel approach to deployable simulation, which would allow actual aircraft to be used for training in a virtual environment. Helmet-mounted cameras and displays are used to superimpose computer-generated outside-world scenes and instruments on to a video image of the cockpit. ...
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SR20 on schedule for 1997
CIRRUS DESIGN has flown the second prototype of its SR20 all-composite light aircraft. The company says that it remains on schedule for certification in early 1997. The aircraft was flown by Cirrus' new test pilot, former Space Shuttle commander Bob Overmyer, from the company's headquarters in Duluth, Minnesota. ...
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Cargo in control
Lufthansa Cargo achieved its long-sought independence at the start of 1995. The business has not looked back since. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON WILHELM ALTHEN, chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, is clearly a happy man. For the past two decades, he has campaigned for air cargo to be treated ...
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Australia: not out for compulsory GPS
Sir - After reading the article "Locator rule irks Australian AOPA" (Flight International, 8-14 November, P26), I ought to point out that the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) of Australia does not want a compulsory global-positioning system (GPS). What it does say is that the GPS has proved to ...
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Show time '96
Flight International's calendar of 1996 aerospace events and exhibitions. Compiled by Kate Sarsfield/LONDON IF THE 1996 Flight International trade-show calendar mirrors the state of the aviation market, it would be easy to conclude that the world recession in aerospace is finally over. With over 60 ...
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In the balance
Can India's Advanced Light Helicopter, survive in the international marketplace? Veena Singh/BANGALORE NOVEMBER WAS an important month for Indian aerospace. According to industry officials, one of the most significant projects for the Indian Government - the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) - finally showed signs of ...
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Shuttle platform used to test aircraft tyres
Karen Walker/LANGLEY A NASA TESTBED developed to simulate Space Shuttle takeoffs and landings has been used to assess the durability of radial tyres for wide body commercial aircraft. The successful tests are expected to speed up US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the tyres. NASA's ...
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Saab 340 wingtip extension introduced
THE FIRST TWO SAAB 340s featuring extended wingtips for improved "hot-and-high" performance have been delivered to Canadian regional carrier Calm Air. The first aircraft was originally delivered in late 1994, but was modified and re-delivered in October 1995. Calm Air received a second, brand-new, aircraft on 8 November. ...
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Rigid returns
Despite a troubled history, airship maker Zeppelin is making a comeback. Andrzej Jeziorski/FRIEDRICHSHAFEN IT SEEMS AS if, the golden age of rigid airships, is remembered by the general public, only in terms of romantic tragedy. The most enduring images are those of disasters such as the broken-backed ...