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Pacific links spur on talks
In an attempt to flout the stalled US-Japan aviation relationship, airlines from the two countries are forming partnerships that could make alliance-building the issue that forces bilateral liberalisation. It is Delta Air Lines' proposed codesharing alliance with All Nippon Airlines, announced at the start of August, that is ...
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Delta plans another rejig
Delta Air Lines is to restructure its network by leaving five international markets, diminishing its Dallas-Fort Worth hub further, building up the importance of Cincinnati, and transferring more routes to regional airlines. The realignment is part of a continuing effort to maximise the profitable elements of Delta's network ...
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Open Caribbean
Caricom, the grouping of 12 Caribbean nations, is expected to finalise an open skies agreement by September. The original plan was agreed to at the end of June, but was delayed by problems over Montserrat's status as a UK colony. The agreement, which excludes Jamaica, affects carriers in the eastern ...
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EC to act on Nordic link
The European Commission has set out the conditions it will impose before approving the proposed alliance of Lufthansa and SAS, while Transwede and Finnair are putting on a brave face about the prospect of a northern European giant operating in their backyard. The Commission has notified Lufthansa and ...
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. . as Sabena deal gets OK
The European Commission's conditions imposed in clearing Swissair's 49.5 per cent stake in Sabena may yet boost Belgium's private carriers but other European airlines seem less inclined to challenge the incumbents. The deal, cleared in late July, will see Swissair pay BFr6 billion ($212 million) for slightly under ...
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Pemco
Gen Thomas Richards (US Air Force, retired) has been elected to the board of maintenance and modifying company Precision Standard in Birmingham, Alabama. He replaces Adm Wesley McDonald who retired in May. Richards is also an international aviation and defence consultant and holds corporate directorships. John Zubeckis becomes president and ...
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Reflectone
Reflectone of Tampa, Florida, has appointed two new directors, Syd Gillibrand and David Fish, who will serve on the board until May 1996 as British Aerospace designated representatives. Fish is the finance director of the Systems and Services Division of BAe. Gillibrand is an advisor to BAe and was until ...
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CAA
Malcolm Argent has been appointed deputy chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority for three years. One of his roles will be chairing the committee responsible for national air traffic services (NATS). Argent spent the last 13 years at BT, where he remains a non-executive director, and before that was ...
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Avatar
Avatar Alliance of Stratford, Connecticut, has appointed several senior executives. Michael Moore is vice-president marketing, sales and service; Rawleigh Tremain is vice-president, Atlanta operations; and Frederic Smith has been named vice-president of human resources. The three will initially be based at Avatar's Atlanta, Georgia, operations centre. ...
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GB Airways
GB Airways, a British Airways franchise operator, has promoted Anne Davies to deputy cabin services manager for the airline. For the last five years she has been a cabin service co-ordinator. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
Maureen Cultra has been named BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems' new sales administrator for the Grand Rapids, Michigan company's Business and General Aviation Sales Group. Cultra is a flight instructor with more than 800h flying time. Source: Flight International
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Sepcarb success
Lufthansa has selected Messier-Bugatti's new-generation Sepcarb III carbon brakes for its recently ordered fleet of 20 Airbus A319s, plus 20 options. The German flag carrier is also considering replacing the early-generation carbon brakes fitted to its A320s, and the steel brakes on its A321s with Sepcarb IIIs. ...
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European deal for Pemco
Pemco World Air Service's Copenhagen, Denmark, base has won a two-year contract to provide technical support, including component maintenance, for Brussels-based European Air Transport's fleet of Boeing 727-100/200 freighters. Source: Flight International
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Delta repairs PW4060s
Delta Air Lines has signed a contract, potentially worth $10-15 million, to repair up to 15 Pratt & Whitney PW4060 turbofans for Sweden's Volvo Aero Engine Services. The PW4060 powers extended-range Boeing 767s. The engines will be air-freighted to Atlanta, Georgia, for repair. Source: Flight International
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Basel hangar expansion
Jet Aviation Basel will complete expansion of its hangar space early in September, enabling the maintenance centre to accommodate one Airbus A340, Boeing 747-400 or McDonnell Douglas MD-11, or two Boeing 727s side-by-side. Source: Flight International
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ESA Soyuz mission
European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter will be launched on a 135-day spaceflight aboard the Soyuz TM22 on 3 September (Flight International, 14-20 September, 1994). He will work aboard the Russian Mir space station with Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Avdeyev, replacing Anatoli Solovyov and Nikolai Budarin, who were delivered to ...
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Eumestat contract
Eumetsat, the European meteorological satellite organisation, has signed a $200 million contract with Arianespace for the launch of three Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites aboard Ariane 5 boosters in 2000, 2002 and 2006. Source: Flight International