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Nations Air Resumes
Nations Air resumed flights on 22 July, about one week after voluntarily suspending them. The US carrier, which began FAR Part 121 operations in March, ceased operating its two Boeing 737-200s after safety questions were raised during a routine US Federal Aviation Administration inspection. The FAA authorised Nations Air to ...
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Jet Airways Expands
Jet Airways (India) has signed a deal with GE Capital for the lease of two Boeing 737-400s. The first of the aircraft will arrive in September. The carrier is thought to have posted a $2.87 million net profit on a turnover of around $100 million in the 1994/5 financial year, ...
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SR-71s Work-Up
A detachment from the US Air Force's 9th Reconnaissance Wing began a month-long, 13-flight, work-up on the first two of three refurbished and re-activated Lockheed SR-71s at Edwards AFB, California, on 26 July, and is due to be ready for reconnaissance missions by 1 September. Source: ...
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Fairchild Supports VIPs
Fairchild Aircraft Services has been awarded a contract to provide total support for the Belgian air force's five VIP-transport Fairchild Metro IIIAs. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety
Donnie Nunn has been named manager of FlightSafety's centre in San Antonio, Texas. He was formerly director of training at the company's LaGuardia centre. Roger Wilcox is appointed director of pilot training at the Tucson Learning Center in Arizona. He has been a FlightSafety Learjet instructor for ten years. Dan ...
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Euro Direct
Euro Direct Airlines of Slough, Berkshire, UK, has appointed Rex Lezard managing director. Lezard, who has previously held senior management positions with British Airways, was most recently chief executive of Air Malawi. ...
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Harris
Robert Chism has been appointed director of technical and production operations at Harris Computer Systems, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was previously director of Harris' simulation business area, responsible for Night Hawk computers in military and commercial simulators. Source: Flight International
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AlliedSignal
Lewis Kling has become senior vice-president for air-transport business and site leader for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, operations at AlliedSignal Commercial Avionics Systems. Kling, who has held positions with General Electric and was most recently vice-president and general manager of Harris' electronic-systems division, replaces Willy Moses, who becomes chief executive of ...
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Export Council
Michael Armstrong, chairman and chief executive of Hughes Aircraft, has been named chairman of the US President's Export Council, the national advisory committee on international trade Source: Flight International
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Hughes
Three senior management appointments have been made at Hughes Europe, of Brussels, Belgium. Louis Kurkjian, recently retired as a vice-president of Hughes Aircraft, becomes chairman, supporting Allan Cook, who has been named managing director. Kurkjian was formerly an assistant sector-executive and served as assistant manager of Florida programmes for Switzerland, ...
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Thai Airways
Former Thai minister of commerce Amaret Sila-on has been elected chairman of national airline Thai Airways International. He replaces Kasem Suwanagul. Source: Flight International
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Aircraft news
Saudia has confirmed its order for 23 Boeing 777-200s, five B747-400s, 29 MD-90s and four MD-11s. Announcing its intention to build a stretched version of the B777, Boeing received orders for 10 B777-300s from All Nippon Airways and six from Thai International. Cathay Pacific has converted ...
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Appointments
John McQuaid has been named chief executive officer of Airbus Finance Company. Douglas Parker has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of America West Airlines. Ford Ennals has been named as director of marketing at British Airways. Jorma Eloranta has been ...
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All American airline dream
What is it about the airline industry that makes an entrepreneur's heart go of a flutter? Few people outside Houston ever grow up dreaming that they will one day start an oil company - though take note if your kid asks what the per-barrel price of East Texas crude will ...
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Orders plummet
Garuda Indonesia's hopes of finding an international equity partner have taken another dip with the airline slashing orders for new aircraft in the face of a mounting capital shortfall. The carrier will now buy nine Boeing jets - seven B737s and two B747s - instead of 25, will lease six ...