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FBOs in the UK and Europe remain gloomy about a full market recovery.
Chris Yates/MANCHESTER FOR THE MOST PART, fixed-based operators (FBOs) have been hit hard in the UK. Here, a combination of significantly deeper recession, shutdown of company aviation departments, pressure of business-aircraft slots at major airports and restricted access, or outright closure, at smaller fields has hurt the industry ...
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Israel and Turkey near completion of Phantom talks
ISRAEL AND TURKEY are in the final stages of negotiations covering the $580 million upgrade of 54 Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms. The conclusion of the deal had been hampered by a downturn in the Turkish economy and by prolonged discussions over the amount of upgrade ...
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UK charters challenge leases "danger"
A GROUP OF LEADING UK charter airlines is campaigning for a tougher line on Eastern-European medium-term wet-lease or charter operations, claiming differences in safety regulatory standards and declaring that the commercial playing field is not level. The move was sparked when tour operator Independent Aviation recently chartered ...
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Singapore Super Pumas get HUMS
The Singapore Air Force is retrofitting its fleet of Eurocopter Super Puma 1 helicopters with a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) package, supplied by Eurocopter. Called EuroHUMS 1, the system monitors dynamic systems and analyses performance data to allow diagnostic action. It consists of a data-acquisition unit, ...
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Mitsubishi
Nobuyuki Masuda has been named president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Tokyo, Japan. Former president Kentaro Aikawa becomes chairman, succeeding Yotaro Iida, who is named senior corporate advisor. Masuda was most recently executive vice-president and general manager of Mitsubishi Machinery headquarters. Source: Flight International
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GE
David Wang has been appointed national executive in Malaysia for US engine manufacturer General Electric, of Fairfield, Connecticut. He succeeds Stephen Brandon, who is leaving the company. Wang, who joined GE in 1980 and will now be based in Kuala Lumpur, was founding president of GE Hangwei Medical Systems in ...
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Duncan
Dan Buzz has been promoted to design-centre manager for fixed-base operator Duncan Aviation, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was formerly a technician with JET Electronics and Technology in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and, before that, was an avionics technician with Hughes Aviation in Las Vegas, Nevada. Craig Kingery is named systems designer. ...
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Nashville Air
David Banmiller has become president and chief executive of US carrier Nashville Air, of Nashville, Tennessee. Founding president Charles Caudle becomes chairman. Banmiller, now president of international aviation and environmental consultancy The Falcon Group, has also served with Trans World Airlines, AirCal and American Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Flight Safety
Edward Beauvais, chairman, president and chief executive of Western Pacific Airlines, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been appointed to the board of governors of the Flight Safety Foundation in the USA. Beauvais, who founded Western Pacific, also founded America West Airlines, serving as chairman and chief executive. ...
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Western Pacific
At Colorado Springs, Colorado-based Western Pacific Airlines' first annual shareholders' meeting, Martin Dugan was re-elected as a director and Clayton Bennett, Ivan Irwin, Glenn Stinchcomb and James Wikert were elected directors. Edward Beauvais, founder, chairman, president and chief executive, and Trevor Van Horn also continue to serve on the board. ...
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Rohr
Daniel Abehsera has been appointed president and director-general of Chula Vista, California-based Rohr's European office. He is now a senior vice-president with Latecoere of France. Abehsera, who will be responsible for activities in France and Germany, replaces Jean-Pierre Rouziere, who is to retire. Source: Flight International
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Wind Of Change
Aero Systems Engineering (ASE) of St Paul, Minnesota, is teaming with Kilpatrick Green, an Australian engineering and construction firm, to modify a transonic windtunnel for the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation's Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory in Melbourne. The contract, valued in excess of $9 million, calls for improvements ...
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Jetstream Certification
The second Reflectone-built Jetstream 41 flight-simulator has received Level C certification. The simulator, equipped with an IVEX VDS-2000 visual system, will be based at Reflectone's Tampa, Florida, training centre until Jetstream Aircraft decides where to locate the machine. Source: Flight International
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Training China Southern
Wicat is to supply computer-based training hardware to China Southern Airlines' Zhuhai centre for Boeing 777 training. The equipment will also provide, 737 flight training and 737 and 757 flight-management system "free-play" simulations. Source: Flight International
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ANA Group Loss
All Nippon Airways (ANA) says that it made another loss at group level for the 1994/5 financial year. The results, which include subsidiaries such as hotels, show a net loss of '7.5 billion ($88 million). A similar deficit is expected for the coming year, to March 1996. ...
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Air Canada Financing
Air Canada has signed its $1,466 million export-credit lease-financing agreement for the six Airbus A340s and 25 A319s ordered in 1994. The deal was arranged, by a syndicate of French, German and UK banks. The aircraft will arrive between November 1996 and May 1998, by which time the airline believes ...
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Final Thorn Sale
Thorn EMI has completed its exit from defence electronics with the management buy-out of its Thorn Microwave Devices unit. The operation, which employs 150 manufactures, of microwave tubes and power supplier for radar and electronic-warfare systems. Source: Flight International
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CAE Tests CC-130 EW Kit
CAE Aviation has flight-tested an electronic-warfare self-protection suite on the first of two Canadian Forces Lockheed Martin CC-130 Hercules, modified under a C$3.3 million ($2.4 million) contract. The suite consists of an ALR-56M radar-warning receiver, AAR-47 missile approach-warning system and ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser. ...
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USAF GEN Pays Fares
US Air Force Gen Joseph Ashy, head of US Space Command, has reimbursed the Pentagon $5,020 for a C-21 flight, he and his wife took between Colorado and Washington. The payment was made as the Pentagon's inspector general issued a critical report about Ashy's travel aboard USAF transports in 1994. ...