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Battery Back-Up
Avtech of Seattle, Washington has teamed with GEC-Marconi InFlight Systems of the UK to develop a battery back-up unit, which provides power to the cabin file-server during power interruptions. The unit will be used on Boeing 777s fitted with the GEC in-flight entertainment system. Source: Flight ...
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Fedex Increases Capacity
FedEx is to replace two of three McDonnell Douglas DC-10Fs used on daily transatlantic services with higher-capacity MD-11 freighters, one based at London Stansted and one at Paris Charles de Gaulle, and is considering adding a fourth aircraft on the North Atlantic early in 1996. Source: ...
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Beech Deal With Impulse
Australian regional airline Impulse Transportation has ordered two Beech 1900Ds, for delivery by April. The Sydney-based carrier already operates one 1900D and a pre-owned 1900C acquired in 1993, when Impulse became the first Australian operator of the 19-seat twin-turboprop. Source: Flight International
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Rumbold
Philip Bullivant has been named managing director of aircraft-interior Equipment Company Rumbold, of Camberley, Surrey UK. Bullivant, chief executive of the Midland Newspaper Group since 1993, was formerly chief executive of Airborne Logistics, also of the UK. Source: Flight International
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Vickers
James Wehri has been named vice-president and general manager for the systems-monitoring division of the Vickers Aerospace Marine Defense Group of Maumee, Ohio. Before joining Vickers in 1991, he was director of European operations for the Aeroquip Aerospace Group, based in the UK. Source: Flight International
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Simuflite
Dick Wigton has been appointed to the new position of manager of Challenger training programmes at Simuflite Training International, based at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas. He was most recently director of operations for Rainin Instrument, of Emeryville, California, and, before that, he was manager of aviation for The Cloux Company, ...
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Duncan
Fred Hensley has become manager of design services at fixed-based operator Duncan Aviation, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was most recently director of maintenance at Page Avjet, based at Fort Worth, Texas. Cecil Sloan has been promoted to engine sales representative. Sloan, with Duncan since 1979, was most recently service manager. ...
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ERA
ERA Technology, the UK research-and-development organisation based in Leatherhead, Surrey, has appointed Chris Perks financial and commercial director. He succeeds Keith Sedgwick, who becomes a non-executive director. Perks, was previously finance and information director at Travers Morgan. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream
Gene Rainville has been named executive vice-president of international sales at business-jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace, of Savannah, Georgia. He was most recently senior vice-president of marketing for Dassault FalconJet of Paramus, New Jersey, and, before that, spent 13 years with Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. Source: Flight International
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Collins
Ben Thurlow has been appointed manager of a new avionics service centre opened recently in Singapore by the Collins Commercial Avionics division of Rockwell International. He was previously manager of the Tullamarine service centre, near Melbourne, Australia. Source: Flight International
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Sloane Helicopters
Seen on a recent visit to helicopter distributor Sloane Helicopters is UK Minister of Aviation and Shipping, Lord Goschen (left), with Sloane technical director Richard Sanford. Sloane claimed to be the world's largest distributor of Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters, discussed with the minister the applications of the aircraft in ...
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Support for the customer
The creation by Airbus of a new finance corporation has focused more attention on the arcane world of manufacturer support. David Knibb reports.The decision by Airbus Industrie to form a separate finance corporation raises questions about the attraction and use of such units. Ten billion dollars worth of customer support ...
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Pragmatic progress
To combat the global presence of British Airways, British Midland is forming its own worldwide network through alliances. Yet at the same time its sister regional airlines are being franchised to BA. In an interview with Sara Guild, British Midland's managing director Austin Reid explains the group's strategy over alliances ...
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94 at a glance
What will 1994 be remembered for? Many carriers saw a return to profit. Some received major state aid approvals. It was the year when competition from an ever-growing Southwest, plus low-cost entrants led by ValuJet, finally shook the US majors into action. The employees took control of United, and the ...
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Pricing it right
As O&D yield management techniques take systems to unprecedented levels of capability, the real challenge for airlines will be their proper integration and use. Jackie Gallacher reports. Like many technologies, yield management has taken time to evolve from the early systems of the 1980s to reach its current level ...
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Longhaul freedom
Christopher Chataway, chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, examines the obstacles to competition on longhaul routes and suggests how to overcome them. Drawing from a recent CAA report, he highlights bilaterals, EU bloc negotiations, problems faced by smaller airlines, corporate discounts, fare levels, and airline collusion. Longhaul aviation ...
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Asia's revival
Most Asian carriers should return to healthy profits, if they can contain costs. After four years of belt tightening, Asia-Pacific airlines are looking to the new year as a period of real revival, although managements believe trading conditions will remain tough. They also concede stringent measures will have to be ...