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BA wins approval for Air Liberte rescue
British Airways and the Rivaud group have won court approval for their take-over of Air Liberté, the French regional carrier forced to seek a rescuer after running out of cash in September. BA and Rivaud emerged as the winning bidders early in November, but had to wait until ...
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The boom returns for airliner orders
Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC)saw jet-airliner orders climb comfortably above the 1,000 mark in 1996, giving the big three aircraft builders their best year since the bonanza of the late 1980s. Production rates are also on the rise and due to hit record levels within the next two to ...
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Bombardier beats Embraer to ASA deal
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) has followed its fellow Delta Connection carriers Comair and Skywest with the selection of the Canadair Regional Jet for its regional-jet needs, after a competition which also involved the Embraer EMB-145 (Flight International, 8-14 January, P10). The Atlanta, Georgia-based regional says that it will ...
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SIA's Indian airline investment clears another major hurdle
Singapore Airlines' (SIA) long-running plan to establish a new domestic Indian airline in partnership with the TATA Group has cleared one major hurdle, with approval from India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). The deal could still be derailed by the country's civil-aviation ministry, however, which plans to ban foreign equity ...
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British Aerospace AMJ sees BAe 146 sales rise as markets harden
British Aerospace Asset Management-Jets(AMJ) is targeting further sales from among its 107-strong fleet of leased BAe 146s this year, as the market for regional jets strengthens. AMJ general manager Andrew Davies says that, over the past four years, the organisation has completed its initial aim of re-establishing the ...
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Sabena revives study of off-shore contracts
Sabena has confirmed that it has resurrected cost-saving plans to employ flying personnel on out-of-country contracts. The proposal, which is still under study, would see pilots and cabin crew continue to be based in Brussels, but paid in Switzerland, probably via Sabena's partner Swissair, with the transaction made through a ...
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Flying down to Rio
BRAZIL'S REGIONAL AIRLINES, simulated by deregulation and an anti-inflation plan which has boosted the economy, have enjoyed staggering growth in the last two years, with some doubling their revenues. They have also taken advantage of a loophole in legislation to compete, at least indirectly, with Varig, VASP and Transbrasil, which, ...
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NATSwill introduce North Atlantic ATN
The UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is pushing on with the implementation of the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN), clearing the way for the debut of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) on North Atlantic routes. An upgrade of the Oceanic Control Centre at Prestwick, Scotland, being planned ...
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Boeing offers airlines 767-400ERX stretch
BOEING IS NOW formally offering the stretched 767-400ERX to airlines. Authority to offer was given at the beginning of January, and the company expects a formal launch early this year, leading to a first flight in 1999 and certification and first delivery in 2000 (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996, P5). ...
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The last challenge
It has long been accepted that certain world regions provide a disproportionate number of the global air-transport industry's serious accidents. These events influence public perception of air-transport safety and, if they are serious accidents, that perception does not take much account of where they happen. Even if they do occur ...
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Naming the defects
Pakistan International Airlines' Capt Amjad Faizi is well placed to speak about the national infrastructure inadequacies at the root of the aviation safety problems which Third World countries face: his own country can lay claim, economically, to be in the Third-World league. His airline, however, has a good safety record, ...
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AMR plans regional-jet contest for Bombardier and Embraer
AMR EAGLE is to start a competition later this month between Bombardier and Embraer 50-seat regional jets. The contest will be another clash in what promises to be a long-running battle between the Canadair Regional Jet and Embraer EMB-145 for dominance in the regional-jet field. Any regional-jet purchase ...
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TTS unveils new-design simulator
THOMSON TRAINING &Simulation (TTS) has delivered the first of its new-design full-flight simulators to the ATR Training Centre (ATC) in Toulouse, France. The new design was evolved following TTS' acquisition of Rediffusion and includes features from the UK company's Concept 90 simulator. The first new-design machine to enter ...
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British Airways
British Airways' executive-management team is to be changed, to prepare for the retirement this year of chief operating officer Alistair Cumming. Mike Street, now director of operations will take on Cumming's responsibilities for co-ordinating operations. Charles Gurassa, director of passenger business, becomes director of passenger and cargo business. Kevin Hatton, ...
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KLM
Hans Eric Kuipéri has been appointed general secretary and senior vice-president of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from 1 January, 1997. He replaces Jenneke Entzinger-Bennink, who will continue to work for the Dutch national carrier part-time as senior advisor corporate development and deputy to the executive vice-president for corporate development and ...
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PIA privatisation
Pakistan has called in a team from International Finance (IFC), the consulting arm of the World Bank, to advise on restructuring and privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). IFC, which recently advised on the successful privatisation of Kenya Airways, is also to look at Pakistan's state-owned railway. The restructuring study ...
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Aircraft news
Boeing has signed a deal with American Airlines, granting the US manufacturer sole supplier status for jet aircraft until 2018. As part of the deal American has placed firm orders for 12 B777s, four B767-300ERs, 12 B757-200s, and 75 B737-600/700/800s. The US carrier has also taken so-called purchase rights on ...
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Appointments
Philip Chen will succeed Simon Heale as deputy managing director at Cathay Pacific Airways from mid-March. Heale takes up the position of finance director at Swire Pacific. Stanley Hui will replace Chen as Dragonair's chief executive from 1 February 1997, while Hui's role as chief operating officer of Air Hong ...
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Winter warmer
The Canadian government has taken the unprecedented step of intervening in the standoff between Canadian Airlines and its six unions, which had rejected the restructuring package. Ottawa ruled the employees should vote on the deal at presstime and bypass the unions. The revised deal, which was expected to be passed, ...
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USAir wears Wolf clothing
In a move described as 'vintage Wolf', USAir will this year become US Airways, accompanied by a complete facelift. But below the cosmetic makeover, there are signs that the carrier's chairman is finally healing the longstanding rifts with labour. USAir chairman and CEO Stephen Wolf, who has master-minded ...