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CIS test purchase
Israel's Rada Electronic Industries has sold its SmartCATS commercial-aviation test system to an unidentified "aeronautical design bureau" in the CIS. The agreement allows the bureau to develop maintenance software for existing Russian aircraft and to market the SmartCATS in the CIS. Source: Flight International
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Novel design
Peter Henley/NORTH WEALD A MERE GLANCE at the Grob 200 reveals its designer's novel approach to his task. The airframe is constructed of composite materials, its engine is mounted behind the cabin (driving a three-bladed pusher propeller which lives on the end of a long tailcone), directional stability ...
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Maintaining documents
Unisys is to market software developed by Denmark's Computer Resources International for aircraft maintenance. Document-management software is combined with tools for redesigning work procedures to take advantage of the availability of digitised aircraft-maintenance information. Source: Flight International
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Swissair and Sabena World launch joint sales effort
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SWISSAIR AND BELGIAN Sabena World Airlines are to launch a joint sales operation and offer shuttle services linking Brussels with Zurich and Geneva in 1996. Code sharing is also to be introduced on long-haul flights to the Middle East, Far East and South America. ...
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Teleflex/GE join forces
TELEFLEX AND GE Aircraft Engines have agreed to form a joint venture, called Airfoil Technologies International, to repair commercial aero-engine fan blades and compressor aerofoils. The venture, which will be 51% owned by Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Teleflex, is expected to begin operations before the end of this year. ...
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AlliedSignal
John Hamilton has become vice-president and general manager of environmental-control systems at AlliedSignal Aerospace, of Torrance, California. He was previously director of repair and overhaul at South Bend, Indiana. Tig Krekel becomes vice-president and general manager for military customer support in marketing sales and service, having been vice-president of military ...
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Locator rule irks Australian AOPA
AUSTRALIAN GENERAL-aviation pilots are trying to block a new Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requirement for all light aircraft to carry aircraft-mounted emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). The Australian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that while over three-quarters of its membership agrees that ELT carriage should ...
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Road to Damascus
Lord Hesketh, the charismatic chairman of British Mediterranean Airways, celebrates the airline's first anniversary in style. Guynter Endres/BEIRUT and DAMASCUS BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN Airways' charismatic chairman Lord Alexander Hesketh might not be the archetypal airline boss, but he has achieved success in one of the ...
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El Al deal with P&W
Israeli national airline El Al has signed an engine-maintenance agreement with Pratt & Whitney, which could last up to 15 years. The contract covers "power-by-the-hour" maintenance for its 14-strong fleet of PW4056-powered Boeing 747s. The repair work will be performed at P&W's site in Cheshire, Connecticut. Source: Flight ...
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Aloha
Hawaiian airline Aloha has promoted James King, who was formerly, staff vice-president, to vice-president of planning and development. Terry Smith moves from staff vice-president of quality assurance and engineering, to vice-president of maintenance and engineering. Stephanie Ackerman, formerly director of corporate communications, becomes staff vice-president for corporate communications. ...
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Jet Aviation names date for shared-scheme start
Basle, SWITZERLAND-based Jet Aviation will begin operating its new Corpavia Club shared-aircraft scheme at the beginning of 1996, using two Beechjet 400As: it has options on a further ten. Corpavia Club members do not buy shares in aircraft: each pays a joining fee, an annual subscription and a ...
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Two birds, one stone
In a major strategy shift, Indian Airlines will transfer its unprofitable routes into a stand-alone subsidiary, operating a mix of turboprops and jets. But the main aim is to counter its parent's shortage of senior pilots. Airlines Allied Services will operate Indian Airlines' short haul flights, and take ...
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Fruits of change
South African Airways has had a year of radical change. Profitable at last, bolstered by high load factors and a new partnership with Lufthansa, the carrier is optimistic about the future. Sara Guild reports from Johannesburg. The days of the orange and blue aircraft are numbered. By the turn of ...
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CIRS get on the Internet
The heads of six national confidential incident reporting systems (CIRS) have agreed to use the Internet to post information and data derived from reporting systems, and to transmit requests for information about safety. According to Jean-Pol Henrotte, head of the intra-European system EUCARE, the Internet bulletin board site ...
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Swiss show true colours
No sooner had Brussels given Swissair access to the single European market through its investment in Sabena than the Swiss government played the protectionist card, opening itself and the Commission up to criticism. The Swiss government was acting within the UK-Swiss air services agreement when it refused to ...
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Growth spurs on drive for cuts
Air Canada, in the midst of a significant growth phase, is attempting to counteract the costs of expansion with employee productivity gains and new technology. Air Canada expects to double its transborder service to the US within the next three years and in recent months has added new flights ...
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EVA enjoys the fruits of youth
If spectacular improvements in efficiency and productivity are a measure of success, then on the surface at least Taiwan's international newcomer EVA Airways appears to be setting new standards. Productivity, measured in terms of revenue per employee, soared 62 per cent last year. Unit costs plunged 21 per cent and ...
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Profit share: a stroke of genius
Singapore Airlines' chairman J Y Pillay has absolutely no doubt that in an unforgiving airline industry, survival rests on the continuing struggle to improve productivity and keep ahead of costs. And there can be little doubt that Pillay's message is getting through at an airline which consistently turns in some ...
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Hawaiian set to post profit
American Airlines has reprieved Hawaiian Airlines for the fourth time over $6.9 million in payments due on its leased DC10s, as the carrier continues its restructuring efforts after emerging from bankruptcy 14 months ago. The payments Hawaiian owes American represent lease and maintenance charges that accumulated late last ...
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QNC's route to Stage 3
Quiet Nacelle's (QNC's) earlier JT3D Stage 2 hushkit for 707-100s and OC-135Bs forms the basis of its Stage 3 upgrade package. To achieve Stage 3 compliance, an inner acoustic ring is located co-axially within the engine intake. The inner ring will be fully anti-iced and certificated for bird strikes. Additional ...