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Honeywell wins American deal
AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS selected the Honeywell/ Trimble HT9100 satellite-based navigation system for a fleetwide retrofit of 340 Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s and MD-80s. The contract, is the first major fleet satellite-navigation avionics contract awarded, since the introduction of the Boeing/Honeywell FANS 1 system and is the ...
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NZ sidesteps ICAO rules in ATC strike
Paul Phelan/CAIRNSDavid Learmount/LONDON NEW ZEALANDS privatised air-traffic-control (ATC) service sidestepped International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) procedures during a 4-6 December controller strike says, the international aviation organisation. The strike, which seriously disrupted domestic and international schedules, was due to be repeated on 12-15 December. The ...
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Australian start-up
Pacific Transair, the first Australian carrier to start up since Compass Airlines failed, plans to fly two hushkitted Boeing 737-200s on the key Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane route. The company, headed by Sydney aviation service provider Nicholas Leach, has applied for an air operators' certificate. Operations could begin as early as January. ...
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Avro deal threatened by Saudi dissidents
POLITICAL FRICTION between the UK and Saudi Arabia over the continued presence of Saudi dissidents in London is jeopardising an estimated $250 million bid by British Aerospace subsidiary Avro Aerospace International to supply flag carrier Saudia with 12 Avro RJ70/85 regional passenger jets. The contract has been under ...
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Boeing strike talks resume
BOEING AND ITS striking workers resumed stalled talks on 6 December, as the impact of the two-month-old stoppage mounted on customers and suppliers. Major Boeing subcontractor Northrop Grumman has announced that it will extend its scheduled holiday plant shutdowns by four to nine days, idling more than 6,000 employees, "...to ...
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Bombardier follows Dash success with Pelangi sales
DOMESTIC MALAYSIAN carrier Pelangi Air has ordered four Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200Qs and two larger -300s for delivery from April 1996. A further two Dash-8-300s are on option. The aircraft will replace Pelangi's three remaining Dornier 228s and two Fokker 50s, the disposal of which will be accomplished with ...
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Cargo expansion
Polar Air Cargo plans to add six Boeing 747-200s to its fleet of 12 747-100 freighters, and is projecting that it will be operating 22-24 aircraft within two years. The Long Beach, California-based carrier operates cargo services to Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and South America. Source: Flight ...
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CIS operators hit by series of crashes
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW David Learmount/LONDON THREE SEPARATE crashes have left more than 150 people killed and at least 38 seriously injured in the CIS. An Azerbaijan Airways (AZAL) Tupolev Tu-134, a Baku Air Boeing 707 operated by AZAL, and an Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) Tu-154M all ...
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VLM expands
Belgian airline VLM is to add Dusseldorf to its scheduled flights linking the European continent to London City Airport. Source: Flight International
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It's not where you are, it's who you are
Sir - The article "US airlines move to end passenger-liability limits", (Flight International, 15-21 November, P17) signals a welcome development as the new inter-carrier agreement addresses the long-overdue question of airline liability on a global scale. The new agreement will permit passengers to make unlimited claims under their national law, ...
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KAL service
Korean Air (KAL) has launched a weekly service from Seoul to Tel Aviv in Israel, using a Boeing 747SP. KAL already operates services to Jeddah and Bahrain and, by flying to Tel Aviv, hopes to open up Jerusalem to Far East pilgrim flights. Source: Flight International
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KLM
Jan Meurer has been named vice-president for operations at Dutch national carrier KLM, replacing Henny Essenbert, who becomes group managing director, for Air UK. Enno Osinga succeeds Meurer as vice-president for customer service at KLM Cargo. He was formerly manager of cabin- crew divisions and deputy to the manager of ...
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Restructured USAfrica ready for relaunch
USAFRICA AIRWAYS is optimistic that it will be able to restart services early in 1996 following the signing of a marketing pact with Continental Airlines and bankruptcy court approval for a refinancing package. USAfrica began serving South Africa in June 1994 from Washington, but it ceased operations and ...
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Greek start-up
Greece's newest private airline, Skybus, started operations on 15 November with three daily flights between Athens and Thessaloniki, using Venus Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82s until it obtains its own air operator's certificate. The airline is evaluating the MD-82 and Boeing 737 for its fleet acquisition. Source: ...
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Booking cyberseat
British Midland will be the first airline to provide a reservations booking service with payment on the Internet. To be known as CyberSeat, the service enables travellers to specify a chosen route, date of travel and the number of seats required, and to make payment by credit card. Personal information ...
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Destination London
Sempati Air Transport of Indonesia is seeking permission to launch a non-stop direct service between the resort island of Bali and London. The airline hopes to begin its Denpasar-Heathrow service by late 1997 or early 1998, using either long-range Airbus Industrie A340s or Boeing 777s. Until now, Sempati has been ...
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FedEx moves to limit effects of pilots' action
US EXPRESS-PACKAGE carrier FedEx has wet-leased seven Boeing 727-200F freighters from Express One International, as a contingency in case industrial action by its pilots disrupts services in the build-up to the busy Christmas season. FedEx pilots stopped flying on their days off after contract talks with the carrier broke down ...
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World Airlines hope to start LCA services
UK start-up carrier World Airlines is planning to start a scheduled passenger service from London City Airport (LCA) in February, using ex-USAir British Aerospace 146-200s. The first aircraft is on its way to UK company Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge for a refit which includes in-flight telephones and facsimiles. ...
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Airport costs threaten Russian revival
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW HUGE INCREASES in airport charges and fuel costs are threatening to stifle the beginnings of a recovery in the Russian airline market, the country's carriers have warned. Russian airlines have been reporting signs of growth for the first time since 1990, when passenger traffic ...
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FAA safety ratings sting Latin American/Caribbean carriers
SANCTIONS HAVE begun to bite at airlines in Latin American and Caribbean countries judged by the US Federal Aviation Administration to have inadequate safety oversights. An increasing number of carriers has been unable to put aircraft into service because bilateral agreements have been frozen by the USA until their safety ...