News from FlightGlobal – Page 2656
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Beijing beckons
Paul Lewis/BEIJING In the 16 years since China opened its doors to reform, the country has emerged as a major trading partner of the West and is on course to become an economic superpower in the next century. Underlining its emerging importance are the many corporations beating a ...
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Turboprop market ripe for mergers
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE TURBOPROP market showed few clear signs of recovery in 1994, lending weight to moves for industry consolidation in the run-up to the alliance between ATR and Jetstream; exclusively reported in Flight International, 18-24 January issue. Overall delivery numbers appear to be largely unchanged ...
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Douglas concentrates on proposal for MD-11 Twin
Guy Norris/ LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS has revealed new details of the medium-range twin-engined version of the MD-11 now emerging as an early leader in Douglas Aircraft's (DAC) studies of potential developments of the tri-jet. The twin would be aimed primarily at the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ...
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LOT signs three airlines to co-operate in Europe
LOT POLISH AIRLINES has signed co-operation agreements with three European carriers, while reporting a significant increase in 1994 passenger traffic. The Polish flag carrier experienced a 13% growth in passengers carried in 1994 - more than double the world average. The co-operation agreements are with Austrian ...
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Airlines face prospect of dearer leases as capacity shortages begin to bite
AIRLINES COULD begin to face a shortage of aircraft capacity as soon as 1996, leading to a steep rise in leasing rates according to industry specialist, GATX Air. "There's going to be a scarcity again," warned GATX Air executive vice-president Glenn Hickerson, when he addressed airline representatives at ...
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ANA swaps Airbuses in review
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has reached an agreement with Airbus Industrie to order ten A321s and defer delivery of five A340-300s to at least the year 2000. The Japanese carrier expects to announce shortly the results of a sweeping review of the airline's future ...
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China Yunnan 767s replace 757 order
CHINA YUNNAN Airlines' recently announced order for three Rolls-Royce RB.211-524H-powered Boeing 767-300s (Flight International, 18-24 January) replaces a previously unannounced order for three 757-200s. The Kunming-based carrier had been scheduled to receive three 757s from state-owned China Aviation Supplies (CASC). The aircraft are among 13 RB.211-535-powered 757s originally ...
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Jobs to go at America West
AMERICA WEST Airlines is to shed around 1,100 jobs as part of a wider programme to cut costs to compete in the low-fares US airline market. The streamlining plan aims to trim around $31 million off the carrier's $1.3 billion costs this year. The savings are then targeted ...
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Middle Eastern airlines report mixed results
CARRIERS IN THE Middle East are looking for an upturn in 1995, improving on a patchy performance over the past year among the region's national carriers. Privatisation also remains on the agenda. Saudi Arabian carrier Saudia could be back on course for break-even this year because of an ...
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Zambia troubles spark regional-airline hopes
THE COLLAPSE OF Zambia's flag carrier is proving the catalyst for the probable creation of a new domestic carrier and the possible formation of a network of southern African regional airlines. South Africa's SA Express (SAX) has told Zambia that it is willing to fund 40% of the ...
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Swissair strikes blow for satellite links
Kieran Daly/LONDON SWISSAIR HAS dealt would-be providers of terrestrial-based air-to-ground telephones a major blow by opting to fit its domestic European fleet with satellite communications. It is understood, however, that Lufthansa is about to sign up to use the competing terrestrial flight-telephone system (TFTS). ...
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Entertainment problem hits delivery of Cathay's A330
DELIVERY OF the first Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways has been delayed by problems with the aircraft's Matsushita inflight-entertainment (IFE) system. Cathay was due to accept the aircraft in mid-January, but that has slipped to 23 February because of "teething problems with the Matsushita ...
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APIC becomes latest Awards sponsor
AUXILIARY POWER International (APIC) has become the latest sponsor to lend its backing to the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards '95. APIC, which is jointly owned by Labinal and Sundstrand, joins eight other leading aerospace and airline companies in backing the Awards (see Flight International, 18-24 January). ...
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Pilots enjoy job boom as US airlines increase personnel
US AIRLINES HIRED more than 8,000 new pilots in 1994, up by 55% over 1993, says Aviation Information Resources (AIR). The Atlanta, Georgia-based consultancy forecasts that US carriers will recruit more than 9,000 new pilots in 1995. AIR says that the 201 US airlines it monitors hired 8,044 ...
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Pilots to influence flight-time limits?
Sir - On flight-time limitations, you say ("Duty bound", Flight International, 14-20 December, P32) that: "The International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) is convinced that the proposed European rules are dangerous..." It is entirely legitimate that professional bodies should say and do whatever they can to further ...
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Expressly Alabama
Alabama Express Airways is to provide daily short-haul flights within Alabama, USA, using five British Aerospace Jetstream 31s. The new regional carrier will be based in Tuskegee, Alabama, but will centre operations on Montgomery and Mobile until Tuskegee's municipal airport is expanded. Source: Flight International
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JAS pulls back
Japan Air System (JAS) plans to suspend Tokyo-Singapore flights from 1 April, as part of cutbacks in international services in favour of more profitable domestic routes. Aircraft and crews will be redeployed on ten new domestic routes planned for launch in 1995. JAS scrapped its Honolulu service in 1994 after ...
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Germany embarks on GPS testing
THE GERMAN air-navigation-services agency, the DFS, has begun a satellite-navigation test programme which could lead to satellite-based non-precision approaches being allowed this year. The programme, begun in December, 1994, is being carried out in co-operation with the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) and Nuremberg-based regional carrier Eurowings. ...
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Orders hit the bottom
Orders for jet-powered airliners in 1994 were the worst for more than a decade Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The jet-airliner market provided little to shout about in 1994, but the performance may prove more encouraging than some of the headline figures suggest. Boeing is right to point out ...
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Expensive mistakes
The number of airline accidents rose a little in 1994, and insurance costs beat all records. David Learmount/LONDON World airline accident fatalities increased in 1994, compared with 1993, and exceeded the decade annual average. The increase is an insignificant variation in the context of annual figures during the ...