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Loral and Lockheed Martin win more satellite contracts
The Intelsat organisation has selected Loral to build two high-powered, high-capacity, satellites for the follow-on series (FOS) 2 programme. The $600 million contract, which includes options for further craft, includes the launch in 2000 of the two satellites into orbital positions over the Indian Ocean. The FOS 2 craft will ...
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Flight Sciences, which specialises in...
Flight Sciences, which specialises in helping airlines reduce their fuel bills by improving efficiency, expects to sign contracts with major carriers later this year, as part of its efforts to expand its client base in Europe and Asia. The US company recently completed a five-month project with Austrian ...
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Special relation
Rolls-Royce executives have often been heard to remark that, when it comes to selling engines in Asia, there is, arguably, no better sales tool than Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways. The unique relationship which the engine manufacturer has with the Swire Group's airline operation is about to be strengthened further ...
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Bombardier adds to Learjet 45...
BOMBARDIER HAS added the fifth,and final, aircraft to Learjet 45 flight-testing. The Canadian company reports a "dramatic improvement" in the performance of the flight-test programme, which has now exceeded the 1,100h mark. Delayed US certification of the AlliedSignal TFE732-20 turbofan powered light business-jet is now scheduled to take ...
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Fokker rescue plan
A team of Malaysian Government investors has been in the Netherlands meeting potential Dutch partners in a last ditch effort to save the bankrupt aerospace manufacturer Fokker Aircraft. State-run investment company Kazanah Nasional is discussing joining a DFl1.1 billion ($640 million) rescue effort with the Dutch Deleye Investment Group (DIG), ...
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Seven Sisters are no poor relations
The Seven Sisters, as Washington now refers to the US major carriers which are united in their determination to rid themselves of the ticket tax, have lost their cause. The 10 per cent flat-rate tax lives again, giving a reprieve to the low-cost, low-fare airlines - at least until 30 ...
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Airbus and Boeing agree to differ
It's time once again to upgrade airline and aerospace industry filing systems, as extra cupboards and stronger shelving are pressed into service. Yes, the forecast season is with us again. Every day, a new volume arrives, to be scanned before being filed away to gather dust until data is required ...
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Supporting roles
The maintenance market is evolving rapidly to meet airlines' needs for lower costs and higher efficiency. By George H Ebbs After decades out of the limelight, MRO - the business of maintaining, repairing, and overhauling commercial aircraft - is finally receiving attention, and with good reason. Annual MRO expenditures ...
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Miami stuck in legal vice
A US Department of Transportation ruling on how payment should be divided for the new terminal at Miami International Airport could have a big impact on future airport funding. The $975 million project, planned to be completed by the year 2003, became the centre of a legal dispute ...
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Star will rise in Myanmar
Myanmar's government is using aviation as a key policy tool in its drive to develop regional ties. The country should witness the birth of its fifth airline next year under a joint venture with Indonesia but the deal has sparked speculation that the days of the current flag carrier, Myanmar ...
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Too few sales but lots of potential
Despite much recent fanfare about airline participation in the online revolution, ticket-selling on the Internet is still a relatively rare phenomenon and has yet to have much positive impact on carriers' bottom lines. But its potential is undisputed and airlines uniformly consider their experience to be an invaluable education about ...
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Forget Paris
While other French carriers are dragged in to the vortex of troubles affecting the French airline industry, Régional Airlines has found a successful niche on the sidelines and is expanding it. Lois Jones reports. At the sight of a fight some people bare their fists; others walk away. While TAT, ...
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Blood, sweat and Gore
The aims of the Gore Commission report are laudable but Karen Walker and Dave Knibb ask whether the recommendations are workable. Financially, most US airlines had cause to celebrate by the end of last year, but 1996 had its darker side. A total of 380 people were killed in US ...
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TWA is still in dire straits
A move by Trans World Airlines to raise $26 million in cash from pre-purchase tickets is further evidence of the airline's growing financial woes. TWA struck an advance purchase deal with 20 leading businesses in its home town of St Louis for discounted tickets. It is the second ...
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Cleaning up on yields
The benefits of a yield management system depend upon what competing airlines are doing. Peter P Belobaba and John L Wilson from MIT's Flight Transportation Laboratory explain why. Most airlines have embraced the practices of differential pricing and yield management over the past decade. By offering a range of fare ...
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Broader ties for Alliance?
Mozambique and Zambia have both expressed an interest in joining the multinational African carrier Alliance Air, as it emerges that two of its founder members are preparing to merge their operations. Talks with Mozambique's national carrier LAM have been 'ongoing for more than a year and they are ...
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Boeing tries to convince
Boeing's attempts to clinch a second big exclusive aircraft deal, similar to the one signed with American Airlines last November, comes at a time when the US manufacturer is trying to persuade regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to approve its merger with McDonnell Douglas. The company's ...
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Private funds elude Alitalia
Put your wallet away: Alitalia's no longer for sale. The carrier has abandoned its quest for private investors and turned to state holding company IRI for the full capital injection. The Italian treasury has now confirmed that IRI will inject the remaining L1.5 trillion (US$880 million) of fresh ...
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Rolls-Royce
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has made senior appointments in South-East Asia. Dr Robin Singleton becomes regional executive for Indonesia, based in Jakarta; Jonathan Asherson is named regional executive for Maaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur; Chua Pheng Cher becomes regional manager for Singapore and Brunei, based in Singapore; and Peter Clogger ...