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Rationalisation bears fruit for South African Airways
Chris Yates/JOHANNESBURG A SERIES OF COST-reduction measures, including rationalisation of its European network and the closure of offices worldwide, should allow South African Airways (SAA) soon to report significantly improved financial results. "Our official results will be made known within the next two weeks, for the ...
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Airlines finalise Stuttgart plans
EUROPE'S AIRLINES are finalising their plans for maintaining services to Stuttgart Airport, Germany, ahead of the partial closure of the airport at the end of July. British Aerospace 146s and Avro International Aerospace Avroliners will be the only jet-powered passenger aircraft able to be operated to and from ...
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Embraer signs marketing deal with PZL
EMBRAER HAS signed a co-operation agreement with Polish manufacturer PZL-Warssawa-Okecie. Details are still being worked out, but the memorandum of understanding covers marketing of PZL general-aviation aircraft in Brazil and the sale of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia regional airliners to Poland. Under the agreement, Embraer's light-aircraft subsidiary Neiva will ...
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FAA completes Cat III GPS flight-tests
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has completed flight-tests to determine the feasibility of Category IIIb automatic landings using the global-positioning system (GPS). Results from flight-tests by E-Systems and Wilcox, in June and April, respectively, are being analysed. The results are expected to be released by September. The tests ...
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Thinking big
THE 800-SEAT AIRLINER is, it appears, an idea whose time has not yet come. Boeing and the Airbus partners have put the concept on ice, at least for several months, because the airlines have not demonstrated enough enthusiasm to justify proceeding with it. In the short-term, that is probably the ...
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747X studies go on as VLCT plans are frozen
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS CONTINUING studies of 747 stretch designs, despite the suspension of joint studies with the Airbus partners of a very large commercial transport (VLCT) on the basis of insufficient market potential. The company is concentrating on two design options - the largest able to ...
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Continental in leasing rethink
CONTINENTAL Airlines has renegotiated the leases on most of the 35 aircraft (mainly Airbus A300s) grounded in January in a move to cut capacity. The aircraft have been returned to lessors, but Continental will save $152 million in 1995 and 1996, eliminate substantial operating-lease payments after 1996, and defer certain ...
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UK will abandon LR Trigat project
THE UK MINISTRY of Defence has signalled its intent to abandon the collaborative Long Range (LR) Trigat anti-tank missile programme at the end of the development phase, and writing off the better part of some £220 million ($350 million). The future of the Long Range Trigat was intimately ...
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FSI places order for two Saab 340 Level D devices
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has ordered two Saab 340A/B Level D full flight simulators to enter service by the end of 1996. Locations for the regional-turboprop simulators will be decided later this year, and FSI is evaluating the possibility of placing one in the Asia-Pacific region. FSI has also ...
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Chek Lap Kok date put back
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE EXPECTED completion date of Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport has been pushed back to April 1998, following the signing of a long-awaited agreement with China on the overall financing of the project. The Hong Kong Government has admitted for the ...
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Delta 3 engines selected
McDONNELL DOUGLAS has selected Pratt & Whitney and Alliant Techsystems to provide the second-stage engine and solid-rocket boosters for the new Delta 3 booster, respectively. The P&W RL10B-2 cryogenic engine will power the vehicle's second stage. This is a derivative of the RL-10 engine, which has been in ...
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BA urges restraint on open-skies deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall has called on US transportation secretary Federico Pena to resist pressure to force the pace on a UK-US open-skies agreement in the current round of bilateral negotiations. He also cautions against rushing European moves towards an open-skies policy. ...
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IAE volunteers for ETOPS ban
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) has excluded some early production V2500-A1 engines from Airbus A320 extended-range twin operations (ETOPS) until it completes a retrofit of redesigned compressor blades. IAE says that no A320 operators are directly affected. A test of the redesigned blade is expected soon, IAE adds, and ...
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GEC-Marconi counts cost of over-runs on key contracts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GEC-MARCONI HAS been forced to put aside "substantial provisions" to cover cost overruns on some of its major contracts. The surprise announcement is potentially embarrassing for a group which prides itself on tight financial management. Revealing results for its 1994/5 financial year, GEC ...
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BWIA includes five EMB-145s in upgrade book
David Learmount/LONDON BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways has ordered five Embraer EMB-145 regional jets and placed options on five more. The Trinidad-based carrier's president, Ed Wegel, also says that he is talking to Boeing about the 777 as an ultimate replacement for three 767-300ERs which it is leasing alongside ...
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Fokker in capital crisis as losses rise mount
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) and the Dutch Government are in talks over a fresh bail out package for Fokker, which has admitted that it is on course for record losses this year. The Dutch manufacturer warns that losses over the first half of 1995 ...
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Boeing tests 777 fatigue solution
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS FLIGHT-testing a strengthened aerodynamic fairing on the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 after the discovery of fatigue cracks following its first flight on 26 May. It is also determining whether the problem could affect General Electric and Pratt & Whitney-powered versions. ...
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American to replace Omega with FMS/GPS
AMERICAN AIRLINES plans to buy flight-management/global-positioning systems (FMS/GPS) to replace Omega navigation systems in up to 400 Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and DC-10s. A selection is planned by September. American is the first major airline to plan a fleet-wide GPS retrofit programme. Rockwell-Collins, which plans to ...
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Syrianair plans to renew its fleet
Alan George/DAMASCUS SYRIA IS MOVING to improve its air-transport infrastructure as talks with Israel on a peace accord continue to make progress. National carrier Syrianair and the Civil Aviation Directorate are both looking to re-equip their operations. Syrianair is talking to major aircraft manufacturers about ...
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MDC to pick JAST lift engine
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE McDONNELL Douglas (MDC)-led Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) team will decide by the end of this month on a lift-fan-engine supplier for its design after dropping the alternative gas-coupled lift fan in favour of a "more affordable" lift-plus-lift-cruise concept. The late ...