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Friendly skies? Let's get honest
Blame it on the lettuce leaf liner. Just a few years ago, when airline CEOs across the US were nervously eyeing their costs per available seat mile, the challenge was to trim costs without upsetting the passenger. An easy throwaway was the limp piece of lettuce that lined the trays ...
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Two to tango
The Taca Group was once held up as a model for Latin American airline cooperation, but now stands accused of selling out through its planned alliance with American Airlines. But does Taca chairman Federico Bloch have any choice? Doug Cameron reports. Please don't tell officials at the US Department ...
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We win together
Profits and a healthy cash balance once seemed impossible goals for Continental Airlines. Having achieved them, chairman and chief executive officer Gordon Bethune has turned his attention to the fight for global market share. Interview by Richard Whitaker Working together worked! So says the banner headline on the front cover ...
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Landing contract
The new Fairchild Dornier 328-300 regional jet is to be fitted with a Messier-Dowty landing gear. The deal is expected to be worth $70 million to the Anglo-French venture over the life of the programme. Source: Flight International
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Pratt & Whitney pushes claims for AE31X with PW6000 plan
Pratt & Whitney has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) as part of efforts to bolster its chances of having the PW6000 selected for the Sino-European AE31X regional-jet programme. The US company says that "discussions are under way on what parts and ...
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BMW R-R signs up to power Tu-334s
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) has signed with Russian manufacturer Tupolev to power its Tu-334-120 twin-engine regional jet with BR710-48 turbofans. At the same time, Honeywell has signed an agreement with Russian counterpart Aviapribor to fit the US company's avionics into Russian-made aircraft, with the Tupolev Tu-334 as one ...
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Sabena selects Avros and Airbuses to replace 737s
Sabena is to order a mix of Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ100s and Airbus A319s and A320s by the end of 1997 to replace its 14 Boeing 737-200s, according to Air Transport Intelligence (ATI), the new Reed Aerospace news and data service . The electronic news service, formally ...
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AAlliedSignal cleans up
Aircraft lighting specialist Grimes Aerospace has been bought by AlliedSignal from investment firm Forstmann Little for an undisclosed sum. Ohio-based Grimes makes interior and exterior lighting systems, strobes, night-vision imaging systems and power supplies in addition to a range of aircraft engine systems, electronic and windshield systems. AlliedSignal has also ...
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Atlantic Coast Airlines raises cash for jets
ATLANTIC COAST Airlines (ACA) has announced a $50 million bond issue designed to help support the introduction of regional jets into the fleet and the repurchase of shares owned by aircraft manufacturer British Aerospace, which had been obliged to bail out the airline. Washington DC-based ACA, which operates ...
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American Airlines in massive seat-upgrade deal
AMERICANAIRLINES has placed orders exceeding $268 million for more than 70,000 new and upgraded passenger seats for its entire fleet. The deal has been split between three seat suppliers: US manufacturers B/E Aerospace (BEA) and Weber Aircraft, and Germany's Recaro. Installation is to be completed by the year ...
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Apprentices have earned licences
Sir - I was pleased that Jim McKenna, UK Civil Aviation Authority head of engineer licensing, responded to my letter on European Joint Aviation Requirement (JAR)-66 aircraft maintenance basic licences (AMBL) (Flight International, 11-17 June, P144)) -although the point of my letter was missed. I was not highlighting ...
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Canada considers sanctions over US overflight charges
Graham Warwick/WASHington DC CANADA IS considering sanctions that could be imposed on the USA if it fails in legal efforts to ban overflight fees introduced by the US Federal Aviation Administration in May. Options range from levying similar fees on US airlines overflying Canadian airspace to asking the ...
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ICAO plans CNS/ATM implementation conference in Rio
ACKNOWLEDGING that financing the transition costs is the biggest hurdle to introducing satellite-based communication, navigation, surveillance and air-traffic management (CNS/ATM), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) plans a conference on the subject in Rio de Janeiro on 11-15 May, 1998. ICAO president Dr Assad Kotaite announced the conference ...
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Eurocopter wins Dauphin orders
Eurocopter has netted launch orders for six N4 widebody versions of its Dauphin helicopter from Norway's Helicopter Service group, along with orders for a total of 15 AS350-B3 single-engined Ecureuils and six EC135s. The group has also received European Joint Aviation Authorities certification for the EC120 Colibri. Eurocopter ...
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Dowty group
Former student apprentice Geoff Smith has been appointed deputy chief executive of Dowty Group, manufacturer of landing gear, through its Messier-Dowty joint venture with Snecma, and of specialised aerospace systems. Smith began as a Dowty apprentice in 1968, and has since held senior positions within Dowty, Lucas and Messier-Dowty. ...
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Show on the web
Most exhibitors would groan to hear about the launch of yet another air show, but what Kallman Associates has in mind might be music to many ears and weary feet - a show on the Internet. US-based Kallman plans to launch Airshow Online on 1 September. Exhibitors will rent space ...
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DataFlight's $1m duty-free system
DataFlight Europe has concluded a $1million deal with Singapore Airlines for its On Board Trader system to process in-flight duty-free sales, an order which the company says is a major international breakthrough for its product. The package includes an on board system and a ground-based back-office and bonded store client/server ...
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Virtual reality aids textile designer
Testori Interiors uses 3D computer graphics to design its range of aircraft and railway interiors - one of relatively few to do so, claims area manager Gregory Wolf. "We have been using it for about a year," says Wolf, "and it's now a key part of our business." ...
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If this is lundi it must be Le Bourget
The trials and tribulations of a whistle-stop holiday in Europe were humorously portrayed in a film quaintly called If this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium. The same sentiment springs to mind when you scan the international air show calendar, which now boasts a plethora of events, both ...
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Nitrogen injection solution for long-term storage
The Capry Group (Hall 3/B4) is drawing in the crowds with its Inerpac packaging process. Inerpac is a patented technique which allows parts to be protected and preserved in a modified atmosphere for up to five years by the injection of nitrogen. The nitrogen is injected ...