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Swissair in preliminary negotiations on Austrian stake
SWISSAIR PRESIDENT Otto Loepfe says that preliminary talks have taken place over taking an increased stake in Austrian Airlines. Loepfe says that he has already held discussions with Austria's new finance minister, Andreas Staribacher, but that he is still waiting for "a concrete reaction" from the Austrian Government, ...
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Oriental headache
Western manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If ...
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How cabin-noise suppression works
There are three principal sources of noise in the cabin of a typical twin-engine turboprop aircraft. The first is a result of engine vibration transmitted through the wing structure, which causes the cabin walls to vibrate. Secondly, cabin noise is generated by the propeller slip-stream, coming into contact with the ...
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FAA in the hot seat
The controversy over the FAA's 16G seat-certification rule continues to rumble on. It was introduced in FAR 25.562 Amendment 25-64 as long ago as 1988 and adopted in March 1992 under technical standard order (TSO) C127 for all new commercial aircraft. The major bone of contention is the ...
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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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Martinair orders zonal dryers
MARTINAIR HOLLAND has become the launch customer for CTT Systems' zonal drying system (Flight International, 10-16 August 1994). They will be fitted to the Dutch charter carrier's fleet of six Boeing 767-300s. The sixth aircraft will have the system factory-installed by Boeing before delivery in November. Nykoping, Sweden-based ...
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Cabin safety research to be 'more systematic'
EUROPEAN AND NORTH American aviation authorities, have made an unprecedented joint invitation to the air-transport industry, to take part in a review of progress in cabin-safety research. The subject retains a high political profile, particularly since, during the last five years, all the authorities involved have postponed decisions ...
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Pilots attack draft for centralised JAA
David Learmount/LONDON AN UNRELEASED DRAFT convention attempting to define the role and legal status of a fully unified European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has been attacked by the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) for leaving essential points "shrouded in mystery". IFALPA has written to ...
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Smiths and Collins link up to offer CNS/ATM upgrade
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SMITHS INDUSTRIES IS licensing its flight-management-system (FMS) software to Rockwell-Collins, allowing the firms to offer an integrated cockpit-upgrade which could be fitted as standard across an airline fleet. By combining the Smiths FMS, already fitted on Boeing 737s, with Collins AVSAT satellite-based avionics ...
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Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest
SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...
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Boeing homes in on carbon- composite production costs
Guy Norris/Los Angeles BOEING IS gearing up to attack the cost of manufacturing carbonfibre-composite structures as part of a new phase of NASA's Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) programme. "The biggest thing we need to do is to reduce manufacturing costs," says Boeing director of aircraft-structures ...
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TCTI buys trainer from ATS
Quebec-based ATS Aerospace will supply a multi-function air-traffic-control (ATC) trainer to the Transport Canada Training Institute (TCTI), which is to become the training arm of Nav Canada, the soon-to-be-formed privatised air-navigation-services corporation. The combined two-dimensional tower/radar trainer, supporting 52 desktop workstations, will provide the transition from basic ATC ...
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Finmeccanica to buy Fiar stake
FINMECCANICA, IS preparing to buy the remaining 20.5% of Italian defence electronics company Fiar, which it does not already own. The purchase will allow Finmeccanica to complete another phase, of its long running restructuring, with Fiar becoming the focus for a new radar and electronics grouping. Analysts estimate ...
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Two-crew Il-96 flightdeck near as Ilyushin studies twinjet
ILYUSHIN IS DUE to fly in December the first production-standard Il-96M, with a Western two-man cockpit and avionics suite from Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics. The Russian bureau is also giving a fresh push to plans for a twin-engined version of the aircraft, now dubbed the Il-98, which could ...
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The strong performers
As more and more airports become profit-driven there is a greater demand for productivity comparisons. Andrew Lobbenberg and Anne Graham present an analysis of 25 European airports.Many European airports have been transformed over the past 10 years. As a sector they have changed from government utilities into a dynamic commercially ...
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Many happy returns
After keen investor interest, Australian flag Qantas was all set to become fully traded on the stock exchange from 31 July, and under immediate intense pressure to provide the projected return on investment. Tom Ballantyne reports.As Qantas began its first twelve months as the world's most recently privatised airline in ...
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The great Gats
Despite the complexities, experience with the Gats in aviation so far shows it should not be written off as a vehicle for multilateral liberalisation. Ron Katz reports. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) and its annex on air transport services came into force for the majority of Gatt ...
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The right balance
Profits and losses dominate the headlines, but balance sheets give a better long term view of a company's health Ian Milne explains.In the rapidly changing, increasingly results-oriented airline industry most attention is paid to operating performance, in the shape of the profit and loss account, in assessing the immediate success ...
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New game in town
Last November's takeover of the US Congress by Republicans has made for strong partisan politics and even aviation, traditionally a bipartisan affair, is showing signs of rancour. Mead Jennings reports. If there is one person who signifies that Congress now leans to the right following the Republican takeover last November, ...
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Holding back the tide
Relations between Europe's major airlines and their flight deck crews have reached an all-time low, as pilots resist cost cuts and changes to scope clauses. A return to profit by US carriers looks set to damage relations with their pilots too. Mark Odell assesses the pilots' case.Overpaid, overreacting and overhead. ...