FAA has hired Frederick Roder, who was instrumental in pioneering CT 5000 explosives detection for InVision, as new technical adviser security. He was president and founder of Imatron Federal Systems, now a wholly owned subsidiary of InVision.
British Airways will change its inflight entertainment programming to reflect its new global image and revised values. BA already spends 25% of its movie budget on language dubbing and offers 12 foreign-language radio productions each month.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld last week a $2.4 million negligence judgment against Lufthansa for continuing a flight to Frankfurt even though a passenger suffered a heart attack within three hours of leaving Miami.
DOT's short-term extension of Air Jamaica's authority to operate to points in the U.S. is based on a flurry of diplomatic activity that advanced Amerijet's chances to set up ground-handling in Kingston, Jamaica. Part of the problem concerned difficulty in securing customs facilities, which Amerijet said it needed to provide effective cargo service.
Summary of U.S. Major Carriers International Traffic February 1997 Revenue Average Revenue Passengers Length of Passenger Enplaned % Travel Miles Carriers (000) Change (Miles) (000) Alaska 72 24.07 1,109 80,322 Latin 72 24.07 1,109 80,322
Delta and Continental focused on Continental's status and the absence of a U.S.-France aviation agreement in new DOT filings in their competition for the third U.S. third-country code-share designation to Egypt, after United and Northwest. Delta, which would serve Egypt with Swissair from Zurich, said Continental's application to code share on Air France flights from Paris is "fatally deficient" without a bilateral or existing Continental- Air France service.
General Electric said the average share price that will be used in completing its merger today with Greenwich Air Services is $64.70. The amount is based on a 10-day stock valuation period from Aug. 15 through Aug. 28, as specified in the merger pact, GE said. Greenwich stockholders will receive 0.4791 shares of GE common stock for each share of Greenwich. If the merger occurs when expected, the deadline to elect to receive $31 in cash for each share of Greenwich stock held, instead of GE stock, will be 5 p.m. Aug. 29.
Continental, which in 1994 leased space in the old Braniff terminal at Dallas Love Field saying it would need the space for offices, recently erected displays and signage clearly indicating the facility will be used by Continental Express. The commuter partner has been acquiring Embraer 145 regional jets, which meet Wright Amendment criteria limiting Love Field long-haul service to aircraft with fewer than 56 seats.
Summary of U.S. Major Carriers Domestic Traffic March 1997 Revenue Average Revenue Passengers Length of Passenger Enplaned % Travel Miles Carriers (000) Change (Miles) (000) Alaska 962 3.78 829 797,785 America West 1,686 6.91 877 1,479,188
It is "increasingly unlikely" that US Airways' pilots will have enough time to educate themselves and vote on a tentative contract agreement - not yet in sight - before the Sept. 30 milestone in the airline's Airbus Industrie aircraft order, the head of the carrier's Air Line Pilots Association unit said Friday. Jon Bryan, Master Executive Council chairman, described Sept.
EVA Airways' profits will increase at least 5% during the first year of its newly negotiated code-share alliance with Continental (DAILY, Aug. 27), according to the Taiwan carrier's president, Richard Huang.
- In Federal Register dated Aug. 22...Proposed an airworthiness directive on Piper PA-31 series aircraft to require replacing the lower wing splice plate. - In FR dated Aug. 25...Issued an AD on Pratt&Whitney Canada PW100 series engines to require inspection of the two gas generator case drain ports...Proposed an AD on certain Aerospatiale ATR 42 aircraft to require removing certain landing gear attachment pins...Proposed an AD on certain British Aerospace ATP aircraft to require inspection of the flap drive torque tubes in the wing root area.
A poll in Dallas and Tarrant County, Texas, shows that two-thirds of residents on both sides of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport support repeal of the Wright Amendment, the 1979 measure passed by Congress to limit airline service at Dallas Love Field. The poll, released by an organization formerly known as "Friends of Love Field," concluded that airlines should be able to serve whichever airport they choose.
FAA has determined that an instrument approach to Meigs Field will be possible by using the Global Positioning System, the City of Chicago said. The city had asked FAA to determine whether an instrument approach to Meigs is possible without adverse effects on the airspace around O'Hare and Midway airports. Mary Rose Loney, Chicago commissioner of aviation, said FAA can use a GPS-based instrument approach to Meigs's Runway 36 during poor weather conditions, but four other approaches were found in studies to "severely conflict" with the airspace of the other airports.
Air South, just days after its third anniversary, stopped flying Aug. 28 and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. No major airline that competed with Air South honored its tickets Friday, saying the tickets probably were worthless. United offered its bereavement fare to stranded passengers, and Kiwi sold tickets at the price Air South passengers had paid. Delta, which had no interline or ticketing pact with Air South, did not honor tickets, and US Airways did not accept tickets unless they were issued by an airline other than Air South.
Orally approved an emergency exemption for Antonov Design Bureau to operate a one-way charter cargo flight between Wichita/McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and Seattle/Boeing Field using an An-124 to transport thrust reverser halves and related equipment for a 777 Aug. 28...Orally approved a one-year exemption renewal for Fast Air Carrier to conduct all-cargo operations with Buenos Aires as an intermediate point on its Chile-U.S.
U.S.-Japan talks concluded without fanfare Friday, although the two sides agreed to meet again the week of Sept. 22 in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary of State Alan Larson said the U.S. is pushing for a four-year transition to open skies. Japan counters with its own four-year agreement, "though it's not clear to us at this stage what Japan sees after the four years," and this is a major stumbling block, he said. As before, the U.S. wants to open access for non-incumbent carriers, including opportunities for any airline on either side between regional city-pairs.
The City of New York said yesterday that FAA must deny an application to spend passenger facility charges on an automated light rail system (LRS) to link New York Kennedy with two rail stations in Queens because the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey does not hold the rights-of-way needed for the project, and the city has no intention of granting them to the port authority.
FAA said it plans to fine Kasba, a shipper based in Asuncion, Paraguay, $65,000 for an undeclared shipment of hazardous materials it "knowingly" offered for transportation by air. It said the dangerous material, a "highly inflammable" weed killer, was discovered by an Airborne Express employee at the company's Wilmington cargo sort facility.
