FAA awarded Raytheon Support Services Co. a contract valued at $875 million over the next seven years to provide support services for the air traffic control system. Raytheon and its team member ATC Services Inc. are the incumbents on the present FAA contract for these services. They will be joined by Dimensions International for the new contract.
United has asked DOT for renewal of its authority to operate scheduled combination service between Miami and Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. The carrier operates the service under a code-share arrangement with ALM Antillean Airlines. (Docket 49141&OST-95-299)
Cathay Pacific last week took delivery of its second Boeing 747-400 freighter, giving it a total of six 747Fs. The other four are -200 freighters. The airline plans to operate the new freighter on its new Hong Kong-Toronto route, scheduled to begin July 27. Hong Kong-Toronto cargo service is a Cathay-Air Canada joint venture.
Carnival Air Lines is seeking authority to operate scheduled service between Miami and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and to carry Ladeco South America-Miami cargo traffic on the service under a Ladeco designator code. If approved, Carnival plans to operate twice-weekly service using Boeing 757-200ER aircraft dry-leased from Ladeco. The Chilean carrier currently uses the 757s between South America and Miami and between South America and Punta Cana. For operational reasons, Ladeco currently moves the aircraft by ferry between Miami and Punta Cana.
Standard&Poor's ratings of USAir and parent company USAir Group remain on CreditWatch with negative implications following the rejection by rank-and- file flight attendants of a tentative package of concessions worked out between the airline and its flight attendants union, the Association of Flight Attendants (DAILY, July 14). USAir's ratings were placed on CreditWatch in mid-February.
Acting DOT Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Patrick Murphy will testify Tuesday before the Senate Finance Committee to defend the administration's position against renewing the aviation industry's fuel tax exemption. A House Transportation aviation subcommittee hearing on U.S.-Japan aviation relations, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed.
The number of passengers handled by the seven U.K. airports managed by BAA increased 5.8% in June to 8.54 million. Passenger volume at BAA's three London-area airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - increased 5.8% to 7.38 million. Heathrow's volume rose 4.6% to 4.78 million, Gatwick's 6.7% to 2.22 million and Stansted's 16.9% to 372,400. Passenger volume through the three Scottish airports - Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen - increased a combined 6.1% to nearly 1.11 million.
FAA Friday issued a draft advisory circular it said will help prevent the use of unapproved aircraft parts. Comments on the AC will be accepted through early August. The AC should set up an industry-operated authorization program for brokers and distributors of aircraft parts. Administrator David Hinson said the program, developed jointly with industry, will set up a voluntary accreditation program for a network of about 2,500 distributors and dealers throughout the country.
The Ralph M. Parsons Co. was chosen by Loral Federal Systems to help modernize FAA's air traffic control system by providing design and construction management services to support installation of Loral's Display System Replacement equipment in air route traffic control centers (ARTCCs). Parsons, as part of a program to update controllers' consoles, will assist in replacing 25-year-old en route system work stations at 22 ARTCCs.
The Justice Department late Friday cleared a Pennsylvania venture's proposal to negotiate domestic air fares on behalf of its corporate customers that are mileage-based and net of travel agent override commissions and other marketing costs (DAILY, Jan. 17). In a "business review letter" that Business Travel Contractors Corp.
Reflectone received a FedEx contract to upgrade 727 and DC-10 flight simulators. Both will be equipped with new instructor stations, and the 727 simulator will get a Harris Night Hawk computer system. Reflectone President Richard Snyder said, "Many aircraft operators are saving money by upgrading existing simulators, rather than ordering new ones." He said a number of Reflectone's subsystems can be used on existing or new simulators.
APCOA named Raul Regalado president-airport properties, West. BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems named Suzanne Finney aftermarket sales representative for the western region of the U.S. Diamond Aircraft appointed new sales representatives in U.S.: Matt Amundson, Huntsville, Ala.; John DeLawyer, Austin, Texas; Jonathan Guenthner, Walnut Creek, Calif.; Scott Laughery, Indianapolis, Ind.; Shawn McGeough, East Brunswick, N.J., and Debbie Crawford, Kirkwood, Mo.
SAS has been named the official carrier of World Championships in Athletics scheduled Aug. 4-13 in Gothenburg, Sweden. All athletes and their trainers, guests and officials will fly SAS to and from Gothenburg. SAS will add 30,000 extra seats to and from Gothenburg during the event, most of them to and from Copenhagen and Stockholm. The carrier also will operate extra flights from Frankfurt, London and Zurich. MarketPlace
Fine Airlines said it will begin daily cargo service today between Miami and Puerto Rico. It will fly a stretch DC-8 leaving Miami about midnight and arriving back in Miami at about 7:30 a.m. Fine serves the Caribbean and Central and South America with 15 DC-8s.
Canadian Airlines International and its Machinists union have suspended negotiations. A senior Canadian executive told employees Friday the two sides have made no progress since June 30 toward putting a financial value on proposed contract changes. Negotiations with other union groups are proceeding or have reached a point where they cannot go forward until other groups catch up.
U.S. and Germany conducted three days of productive talks in Berlin last week, with the two sides exchanging ideas about open skies. "We are very pleased," said Patrick Murphy, acting DOT assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs. "We still have a lot of work to do," he said, but added that the U.S. was hoping to beat the 1997 deadline the two countries set for an open-skies agreement.
Gulf Air has requested renewal of its authority to operate combination service between Boston, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco, on the one hand, and Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar, on the other. The service is flown via Cyprus. Gulf Air operates service under a code- sharing arrangement with American by which the U.S. carrier displays the Gulf Air code on its flights between the five U.S. points in conjunction with Gulf Air's nonstop and direct Airbus A340 flights between New York and the points in the Mideast. (Docket 50319)
Jouve Data Management said FedEx has adopted its software and production services for distributing airframe technical manuals in digital form for the MD-11, A300-600, A310 and DC-10 fleets. A total of 105 CD-ROM work stations in 83 locations are planned. "We are now in the process of installing our hardware and software at stations throughout the FedEx system, including Asia," Jouve said.
Triangle Imaging Group, which specializes in the non-destructive inspection of aging commercial and military aircraft, said it has signed a letter of intent to enter into a 20-year lease agreement with the Israel Export Development Co. to establish an aircraft parts manufacturing facility in the free export processing zone at Tel Shoquet, near Beer Sheva, in Israel's Negev Desert. Under the proposed agreement, Israel Export Development Co. will provide Triangle with a facility for manufacturing commercial and military aircraft parts for international markets.
American is seeking renewal of its service between Miami and Mexico City and between co-terminal points New York and Miami and co-terminal points Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Docket OST-95-296&OST-95-297)
FAA Administrator David Hinson and Anthony Broderick, associate administrator for regulation and certification, listed five agency rulemakings that are on a "fast track." Proceedings and their deadlines are: - Air carrier training programs, final rule, October 1995. Requires all commercial operations of aircraft with 10 seats to meet the highest requirements for crew training, testing and qualification. Requires training in cockpit resource management to enhance crew coordination and performance.
Fibertek said it successfully demonstrated its helicopter laser radar for obstacle avoidance at field trials in South Korea. The eye-safe system demonstrated detection of wires at ranges of 350 meters to more than 650 meters under various conditions. Fibertek said its system is a candidate for the European Obstacle Warning System now being solicited by Eurocopter for the NH90 helicopter.
Summary of U.S. National Carriers Systemwide Traffic November 1994 Revenue Average Revenue Passengers Length of Passenger Enplaned % Travel Miles Carriers (000) Change (Miles) (000) Alaska 757 27.93 834 631,455 Aloha 402 (1.19) 136 54,487
National Aviation Associations Coalition, representing 30 aviation groups, will issue a consensus statement today expressing strong support for the "basic concepts" of FAA reform efforts in both the House and the Senate. The coalition reached consensus on FAA funding, personnel and procurement reform at a meeting last week. Two aviation organizations back the FAA reform bill soon to be introduced by Reps. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) and Jim Lightfoot (R-Iowa).
