Westland Engineering has received a Boeing contract to build main landing gear pins and bolts, outboard spoiler bolts and rudder control pack pins for 747, 757, 767 and 777 aircraft.
Midway Airlines plans to pull back from its Chicago base by making Raleigh/Durham a new hub to replace service by American, which will continue its drastic cuts in service there, the two carriers announced yesterday. American, which said its operation at Raleigh has produced consistent losses, will try to find positions elsewhere in the company for the nearly 600 employees affected. Midway will reduce flights at Chicago but has no plans at this time to move its corporate headquarters south. About 40 Midway employees will be asked to relocate.
Bedek Aviation Group has received contracts totaling $115 million from Airborne Express for engine and aircraft accessory maintenance in the past year. Options could raise the contracts' value to $200 million.
Used Jet Aircraft Deliveries November 1994 Carrier # Type Engines Previous Operator Aero Asia 2 ROM 1-11/500 Spey512-14DW Romavia Aero Asia 1 ROM 1-11/500 Spey512-14DW Tarom Aero Continente 1 727 JT8D-7B Intl Airline Investments Aero Control 1 737-200 JT8D-9A Continental
Hughes Aircraft has obtained a $3.7 million contract to provide two air traffic control systems for the Karlsruhe and Langen centers in Germany. The contract was awarded by Deutsche Flugssicherung, which is responsible for flight safety in Germany.
Delta has signed a five-year, $230 million contract with AT&T for worldwide, long-distance voice and data communications services. The new contract is an extension of Delta's agreement with AT&T for Virtual Telecommunications Network Services.
Passengers who take a qualifying flight on Delta or its connection carriers between Feb. 1 and April 15 will receive 1,000 bonus miles under Delta's new SkyMiles frequent flyer program, set to begin May 1. A qualifying segment is one flight with a fare eligible for frequent flyer mileage credit. Elite members receive a 2,500-mile bonus.
USAir will hold its five-week Fearful Flyers program in 12 cities this year. The course, which USAir says has a 95% success rate in making anxious flyers more comfortable, includes discussions on phobias and relaxation training, and an explanation of aircraft operation, maintainance and crew training.
The Air Traffic Control Association will sponsor two symposiums - on weather and flight issues - next month. ATCA will host a program Feb. 1 focusing on weather, data and air traffic control system needs. The meeting will cover the mix of current and future observation and prediction systems, data analysis, distillation, integration and provision of information to pilots and controllers. The Feb. 2 symposium will debate the issue of free flight within the national airspace system. Under the free flight concept, the system accommodates user-preferred trajectories.
Aerolineas Argentinas is working with tour operators and wholesalers to create June-through-September summer ski packages - winter in the Southern Hemisphere - featuring resorts in Argentina's Andean regions. Prices start at $995 for a seven-night package including airfare from Miami to Bariloche, airport transfers, hotel accommodations and continental breakfast. Aerolineas operates nonstop and direct service from Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Montreal and Toronto to Buenos Aires.
Heavylift-VolgaDnepr, the British-Russian joint venture, asked DOT for authority to operate a one-way charter cargo flight Feb. 13 between Tyndall AFB, Fla., and Edinburgh, Scotland. The carrier intends to carry 102 tons of oilfield flexible piping on its An-124-100 freighter aircraft. (Docket 50045)
Rio Sul, a regional airline of which Varig is majority owner, has purchased Nordeste Linhas Aereas Regionals, another Brazilian regional, for $7 million. The combined carrier will serve 54 cities, more than any other Brazilian regional, a Varig official said. Rio Sul now serves 39 cities.
Supreme Court let stand yesterday a lower court ruling upholding a New York jury's award of $20 million for the families of three of the 270 killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am 103. The jury found Pan Am engaged in "willful misconduct," thus invalidating the airline's liability limits under the Warsaw Convention. The Supreme Court action clears the way for other claims against insurers of the defunct airline. (Pan Am vs. Pagnucco, Supreme Court No. 94-952)
Arrow Air urged DOT to approve China Airlines' application for all-cargo service between Taiwan and Miami. Arrow noted that "although Miami International Airport (MIA) handles more international air freight than any other U.S. airport, there is no direct, single-plane service between MIA and any Far East point." By partially filling this void, CAL would "be of benefit not only to South Florida but also to many points in the Caribbean and Latin America" - and to carriers that serve these markets from Miami - by providing interlining traffic, Arrow added.
British Airways is offering specially priced tour packages to celebrate Valentine's Day. The four-day/three-night holiday, priced from $599 to $909 per person based on double occupancy, includes roundtrip transatlantic airfare from New York to London, airport transfers in London, three nights' accommodation at a choice of six London hotels, full English breakfast daily, a bottle of champagne on arrival, a box of chocolates, a single red rose in the room, and a dinner cruise on the Thames.
General Electric reported net earnings of $4.7 billion for 1994, up 10% from $4.3 billion the previous year. Operating profits rose 22% to $5.9 billion from $4.9 billion and revenues increased to $60.1 billion from $55.7 billion. The company did not break out results for aircraft engine operations.
Canadian Airlines International's systemwide traffic rose 8.7% in November on 10.3% more capacity, producing a load factor decline of 0.9 percentage points. Through the first 11 months of 1994, Canadian's traffic rose 4.2% on 3.2% more capacity, resulting in a load factor gain of 0.7 percentage points. "These results show the largest year-over-year traffic results for 1994," said Don Casey, VP-marketing and scheduling.
Atlantic Coast Airlines pilots have begun training on a full-motion, full- visual flight simulator designed by Reflectone. The simulator was qualified by FAA this month. The United Express regional, certified by FAA as a Part 121 carrier, said that it provides crew resource management training for its pilots, flight attendants and dispatchers.
Eastern Trustee Martin Shugrue's request for an additional $2.2 million in compensation is not only unreasonable but "unconscionable," and the amount requested is "patently excessive," according to the Machinists union, which has filed an objection to the request at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (DAILY, Jan. 23).
Harris Corp. said net income for the second quarter, which ended Dec. 31, rose 16% to $34.8 million, up from $30 million in the same 1993 quarter. Sales increased to $863.1 million from $807.5 million. For six months, net income was $63.6 million, up from $54.7 million, while sales were $1.7 billion, up from $1.6 billion.
British Airways said yesterday it plans to start London Gatwick-Moscow service March 27, assuming government approval. The service will be operated five times weekly to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, using a Boeing 737. The flight will complement BA's Heathrow-Moscow service, which is operated nine times weekly.
Most of the nation's major carriers put in bids last week at DOT for future frequencies to Canada's three largest cities. In this second and final round of applications, many carriers tried to strengthen markets they staked out in the first round. The new wave of applicants want to become one of six new airlines in the second year of the two-year phase-in of service to Vancouver and Montreal and the second and third year of the three-year transition period in Toronto.
CAE Electronics said the "world's first" Boeing 777-200 full-flight simulator has received FAA certification and has been delivered to Boeing's new customer services training center in Seattle, along with a flight training device. A 777 maintenance simulator and a cabin management simulator were delivered last June and have been used for training since mid-August. United was the first 777 customer to begin maintenance training.
