Garuda Indonesia Airlines intends to reduce its aircraft types as part of a fleet restructuring program that is part of a broader plan to improve its profitability. The national flag carrier recently needed a $696-million cash infusion from the government to reduce its debt to equity ratio but still carries a $754-million debt, according to Minister of Transportation Maryanto Dhanutirto.
Reeling from record snowfalls, airlines and airports in the Northeastern U.S. struggled to resume service last week after the ``Blizzard of '96'' brought flight operations--and much-needed revenues--to a slippery halt.
When the FAA adopted a new regulation governing aircraft seat construction and testing in 1988, few in the industry foresaw major problems with the rule.
In the unlikely event that all of the remaining 370 Sabreliner business jets were suddenly to disappear from the face of the Earth or its atmosphere, the aircraft's main source of support, Sabreliner Corporation, would not instantly go out of business.
Icing, as a potential threat to aircraft, ebbs and flows through history like the ocean tides that flood certain sections of the coast. In an effort to guard aircraft and coastlines from the most probable and predictable onslaughts of nature, engineers have carefully devised cost-effective defenses.
The Official Airline Guide is one of the most effective ways to justify the acquisition of a corporate shuttle aircraft. Run your fingers down the pages, and you'll find a list of dozens of smaller cities that have little airline service. The air fares to many of those cities, which have not benefited from the competitive effects of airline deregulation, have skyrocketed.
A next-generation CNA Manufacturing Systems' modular pogo fixture in this combined artist's rendition/photo holds a typical aircraft skin panel in preparation for routing work.
