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Bottom Line • Australian Airlines has announced a net operating profit of $8. 97m for the six months to 31 December, comparing with the pilots’ dispute induced $48. 03m loss incurred in the same period 1989. Chairman Ted Harris noted post-deregulation fare discounting had cut into profit margins. • Hawker de Havilland has announced a
FAA Acts on Malibu Crashes: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Piper are acting to curb the spate of Malibu crashes, with a type rating for Malibu pilots being considered. At least eight Malibus – six in the US, one in Mexico and one in Japan – have been lost during the past two
Wing Failure Downs Raaf Orion: Wing structural failure apparently caused the crash of the RAAF P-3C Orion at Cocos Island on 26 April, according to an RAAF spokesperson. The Orion was one of two such aircraft involved in searching for a missing bulk ore carrier when it crashed. The aircraft was flying low over Cocos
Tay Powered 727 to Fly: The first Rolls-Royce Tay 650 powered Boeing 727-100 Is expected to fly in April 1992 to commence US Federal Aviation Administration certification flight trials. Developed by Texas based subsidiary of Italy’s Alenia, Dee Howard, the Tay retrofit program is being developed amidst growing market interest. The company already holds a
707 Made “Economically Obsolete”?: A Federal Aviation Administration directive, patterned after a Boeing recommendation for structural modifications, threatens to make the 707/720 “economically obsolete”, according to Av Week. The directive comes as a result of a Boeing recommendation prompted by fatigue cracking and corrosion detected in the aircraft. The FAA notes that some 43 US
Australian/National Jet Link on Track: Adelaide based National Jet’s plan to operate a fleet of BAe 146 aircraft in con junction with Australian Airlines is on track for imminent approval at board level. The new operation will to some extent allay the advantage the Ansett group currently have with both Ansett Express and East-west. National
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UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
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