Aerospace contractor BFGoodrich Co. will change its name next month to Goodrich Corp., with shareholder approval, to represent its shift away from tire manufacturing to aerospace markets.
ALCOA and Honeywell signed a 10-year, $300 million agreement to implement the Honeywell Industrial Control ManageAbility program that extends a long-standing alliance between the two companies. The global program applies to seven Alcoa alumina-refining facilities and is designed to improve process control and standardization of both equipment and processes across Alcoa's worldwide alumina refining network, reducing variability of product output.
SCOTT MALONE was named vice president of business operations for Indigo. Malone formerly was senior manager in Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting Practice in Atlanta and also helped develop Indigo's business systems and technology.
NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION formed a subcommittee to address operational and regulatory concerns of Part 135 air cargo carriers. The Air Cargo Subcommittee selected Victory Wingett, president of ATI Jet Charters, as the founding chair. The subcommittee will work on regulatory issues such as conversion of passenger aircraft to cargo configuration and flight and duty time.
CHINA YUNNAN AIRLINES placed an order for six CRJ200 regional jets. Canadian manufacturer Bombardier said the deal for the 50-seat RJs is valued at $138 million (U.S.).
Nevada's two senators wrote to FAA Administrator Jane Garvey this month, asking her to delay implementation of proposed changes in air tour routes over part of the Grand Canyon.
formerly Allison) AE 3007A and AE 3007C model engines (Docket No. 2000-NE-41-AD) -- proposes to require, on AE 3007A and AE 3007C model engines with high-pressure turbine (HPT) first- to second-stage turbine spacer part number (P/N) 23058369 installed. This proposal would require removal and replacement of the HPT first- to second-stage turbine spacer before it reaches its new reduced engine cycle life limit. This proposal is prompted by a detailed component analysis that indicates that the HPT first- to second-stage turbine spacer stresses are higher than predicted.
PRIVATAIR, the Geneva, Switzerland-based charter and aircraft management company, announced several additional appointments in the wake of its recent acquisition of Flight Services Group and the Transair fixed-base operation at Le Bourget Airport in Paris. As previously reported, FSG founder David Hurley was named chief executive officer of PrivatAir Group, Greg Thomas was named chief operating officer and FSG's Hugh Regan was named chief financial officer (BA, Feb. 19/84). In addition, PrivatAir Capt.
FAA IS POISED to implement new routes for air tour operators at the Grand Canyon, but both of Nevada's senators have written to FAA Administrator Jane Garvey asking her to delay action because of potential safety problems with the new routes. See article below.
AIR METHODS CORP., Denver, Colo., posted record revenue and earnings for the second consecutive year. For the 12 months ended Dec. 31, revenue was up 31 percent to $75.3 million and net income rose 23 percent to $4.2 million. That compares with net income of $3.4 million on revenues of $57.3 million in 1999. The company sustained a loss of $128,000 during the fourth quarter, compared with net income of $654,000 during the fourth quarter a year earlier.
Avionics problems and mistakes by pilots and controllers combined to cause a November midair collision between a U.S. Air Force F-16 and a Cessna 172 near Bradenton, Fla., killing the civilian pilot, the service reported. Accident Investigation Board members identified two primary causes for the Nov. 16 mishap - the two pilots' failure to see and avoid each other, and Tampa air traffic controllers' failure to transmit a collision alert warning to the Cessna pilot, BA affiliate AviationNow.com reported.
SOUTHWEST JET AVIATION, Scottsdale, Ariz., added a Model 35A Learjet to its fleet of charter and management aircraft. The Learjet will be based at Tucson International Airport (TUS).
PETER MUENZEN was appointed director of managed fleet sales for Garrett Aviation in Long Island, N.Y. Muenzen had served as acting general manager of the Long Island facility since April 2000 and, before that, was sales and support manager. He joined Garrett in 1981.
DONNA MCLEAN, the Federal Aviation Administration's chief financial officer who is spearheading development of the agency's cost accounting system, was named assistant secretary for budget and programs and chief financial officer for the Department of Transportation. McLean joined FAA in 1999 as assistant administrator for financial services. Before that, she was a long-time staff member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Aviation businesses last week praised House and Senate legislators for tossing out the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's massive Ergonomics Protection Standard. But employees' unions vowed to continue fighting for workplace protections. The Senate Tuesday voted 56-44 to overturn the ergonomics rule. The House followed suit Wednesday in a 223-206 vote, and President Bush is expected to sign the bill overturning the OSHA regulations.
Bombardier Aerospace won FAA type certification approval last week for the company's 70-seat CRJ900 series regional jet, the latest addition to the company's line of regional aircraft. The U.S. certification follows Transport Canada type certification late last year (BA, Jan. 1/7), and European Joint Aviation Authorities type recommendation earlier this year. Brit Air, an Air France affiliate and the launch customer for the 70-seat jet, inaugurated CRJ700 service Feb. 18.
HOUSE Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders began their fight to preserve the federal government's contribution to FAA operations in fiscal 2002. The committee warned colleagues in its fiscal 2002 transportation "Views and Estimates" that it would "strongly oppose any proposal to eliminate the general fund payment to the FAA." Congress has increasingly relied upon the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to pay for FAA operations even though the trust fund was created to pay for capital expenses, the committee said.
TRACY BEHNKE joined The Air Group as an air charter travel manager for its Chicago base. Behnke previously held charter sales and dispatch positions with Priester Aviation and, before that, was a customer service representative for Vanguard Airlines at Midway Airport.
Boeing Business Jets this month flew its first two customer-bound BBJ 2 aircraft to PATS Inc. in Georgetown, Del., using only 4,700 feet of available runway at earthquake-damaged Boeing Field (BFI) with enough fuel to make the cross-country trip. The company delivered the first BBJ 2 to a customer and the customer climbed aboard the new aircraft just minutes before the Feb. 28 earthquake hit the Seattle area.
British conglomerate BBA Group said revenues and operating profit in its Aviation Service business unit were significantly higher last year. Turnover, or revenues, totaled $1.14 billion for the segment, an increase of 35 percent, while operating profits were up 25 percent to $144.4 million. Those increases were primarily due to continued organic growth of eight percent and the acquisitions made during 2000, the company said.
FAA, which earlier this year issued a sole-source proposal to Lockheed Martin to update the Host computer system in a contract valued at "hundreds of millions" of dollars, backtracked and said it will now consider challenges to that selection. Steve Zaidman, associate administrator for research and development, said that "this is not the typical way we do business. We generally compete our projects."
A Horizon Air crew safely landed their de Havilland DHC-8 at the Portland, Ore. International Airport (PDX) Tuesday despite a developing fire in the No. 2 engine.
Three system integrators are participating in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concept study aimed at developing breakthrough technologies for sustained, long-range supersonic flight with substantially diminished sonic booms.
HONEYWELL delivered the fourth fully podded AS977 engine system to BAE Systems, completing the first shipset of AS977 engines for the Avro RJX regional jet. Honeywell plans to deliver the second shipset of Avro RJX engines to the United Kingdom by the end of the month.
KAMAN CORP. said Founder and Chairman Charles Kaman will not be a candidate for re-election at the company's annual meeting. Kaman is leaving the board because of a continuing medical condition. He founded the Bloomfield, Conn. company more than 55 years ago.
