The No. 2 airlines in Spain and Italy have struck a marketing relationship. Spanair and Air One will start by offering code-share through flights between Barcelona and Turin on to other destinations.
Andrew Dardine (Forecast International), Theresa Hartley (Forecast International)
Last summer, precision targeting linked to modern military avionics took center stage in the global war on terrorism. Viewers tuned into news accounts featuring F-16 targeting pod imagery of the air-to-ground precision-bombing attack that killed leading terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. Post-strike coverage showed that a target can be destroyed with minimal collateral damage, as well. This single, graphic event capsulated how profoundly modern avionics systems have transformed air warfare during the last decade.
Japan Airlines says passengers traveling to China jumped 31% during the Dec. 28-Jan. 8 New Year vacation period. It saw modest increases in travel to South Korea and Southeast Asia, 3.3% and 5.6%, respectively. But otherwise, international seat capacity was down 3.7% during the period. High winds and heavy snowfalls during the vacation led to cancellation of 27 international and 152 domestic flights.
Qantas Center, Building A, 203 Coward St., Mascot NSW 2020, AUSTRALIA Code: QF Employees: 34,832 www.qantas.com Tel. (61-2) 9691-3636 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management Chairman Margaret Jackson CEO Geoff Dixon CFO Peter Gregg Executive General Manager John Borghetti
Provided with the Assistance of Alexander Velovich (Russian Correspondent, Forecast Interational)
Research Institutes GOSNIIAS (State Research Institute of Aviation Systems) (Moscow) is a think tank focused on combat aircraft, aviation weapons systems and military avionics. The institute has an important role in the development of software for onboard mission computers and integration of weapons control systems.
Air Force Aero Vodochody L-39 (10) Aero Vodochody L-59 (47) Agusta AS-61A4 (2) Agusta CH-47D (12) Antonov An-74T-200 (1) Arab British Helicopter Co. SA342K (4) Arab British Helicopter Co. SA342L (79) Arab Organization for Indust EMB-312 (54) Arab Organization for Indust K-8E (70) Arab Organization for Indust Mirage 2000EM (16) Beech 1900C (9) Boeing Helicopter AH-64A (27) Boeing Helicopter AH-64D (8)
Air France has agreed to join Verified Identity Pass's Clear Registered Traveler program at New York Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 1. Starting in February, enrolled travelers using Terminal 1 will be able to take advantage of the Clear program, which allows pre-screened passengers to bypass airport security checkpoint lines. Air France will market the program across the U.S.
While it may seem heretical to suggest such a counter-intuitive stance, Pierre Sparaco in his European Perpective column "The End of Oil" (AW&ST Dec. 11, 2006, p. 60) reveals the unsettling reality of how automakers and electrical utilities have leapfrogged the aviation industry in the development of alternate fuel systems.
Asiana Town, 47 Osae-Dong, Kangsea-ku Kangseo PO Box 98, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA Code: OZ Employees: 7,640 www.flyasiana.com Tel. (82-2) 2669-3114 Fax (82-2) 2669-3840 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management President and COO Joo-an, Kang Vice Chairman & CEO Chan-Bup, Park
The FAA--bolstered by industry's 21 years' experience in extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) and high reliability of modern engines--issued its final ETOPS rule on Jan. 8, allowing for operations to transcend current time, aircraft-type and range constraints.
Unmanned aerial vehicles, now also being called unmanned aircraft systems, have come a long way since their introduction during World War I. Inaccurate and unreliable, these early UAVs did not impress political or military leaders of the time, and few recognized their hidden potential. Operation Desert Storm in 1991 saw the first widespread battle use of UAVs. NATO's involvement in the Balkans throughout the 1990s saw widened use of UAVs, but not until the 9/11 terrorist attacks did the news media propel these systems into the limelight.
Air Force Aerospatiale SA342L (3) Bell Helicopter Textron 206B (3) Bell Helicopter Textron 206L II (3) B-N Group Ltd. BN-2B (1) Hughes Helicopters 500 (2) Mil Mi-35 (10) Pilatus PC-9 (1) Police Air Wing Bell Helicopter Textron 412EP (1) Bell Helicopter Textron 412SP (1) B-N Group Ltd. BN-2T (1)
KLM passengers at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport's E Pier now have access to 12 new self-service transfer kiosks (SSTKs) on European and intercontinental routes. The kiosks allow passengers missing a connecting flight to print a new boarding pass without having to go to a transfer desk. KLM says the kiosks will cut the number of transfer desk users by more than 80%, and 100% once all IATA-affiliated carriers adopt e-ticketing. The service will be expanded to handle seat changes.
Amos Weizman (see photo) has been named president/CEO of Israel-based Tadiran Communications. He has been senior vice president/deputy CEO and succeeds Hezi Chermoni, who plans to retire.
Air Force Aero Technologies of Australia N-22B (16) Aero Vodochody L-39ZA (18) Airbus A310-300 (1) Airbus ACJ (1) Basler Turbo 67 Conversion (9) Bell Helicopter Textron 412 (8) Bell Helicopter Textron 412SP (10) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H (18) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1N (1) Boeing 737-400 (1) British Aerospace 748-2A (2) British Aerospace HS.748 (4) CASA CN-235 (2) Cessna T-41D (6)
Astronomers have more work to do, but a new map of "dark matter" dating halfway back to the Big Bang lends weight to the theory that the mysterious phenomenon holds the visible Universe like lights on a Christmas tree. The researchers have produced a three-dimensional map of a slice of the sky nine times the size of a full Moon that shows visible matter--stars, galaxies and interstellar gas--has accumulated along filaments of dark matter stretching back in time.
