Jeanne Cook, who is chief pilot of Columbia, S.C.-based Bankair Inc., has been elected chair of the Plymouth, Mass.-based Regional Air Cargo Carriers Assn. She succeeds David Corey, who is president/CEO of AirNow, Bennington, Vt. John W. Hazlet, Jr., who is vice president-safety and standards/director of operations for Burbank, Calif.-based Ameriflight, has been named vice president-technical affairs.
The commercial transport market is seeing a new form of competitive environment, as airlines restructure and overhaul their operations, and airframers adjust business models to meet their customers' evolving requirements.
Air Force AgustaWestland Merlin HC3 (22) BAE Systems 146 CC Mk 2 (2) BAE Systems Harrier GR7 (51) BAE Systems Nimrod Mk 2 (20) BAE Systems Nimrod R1 (3) Bell Helicopter Textron 412 (14) Bell Helicopter Textron 412EP (2) Boeing Helicopter Chinook HC2 (34) Boeing Helicopter Chinook HC3 (8) Boeing C-17A (4) Boeing E-3D (6) Bombardier Sentinel R1 (2) British Aerospace 125-1 (5) British Aerospace Dominie T Mk 1 (3)
The new chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-Mich.), says he doesn't know yet whether he will fight the F-22 multi-year production plan Lockheed Martin officials say they need to keep production costs down and a stealth fighter production line active until F-35 manufacturing begins. "It depends on what's presented to us," he says. A key question will be whether the Air Force and the company can prove there will be savings. "It depends on what [an independent cost] study and other facts disclose," Levin says. "I don't want to prejudge that.
Jonas Hjelm, former secretary of the Swedish Defense Ministry, has been appointed a government affairs executive for the Corporate Strategy and Business Developmenrt Div. of Saab.
278 Ji Chang Road Guangzhou, 510405, CHINA Code: CZ Employees: 34,417 www.cs-air.com Tel. (86-20) 8613-0870 Fax (86-20) 8665-9040 Ownership: 65.2% state; 34.8% public Executive Management Chairman Liu Shao Yong President & Director Si Xian Min Director, CFO & VP Xu Jie Bo
Air Force Beech RC-12D (5) Beech RC-12K (2) Bell Helicopter Textron 206B (4) Bell Helicopter Textron AH-1E (10) Bell Helicopter Textron AH-1F (9) Bell Helicopter Textron AH-1G (5) Bell Helicopter Textron AH-1S (25) Bell Helicopter Textron OH-58D (7) Boeing Helicopter AH-64A (40) Boeing Helicopter AH-64D (3) Boeing 707-300 (14) Boeing F-15I (25) Dornier Do 28 (12) Gulfstream G550 (2) IAI CM 170 (40)
Dassault Aviation insiders say the French airframer broke an all-time record for new orders last year, underscoring the ongoing sales boom in the bizjet industry. The claim, reported in Paris daily Les Echos, said Dassault tallied 140 sales or more, pulverizing a mark of 123 set in 2005. Dassault, which had previously expected full-year orders in the 90-99 range (AW&ST Oct. 2, 2006, p. 40), declined to comment, although it confirmed 2006 was an "excellent year."
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ARGON NII (Moscow) develops onboard computers and electronic systems for aircraft, missile and spacecraft applications. ASTROFIZIKA NPO (Moscow) is one of Russia's largest development centers for tactical and strategic directed-energy weapons, mainly lasers. AVTOMATIKA NII (Moscow) and the associated NPO Avtomatika are Russia's primary developers/manufacturers of strategic C 3I equipment. Their products include encrypted telephones comparable to the U.S. STU-3 system.
Rua 18 de Novembro No. 804, Sao Paulo 90240-040 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BRAZIL Code: RG Employees: 11,432 www.varig.com.br Tel. (55-51) 3358-7039 Fax (55-51) 3358-7001 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management Chairman Joaquim Fernandes dos Santos Director-President and CEO Carlos Luiz Martins Pereira a Souza VP Financial & Admin. Fernando Wellisch
U.S. passenger and cargo airlines will achieve an aggregate net profit of $4 billion this year, the Air Transport Assn. says in its annual projection for the industry. The association estimates industry net earnings in 2006 at $2-3 billion, setting the stage for aviation's first consecutive years in the black since 1999-2000.
