South Carolina-based Air South has expanded its three-month-old operations to Baltimore and Raleigh/Durham and added Tallahassee to its route network. The carrier, based at Columbia Metropolitan Airport, subleased a Boeing 737 to support the Nov. 15 launch of service from Raleigh/Durham to its base and to Baltimore/Washington International and Hartsfield Atlanta International airports. Air South operates four daily round-trip flights each between Raleigh/Durham and Atlanta, Baltimore and Columbia.
Aerospace/defense analysts project sustainable double-digit earnings growth for Rockwell International during the next two years, bolstered by the company's growing telecommunications and industrial automation businesses--including the pending acquisition of Reliance Electric Co. (see p.19.) Oppenheimer's Lior Bregman predicts Rockwell's 1995 earnings per share (EPS) will increase to about $3.10, with the potential to reach $4 the following year; that compares with his forecast of $2.80-2.87 for 1994.
Macon (Ga.) Air and Macon Aircraft Refinishing have appointed T.W. Anderson general manager/vice president-operations. He has held management positions with Cessna Aircraft Co. and Ryan Aviation.
AIRLINES CAN REDUCE in-flight medical risks and expensive, health-related emergency landings by visually screening passengers prior to boarding, according to a recent Flight Safety Foundation report. Passengers with open sores or wounds may carry highly contagious diseases that pose a serious health threat to other passengers and crew. Carriers also should provide upon request guidelines on flight-related medical risks to passengers, as high-altitude flight could exacerbate delicate conditions, the report said.
Lockheed Missiles&Space Co. plans to work with Mitsubishi Corp. to study Japanese theater missile defense requirements and determine whether the U.S. Army's Thaad missile can meet these needs.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S Vought Aircraft subsidiary has been informed by the U.S. Air Force that the Pampa 2000 has been dropped from the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition. In a Nov.
The resolution of a basic funding package for Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok will mean release of about HK$12 billion ($1.5 billion) in major contracts for construction of its passenger terminal and runway, and development of its integrated air traffic control/communications network early next year. Additionally, selections of contractors for privately funded facilities worth another HK$12.5 billion ($1.6 billion) for airside services--cargo, aircraft maintenance, catering and aviation fuel supply--are also expected shortly.
Lufthansa German Airlines will focus on further developing its global ties with other carriers in 1995 and may seek another European partner. The German flag carrier plans to begin code-sharing operations with its newest strategic partner, Thai Airways International, next summer, according to Lufthansa Chairman Juergen Weber.
DCX, Inc., Franktown, Colo., has named John M. Rainey director of marketing for its aerospace/defense manufacturing operations. He was marketing manager of the Gamah Div. of Stanley Aviation Corp.
Elvie L. Smith, former chairman of Pratt&Whitney Canada, Inc., will receive the Society of Automotive Engineers' Aerospace Engineering Leadership Award.
A CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSIS PROJECTS that the Navy and the Army will need increased funding for the decade 2000-2010 to sustain their Bottom-Up Review force levels. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Navy will need as much as $13 billion more each year than in 1999 to sustain a 330-ship fleet. The Army budget will need to climb as much as $10 billion a year unless the Comanche is canceled. The Army deficit is driven largely by that program, the CBO said.
The American Electronics Assn. has named William T. Archey president/chief executive officer. He was senior vice president-policy and congressional affairs and vice president-international of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Archey succeeds Dick Iverson, who is retiring.
FAA officials have grounded Leisure Air following a week-long inspection that uncovered apparent unsafe practices in maintenance and flight operations at the North Carolina-based airline.
Enhancing quality and cutting costs were the watchwords of the eight workshops at Access `94, as managers told their peers about the cultural changes that are needed to survive in the post-Cold War environment.
CARIBBEAN CARRIER BWIA International Airways is considering dropping its unprofitable European services to London, Frankfurt and Zurich as part of its privatization next year by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The carrier, which operates to Europe from Antigua, Barbados, Granada, St. Lucia and Trinidad, is in negotiations with potential Caribbean and North American investors interested in acquiring the 51% share being sold off. European services have been guaranteed through February.
MAJOR AEROSPACE LOBBYISTS BACK GATT'S ADOPTION, arguing it will protect the domestic industry from having to compete against companies abroad that enjoy increasingly heavy subsidies. The Aerospace Industries Assn. here issued a statement declaring, ``Without GATT, European governments are more likely to spend the estimated $15 billion to help Airbus develop a 600-seat airplane on its own.'' The association also argued that GATT's demise would enable other governments to create aerospace industries from scratch.
United Airlines has promoted Rono Dutta to senior vice president-planning. Previously vice president-shuttle development, Dutta succeeds Rakesh Gangwal, who is joining Air France as executive vice president-planning and development.
E-SYSTEMS, INC., continues to move into the medical electronics field using its expertise in strategic satellite imagery technology. The company just acquired Image Data Corp. of San Antonio, which specializes in medical imaging and related communications technology. E-Systems' Garland Div. is already working with Advanced Video Products, Inc., a medical imaging company acquired by E-Systems in 1992. The plan is to exploit E-Systems' expertise from satellite imagery interpretation to transmit, store, process and analyze medical imagery.
Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va., has promoted Ralph W. Shrader (see photo) to president of its Worldwide Technology Business from senior vice president- advanced technology.
ALBUQUERQUE'S AIRLINE PASSENGER GROWTH rates continue to exceed projections, prompting the consideration of adding four more gates within the next year. Recently renamed the ``Albuquerque International Sunport,'' New Mexico's primary airport has handled more than 500,000 passengers during each of the last six months. Year-to-date traffic totals topped the 5-million mark in October, exceeding last year's 12-month total. Thirteen airlines now operate from the airport, led by Southwest with 51 daily flights.
EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, the FAA will allow the U.S. aviation industry to reduce annual random drug testing levels to 25% of safety-related employees such as pilots and maintenance technicians from the current 50% requirement. The new rule, disclosed last week by Transportation Secretary Federico Pena, was allowed because the random positive rate for the aviation industry has been less than 1% for two calendar years.
AlphaGary Corp., Leominster, Mass., has appointed Kent B. Connole director of quality. He was a senior technical official in AT&T's Energy Systems Div. Gary M. Nedelman, previously a process engineer with Cyro Industries, has been named project/process engineer at AlphaGary.
