Year: 1990

Interscan Poised as Aviation’s MLS Revolution Begins An important industrial opportunity in the arcane world of airport landing systems is about to open up and an Australian company, lnterscan International Limited, is poised to grab a lion’s share of the multi-million dollar market. Between now and 1998, at all the world’s main airports, the precision

To Praise Deregulation, Not to Bury It Part 1 The Deregulation Countdown This is our final article in our Deregulation Countdown series and examines the situation in Australia as we bade farewell to 38 years of the Two Airline Policy. Our previous two editions analysed what has occurred in both Canada and New Zealand since

The Gulf Crisis – Order of Battle Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait represents the boldest political and military move yet by Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s totalitarian leader. It is the culmination of a military build up without precedent in the Middle East, which has seen an impoverished Third World nation squander oil revenues for well over a

Local ‘Interference’ in Ksa Eis Headed Off: The NSW Government has moved to “fast-track’ development of KSA’S third runway by preventing local governments from interfering with the local planning process. The Government’s State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) 31 was implemented to ensure that local councils’ opposition to the EIS and third runway would be “essentially

Bottom Line British Airways April-June 1990 profits were up 79% to $A285m on a 13. 6% jump in revenues to $A3bn. Cathay Pacific have announced a net profit of SHK1,427m ($A218m), up 4% on the same period last year. Both passenger and load factors were marginally lower than in 1989, against a capacity increase of

Aircorp Moves Into Us Market: Aircorp Pty Ltd, the Brisbane based company responsible for the Australian designed Bushmasterseries of two and four place light aircraft (refer p. 68 June 90 AA), has set up a subsidiary company in the United States. The establishment of the North American subsidiary is the first offshore move by Aircorp