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

 East-West Unions the Go A spate of recent cooperation agreements between Eastern European and Western manufacturers highlight the desire of each side to benefit from the opening up of eastern Europe and the crumbling of communism. Soviet manufacturers lead the way with alliances with western aerospace companies, The Soviets possess the expertise in aircraft design,

United Launches the 777: United Airlines have become the Boeing 777 launch customer with a firm order for 34 of the new widebody twinjet and options on 34 more. The 777 was chosen by United to replace its aging fleet of DC-10s on domestic routes. The aircraft will be configured for 363 passengers, 38 in