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Honeywell systems for Spanair's A320 fleet
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Honeywell (Stand E712) is celebrating after winning a contract for flight management (FMS) and air data inertial reference systems (ADIRS) for Spanair's fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft. Spanair has completed 30 firm orders and has 12 options for the new aircraft. The Honeywell Pegasus FMS offers hardware ...
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Face The Facts with...Nick Godwin
The regional aircraft sector has stolen the limelight at recent airshows. A string of blockbuster deals, renewed fierce competition in the market and a raft of new products on the drawing board have made the sector a byword for dynamism. Against this background, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft pursues a policy ...
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Denel adds Saudi Arabia to client list
Denel Aviation Transport Aircraft Maintenance (DATAM) representatives will be meeting Saudi Arabian Airlines executives at Dubai 2000 following the signing of a line maintenance agreement under which DATAM will service Saudi Arabian Boeing 777s operating from Johannesburg International Airport. The work currently consists of two turnaround services per week. DATAM ...
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Union to urge technicians to reject Boeing offer: ATI
Unions leaders representing some 23,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers are urging members to reject the manufacturer's improved offer in its ongoing dispute over a new labour contract. At a meeting of its 125-strong council, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) unanimously voted to recommend rejection of ...
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Southern Air denied route: ATI
The US government has tentatively decided to grant Southern Air, the successor company to the failed Southern Air Transport (SAT), its certificate to operate charter all-cargo services but says it plans to deny transfer of SAT's certificate authority to the start-up carrier. Southern Air, which recently applied to the US ...
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Denmark's Cimber Air to grow: ATI
Danish regional airline Cimber Air, quarter-owned by SAS, has ordered two 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ-200) and taken four options. The deal follows an order a year ago for two ATR 72-500s with two options, one of which has since been exercised, to add to the carrier's 13 ATR ...
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$76m Oasis deal boosts leasing fleet to 10 aircraft
DUBAI Abu Dhabi-based Oasis International Leasing has bought three aircraft for its leasing portfolio. The $76.5 million deal brings the Oasis fleet to 10 aircraft. The three aircraft are: -A 1990-build Boeing 737-300 that is currently on lease to GO, the British Airways low-cost airline; -A 1992-build Boeing ...
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Face the facts with...Chuck Grieve
Maurice Flanagan, Group Managing Director of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, believes the general public is being badly-served in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons Q: Have alliances grown too strong? A: I think alliances, if they're not controlled, would be the same as cartels. ...
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Eastern seeks waiver
China Eastern Airlines is seeking an exemption from a new government tax on aircraft operating leases to allow it to revive a plan to acquire Airbus A340-600s from International Lease Finance (ILFC). Industry sources told ATI last week that the tentative deal under which the Shanghai-based carrier would lease four ...
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Orders bonanza hope in wake of a Middle East travel boom
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Passenger air travel in the Middle East will grow at a faster rate than Europe or North America according to Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. This will mean a huge demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper, addressing a pre-show briefing, says ...
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Routes
Mesa Airlines, operating as US Airways Express, will begin offering three non-stop round trip flights each weekday between Washington's Reagan National Airport and Toronto, beginning 5 December, using 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets. British Airways franchise operator British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is introducing services between Southampton and Frankfurt in January, ...
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Marketplace
British Airways has confirmed its commitment for up to 24 Airbus A318s. The first Pratt & Whitney PW6000-powered aircraft will be delivered from 2003. South Africa's Interdoc Aerospace has placed deposits with Canadian Aerospace Group International for five 19-seat Twin Panda turboprops. The aircraft is a Westernised version of the ...
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Swissair hangs up satphones
Swissair is removing the satellite communications (satcom)-based in-seat telephones installed on its narrowbody Airbus fleet due reliability problems and a lack of passenger demand. The in-seat phones will be removed from January, but one bulkhead-installed phone will remain on each aircraft, says Don McLaren, Swissair in-flight entertainment and communication ...
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Rockwell Collins heads for I²S first
Rockwell Collins and Lufthansa affiliate Condor expect to receive German certification of the Integrated Information System (I2S) by mid-November. Certification, which follows a successful test flight on a Condor A320 in September, will pave the way for the launch of a year-long operational trial of the advanced information management system ...
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Lockheed Martin considers major closures to cut costs
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCLockheed Martin is considering major aircraft and spacecraft plant closures in a move to improve its poor financial performance. Falling earnings have already led to the departure of two top executives and the launch of a divestment programme. Consolidation of the aircraft factories at Fort Worth, Texas, and ...
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Teledesic chief in ICO rescue
Emma Kelly/LONDON Teledesic chairman Craig McCaw is leading a rescue package for ICO Global Communications. It is designed to provide the bankrupt mobile satellite communications company with $1.2 billion so that it can launch services in 2001. McCaw and his affiliated companies, Teledesic and Eagle River Investments, will lead ...
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Chautauqua to fly TWA's jet feed
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has agreed a marketing tie-up with Chautauqua Airlines to launch its first regional jet services. The deal involves Chautauqua parent Wexford Management committing to orders and options for up to a further 60 Embraer RJ-145s. The 10-year agreement calls for Chautauqua to launch the first ...
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Boeing faces shield delays
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has suspended deliveries of all widebodies and the 757 until it can reach agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration over corrective actions. The work is to modify flightdeck drip shields that were incorrectly put together at the company's Spokane site in Washington. The 747, ...
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Guam crash: crew blamed
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed the flight crew for the crash of a Korean Air Boeing 747-300 in Guam, in which 229 of the 254 people on board were killed. But the board says actions by Korean Air, the Korean Civil Aviation ...
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IAE puts turbofan back on the drawing board
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH International Aero Engines (IAE) has dropped plans to launch a higher-thrust variant of its V2500 turbofan by the end of this year after failing to develop a satisfactory business case. It has refocused studies of the proposed "-A7" version of the engine, unveiled at the Paris ...