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Traffic figures stall Indian Airlines plans
State-owned Indian Airlines has shelved plans to lease four new Airbus A320s for domestic routes, because of worse-than-expected traffic figures. The carrier began its search in April for International Aero Engines V2500-powered aircraft to dry lease for three years from October. But traffic growth up to next March looks ...
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Ontario court sets Air Canada Onex date
Ontario's Superior Court has timetabled a hearing for 22 September on the Onex investment group's planned hostile take-over of Air Canada. Onex, which aims to merge Air Canada with troubled Canadian Airlines, will ask the courts to force the flag carrier to hold a shareholders' vote on its bid ...
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Australia pledges Timor air bridge
The Australian Government has given the United Nations assurances that it will maintain an air bridge between Darwin and East Timor, to provide support for UN Assistance Mission (UNAMET) personnel remaining in the violence-torn territory. The assurances, given by Australian prime minister John Howard on 8 September, follow a ...
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Cargo flights halted after explosion
Lufthansa Cargo has suspended freighter flights to Pakistan by subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo India after reports of a mid-air explosion near one of its aircraft. The pilot of a Lufthansa Cargo India Boeing 727-200F en route to Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, reported a flash and an explosion near ...
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Aerolineas ready for October merger
Aerolineas Argentinas is to merge with Austral Lineas Aereas by 1 October, the final move in preparing the pair's parent company Interinvest for sale. The merged airline will operate under Aerolineas' code, with a new livery to be unveiled in December. Following a review conducted by international consultancy Arthur ...
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ACAS for Aeroflot
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has selected AlliedSignal to supply airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) for eight Ilyushin Il-76 freighters to enable them to comply with new legalisation scheduled to take effect in Europe next January. Source: Flight International
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BAe to relaunch regional jet family with update of RJ85
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC British Aerospace expects to launch development of the re-engined Avro RJ-X programme with the RJ-85 as a result of stronger market interest in the smallest version of the regional jet family. Two unbuilt RJ airframes have been allocated to the development programme, aircraft serial numbers ...
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VLM turns to RJ85 as timescale rules out Fokker 70 and 728JET
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS Belgian commuter airline VLM is negotiating with British Aerospace for two Avro RJ85s, to allow it to introduce longer routes within 12-18 months. The Antwerp-based airline, which operates eight Fokker 50 turboprops, had considered the Fokker 70 and Fairchild Dornier 728JET, but neither aircraft is ...
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T-6As await NFTC go-ahead
Raytheon Aircraft has yet to receive a licence to export the 24 T-6A turboprop trainers ordered for the Bombardier-run NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme. The US company still hopes to begin deliveries before year-end. The US Government is concerned about ownership of the aircraft and what will ...
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Philippines eyes New Zealand A-4s
Peter Le Franchi/CANBERRA The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has put its 19 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks up for sale, with the Philippines confirmed as one of the nations being targeted as a buyer. Philippine president Joseph Estrada and Philippine air force chief of air staff Gen Wilfredo Florendo are ...
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ACA orders 328JETS for new subsidiary
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) Holdings has ordered a further 25 Fairchild Aerospace 328JET regional aircraft to equip a planned new subsidiary carrier to partner Delta Air Lines on north-east USA services. Under a newly concluded 10-year partnership, the new airline will operate as a Delta ...
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Iberia beats pilot unrest by swapping A321 order
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Iberia says it is swapping all of its outstanding Airbus A321 orders for commitments to smaller A320s, after failing to reach agreement with its main pilots' union over the operation of the two types within a combined fleet. "There has been no agreement with the pilots, ...
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MiG-21-93 hits target with Vympel missile
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW A prototype MAPO/Sokol MiG-21-93 upgrade has shot down an aerial target with a beyond-visual-range Vympel RVV-AE missile (R-77/AA-12 Adder). The active radar-guided RVV-AE and Phazotron Kopyo (Spear) lightweight multimode radar are key elements of the MiG-21-93 upgrade being developed for Indian air force aircraft. A subsonic target ...
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Workshop
Wood Group Aero has won a five-year, $100 million contract to maintain 84 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17/17A engines powering American Trans Air's Boeing 727s. Air Jamaica has signed a total technical support contract with Lufthansa Technik for its recently acquired Airbus A340-300. The aircraft is leased from International Lease Finance ...
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Routes
British Airways will codeshare with Swiss regional Crossair on the London Heathrow-Basle, Switzerland, route from next month when the major drops its own services. Boeing MD-83s will fly the service, which is one of a number of underperforming routes BA is dropping. US low-fare carrier Pro Air will launch the ...
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Mergers
Thomson-CSF subsidiary Sextant has become the sole owner of in-flight entertainment provider Sextant In-Flight Systems after acquiring the 49% of shares held by B/E Aerospace. Sextant took an initial 51% stake when the joint venture was created in January. The European Commission's review of the proposed AlliedSignal-Honeywell merger has entered ...
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Marketplace
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is boosting its ATR 72-210 fleet with an additional seven aircraft. The ex-Air New Zealand Mount Cook aircraft will join 12 of the type that are already operated by the Delta subsidiary. Air New Zealand Mount Cook is replacing the -210s with ATR 72-500s. US freight ...
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Merger Mania
The Top 100 aerospace ranking, compiled by Flight International and leading industry experts IPG Consulting, shows an industry in the grip of consolidation. But how long will merger-mania hold sway - and what comes next? Chris Jasper/LONDON The aerospace industry, conventional wisdom would have it, is in less than ...
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Financial turnaround
KAL has performed better than expected this year after its worst ever result in 1997 and despite its dubious safety record Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Shim Yi-taek, president of Korean Air, says the airline has outperformed financial expectations, with operating revenue hitting 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion). This is "112% of ...
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R-R grapples with European Trent overhaul strategy
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce (R-R) has failed to reach agreement with SAirGroup maintenance unit SR Technics over the structure of their proposed Trent engine overhaul joint venture, despite a year of talks on the scheme. Lufthansa Technik, having pondered participation in the venture, is no longer involved in the discussions. ...