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Spanair is first to order heavy A321 as it opts for Airbus fleet
Andrew Doyle/LONDONSpanair plans to launch a new high gross weight version of the Airbus A321 as part of its commitment for up to 45 Airbus narrowbodies to replace its ageing Boeing MD-80 fleet.The carrier - Spain's second largest after Iberia - has signed a memorandum of understanding covering 21 firm ...
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Lockheed Martin offers modified ES-3 for export
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCLockheed Martin has approached the US Navy with a proposal to sell ES-3 Shadow electronic reconnaissance platforms as upgraded maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) on the international market. Meanwhile, the navy is preparing to move ahead with its own S-3B Viking improved sensors demonstration. The US Navy is expected ...
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Pelangi signs for Fokker F28 expansion
Malaysian regional carrier Pelangi Airways is poised to begin jet operations with two Fokker F28s. It is to acquire the regional jets, with an additional option, under a $7 million contract signed with Singapore-based Transasian. According to Pelangi's general manager Zain Salahin, the aircraft are being acquired to serve ...
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Japan identifies MD-11 autopilot defects after crash probe
Japan's Ministry of Transport (MoT) is expected to recommend to the US Federal Aviation Administration that improvements be made to the programming of Boeing's MD-11 autopilot system, according to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun daily newspaper. This follows the investigation of a Japan Airlines (JAL) MD-11 incident over the Shima Peninisula ...
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1,000 jets face retirement
Almost 1,000 jet airliners in fleet use could be retired from passenger operations between now and the end of 2000, according to predictions made by John Flynn, president of California-based leasing company Triton Aviation Services. The forecast, made at the recent Speednews suppliers conference in Los Angeles, predicts a ...
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Meet the family
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Sabena of Belgium has begun its transition to an all-Airbus fleet, and is coming to grips with new procedures With the delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A321 on 2 March, Sabena began its conversion to an all-Airbus airline - the biggest re-equipment programme in ...
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Routes
US Airways has gained "competitive" slots at London Gatwick to enable the airline to launch services to the airport from Charlotte, North Carolina. Schedule details will be released soon. Earlier, Gatwick had offered slots that the US airline considered unusable for the service, and the resulting wrangle caused problems for ...
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Northrop offers partnership in pitch for Wedgetail
Northrop Grumman plans to create an Australian subsidiary, which will be known as Hawkeye Mission Systems Australia. The new company would form part of its joint bid with Lockheed Martin for the Royal Australian Air Force's Project Wedgetail airborne early warning and control requirement. The new subsidiary would ...
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Marketplace
Monarch Airlines is to add an International Aero Engines V2533-A5-powered Airbus A321-200 in March, on lease from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise. Boeing has delivered the first two 757-300s to launch customer Condor. Five more are due for delivery by July. Frontier Airlines is taking two hushkitted Boeing 737-200s on lease ...
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Mandarin plans fleet revamp
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) subsidiary Mandarin Airlines plans to acquire at least four Next Generation Boeing 737s when the merger with Formosa Airlines is completed later this year. The CAL board approved the Mandarin/Formosa merger this month and plans to complete the changes by the end of the third ...
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Elegant stretch
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES This month, Condor took delivery of the first 757-300, the longest single-aisle aircraft ever built by Boeing in Renton It has been a long time coming, but the stretched 757 is here. An astonishing gap of 18 years separated the launch of the baseline aircraft and that ...
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Flightsafety secures long-term deals for regional jet training
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC FlightSafety International (FSI) has signed long-term training agreements with three regional airlines to build and operate regional jet simulators. Under a 15-year deal with American Eagle, FSI will build its first simulator for the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700. The machine will be ...
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UPS contract leads Thomson to Windows NT
Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS) has launched a Windows NT-based full flight simulator with an order from United Parcel Service. TTS says the simulator, for the Airbus A300-600R, will be the world's first to feature a PC-based real-time computing architecture using the Windows NT operating system. Presently, the company uses ...
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KAI companies set June merger target
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries, Hyundai Space and Aircraft and Samsung Aerospace Industries have set a deadline of the end of June to complete their long-awaited merger. The companies are initiating an asset valuation programme before forming a new company, to be called Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI). ...
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Pakistani pilot deal linked to US block on UAE technology release
Plans by the United Arab Emirates air force to contract up to 200 Pakistan air force fighter pilots to fly F-16D Block 60 fighters it has ordered from Lockheed Martin are at the heart of the US Government's decision to block the release of sensitive technology to the Gulf state, ...
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Gulf states go shopping - but there's no big deal
As US and UK warplanes continued to bombard neighbouring Iraq , defence officials and military representatives from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states went shopping. Their marketplace: the 4th International Defence Exhibition and Conference, or IDEX 99, in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi. About 850 exhibitors from 41 ...
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Bombardier wins and loses in trade battle with Embraer
Bombardier and the Canadian Government are claiming victory in their long battle with Embraer and the Brazilian Government over the subsidising of regional aircraft exports. The Canadian manufacturer believes that a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against Brazil's Proex export finance programme will give its de Havilland Dash 8 turboprop ...
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Boeing confirms new large aircraft study
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing says it is still studying all-new large aircraft concepts, dubbed the Large Airplane Product Development (LAPD), despite its deliberate focus on 747 derivatives and opposition to more costly all-new concepts such as the the proposed Airbus A3XX. "Boeing is studying a large aircraft," says the ...
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Deutsche BA ready to decide on changeover to Airbus fleet
Andrew Doyle/BERLINDeutsche BA will decide on its long-term fleet strategy by mid-year, possibly replacing its 18 Boeing 737-300s (above) with Airbus narrowbodies that are held on option by 100% owner British Airways. The German carrier is preparing to relaunch international flights, having built a 40% market share on seven domestic ...