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Premium Sales
With the worst over in the airliner discount wars, John Leahy is focused on securing a premium for Airbus technology. Salesmen stuck with a mundane commodity product must look with green-eyed longing at the airliner market. What could be further from the stack it high and sell it cheap philosophy ...
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Routes
Southwest flies east - Southwest Airlines plans to begin services from Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, on 6 June, in its latest move into the US East Coast market. The low-fares airline will offer daily nonstop service to five cities: Baltimore/ Washington, Chicago Midway, Nashville, Orlando and Tampa. Raleigh/ Durham-based Midway Airlines ...
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United extra - United Airlines is to introduce an additional daily non-stop flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong, from 10 June to 7 September. United already operates a regular daily non-stop service between the two cities and says demand for US-Hong Kong routes remains strong. China Southern ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Airbus and Messier-Dowty test fix for A330/A340 landing gear
Airbus Industrie and Messier Dowty are testing a fix for the main landing gear of the A340 long-range airliner, which, if successful, will enable the removal of operating restrictions on all A330s and A340s. The work follows the incident involving a Sabena A340 in August in which the right ...
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R-R tackles Trent 700 surge/vibration issues
Andrew Doyle/ZURICH Early operators of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines powering the Airbus Industrie A330 twin are working with the manufacturer to eliminate surge, vibration and turbine disk corrosion problems. These have led to a higher than expected number of engine removals recently. R-R has developed solutions for the surge and ...
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Turkish carriers sign for Next Generation 737s
Istanbul Airlines and SunExpress Airlines have become the latest Turkish carriers to make major commitments to the Boeing Next Generation 737 family, with plans to acquire a total of 26 aircraft between them. A firm order for 12 737-800s has been placed by Istanbul Airlines, with options on a further ...
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FAA seeks clarification on NTSB 737 rudder recommendations
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that the US Federal Aviation Administration require all Boeing 737s to have a "reliably redundant" rudder system, following its investigation of the September 1994 fatal crash of a US Airways Boeing 737-300 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The ...
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Devaluation forces Varig aircraft and route cuts
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIRO Varig Brazil has announced cuts in international services to the USA and Europe and plans to withdraw its fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 passenger aircraft by the end of the year as a massive Brazilian currency devaluation begins to affect airline traffic. ...
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Alitalia responds to BA's Italian strategy
Chris Jasper/LONDONAlitalia has begun a feasibility study into the launch of a regional carrier serving southern Italy in a move which counters British Airways plans to establish a franchise airline based on Rome and Palermo. The Italian flag carrier's study - which is to be completed by June - aims ...
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BA gives Sheffield a boost
Andrew Doyle/SHEFFIELD Newly established Sheffield City airport in the UK has received a major boost with the decision by British Airways franchisee British Regional Airlines (BRAL)to launch a hub operation there later this year. The only scheduled flights at the airport, which opened in February 1998, are operated by KLM ...
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Delta's retiring Boeings find a new future in freighter role
Pratt & Whitney and the Republic Financial Corp-oration have jointly acquired the rights to 119 Boeing 727-200s being retired by Delta Air Lines. The move secures airframes for conversion to freighters and perpetuates JT9D-15/15A engine overhaul and spares work. Delta is due to withdraw all of its 727s from ...
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Good business
Air Namibia plans to make its fortune by cutting costs, increasing income and building partnerships Stewart Penney/WINDHOEKA new managing director at Air Namibia is determined to reverse the carrier's flagging fortunes and prepare it for privatisation by aggressively attacking costs while increasing income and creating a series of alliances. The ...
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Insurers counting on a rise in premiums by end of year
Chris Jasper/LONDON The aviation insurance industry is becoming convinced that the headlong fall in premiums may be poised to hit bottom or even begin a slow recovery, with the market's massive over-capacity also set to be reduced as part of the same process. Since premiums last hit a peak ...
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Marketplace
Delta Air Lines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-200ER ahead of a planned entry into commercial service on transatlantic routes from 1 May. The 277-seat Rolls-Royce Trent-powered aircraft will initially be operated between Atlanta and London and, from September, between Cincinnati and London and Atlanta and Frankfurt. The ...