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Bombardier rethinks turboprop marketing
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has acknowledged the need to rethink the marketing strategy for its de Havilland Dash 8 family as the growing success of regional jets makes selling turboprops airliners more difficult. "The road is going to be bumpy, as the excitement is around jets," says Bombardier ...
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GE faces new big-jet problems following fires
General Electric is investigating engine fires on CF6 and CFM International CFM56-7 engines that occurred within days of each other in the USA. It is also probing the cause of an inflight shutdown of a GE90 in mid-Atlantic. An American Airlines Airbus Industrie A300-600R suffered a fire in its ...
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Fairchild Dornier challenges Embraer on interest benefits
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has lodged a complaint with the European Commission against the Brazilian Government's Proex export support scheme, which the US/German company says gives rival regional aircraft manufacturer Embraer an unfair advantage. Meanwhile, Fairchild Dornier has landed a deal to supply US airline Midwest Express with up to ...
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Launch of Falklands airline is put back
Plans to launch an airline to serve the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic from the South American mainland have been postponed until later this year. British South Atlantic Airlines (BSAA) had been planning to start operations between the Islands and Sao Paulo, Brazil, in April with a wet-leased ...
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Sextant wins Airbus displays contract
Airbus Industrie has awarded Sextant Avionique a contract to be sole supplier of flat-panel liquid crystal displays (LCD) for the new A340-500/600 and for all the production fly-by-wire Airbus types from mid-2000. The move comes in the face of requests from airlines to be allowed a choice of supplier, for ...
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Boom continues for Airbus and Boeing
A surge of narrowbody business kept the order boom going for Airbus and Boeing over the first half of 1998, although both will be watching for signs of a slowdown in the second half, when the full impact of the Asian recession is likely to be felt. The two ...
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Taiwan's U-Land links up with Air Philippines
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's U-Land Airlines has wet-leased the first two of three Boeing MD-82s to Air Philippines as the first step towards acquiring a 35% stake in the Philippine domestic carrier. Talks between the two airlines have been speeded up because of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) strike. Since ...
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Kuwait Airways advances towards privatisation
A draft law for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways has been approved by its state owners backed by improving finances at the carrier. The Government draft still has to undergo a parliamentary debate in the Kuwaiti National Assembly, but airline chairman Ahmed al Meshari believes the airline could now be ...
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BA ponders engine switch for big new 777 acquisition
British Airways is considering buying 20 more Boeing 777s in a $2 billion deal that could see it switch engine suppliers. The carrier selected the General Electric GE90 engine for its current fleet of 777-200s, having rejected an offer from traditional supplier Rolls-Royce, but it is now seeking bids ...
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Boeing catches up with 737 output
Boeing is working its way through the backlog of Next Generation 737s built before last-minute modifications, including a revised horizontal stabiliser leading edge and novel upward opening emergency exits, which were required for US and European certification. Twenty of the 28 737-700s completed before certification have now been delivered with ...
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Western Michigan University jets ahead with plans to acquire 737-400 simulator
Western Michigan University plans to acquire a Boeing 737-400 flight simulator and to offer a jet orientation course as part of its ab initio airline pilot training programme. Based at Battle Creek, Michigan, the University's International Pilot Training Center is training cadets for Aer Lingus and British Airways. Eight ...
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Kyrgyzstan begins fleet update with debis A320
Kyrgyzstan Airlines has become the first CIS operator of an Airbus fly-by-wire type, with the introduction of a leased A320. The airline plans to take additional Western aircraft, including two A319s, as part of its fleet modernisation programme. The four-year-old Airbus A320 has been acquired on a four-year operating ...
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A320 beats 737 in Qatar fight
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Qatar Airways has selected the Airbus A320 over the rival Next Generation Boeing 737 for its new short-haul fleet, and concluded a deal with Airbus for up to 11 aircraft. The Gulf airline is now turning its attention to the replacement of its A300s. The airline ...
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Aeropostal enters widebody world with A310s
Venezuela's LAV Aeropostal has added its first widebodied types - two Airbus A310s - on lease from Airbus Industrie. The Latin American airline has concluded a deal to acquire two 11-year-old Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered ex-Pan Am/ Delta Air Lines A310-300s on five-year leases from Airbus Industrie Leasing. Deliveries ...
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Huge UPS contract provides A300-600 lifeline for Airbus
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON UPS Airlines has chosen the Airbus A300-600 for its long-awaited widebody regional freighter requirement, with a deal for up to 100 aircraft, including 40 new build examples. The deal, which was won over a several bidders, including Boeing, provides a vital boost to the flagging A300 ...
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Lufthansa Cargo slams Boeing for closing down MD-11 production
Lufthansa Cargo has criticised Boeing's decision to cease production of the MD-11. Speaking during the ceremony to hand over the carrier's first two tri-jet freighters at Frankfurt early this month, Lufthansa Cargo chairman Wilhelm Althen described the production shutdown decision as "very regrettable". He described the arrival of ...
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Qantas profit rise
Qantas expects a small rise in profits above the A$263 million ($146 million) it posted for the year to June 1997, much of which came from a A$563 million cost-cutting programme. Managing director James Strong said at the end June that the carrier had secured a further A$500 million in ...
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Boeing inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the inspection of rudder pedal assemblies on nearly 1,500 Boeing airliners following the discovery of loose or missing bolts on several aircraft. The move follows issuance of a service bulletin by Boeing covering 130 737s, and revision of assembly line procedures designed to ...
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-Emery Worldwide has confirmed its plans to add five ex-Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 freighters, to replace DC-8 freighters. The aircraft will be delivered on seven-year leases from Pegasus Capital, between late 1998 and the end of 2000. -As part of its deal to acquire 22 Beech 1900Ds from Mesa ...
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Firing up for sales
Graham Warwick/WASHINTON DC With wildfires making headlines from California to Florida, Bombardier believes it has picked the right time to step up efforts to sell its CL-415 waterbomber into the USA. Although it is popular in Canada and with southern European nations that face the same seasonal battle against ...