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US Airways selects 'hybrid' PW4000 for A330
US Airways has become the first airline to select Pratt & Whitney's "hybrid" PW4000 turbofan. The US airline has ordered the 73,000lb-thrust (324kN) PW4173 to power some of the 30 Airbus A330-300s it has on order and option. The airline, which has firm orders for seven A330s and options ...
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Deutsche Bank to acquire Boullioun
Deutsche Bank has agreed to purchase US aircraft leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services from Sumitomo Trust & Banking in a deal valued at around $120 million. The acquisition should be completed by year-end, following regulatory approval and other agreements. The Bellevue, Washington-based company was set up in 1986 by ...
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Eurowings joins KLM and Northwest after signing alliance deal
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and German regional carrier Eurowings have signed a contract expanding their co-operation into a long-term partnership aimed at increasing the two airlines' German market share, and bringing Eurowings into the KLM/ Northwest alliance. The carriers already operate flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to 15 German ...
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JARs could scupper 'virtual airlines' in Europe
British Airways' "virtual airline" arm Airline Management (AML) has been advised by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to make its management structure more accountable. If it cannot do this it will fail to meet European Joint Aviation Requirements-Operations (JARs) Rules when they take effect on 1 April, 1999. The ...
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US Airways renewal
US Airways has begun its short-haul fleet replacement programme with the handing over of the first of up to 400 A320 family aircraft on 16 October. The first aircraft, a CFM International CFM56-powered A319, is one of 124 firm orders placed by the airline for Airbus narrowbodies. Options are held ...
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Syrian begins fleet renewal
Syrianair has started its fleet renewal programme with the introduction of its first Airbus A320. The airline ordered six International Aero Engines V2500-powered examples of the twinjet in July 1997 to replace its ageing short-haul fleet of Boeing 727s and Tupolev Tu-134/154s. All six aircraft are scheduled to be ...
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European free flight demonstrated in Berlin
Chris Yates/BERLIN The first live trial of the prototype Airborne Separation Assurance System (ASAS), jointly developed by the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre as part of the Free Route Experimental Encounter Resolution programme, and Carmenta of Sweden, has been successfully completed. Initial results were demonstrated at the Global Navcom 98 ...
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Boeing restructuring prompts more changes
Boeing senior vice-president Larry Clarkson is to retire following the recent restructuring of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) and the disappearance of Boeing Enterprises, of which he was president. Boeing Enterprises, which includes Boeing Business Jets, FlightSafety Boeing Training International and Boeing Modification and Engineering Services, is being ...
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Counting chickens
Manufacturing mergers and corporate consolidations have been dominating the aerospace industry in the USA and, belatedly in Europe, for several years. The amalgamation of Lockheed and Martin Marietta, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas and the continuing debate about an Airbus Industrie single corporate entity had been observed from Asia with apparent ...
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China gears up to produce Flanker
Shenyang Aircraft (SAC) of China is preparing to begin licence assembly of its first Sukhoi Su-27SK fighter by the end of the year, under an agreement which could stretch to a 200-aircraft programme. The commencement of the licence production deal represents the third tranche of Su-27 deliveries to the ...
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Government forces KAL to cut routes and start safety overhaul
Korean Air (KAL) has launched a rolling full-scale inspection of its 112-strong fleet. The action is part of a wider $114 million package of safety improvements announced in response to a punitive 15% cut in domestic services ordered by the government. The South Korean national carrier has been forced ...
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Getting ready for recession
Graham Warwick/CHICAGO United Airlines is drawing up plans to stay profitable through the next industry downturn, despite being unsure exactly when it will happen. In fact, the carrier seems to regard a recession as necessary if airline stock prices are ever to achieve their full potential again. As ...
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Troubled PAL searches for wealthy investor
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines (PAL) is in a race against time to convince Cathay Pacific Airways and other potential new investors to support the financially stricken national carrier ahead of submitting a rescue plan to the country's Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on 21 November. Cathay Pacific, along with Northwest Airlines ...
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Marketplace
-British Airways low-fare division Go has taken delivery of a 737-300 on lease from Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management. The aircraft was previously operated by BA's French division, Air Liberté. -Lufthansa's recent order for 10 Airbus A340-300s includes options on an additional seven A340-300s. The airline also has 11 A340-600s ...
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Boeing nears ILFC 717 deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing and International Lease Finance (ILFC) are close to agreeing a contract for orders involving up to 100 717-200s. Boeing hopes the deal will provide the programme with its long-awaited sales breakthrough for the type since the similarly sized initial launch order from AirTran Airlines in ...
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Boeing targets year end for assessment of 747 stretch
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing expects to complete windtunnel tests of a stretched, 500-seater 747 by the end of the year and, pending the successful conclusion of business case studies and sufficient customer commitments, says it could launch the aircraft by mid-1999. Boeing, which celebrated 30 years of 747 assembly earlier ...
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GE90-powered Continental 777 hits ETOPS proving flight hitch
This new General Electric GE90-powered Continental Airlines Boeing 777 had to carry out a precautionary diversion following a starboard engine low oil-quantity alert during a transpacific extended range twin engine operations (ETOPS) proving flight for the airline. The aircraft, en route on a nonstop New York-Tokyo flight on 7 October, ...
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Southern crosses out plans for Japan launch but stays afloat
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO Southern Cross has scrapped plans to launch a new airline in Japan, becoming the latest casualty in the country's attempt to open up domestic competition to start-up carriers. The airline was set up in August 1997 with joint investment by 32 major firms in Okinawa province. ...
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Southern African airlines struggle to survive as profits plunge
By Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN Dangerously low profit margins are threatening the future of airlines in Southern Africa as low yields from domestic services and excessive levies imposed by government-owned monopolies take their toll, according to the Airline Association of Southern Africa (AASA). Airlines in the region are reporting ...
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EC and Italy reach last-gasp airports agreement
The European Commission and the Italian Government have reached a last-minute agreement on a traffic distribution system between Milan's two airports at Linate and Malpensa, where a new hub is to open on 25 October. The deal, agreed in principle, followed a day of intense negotiations on 8 October ...