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FSI plans two more ERJ-145 simulators
FlightSafety International (FSI) has announced plans to build two additional full flight simulators for the Embraer RJ-145 regional jet. The US company is the official training organisation for the ERJ-145 and has so far completed two simulators. One ERJ-145 simulator has entered service at FSI's Houston, Texas, centre, where ...
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DC-10s go as BA juggles its orders
The fleet of eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10s operated by British Airways (BA) from London Gatwick will be retired from service during 1999, following an order for eight more Boeing 757s and 777s. The airline has also confirmed plans to cancel orders for four 747-400s in favour of three additional ...
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LTU drops long range services for winter season
LTU is planning to drop some of its long range services to the USA and Asia during its next winter season because of a fall-off in loads. The German charter airline says it will stop operating to Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, as well as Bangkok, although this service ...
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Flight Dynamics confirms ERJ-145
Flight Dynamics has formally announced its selection by Embraer as sole source supplier of head-up-displays for the ERJ-145 regional jet after a long running technical selection battle with GEC-Marconi and Sextant Avionique. The announcement follows the earlier selection of the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance (HGS) system by Luxembourg-based Luxair. ...
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Qantas lines up Asian 747s to counter -400IGW launch delay
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Qantas board is to decide shortly on a deal to purchase three surplus 747-400s from Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Asiana, in lieu of Boeing's failure so far to give a firm commitment to launch development of an increased growth weight (IGW) version of the aircraft. ...
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Embraer converts RJ-145 to -135 prototype
The prototype ERJ-135 is being created by the conversion of an ERJ-145 Embraer has begun modification of an RJ-145 prototype at its Sao Jose dos Campos plant to create the first ERJ-135 37-seater. The first ERJ-145 prototype (PT-ZJA), which originally launched flight testing of the regional ...
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KLM Boosts 737-800s
KLM has doubled its Boeing 737-800 order to eight. The airline, which has also taken four options, will receive its first -800 in February 1999. Source: Flight International
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Air Niugini nears collapse after Qantas is ignored
Papua New Guinea (PNG) flag carrier Air Niugini continues to edge closer to complete collapse, with the Government apparently setting aside salvage proposals put forward by Qantas. The airline was temporarily rescued from insolvency on 13 March when PNG Prime Minister Bill Skate compelled the country's main bank, PNGBC, ...
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Air New Zealand adds first 737-300
Air New Zealand has introduced the first of three Boeing 737-300s acquired on operating lease, mainly for trans-Tasman services from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The first aircraft, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services, began flights at the end of March. It is painted in a "millennium" scheme, incorporating the colours ...
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Overnight parcel carriers face noisy opposition
Herman De Wulf/Brussels Express parcel carriers, which fly the bulk of their operations at night, are facing growing opposition in Europe on environmental grounds. The latest development is the rejection by a Bavarian court of an appeal by DHL International against a ban on night operations at Nuremberg Airport, which ...
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Routes
++ Continental Airlines and VASP of Brazil will codeshare on flights between the USA and Brazil from mid-1998, pending Government approvals. ++ SAS Cargo is to introduce a DHL-owned McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70 freighter between New York and Gothenburg, Sweden, and will share an Antonov An-26 between Copenhagen and the ...
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APIC APU for Boeing 717 passes tests
Sundstrand's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) has cleared the last major tests at the APS 2100 auxiliary power unit (APU) for the Boeing 717-200, and is on track for certification in October 1998. Three key tests now completed include cold and hot day starts, altitude tests and electromagnetic interference (EMI) ...
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Industrial PW150
Pratt & Whitney Canada has taken the unusual move of offering an industrial version of the PW150, which powers the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400, before the engine's certification. Source: Flight International
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JAS forecasts losses and joins fresh Japanese drive on costs
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO Japan Air System (JAS) has added to the bad news in the Japanese airline sector, warning that it expects to post a loss for the last financial year and unveiling a renewed cost-cutting drive. JAS had forecast a profit of ´700 million ($5 million) for the ...
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Embraer heads for profits after sales soar
Embraer has produced its promised turnaround, coming close to breakeven last year and likely to show its first profits for seven years in 1998. The overall result for 1997 showed the Brazilian manufacturer with a net loss of $13.2 million, stemming from heavy costs in the first half of the ...
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Asian crisis bites deep into Korean aircraft development budget
The South Korean Government has slashed this year's allocation of funding for the Korea Commercial aircraft Development Consortium (KCDC) because of the country's economic difficulties and the absence of any concrete progress in breaking into the civil aviation market. South Korea's new Government has cut KCDC's budget to just ...
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Spot on satellite
The Spot 4 launch has breathed new life into the French Earth observation satellite programme Andrzej Jeziorski/KOUROU Just another 2t of junk in a relentlessly growing orbital scrapheap, Spot 3 still zips from pole to pole, awaiting its end as a fiery skid mark across the upper atmosphere. In ...
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Marketplace
MARKETPLACE ++ American Airlines has confirmed its order for a further eight Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777-200ERs, increasing its 777 order to 19. Delivery of the newly ordered aircraft will begin in 1999. Delta Air Lines has converted two options for R-R Trent 800-powered 777s. ++ Aerotec/ USA, ...
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Manx mulls options for growth
Max Kingsley-Jones/Isle of Man The continued traffic growth experienced by Manx Airlines and sister company British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is forcing the two airlines to examine the acquisition of aircraft larger than the British Aerospace 146-200. The carriers operate a centrally managed fleet of some 36 aircraft with operations divided ...
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PAL probe finds faulty reverser
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asymmetrical thrust is emerging as the most likely cause for the crash of a Philippine Air Lines' (PAL) Airbus Industrie A320 at Bacolod, after the pilot attempted to land with only one of the aircraft's two engine thrust reversers serviceable. Flight International understands from investigators in ...