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Airbus set for A319 order from Royal Brunei
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has reached a tentative agreement with Airbus Industrie to place an initial order for two A319s, in a move which will affect its wider-ranging selection of a new fleet of widebodies. The airline has accepted an Airbus offer on two A319s available ...
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Blue Sky prepares for launch as PAL 737-300s are secured
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways has secured a fleet of eight Boeing 737-300s to launch its low-fare subsidiary at London Stansted Airport. The airline, known as Operation Blue Sky, has also applied for its operating licence. The airline, which is believed to be aiming for a launch in April, has filed ...
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Pakistan threatens legal action on F-16s
Pakistan has renewed threats to sue the US Government for the return of $656 million paid for 28 undelivered Lockheed Martin F-16s. According to local reports, the Pakistani prime minister has approved plans to file a lawsuit in the USA within "the next few weeks". The US Department of ...
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Lockheed Martin plans C-130J world sales tour
Lockheed Martin will launch a world tour with the C-130J in February in a bid to stimulate sales for the improved Hercules transport aircraft. The 15-week tour will be conducted in five stages, using a US Air Force aircraft which is not involved in the continuing commercial-certification flight-test programme. ...
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Routes
++ Polar Air has won US Department of Transportation approval to operate cargo flights between the USA and South Africa via Egypt, Kenya, the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, using Boeing 747 freighters. Flights will begin in April 1998. ++ American Airlines is to launch daily transatlantic flights from Boston to London ...
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Marketplace
++ Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has received the first of up to 24 Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the delivery of an International Aero Engines V2500-powered A320, which is being leased to Ireland's TransAer. SALE has a further 13 firm orders - 12 A320s and one A321 - scheduled ...
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Lucas wins Rolls-Royce Trent derivatives control-system contract
Lucas Aerospace has signed a risk-sharing agreement with Rolls-Royce to supply control systems for the recently launched Trent engine derivatives. The contract is estimated to be worth over £1.25 billion ($2 billion), including spares support. The UK company will manufacture electronic engine-controls, fuel-metering units and actuation equipment for the Trent ...
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Mesa ceases United's west coast feed
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US regional Mesa Air Group is to sell or close down its Fresno, California-based WestAir Commuter division, which operates as United Express, after it failed to reach agreement with United Airlines to renew the codesharing agreement. The Westair agreement expires on 31 May and United ...
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Order boom peaks
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON If the latest round of year-end order announcements from Airbus and Boeing seemed to lack some of the high drama of previous years, perhaps it comes as recognition that there may be some tougher times ahead. Quite apart from the internal restructuring issues that pre-occupy both manufacturers, the ...
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Asiana and MAS attempt to offload widebody orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines is circulating a letter to rival international carriers offering newly ordered and existing aircraft for sale or lease. There appear to be few takers in Asia, though, with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) offering its Boeing 777 delivery positions in 1998 to Delta Air Lines and other struggling ...
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R-R and American in US maintenance venture
Rolls-Royce and American Airlines have signed a letter of intent to form a 50:50 engine repair joint venture based at American's existing Alliance maintenance base in Fort Worth, Texas. The tie-up follows the US carrier's selection in November of Trent 800 engines for 11 Boeing 777-200IGWs (Increased Gross Weight) ...
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UK's Lucas reveals ambitious plans following R-R deal
Lucas Aerospace, fresh from its Rolls-Royce engines-control deal, has put down its marker as a potential leader in the expected consolidation of the industry. "We have very ambitious plans for Lucas Aerospace," says Victor Rice, chairman of Lucas Varity, the parent company formed by the Anglo-US link-up of the ...
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EasyJet targets Air Holland as a way in to mainland Europe
EasyJet is seeking to establish a hub in mainland Europe by acquiring the Schiphol, Amsterdam-based charter airline Air Holland. EasyJet has been looking to establish a Dutch hub and already serves Amsterdam from its Luton base and its secondary hub in Liverpool. The airline also operates a weekend service ...
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Tata looks to start Indian carrier again
Following the collapse of plans to form an Indian private airline with Singapore Airlines (SIA), the Tata Group is again seeking to set up a carrier in the country. The original project was blocked by a change in Government policy, which decided that foreign airlines could not invest in ...
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Aerospatiale reveals details of new corporate structure
Aerospatiale has unveiled a new holding company structure, paving the way for its Airbus operations to be included in the new Airbus corporate set-up, and creating a new ATR subsidiary. The new Airbus subsidiary will include the main production sites at St Nazaire, Nantes, Toulouse (Blagnac) and Méaulte, as ...
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737 is back under FAA quality control microscope
Boeing is expecting, on 21 January, the results of a US Federal Aviation Administration audit of its quality control which was triggered - along with inspections of 211 Boeing 737s - by the unexplained crash of a SilkAir 737-300 on 19 December. The FAA's quality-assurance audit is focused on ...
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Flight Dynamics sells HGS to SAS for 737s
SAS has selected the Flight Dynamics HGS-4000 head-up guidance (HGS) system for its forthcoming fleet of Boeing 737-600s. The choice marks another significant victory for the US company in the intensifying head-up-display battle with the UK's GEC-Marconi Avionics and Sextant Avionique of France. The SAS order, for 41 systems ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce renegotiates BR715 deal on Boeing regional
Andrzej Jeziorski/DAHLEWITZ BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) has switched from being a risk-sharing partner in the Boeing 717-200 programme by renegotiating the contract it had originally agreed with McDonnell Douglas (MDC)on the former MD-95. The engine manufacturer is no longer a risk-sharing partner, says BMW R-R managing director Klaus Nittinger, having ...
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Kuwait moves ahead with AH-64D purchase
Boeing can expect to sell Kuwait 16 AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters, worth an estimated $800 million, but it remains unclear whether the foreign-military-sales deal will include the APG-78 Longbow fire-control radar (FCR), say government officials. At issue since late 1997 is whether the Kuwaiti Government would be cleared ...