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BMA picks TTS simulator for A320
British Midland (BMA) has selected Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS) to supply an Airbus A320 full-flight simulator, to support its purchase of 20 A320/A321s. The device is scheduled to be installed alongside a TTS-produced Boeing 737 simulator at the airline's training centre in late 1998. CAE Electronics, meanwhile, has sold ...
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DHL-Europe boosts fleet of A300B4 freighters
The European arm of US express-parcels carrier DHL has increased its Airbus A300B4-200F freighter acquisition programme to nine aircraft. The airline has also received its first Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (Dasa Airbus)-converted aircraft, following certification of the cargo conversion. The aircraft, one of three ex-Egyptair A300B4s being leased from ...
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Boeing pushes service entry of 777-200X/300X back to 2001
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has pushed back the planned in-service date of the 777-200X/300X until at least the first quarter of 2001, largely because of its inability to secure a major launch customer. The company has confirmed that it is "decreasing effort" on development of the 777 derivatives, ...
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1997 ends badly for world airlines safety
Five times as many people died in air-transport accidents during the second half of 1997 as in the first six months, and there were half as many again fatal accidents. Preliminary figures, however, show that overall, 1997 was close to the annual average for the decade. Airline fatalities for ...
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Proteus bolsters Beech 1900 fleet for franchise operations
Julian Moxon/PARIS Proteus Airlines is set to more than double the size of its Raytheon Beech 1900 fleet with a $50 million order for ten 20-seat 1900Ds. The airline has also taken options on a further ten aircraft. The French regional carrier already has eight 1900s in service, ...
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Economic crisis delays Thailand F/A-18 purchase
Thailand plans to delay its purchase of eight Boeing F/A-18C/Ds by three years because of the country's economic crisis. A team from the Royal Thai Air Force plans to visit Boeing in mid-January in a bid to re-negotiate the $392 million contract, signed in 1996, which now calls for delivery ...
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HGS wins on RJ145
Luxembourg-based Luxair is expected to be announced as the customer for the first Embraer RJ145 regional jets to be equipped with a head-up guidance (HGS) system. Flight Dynamics beat GEC-Marconi and Sextant Avionique to the contract. Source: Flight International
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Swissair signs A340-600 deal to replace MD-11s
Swissair is to phase out its Boeing MD-11s early in the next decade after concluding a major deal for more Airbus widebodies at the end of 1997, following the board's earlier approval to order the A340-600. Swissair has long been expected to be among the launch customers for the ...
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BA outsources maintenance of A320/DC-10 in FLS deal
Andrew Chuter/LONDON British Airways is to outsource maintenance and component support for the airline's entire fleet of Airbus A320s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to FLS Aerospace. A contract is due to be signed later this month. The tie-up with BA will be the culmination of a hectic month ...
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MD-10 conversions for FedEx remain on track
The McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 freighter/upgrade programme for FedEx is on schedule, according to the carrier's chairman, Frederick Smith. The project to rework the aircraft, known as the MD-10, has been unaffected by Boeing's recent take-over of MDC. The two-phase programme, which first involves the freighter conversion, and later ...
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Suppliers
International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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Has Schipol reached it's limit
Dutch law imposes strict noise limits in the form of Kosten units (Ke), which express aircraft noise on an annual basis. The Ke measure is weighted according to aircraft type and time of day. Night flights count 10 times more heavily than day operations. Schiphol's 1998 Runway Operations Plan ...
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The labour lever
Thirty years ago, many would have considered working for an airline the best job available. A young pilot or flight attendant had the opportunity both to earn great pay and to see the world. And flight benefits allowed free travel in leisure time. Management was supportive and focused on the ...
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Oz saves Niugini's day
Help is at hand for debt-ridden Air Niugini as an Australian businessman prepares an offer for the flag carrier. Michael Bromley, a former chairman of Air Niugini, approached the Papua New Guinea government in late November. But Bromley was stopped from placing a specific bid on the table by ...
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ASPJ for USN F/A-18's
The ITT/Northrop Grumman joint venture has received $45 million from the US Navy to build 36 additional ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammers (ASPJ) for installation on Boeing F/A-18C/D strike aircraft. Northrop Grumman hopes to sell the ASPJ to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Additional sales to the USN ...
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Marketplace
++ Philippine Airlines has agreed to the early return of two Boeing 747-200s to the lessor, Atlas Air. The two aircraft, acquired by Atlas under earlier sale/leaseback deals, were scheduled to be handed back in late 1998 and 2000 but will instead be terminated in January and February 1998. The ...
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Rocky Mountain high
Guy Norris/VANCOUVER We pull out of a 3g turn over Garibaldi Lake and fly towards the Black Tusk rock. The immense flanks of the mountain rear up in front and, for a moment, it seems as if my flight with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic display team is about ...
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Fairchild Dornier posts first result
Fairchild Dornier has revealed its financial figures for the first time, claiming strong net profits of just over $70 million for its latest 1996/7 year to the end of September. The privately owned US company, which has given out almost no financial information since taking over the troubled Dornier ...
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TWA crash hearing helps to clarify policy on fuel tanks
The public hearing on the 1996 Trans World Airlines flight 800 fatal crash ended in Baltimore on 12 December without the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) coming any nearer to discovering the cause, although it can claim to have clarified potential safety policies. Measures to reduce the risk ...
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PIA chairman begins mission to restore 'financial discipline'
New Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) chairman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has set about a clean sweep of the carrier's finances, taking heavy write-offs in the latest 1996/7 accounts and pledging to "restore operational and financial discipline". The accounts, which show a heavy Rs4.8 billion ($110 million)net loss in the year to ...