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KAL steps up plans for new narrowbody
Korean Air Lines (KAL) is accelerating plans to phase out its entire fleet of Fokker 100s and Boeing MD-82/83s with the purchase of up to 40 replacement narrowbody aircraft. Industry sources say that KAL's evaluation has intensified in recent weeks and that a type selection is expected by ...
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Fokker responds to reliability protest
A joint protest by several European operators of Fokker aircraft expressing grievances over poor reliability has forced Fokker Services to introduce support measures. In a letter to Jan van der Giessen, the Dutch company's technical vice-president, the group of airlines - the "Fokker 70/100 Customer Community" - details ...
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Fuel-tank safety checks initiated
About 2,000 of 6,000 aircraft operated by 68 airlines worldwide will be inspected over the next three years for the type of fuel-system defects suspected of causing the crash of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 747-100 in July 1996. The Aircraft Fuel Systems Safety Programme will involve checks ...
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GAMECO poised to build engine-test centre
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) has been given preliminary board approval to build a $108 million engine-test centre, as part of wider investment in expanded overhaul and repair centres for southern China. The company hopes to have the new factory operational by 2000, provided that it is given ...
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KLM signs Braathens and Northwest deals
KLM has firmed up details of its deal to take a 30%stake in Norway's Braathens SAFE, while also giving an official signature to the ten-year alliance commitment with transatlantic partner Northwest Airlines. Under the Braathens deal, first announced in August, KLM will pay NKr749 million ($105 million) for ...
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Parts shortages slow down Boeing production
Boeing has halted production of the 747 and Next Generation 737 temporarily, to give suppliers time to make up parts shortages which have delayed deliveries. The company will deliver between five and ten fewer Next Generation 737s, and four or five fewer 747s, than planned this year. Production ...
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Fire destroys Boeing European spares centre
Fire has destroyed the Boeing European Spare Parts Center at Brussels Airport. The 3 October fire is estimated to have destroyed about BFr4 billion ($144 million)-worth of spare parts. The depot, operated under contract by Sabena Technic, stocked parts for all Boeing types except the 777 for airlines ...
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BWA discusses ATP franchise
British World Airlines (BWA) is considering launching franchise operations in 1998, as it introduces the first of two recently acquired 68-seat British Aerospace ATP turboprops. The Southend, UK-based airline specialises in leasing, aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) operations, as well as providing an air-operator's-certificate (AOC) service. BWA's ...
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American Eagle fits its fleet with EGPWS
American Eagle is to equip its regional aircraft with AlliedSignal's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS), beginning with the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. The EMB-145s will be delivered with the EGPWS installed, with the first of 42 aircraft on order due to arrive in February 1998. American Eagle will ...
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IATA fights airport emission rules
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a legal challenge to the new aircraft-emissions surcharges at Switzerland's Zürich Airport. The action is seen as a key test case for the legality of similar penalties proposed elsewhere in Europe. Zürich became one of the first major airports to ...
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Northwest Airlink considers regional jets for Express I subsidiary
Northwest Airlines hopes to decide by the end of 1997 on new 50- to 69-seat aircraft to equip its Northwest Airlink subsidiary, Express Airlines I, operating from Memphis, Tennessee. Aircraft being considered include the Saab 2000 high-speed turboprop, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet and Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. ...
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US Congress opens Dallas Love Field to Legend Airlines
Texas-based start-up carrier Legend Airlines hopes to select an aircraft type and apply for an operating certificate before the end of October, after the US Congress eased restrictions on services from Dallas Love Field. Legend's plans are dependent upon gaining approval to operate 56-seat, all-business-class, Boeing 737-200s or ...
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Two Russian Far East airlines plan merger
Two Russian airlines in the Far East, Vladivostok Avia and state-owned Sakhalin Airlines, are preparing to merge. According to Vladivostok Avia's financial director Alexei Katashonov, a merger agreement has been signed, and the new joint airline will be called Dalnevsotochnaya Aviakompaniya (Far East Aviation Company). Katashonov ...
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CNAC is cleared for flotation as airlines face consolidation
China National Aviation (CNAC) has been been given the go-ahead to become the latest Chinese carrier to float on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The move comes as China prepares for a round of consolidation within its crowded airline market. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), which ...
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Midway boosts CRJ as Dash 8 production is slowed down
Bombardier is to step up production of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ), but cut back on output of its de Havilland Dash 8 regional turboprop. The decision to increase CRJ production from five to six a month in 1998 came as Midway Airlines ordered ten aircraft, taking Bombardier's ...
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ARIA covers Il-96M delay with leased 777s
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) is to take two GE90-powered Boeing 777-200s on a seven-year lease from International Lease Finance. The aircraft will be delivered in 1998 and will initially give the airline capacity to cover for the expected delay to the delivery of the first of 17 Iluyshin Il-96Ms it ...
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Cargolux switches to R-R for new 747's
Cargolux has switched to Rolls-Royce engines for five Boeing 747-400 Freighter orders, plus two options, recently placed with Boeing. The Luxembourg-based cargo carrier has selected the RB.211-524G/HT hybrid engine, despite the fact that the four 747-400Fs already in its fleet are powered by the General Electric CF6-80C2B1F, while ...
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Turkish Airlines concludes order for 737-800s
Turkish Airlines has confirmed its long-anticipated order for Next Generation Boeing 737s, with the decision to place firm orders for 26 737-800s, plus 23 options. The deal, announced by Turkish Airlines chairman Cem Kozlu, is worth around $2.5 billion and calls for deliveries to begin in June 1998 ...
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CASA discusses role in Air Jet 70 programme
CASA Aircraft is in talks to join the Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) Air Jet 70 regional-jet programme, in a move which could lead to the Spanish company becoming a full member of the regional-aircraft group, it emerged at the European Regions Airline Association meeting held in Baveno, Italy, on 9-10 ...
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Fairchild Dornier bypasses 50-seat market
Fairchild Dornier is planning to develop a 70-seat regional jet and has abandoned a scheme to compete in the already-crowded 50-seat market sector with a stretched derivative of its 328JET. The US-German manufacturer will roll out the prototype of its Dornier 328 turboprop-derived 32-seat, Pratt & Whitney Canada ...