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Airbus and Boeing battle for Royal Brunei order
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted final proposals to Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) to supply a new family of narrowbody passenger aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Fokker 100 twinjets. RBA's board is close to a decision on a replacement type and hopes to be ...
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AmWest pilots clear Airbus deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES America West has confirmed a deal valued at $1.4 billion for up to 46 Airbus Industrie A319-100s and A320-200s after securing a last-minute agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The order was initially outlined a year ago, but prolonged negotiations over ...
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Royal Saudi Air Force nears SAR helicopter deal
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is near to concluding a L600 billion ($340 million) order for 40 Agusta Bell AB412EP helicopters for a search-and-rescue (SAR) requirement. Details of the pending deal became apparent during the visit of Saudi Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, ...
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Air China deal boosts CAE's market share
CAEElectronics has sold two full-flight simulators and a flight-training device to Air China in a deal worth C$30 million ($21.7 million). The Boeing 737-800 and 777-200 simulators and 777-200 flight- training device will be installed in Air China's Beijing training centre in late 1998. The Chinese airline has ...
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Delivery delays hit Boeing again
Boeing has been forced to delay delivery of 12 aircraft from this month to the fourth quarter, as it struggles to keep pace with ambitious plans to increase production to 43 aircraft a month by early 1998. The delays are blamed on a combination of inexperienced new workers, ...
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Emirates 777 Trent engine fails during take-off
A Trent 800 engine from an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777 which suffered a catastrophic engine failure during take-off is being examined by Roll-Royce. The take-off was continued and the crew shut down the engine and returned to Dubai, where the aircraft was landed safely. Emirates declines to comment, ...
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Boeing may increase range of 767-400ER
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is studying development of an increased-range version of the recently launched 767-400ER stretched derivative in response to demands from potential buyers for better performance. The US manufacturer says that it is considering extending the range of the new 767-400 by up to a ...
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Embraer launches 37-seater
Graham Warwick/ Washington DC Embraer expects to book firm orders for its new EMB-135 37-seat regional jet by the end of 1997. The Brazilian manufacturer has formally launched development of the EMB-135, with a first flight planned for mid-1998, leading to certification and first delivery in the ...
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Shorts 360s retired
US Airways Express carrier CCAir is to phase out its nine Shorts 360s by the end of 1997. It is negotiating with lessors and manufacturers for 30-seat replacement aircraft. Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir also operates British Aerospace Jetstream 31s and Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s. Source: Flight International
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Singapore Leasing signs customers for A320s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed agreements for five new Airbus Industrie A320s, with two aircraft going to Saeaga Airlines of Malaysia and three to TransAer International Airlines of Ireland. SALE, a joint venture between Boullioun Aviation Services and Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year agreement with ...
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Sogerma/DA Airbus sign deal for A300B4 conversions work
Julian Moxon/Paris Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAAirbus) and French maintenance group Sogerma have signed a long-term agreement for the conversion of Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter configuration. The move follows an 18-aircraft order from a new US leasing company. The initial Franco/German deal covers ...
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737-800 for Turkey
Turkish charter carrier Pegasus Airlines is reported to have signed a deal for the acquisition of a Boeing 737-800, for delivery in 1999. The carrier is also taking two more 737-400s in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Merger speculation mounts as Rohr holds mystery talks
Nacelle manufacturer Rohr is in merger discussions with an unnamed entity. The deal being discussed values the Chula Vista, California-based company at over $790 million. Rohr reported revenues of $771 million for 1996, and expected to exceed this in its 1997 fiscal year ended 31 July. Speculation over ...
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Greek fighter force
Rene van Woezik/Athens While recent Greek interest in the Boeing F-15 Eagle and Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker may have caught the eye, the core of its air force's combat fleet into the first decade of the next century will be built around the Lockheed Martin F-16C/D, deliveries of which ...
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FAA gets tough with freight operators
All US cargo carriers face tougher US Federal Aviation Administration surveillance in the wake of the 7 August fatal crash of a Fine Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 freighter during its take-off from Miami International Airport, Florida. The FAA has started by suspending Fine Air's operating certificate and revising ...
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Potential suitors eye Cathay partnership
Cathay Pacific Airways says that it is being actively courted by global airline partnerships - in addition to the Star Alliance - but that is in no rush to make a decision. The Hong Kong carrier also warns that the recent downturn in traffic will affect the timing of its ...
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Missing the bus
British Aerospace's reluctance to commit itself to the development of a new European regional jet says more about the state of the civil-aerospace market worldwide than can any bunch of encouraging traffic statistics. In the regional-jet business, the old law of supply and demand has been turned on its head: ...
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Zurich leads battle to penalise polluters with landing-fee rise
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Zurich Airport has become the world's first major airport to introduce an emissions charge, amounting to as much as 40% of normal landing fees, for operators of aircraft which fail to meet the highest environmental standards. The charge, introduced from 1 September, is balanced by ...
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Chinese independents co-operate to form defensive alliance
Six independent provincial Chinese carriers, led by Hainan Airlines, have signed an agreement to form the country's first co-operative alliance, in a move designed to strengthen their position against competition and take-over moves by larger, state-owned, airlines. The New Star (Xinxing) Air Alliance will consist of Hainan Airlines, ...
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Slowdown in USA hurts airport growth
A Slowdown in the US domestic-passenger market has left its mark on mid-year figures from the world airports, despite a continuing boom in the European and Asia Pacific regions. Airport passenger numbers continued to grow at a relatively steady rate of 4.7% around the world during the first ...