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++ 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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Insurers warn on 1997
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Aviation insurers are again warning that they face a serious shortfall for 1997 following estimates which have put the cost of losses at close to $1.4 billion, despite a relatively encouraging year for air safety. The preliminary year-end figures from the UK Airclaims consultancy, widely used ...
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P&W is main beneficiary as ILFC spends $2 billion on engines
General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce have won business worth around $2 billion as International Lease Finance (ILFC) finalises engine deals for aircraft ordered in 1997. The orders cover powerplants for Airbus Industrie A319s, A320s, A321s and A330s and Boeing 737s, 747-400s, 757s, 767s and 777s. P&W is ...
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P&W tests new combustor design for JT8D-200
Pratt & Whitney is testing a new combustor design for the JT8D-200-series engine. The new design is expected to reduce nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions by 20% as part of a drive to keep the engine compatible with imminent emissions legislation. The revised combustor is aimed at new-build -200s and ...
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First HeavyLift A300 freighter earns keep
The first of two Airbus A300B4 freighters being acquired by HeavyLift is now in operation between Amsterdam and Stockholm on behalf of KLM Cargo. The aircraft, converted by British Aerospace Aviation Services at Filton in the UK, is also being used on services from Amsterdam to Bologna, Italy, ...
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Boeing firms up the flightdeck design of stretched 767-400
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has completed the firm design configuration of the stretched 767-400ER, revealing an upgraded flightdeck and a new-look cabin based on the 777 interior design. The bulk of the design was fixed by September 1997, but airline pressure drove Boeing to conduct trade studies on the additional ...
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MD-95 re-emerges as Boeing 717
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has finally committed to the future development of the 100-seat MD-95, renaming the twinjet as the 717, to bring it within the expanded Boeing airliner family. The "birth" of the 717 follows an extended phase of the post-merger strategy review of McDonnell Douglas (MDC) products, during ...
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Pan Am revamps strategy with Boeing 737 focus
Pan American World Airways is looking to build on its fleet of Boeing 737s now that it has grounded most of its Airbus A300B4s, and suspended its New York-Los Angeles flights so that it can concentrate on a north-south route network. Pan Am found that the widebody 250-seat A300s ...
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FAA orders 737 checks after wrecked tail find
Precautionary checks on certain Boeing 737-300s, -400s and -500s have been ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration following the discovery of tailplane wreckage from the crashed Silk Air 737-300. Fasteners are missing from sections of the horizontal stabiliser, and bolts from elevator attachments. The accident occurred on 19 ...
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European Aviation buys two 747s from British Airways
European Aviation has concluded a deal worth an estimated $6 million to purchase two Boeing 747-100s from British Airways. The UK-based aircraft-trading and spares specialist is also close to finalising deals for other widebodied aircraft. The company, which has purchased the two 24-28-year-old 747s with their Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A ...
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Air Madagascar aims to replace 747
Air Madagascar will phase out its Boeing 747 in April, and replace it on international routes with a Boeing 767. The national carrier has been operating the 747, a -200 Combi configured in an all-passenger layout, on routes to Europe since 1979. Fortis Aviation has been contracted to remarket the ...
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Britannia will rule carrier Blue Scandinavia after take-over
Andrew Chuter/LONDON CONTROL of Swedish charter operator Blue Scandinavia is to pass to Britannia Airways following the acquisition by Britannia's sister organisation, Thomson International, of Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor. The UK airline is also expanding its new charter operation in Germany. Thomson International, part of the Canadian-owned Thomson ...
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Air France profits roll but alliances come under EC scrutiny
Air France's transatlantic alliances have become the latest to come under scrutiny by the European Commission (EC), although the French flag carrier is pressing ahead with its expansion, buoyed by its recent financial turnaround and the prospect of a private cash injection. Regardless of the EC inquiry, Air France ...
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Airbus and Boeing take course for record production figures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Airbus and Boeing are on course for record production levels in 1998, with the two manufacturers gearing up for a combined output of 785 aircraft. If achieved, production would improve on the peak of the last boom in 1991, when, along with McDonnell Douglas, the ...
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Another new airline enters Bangladeshi regional market
The newly deregulated airline industry in Bangladesh has seen a second new airline entering the regional market. Air Parabat has been set up by Bangladeshi industrial group Karim, with funding provided by Bangladeshi private bank IFCB. The airline launched operations from Dhaka at the end of December 1997, using ...
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Alberta gets cash for FanJet
Canadian company Mill City Gold Mining has agreed to advance Alberta Aerospace (AAC) the C$5 million ($3.5 million) required to complete certification of the Phoenix FanJet single-turbofan trainer. Calgary-based AAC is working to certificate the two-seat FanJet, which is based on the Promavia Jet Squalus military trainer, by mid-1998. ...
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Battle stations
Boeing's decision to continue the development of the former McDonnell Douglas MD-95, in the new guise of the 717, has effectively redrawn the battle lines in its war with Airbus Industrie. This takes the civil-aviation giants to a new battleground where their tussle for market supremacy can be continued. ...
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Kelly Space completes Eclipse tow-launcher demonstration
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Kelly Space & Technology (KST) has completed the first large-scale demonstration of its "Eclipse" tow-launch technique at Edwards AFB, California using a US Air Force-supplied Lockheed C-141A and QF-106A. KST is developing a family of low-cost re-usable space launchers which will use the Eclipse technique ...
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Slump jeopardises proposed Indonesian deal with Russia
Paul Lewis/Singapore Indonesian contractual negotiations with Russia to purchase 12 Sukhoi Su-30MK fighters have run into difficulty because of the country's rapidly deteriorating economic situation. Russian efforts to seal a deal to sell $500 million-worth of fighters and helicopters to the Indonesian military are being undermined by the ...
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JCAB drops plans to order Saabs
The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has scrapped plans to order further Saab 2000 flight-inspection aircraft in response to the Swedish manufacturer's recent announcement that it is to halt civil-turboprop production. Japan is scheduled to take delivery of the first two Saab 2000s already on order at the end ...