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Taiwan starts to consider fifth-generation fighters
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Taiwan's air force has begun planning the procurement of a fifth-generation fighter as a follow-on to the Dassault Mirage 2000-5s and Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs on order and now entering service. "We're now drafting a plan to study and evaluate the next-generation fighter," ...
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Qantas considers NZ options-
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas is now considering at least three options for entry into the New Zealand domestic market. Following Air New Zealand's (ANZ) acquisition of a 50% stake in competitor Ansett Australia, the two national carriers have severed all commercial links, leaving Qantas without an adequate presence on ...
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Crossair fleet evaluation forces rethink on telephones
Crossair has terminated plans for a major in-flight telephone order as the regional airline reconsiders its long-term fleet strategy. The airline, which flies a mix of Saab 340s, 2000s, Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ85s/ 100s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80s, had been poised to conclude a deal with ...
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Express success
Forbes Mutch/BILLUND, DENMARK There is usually only one reason why an airline's management might purchase new aircraft, and that is expansion. It may be expansion of the route network, an increase in service frequency or a rise in the number of passengers. In the case of Sun-Air of ...
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Pakistan shelves privatisation of PIA,but fleet renewal nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Privatisation plans for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)have been put on hold, says the carrier's new chairman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, but he confirms that decisions are close on new-aircraft purchases which will mean that the entire fleet will be renewed over the next few years. ...
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Marketplace
++ Varig Brazil has signed a letter of intent with GE Capital Aviation Services for the lease of three new Boeing 737-300s for five years. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin later this year. ++ Monarch has taken a Lockheed TriStar on sub-wet lease from Air Atlanta Icelandic for five ...
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Norwegians will test F-16 missile-warning system
NORWAY IS TO flight-test Northrop Grumman's AAR-54(V) missile-approach warning system on the Lockheed Martin F-16 mid-life update (MLU) aircraft. Data from the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) evaluation will be supplied to Denmark and the Netherlands, both of which are also upgrading F-16s under the MLU programme. ...
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Czech Airlines plans to launch charter division in early 1998
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Czech Airlines (CSA) is planning to set up a charter subsidiary which will start operating at the beginning of 1998. According to CSA charter department manager Tomas Jandecka, a business plan is now being prepared which should be finished by the middle of this ...
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-as China Eastern leases ten A320s
Paul Lewis/Singapore China Eastern Airlines is set to lease its Ìrst ten Airbus Industrie A320s, giving the European consortium another major new inroad into the fast-developing Chinese air-transport market . The Shanghai-based international carrier intends to replace its ßeet of ten Fokker 100s with the larger A320s, while deferring an ...
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Airbus lands first A340-500/600 deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/London Airbus has taken an important step towards a full programme launch for the A340-500/600 growth versions by securing commitments from two major airlines for the aircraft. Air Canada plans to take the types as part of a major A330/A340 deal, while Virgin Atlantic aims to become ...
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MHI aims for entry to PW6000 project
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is signalling its interest in joining the proposed Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine programme, which it considers a possible candidate powerplant for a new 90-seat regional jet now under study with Bombardier. The Japanese manufacturer has said that it would like to take a ...
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737-800 takes to the air for seven months of flight testing
The first Boeing 737-800 made a successful 3h 5min-long maiden flight from the company's Renton production site in Washington on 31 July. The 39.5m-long -800 is the second of the Next Generation family to be flown. Boeing test pilots, Capts Mike Hewett and Jim McRoberts, report "a flawless flight", which ...
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LHTEC focuses on CTP800 design
Guy Norris/Indianapolis US engine manufacturers AlliedSignal and Allison are completing final-design work on the CTP800 turboprop for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster freighter, following selection of a Hamilton Standard propeller system. The Loadmaster will be powered by twin CTP800s, a turboprop version of the T800 turboshaft, developed ...
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Air UK considers options in fleet-expansion strategy
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air UK expects to finalise its fleet-expansion strategy in the coming months in a move which could see the airline selecting a new 60- to 80-seat aircraft to slot in between its 50-seat Fokker 50s and 99-seat Fokker 100s. Philip Chapman, Air UK's director ...
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Asians seek longer ranges from Airbus and Boeing
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Potential Asia-Pacific launch customers for Airbus Industrie's planned A340-500/600 growth derivatives are pressing the European consortium for a higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and improved payload and range performance. Airbus is targeting Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Cathay Pacific to place Asian launch orders for ...
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US Airways makes new offer to pilots
US AIRWAYS has made a new contract offer to pilots who are suing the US carrier over tactics used during fruitless bargaining over cost-cutting measures. The airline claims that the proposal would provide pilots with job security while enhancing growth in operations which keep pace with rival airlines. ...
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EC sets out rules for BA and American alliance
Julian Moxon/Paris The European Commission (EC) competition directorate has laid out its position on granting approval to the planned alliance between American Airlines and British Airways. The paper, in which the EC outlines a series of problems it has with the alliance, repeats the call for ...
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FAA approves composite repairs
Ian Sheppard/LONDON An aircraft-repair technique developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico together with composites specialists from Textron Systems, has gained initial approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration as an alternative to riveted aluminium. The bonded composite "doubler" is the result of a three-year FAA-sponsored ...
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Business-jet ETOPS: it is better to be safe than to be sorry
Sir - Although I invariably agree with the author's point of view when reading the Flight International Comment page, I feel that, in the article "All at sea" (Flight International, 9-15 July), about extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS), there are some uncharacteristically sweeping statements with which I do not. ...
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Boeing heads shifting industry league
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Boeing has begun to pull away from its nearest competitors in the league table of USaerospace manufacturers over the first half of 1997. Even without the McDonnell Douglas (MDC)merger, Boeing's sales have leapt by close to 60%due to soaring civil-aircraft sales, and the Rockwell ...