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Funding is released for Brazil's SIVAM
FINANCING for Brazil's SIVAM Amazon-surveillance programme has been released, enabling Raytheon to begin work on the $1.3 billion programme. The US Export Import Bank is providing just over $1 billion of the funds required for the project, with the Swedish export bank Svensk Exportkredit, Raytheon and SIVAM Vendor ...
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Debonair launch
Debonair, a UK-based low-cost airline, has signed agreements to lease another five British Aerospace BAe 146s. The aircraft, which are to join the fleet from the third quarter of this year, are part of a $12 million investment following the company's public launch on the EASDQ in July, raising $38 ...
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Marketplace
++ Icelandair has signed an agreement with eight financial institutions for the provision of $100 million loan, arranged by HSBC Investment Bank Asia and Landesbank Kiel, to finance two Boeing 757-200s due for delivery in January 1998, and April 1999. ++ The Florida based Aviation Management Support has acquired ten ...
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Workshop
++ British Airways Engineering has sold a major proportion of its surplus spares inventory to European Aviation for an undisclosed sum. All the types in the BA fleet, plus the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, are covered in the deal. ++ Monarch Aircraft Engineering has agreed to carry out C checks for ...
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Aircraft news
American Eagle has ordered 42 Embraer 145s, plus 25 options, with deliveries starting in February 1998. Continental Express has converted 25 of its options for EMB.145s into firm orders. Northwest Airlines has ordered 50 Airbus A319s, with 100 options, with deliveries between 1999 and 2003. Finnair has ordered ...
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Suppliers
British Midland has chosen International Aero Engines' V2500 engine to power its 12 A320s and eight A321s. Airbus has chosen the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engine to power the A340-500/600. Cathay Pacific Airways has appointed the Sabre Group and IBMas its preferred ITsuppliers for 10 years. ...
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Aer Lingus is left in a stew
Aer Lingus may need its share of the luck of the Irish to pull it back from the brink of pending financial disaster. The airline requires equity investment via a public flotation or a strategic alliance, combined with a severe cost cutting programme, to pre-empt repetition of its ...
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Airports face down charge
Brussels' second attempt to push through legislation to harmonise airport charges in Europe has attracted the usual hail of criticism from both sides of the industry. Airport charges vary widely across the European Union. In its draft proposal, the Commission highlights a 'cost variation for these facilities and ...
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Business revolution
While Ansett Australia is certain to benefit from its relationships with Air New Zealand, United and Singapore Airlines, the carrier knows that internal change is required to ensure a more profitable future. By Tom Ballantyne. When former Cathay Pacific managing director Rod Eddington took control of financially struggling Ansett ...
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Everyone hit as strikes get a grip
Employee morale slumps; airlines lose hard cash and goodwill; customers suffer. Short of a fatal accident, it's an airline chief executive's worst nightmare. Billions of dollars worth of shiny aircraft sit idly on the ground. Terminal buildings are thronged with displaced customers desperate to find a way to get to ...
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Regional jets put skids under props
The regional jet was the star performer at the Paris Air Show. Karen Walker reports on the growing fan club of this relative newcomer and identifies more reasons for turboprop makers to worry. The regional jet has come of age in Paris. It has established a solid customer base and ...
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TWA fleet costs jobs as other US majors report rise in profits
Trans World Airlines (TWA) is to reduce its work force by some 1,000 people, with half the cuts being made in maintenance operations. The announcement comes as TWA reported a small loss in what was otherwise another quarter of healthy profits from major US carriers. TWA says that the ...
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Swedish Emb-145 buy
Sweden's City Air has bought an Embraer EMB-145 regional jet, with options on four more, for delivery in July. Embraer has firm orders for 133 aircraft and options for an additional 198. Source: Flight International
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CityBird expands with two 767s and a pair of MD-11 freighters
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS CityBird is to expand its fleet next year with the acquisition of Boeing 767s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 freighters. The Belgian low-fare scheduled airline, which began operations earlier this year with two MD-11s on transatlantic routes, will take delivery of two 268-seat ...
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Arkia wants RJ115s to replace Dash 7s
Arkia Israeli Airlines says that it has selected the Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) Avro RJ115 to replace its fleet of de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops, but the airline is yet to begin contract negotiations with AI(R). Arkia, which wants to order three RJ115s, has been evaluating replacements for ...
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First Boeing 777-300 is joined together
THE final body join of the first Boeing 777-300 fuselage, the longest airliner built to date, was accomplished at around 1.30am on 21 July at Boeing's Everett, Washington, site. The completed aircraft will be 73.8m in length, or around 3.4m longer than the 747. Despite the structural changes ...
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Boeing/MDC merger is set to start on 4 August
Boeing plans to start its merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) from 4 August after constructing a last-minute deal to gain approval from the European Commission(EC). The EC Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert announced approval in principle for the deal on 23 July, proclaiming victory after having secured a series of ...
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Boeing's third 737-700 undergoes 50-cycle test
An intensive Five-day series of simulated airline operations with the third Boeing 737-700 (YA003) was successfully completed on 19 July. The aircraft achieved 100% dispatch reliability for on-time departures and arrivals, says Boeing. The 737 was flown for 50 flights to 24 cities in the Southwest Airlines network, ranging from ...
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Japanese negotiate with Rolls-Royce for Trent 500 engine role
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) are negotiating with Rolls-Royce to take a share in the development and production of the new Trent 500 engine for the planned Airbus A340-500/600. The two Japanese manufacturers are discussing using the Trent 500 programme ...
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Boeing 737 exits: JAA yet to decide
Sir - I wish to express my concern at the article "Boeing seating proposal for new 737 satisfied JAA" (Flight International, 9-15 July, P6). This gives the wrong impression that Boeing's recent proposal for a new Type III exit satisfies the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). I would like to ...