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PENTA ups demand
Brazilian regional airline Pena Transportes Aereos (PENTA) has ordered two Embraer EMB-120s, for delivery in May and October, and two EMB-145 regional jets, for delivery in November 1997 and November 1998. Santarem-based air-taxi operator PENTA began airline service in the Amazon region in January. Embraer now has firm orders for ...
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Cathay profits leap
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CATHAY PACIFIC Airways beat market expectations with a 25% leap in profits for 1995, boosted by higher revenue and improved cost efficiency, but also helped by an accounting change. The Hong Kong carrier turned in a net profit of just under HK$3 billion ...
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Cathay expands fleet
US cargo carrier Atlas Airways is to lease five Boeing 747-200 freighters from FedEx until 1998. The aircraft are the last of 22 747s acquired when FedEx bought Flying Tigers in 1989. The deal, will take Colorado-based Atlas 747 freighter fleet, to 24 by the end of 1997. ...
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Cathay ETOPS okay
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department has given Cathay Pacific Airways approval to operate 120min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) with its Airbus Industrie A330-300s. The 120min rating is Cathay's first, and involved 7,000 simulated ETOPS hours. It will enable the aircraft, to be operated to Perth, Brisbane, Cairns in Australia and ...
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Brazil considers fighter to replace its Mirages
BRAZIL IS STUDYING concepts for a new fighter, dubbed the FX, initially to replace Dassault Mirages now operated by its air force. Procurement is planned to begin around the year 2000, with deliveries beginning around 2005, and Brazil wants an off-the-shelf aircraft, which it can adapt to meet its requirements. ...
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US missile-defence plans attacked
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense's revamped ballistic-missile-defence programme needs $2.8 billion in fiscal year 1997 spending, including $1.8 billion for Theater Missile Defense research and development (R&D). The spending plan is under attack, however, by US law-makers, who oppose the decision to cut $2 billion from the Lockheed ...
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State-owned Bosnian carrier plans April start
AIR BOSNIA, THE STATE-owned Bosnian start-up carrier which plans to begin operations in April, is seeking an airline partner to help it lease in a small fleet of passenger and cargo aircraft. The airline, set up in 1994 but still awaiting the re-opening of Sarajevo's airport, says that it is ...
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Ansett prepares for ANZ with executive shake-up
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS ANSETT HAS CLEARED the decks for the imminent Air New Zealand (ANZ) buy-in, with managing director Graeme McMahon and two of his senior managers departing in favour of a new ten-member executive structure at the Australian airline. News Limited chief and executive chairman of Ansett Holdings, Ken Cowley, ...
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Germany proposes air-safety 'blacklist'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN TRANSPORT minister Matthias Wissman is pushing for the introduction of a European "black list" of airlines which have questionable safety standards. Airlines on the list would be banned from operating in the European market. If the proposal does not get backing from other ...
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Airports grow again
Airports report continued strong passenger growth for 1995. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE WORLD'S MAJOR airports have reported a fourth successive year of strong passenger growth for 1995, although the rate of expansion now appears to be slowing. Preliminary figures from the Airports Council International ...
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Door accident delays 777 appearance
DISPLAY OF THE Boeing 777 at FIDAE '96, as part of a Latin American sales tour, was delayed when the forward passenger-door was torn off by an air bridge at Bogota, Colombia, on 8 March. The jetway fell, ripping the open door from its hinges. The door is ...
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Cali 757 crash speeds American EGPWS trials
Bernie Fitzsimmons/LONDON AMERICAN AIRLINES plans to join British Airways and United Airlines in trials of AlliedSignal's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS), which the manufacturer plans to start delivering by the third quarter of this year (Flight International, 21-27 February). American has already decided to test ...
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Learjet modifies 45 tests
LEARJET HAS SHIFTED flutter testing of the Learjet 45 business jet to the second prototype, to avoid grounding the first aircraft. The move has delayed the first flight of the Learjet 45-002, but has allowed flight-testing of aircraft -001 to continue, the company says. Wichita, Kansas-based Learjet ...
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Airbus sets up a new division for A3XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS TO set up a new division to develop its proposed A3XX, with the aircraft now expected to go into service as early as 2002. The division will bring together personnel from the partner companies, and Airbus Industrie itself, under ...
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NASA-sponsored experimental Tu-144 in Moscow roll-out
A MODIFIED TUPOLEV Tu-144 supersonic transport which will serve as the platform for a six-month, high-speed experimental research programme was expected to be rolled-out at Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, Russia, on 17 March, signaling the start of a co-operative US-Russian flight-test programme. The aircraft, Tu-144LL, will carry NASA-sponsored ...
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Boeing rethinks its 777-100X
BOEING IS REVISING its options for the proposed 777-100X after admitting that interest in the extra-long-range market appears to be "dormant." The company is now studying a "short body 777-100X for all ranges," as a way of encouraging airlines to use the entire family of 777s and maximising ...
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Unauthorised training
The 8 February crash, of a Lineas Aereas del Caribe McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighter near Asuncion, Paraguay, was probably caused by an unauthorised training exercise during, which the co-pilot lost control of the aircraft, after throttling back the number one and two engines during takeoff, according to Paraguay's Civil Aviation ...
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Germany to test Elisra electronic-warfare system
THE GERMAN AIR force is to fit an Israeli Elisra self-protection electronic-warfare (EW) system on a Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter for evaluation purposes. If the trial is successful, a procurement order will follow. The air force is believed to have examined several self-protection systems for use on the CH-53s, ...
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Don't judge one by the majority
Sir - You were right to give the US Federal Aviation Administration finalist status in the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards 1996 Safety Section, but the illustration of a LanChile freighter shows the problem behind the FAA's policy. Firstly, Chile is among the safe countries on the International ...
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'Major disappointment': what O'Gorman wrote
Dear Ron United's 777 reliability and performance has been a major disappointment during the past few months. I am very concerned, and would like to ensure that Boeing and United are taking any and all actions necessary to fix these significant problems as soon as possible. The ...