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Boeing plans for further FANS-1 certification
BOEING IS PLANNING to certify future Air Navigation System 1 (FANS-1)-equipped versions of its 757s and 767s by late 1997, possibly as part of a joint US Federal Aviation Administration/European Joint Airworthiness Authorities effort. The US company is developing an improved version of its FANS-1 avionics package to ...
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FLS supports Air 2000's rotables
FLS AEROSPACE HAS expanded its position as a component-support prime contractor with the signing of a five-year deal with Air 2000. The agreement takes Europe's largest independent maintenance company into the Airbus Industrie A320 rotables business for the first time. The component-support work for Air 2000 arrives on ...
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-IPTN's N250
-IPTN's N250 will be a winner, if performance figures match the aircraft's characteristics IF THERE IS any lingering cynicism, over the destiny of IPTN's N250 programme, a visit to the company's design, manufacturing and flight-testing site at Bandung, Indonesia, would be likely to put it to rest. The site ...
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Air Canada rethinks modification plans for its DC-9-30
AIR CANADA MAY retain and upgrade 15 of its 35 aging McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s rather than replace them one-for-one with Airbus Industrie A319s as previously planned, according to executive vice-president and chief operating officer Robert Milton. "We're holding back on a decision to sell [the last] 15 of ...
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Boeing on target for 777-300 assembly
Boeing is on target to begin major assembly of the 777-300 in late March 1997 after achieving the 25% product-definition milestone at the start of June. The milestone means that one- quarter of the design information needed for parts and tooling have been released to manufacturing for fabrication ...
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R-R plans hybrid -524/Trent test
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES Andrew Doyle/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE IS preparing to test a production RB.211-524 turbofan fitted with the high-pressure system of the Trent 700, in an experiment aimed at extending engine-component life and reducing fuel consumption. The hybrid is being evaluated as a potential upgrade for the ...
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Aerospace in Indonesia
Aerospace in Indonesia is racing to keep up with the country's growing economy, writes Paul Lewis in Singapore. INDONESIA IS A COUNTRY unmatched by any of its South-East Asian neighbours. With an expanding population of some 190 million, a rich and bountiful supply of natural resources and a growing ...
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BA franchising forays into South Africa
BRITISH AIRWAYS' franchising operation has made its first non-European foray, signing an agreement with South Africa's leading independent airline, Comair. The franchise, which starts on 1 October, sees Comair remaining independent with no BA equity investment. Southern Africa is an important market for British Airways, and Comair, ...
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Greyhound Air finally receives approval
Greyhound Air, a new Canadian low-cost domestic carrier, plans to begin operations on 8 July, following long-awaited Government approval. The airline, operated by Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter for bus company Greyhound Lines of Canada, had planned to begin services on 15 May (Flight International, 21-27 February, P10), but ...
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Reflecting the true costs of airport modifications
Sir-In your article, "Airlines force Boeing to raise 747-600X range" (Flight International, 22-28 May, P13), you mention the Airports Council International's (ACI) new report, Costs and Capacity Implications of New Large Aircraft for Airports. I would like to clarify a point on the average capital cost per new-large-aircraft ...
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Garuda and Boeing strike a deal on outstanding orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA has reached an agreement with Boeing to cancel and defer outstanding orders for 15 747-400s and 737-400s, in exchange for 17 new 737-300/500s. As part of the renegotiated deal, Garuda will swap one of its six unfilled 747-400s orders for five ...
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JADC considers YS-X partners for future
Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN AIRCRAFT Development (JADC), expects to make a decision by August, on whether to continue with a 90 to 110 seat YS-X study with Boeing, or to shrink the project to a 70 to 90 seater, involving Bombardier. JADC has to submit its request ...
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ValuJet to reduce maintenance contractors
Karen Walker/ATLANTA VALUJET AIRLINES, in response to criticism from the US Federal Aviation Administration is to cut the number of outside maintenance contractors it uses. An interim report, by the FAA on ValuJet's maintenance and safety procedures, highlights discovered since the Atlanta, Georgia-based airline came ...
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Reutlinger lays down cost goal for Sabena
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SABENA PRESIDENT Paul Reutlinger has laid out details of the new cost-cutting targets and fleet rationalisation being demanded by new partner Swissair in a bid to bring the Belgian carrier back to profitability by 1998. Reutlinger says that Sabena needs to shave ...
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Dash to Japan
Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC), a subsidiary of Japan Airlines group member Japan TransOcean Air, will become the first operator of the de Havlland Dash 8 regional aircraft in Japan when it takes delivery of three Dash 8-100s in 1997. The Naha, Okinawa-based carrier placed three firm orders and two options ...
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Debonair makes low-cost fares and quality promise
DEBONAIR, THE LATEST UK start-up hoping to bring the US low-fares experiment to Europe, has promised fares of 50-70% below existing levels. The airline is planning to launch services from London Luton on 19 July, with free flights on its routes to Barcelona, Munich and the Dusseldorf ...
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Engine failure prompted Garuda late-abort and fatal overrun
A GARUDA INDONESIA Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 overran the runway at Fukuoka, southern Japan, shortly after midday local time on 13 June, following the captain's late decision to abort the take-off. Of the 260 passengers and 15 crew on the flight, bound for Jakarta, Indonesia, via Denpasar, Bali, three passengers ...
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TEA extends its Vietnamese links
CHARTER AIRLINE TEA Switzerland has extended its association with Vietnam's second carrier, Pacific Airlines. Since 1 June the South East Asian airline has been wet-leasing a TEA Boeing 737-300, in addition to a 737-200 operated since December 1995. Pacific Airlines uses the TEA aircraft on domestic services ...
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Jet setting
Following its N250 turboprop, IPTN has started work on an 80- to 130-seat regional jet, Paul Lewis reports from Bandung. In a country besieged with bureaucracy and straining to meet the transportation needs of its 190 million inhabitants, Bacharuddin Habibie, head of national aerospace manufacturer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara ...
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Stretched 328 is revived by Fairchild acquisition
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Graham Warwick/Washington DC FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT of the USA is planning to launch a stretched high-speed version of the 33-seat Dornier 328 turboprop in "a matter of weeks" after its acquisition of a majority stake in the German manufacturer. Mac Williams, Fairchild's president, says that ...