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FSI penetrates regional-jet market
FRENCH REGIONAL airline Brit Air has ordered a Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet full-flight simulator from FlightSafety International (FSI). The simulator will be installed at the airline's ICARE flight-training centre in Morlaix, alongside an FSI-supplied ATR 42/72 simulator. Brit Air is the first Regional Jet operator to acquire its ...
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Power surge
Arms race or just re-equipment - either way, Southeast Asian nations are on a buying spree Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE DEFENCE EXPENDITURE in Southeast Asia is at an all-time high and is continuing to grow, prompting many ob-servers to suggest that the region is in the throes ...
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Lockheed Martin boosts C-130J orderbook with Australasian deal bonanza
LOCKHEED MARTIN stands to sell over 40 C-130J Hercules II transporters to Australia and New Zealand, with the former country placing a firm order for an initial batch of 12 aircraft on 21 December. Deliveries of 12 stretched C-130J-30s, included in the A$900 million ($660 million) contract, will ...
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Austrian orders two A340-300s
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has placed a Sch3.22 billion ($320 million) order for two high-capacity Airbus A340-300s, for delivery in 1997 and 1999. The new aircraft, to be configured for 297 passengers in a two-class layout, will be used to supplement or replace the existing A340-200s on routes to Johannesburg, ...
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ANA orders powerplants for its A321s and 777s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced $400 million worth of orders for V2500 and growth PW4090 engines to power its new fleet of Airbus A321-100s and Boeing 777-300s. The Japanese carrier has selected the International Aero Engines 135kN (30,000lb)-thrust V2530-A5 for its A321s. ...
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SIA orders ATEC test system for use on 777s and A340s
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE AEROSPATIALE HAS sold one of its ATEC Series 6 automated test systems to Singapore Airlines (SIA) for use on the carrier's Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s. The French company says that it expects the airline to order more "...once its 777 budget is in place". ...
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Avianova flies Fokker 70
ALITALIA subsidiary Avianova put the first of its new Fokker 70 regional jets into service on 20 December, between Turin and Paris. The Rome-based airline has now taken delivery of the first three of its 15 ordered aircraft, with seven more to come in the third quarter, and the remaining ...
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CAL places 737-800 order
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan, after considerable delay, has finally placed an order for six Boeing 737-800s, plus nine options, to meet its requirement for a new 150-seat passenger airliner. The aircraft will replace CAL's three early-build 737-200s and two wet-leased Airbus A320s due to be returned by ...
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Boeing optimistic about GE-powered 777s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOEING delivered three General Electric GE90-powered 777s by the end of 1995, after GE's proposed increase of the fan-blade-tip clearances had been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (Flight International, 20 December, 1995-2 January, P4). Efforts continued to determine the cause of an engine ...
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SAS adds cargo capacity
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is leasing a Boeing 747-200F freighter from Atlas Air for services from Scandinavia to Asia and the USA. The aircraft will enter service in March and boost the insufficient cargo capacity on the airline's passenger aircraft. In 1994, SAS carried 200,000t of cargo and expects to ...
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DASA stands by ailing Fokker
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has confirmed it will continue to fund Fokker into the new year, in a move to counter growing fears that the manufacturer would be left to fend for itself unless a funding agreement was agreed with the Dutch Government before the year-end. ...
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Air transport
Andrew Doyle/TECHNICAL REPORTER Kevin O'Toole/BUSINESS EDITOR THE GOOD NEWS, at least for manufacturers, is that aircraft deliveries reached the bottom in 1995. The less good news is that the upturn in 1996 will be moderate. The big three, airframe manufacturers (Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas), ...
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Airbus boost
Airbus Industrie waited until the last few days of December to land its first major order of 1995, announcing a deal with Philippine Airlines for 24 aircraft. Boeing was also included, with eight 747-400s included in the order. The Airbus share of the $3 billion deal includes four A340-300s, eight ...
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Executive Airlines to fit GPS to ATRs
PUERTO RICO-based American Eagle carrier Executive Airlines is equipping its ten ATR 42s and 72s with global-positioning systems (GPS) to allow cost-saving direct routing. Executive has selected Universal Avionics' UNS-1M GPS-based navigation-management system for its aircraft. The airline's decision follows a six-month proof-of-concept programme, which demonstrated ...
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Airlines
Kevin O'Toole/Business Editor THE WORLD AIRLINE INDUSTRY finally shook off the recession in 1995, to produce what are likely to be the highest profits on record. Barring unforeseen disasters, the industry should continue to forge ahead in 1996. The figures have yet to be collated for ...
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British Airways Concorde appeal
Sir - British Airways would like to speak to the passengers who flew on the BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde inaugural flight to Bahrain on 22 January 1976. The airline is keen to research the events, which surrounded the inaugural commercial flight of the aircraft. Please contact Amanda Ball, ...
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Boeing to raise output as markets begin to stir
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING IS TO raise aircraft production rates towards the end of 1996 in a move, which the company says reflects the beginnings of an upswing in aircraft demand, as well as efforts to catch up from the ten-week strike. Production is expected to recover ...
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SAA and Lufthansa to co-operate
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA AND South African Airlines (SAA) have put signatures to a co-operation agreement, now scheduled to come in to force from 1 April. The agreement, signed by Lufthansa's chairman Jurgen Weber and his SAA counterpart Mike Myburgh on 15 December, follows a memorandum of ...
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Czechs exchange Fulcrums for Sokols
THE CZECH Air force is swapping ten "mothballed" Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters for 11 Polish PZL-Swidnik W-3 Sokol helicopters. The barter arrangement, was approved by the Czech Government, on 13 December and deliveries of the MiG-29s to the Polish air force, were due to be completed by ...
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DHL expands its Panama presence
DHL WORLDWIDE Express is to invest $30 million over the next three years to expand its Latin American and Caribbean network. Initially, the fast-package carrier will upgrade its Panama hub with a new automated sorting system and introduce a Boeing 727-200F freighter service operated by new Panamanian carrier DHL Aero ...