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The black hole
The secretive investigation into the crash of a SilkAir 737-300 in Indonesia shows up major cultural differences in dealing with accidents Andrzej Jeziorski/JAKARTA The thing about black holes, in astronomical terms, is that nothing ever comes out of them. Some people liken the controversial investigation into the crash in ...
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New steps to orbit
With a sixth commercial launch planned by year-end, the Euro-Russian Starsem has hit the market with a bang Tim Furniss/LONDON The Euro-Russian Starsem commercial satellite launcher consortium is an international success story. Starsem plans three more commercial Soyuz launches of 12,450kg (27,400lb) Globalstar low earth orbit (LEO) mobile ...
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Varig brings a halt to 747 passenger operations
Chris Jasper/RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's Varig is to cease Boeing 747 passenger operations after nearly 20 years of using the type. The carrier is to return three leased 747-300s to International Lease Finance, and also plans to sell its two -300 Combis. Although Varig president and chief executive ...
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German charter carrier Hamburg launches with leased 737-700
Hamburg International has started operations with a Boeing 737-700, leased from Pembroke Capital, on services from secondary German cities and Luxembourg to European holiday destinations. The charter airline, which is operating for German tour companies NUR, TUI and Oeger Tours, plans to introduce a second 737-700 later this year. Funding ...
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Marketplace
Aviation Capital Group has bought an Airbus A320 that is on lease to America West, and a Boeing 727-200 that will be hushkitted and converted to cargo configuration for lease to an undisclosed US cargo carrier for eight years. Iberia has begun the next phase of its fleet renewal programme, ...
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Il-96 marks a first with US certification
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The Ilyushin Il-96T freighter has become the first Russian commercial transport to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification, clearing the way for deliveries to begin to Aeroflot Russian International Airlines. The four-engined widebody, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2337s and equipped with Rockwell-Collins avionics, won Federal ...
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Sabena expands Schreiner franchise deal
Dutch regional airline Schreiner Airways is re-organising its franchise agreement with Sabena as it moves to expand its feeder operations under the new Sabena Connect brand. Schreiner operates four 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300s for Sabena on wet-lease and franchise services, but plans to add more aircraft and routes from ...
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SilkAir crash pilot's family releases financial details
The Indonesian Air Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) has obtained documents on the financial background of the pilot of the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 that crashed on 19 December, 1997. The documents are expected to yield vital clues to the state of mind of Singaporean Capt Tsu Way Ming, who was ...
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Air Caribbean plans long-haul services
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Fast-growing east Caribbean airline Air Caribbean is finalising a deal for its first widebodied aircraft as it prepares to begin long-haul services to North America and the UK. Based in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, the private airline is negotiating to acquire three secondhand Boeing 767-200ERs. "We are on ...
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New Air aims to copy Southwest method
New Air, which plans to launch low-fare, high-frequency domestic services from New York's Kennedy Airport in January 2000, aims to emulate low-cost operator Southwest Airlines to survive in the market. In its application to the US Department of Transportation, privately owned New Air says it aims to achieve operating ...
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Boeing winglets venture formed
Boeing and Aviation Partners, the Seattle-based winglet design specialist, are to form a new joint venture company - Aviation Partners Boeing - to provide winglets for in-service Boeing commercial aircraft. The deal is a major breakthrough for Aviation Partners and its chief executive Joe Clark, who has been promoting ...
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ATR signs Indian contract in uncertain market
ATR has sealed a deal for five new 70-seat ATR72-500 turboprops with privately owned Indian scheduled airline Jet Airways. The airline says the aircraft will "form the nucleus of a modern regional aircraft fleet". The Jet Airways aircraft have been acquired under an operating lease through Aircraft International Renting, ...
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Workshop
Nordam has announced orders for 26 shipsets of Stage 3 hushkits for the Boeing 737-200 - six for US lessor C-S Aviation Services; five for aircraft leased by Vanguard Airlines from Unicapital Air Group (three) and GECAS (two); four for US lessor Triton Aviation, two to be installed on aircraft ...
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Mexicans prepare for fleet rejigs
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Aeromexico and Mexicana hope to finalise plans for a common replacement narrowbody jet by August, after the Mexican Government indicated it would permit both carriers to remain under Cintra ownership. The state-run Cintra holding company wants to amalgamate the two airlines' long-running refleeting evaluation and analysis ...
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Routes
Northwest Airlines Cargo will introduce its ninth Boeing 747-200 freighter on 1 September on transpacific services, enabling the carrier to upgrade services from Chicago and New York from shared capacity on a single freighter to full aircraft capacity. The Australian Government has agreed to allow Emirates to introduce an additional ...
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CSA checks out its options on alliances
Andrew Doyle/PRAGUE CSA Czech Airlines is bucking the east European trend and holding back from joining a major alliance, preferring to develop codeshares to evaluate potential partners. While other flag carriers in the region - Hungary's Malév, LOT Polish Airlines, Tarom of Romania and Balkan Bulgarian - are in advanced ...
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Mergers
Shareholders in US Airways Express carrier CCAIR have approved its merger with Mesa Air, of which it will become a wholly-owned subsidiary. Heroux has increased its involvement in Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet programme by acquiring fellow Canadian aerostructures companies Metro Machining and Les Industries CAT. Turboméca is to acquire the ...
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Crossair starts ERJ-170/190 family rolling
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Embraer has launched its new family of 70/108-seat regional jets with a commitment from Crossair for up to 160 aircraft. The deal, involving about 60 firm orders, covers 70-seat ERJ-170s and 108-seat ERJ-190-200s for delivery from late 2002. The Swiss regional carrier has orders and options ...
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The living legend that is the Boeing 747
Some things don't change - a rain-dampened Le Bourget apron, the packed crowds that mark the Salon's public days and a major presence from Boeing. Crowds gather round the Boeing 747-100 at the 1969 Paris show for a look at the machine that changed the shape of air ...
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Face the facts with Gerard Laviec
Paris '99 will be something of a show anniversary edition for engine manufacturer CFM International. The company - a joint venture between General Electric and Snecma - is celebrating its 25th birthday, the 20th anniversary of its first orders, and during the show it will deliver the 10,000th CFM56 engine. ...