Airframers – Page 1449
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Wolf captures new managers and reviews 728JET progress
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH John Wolf, the recently appointed chief operating officer of Fairchild Dornier, has shaken up the company's regional jet programmes with new management appointments and a review of the company's approach to the 728JET project. Three new programme managers have been appointed - two of them Wolf's ...
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737 booms with Boullioun buy
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Firm sales of Boeing's Next Generation 737 reached 995 on 28 July, with a deal for up to 60 aircraft worth $2.6 billion from Washington-based leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services. The deal included firm orders for 30 aircraft and options on 30 more, with first deliveries ...
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EC unveils alliance plan details
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The European Commission (EC) has published details of its proposed conditions for the British Airways and Lufthansa-led transatlantic alliances, including a call for the governments involved to open up national airports to other European carriers wanting to start US services. The official publication of the proposals, ...
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JAL takes delivery of its first Boeing 777-300
Japan Airlines has become the third airline after Cathay Pacific and All Nippon Airways (ANA) to take delivery of a Boeing 777-300, with the handover of its first of five Pratt & Whitney PW4090-powered aircraft on 28 July. JAL's second aircraft will be delivered this month. The P&W-powered 777-300 ...
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United deal will boost Airbus fleet to 133
United Airlines (UAL) has placed its second major follow-on order this year for Airbus narrowbodies, which will boost its fleet of A319s and A320s to 133. The airline has converted options for 10 A319s and 12 A320s for delivery between 2000 and 2001, and pushes UAL's order tally up ...
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Northrop Grumman sets sights on GTE as shareholders attack
As angry shareholders launched a lawsuit against Northrop Grumman executives in the wake of the failed merger with Lockheed Martin, speculation is growing that the group is preparing to bid for the defence arm of GTE if it comes on the market as part of the US telecommunications giant's own ...
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Schiphol introduces graded landing charges for Chapter 3 aircraft types
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has imposed a new sliding scale of landing fees for Chapter 3 aircraft from 1 August, as well as a 20% surcharge on night-time operations. The new fees for Chapter 3-compliant types are broken into three categories, varying according to the level ...
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R-R prepares combustor for low-emissions test
Rolls-Royce is completing certification work on a new low-emissions combustor for the RB211-535E4 engine to be introduced into service on Condor's first Boeing 757-300 in January 1999. The Phase Five combustor is based on the low-emissions design of the larger Trent powerplant, and scaled to fit the -535, says ...
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Rotary Rocket starts construction of the first Roton parts
Construction of the first parts of Rotary Rocket's Roton commercial space vehicle is under way, kicking off an ambitious development schedule aimed at achieving initial flight tests by the middle of 1999. The first elements of the Roton, an unpiloted, unmanned, re-useable single stage to orbit (SSTO) launch vehicle, are ...
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Parachute training, 1947--and kite-ballon-popping, 10th...
Parachute training, 1947--and kite-ballon-popping, 10th RAF Display, Hendon, 1929 French delegation with Tom Sopwith, Brooklands, 1932 Yuckspeak Series of 1,000,000 "Your expected future contribution may not advance the strategic interests of the company" = Goodbye It may be too late already (sorry about the absence, Nephews and Nieces), but British ...
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Aircraft News
Korean Air has ordered 11 Boeing 737-800s and 22 737-900s, plus five options for a mix of these aircraft types. Deliveries are scheduled to commence August 2000 through to July 2005. China Aviation Supplies has ordered 10 737s. Condor Flugdienst has ordered one 757-300 for delivery in the last quarter ...
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And now for something . . . completely different
The term 'survivor' may be sorely overused in the airline industry, but it remains the most appropriate description for AirTran Airlines, the product of a merger with the ill-fated ValuJet whose once-bright future ended abruptly in 1996 with a controversial crash in a Florida swamp. Not that there is ...
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Asia cuts its capacity
Asian airlines are continuing to downsize their existing fleets and defer new aircraft deliveries in a bid to bring capacity in line with shrinking demand. But deliveries of new aircraft for the next five years will still produce a net increase in the size of Asia's overall fleet. Carriers ...
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Wall St frets over Boeing
With Boeing back on track to deliver 550 aircraft this year as planned, chairman Phil Condit is using the word 'turnaround', but some feel such confidence is premature. Boeing delivered 148 aircraft in the second quarter, prompting Condit to declare the production recovery programme a success. 'It's on the ...
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Rocky relations
It's a brave new world out there for the global distribution systems. Competition - from traditional rivals to online new entrants - is swirling about them; government rules that regulate them are being rewritten; and in some cases their relationships with their two most important customers - airlines and travel ...
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A one-horse race
Though dulled by drink, the American business class passenger was able to stab a finger towards the aircraft window as it taxied into Frankfurt airport. 'Emirates. That's a good little airline,' he slurred, pointing at a parked Airbus 310. Therein lies the Dubai flag carrier's problem. Despite its well-deserved reputation ...
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Rising confidence
Isao Kaneko became president of Japan Airlines the same day its shareholders approved a US$894 million write-off against capital reserves - the largest in Japan's corporate history. Kaneko succeeded Akira Kondo, who resigned as president to take responsibility for the unprecedented loss. It hardly seemed the occasion for the new ...
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A Herculean task
Never trust Greeks bringing gifts, so the saying goes. It is to be hoped that doesn't apply to Greeks receiving gifts. Where is Hercules when he's needed? Unless he or the ancient gods intervene and provide a timely miracle, Greek flag carrier Olympic will require another sizeable gift from ...
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Pilots rage against PAL
The acrimonious pilots dispute at Philippine Airlines (PAL) is about to spill over into the Filipino Supreme Court as the legal mudslinging between sacked pilots and the airline hots up. The Airline Pilots Association of the Philippines (ALPAP) is suing PAL, accusing it of an illegal lockout. More than ...
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Losses: What losses?
The airline industry is renowned, with few exceptions, for its poor returns. Indeed, airlines as a group actually destroyed value between 1992 and 1997, achieving a feeble 6 per cent return on invested capital - at least three percentage points below the 9 to 10 per cent cost of capital ...