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Airbus steps up support for Chinese customers
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Airbus Industrie is expanding significantly its customer-support operation in China to meet a twofold increase in the number of passenger aircraft in service with mainland carriers over the next two years. Deliveries of recently ordered A320/A321s and A340-300s will double the Airbus fleet in ...
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Cathay acts as profits continue to plunge
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is implementing a range of measures to boost revenue and cut costs as traffic figures and projected end-of-year profits for the Hong Kong carrier continue to plummet. Its latest traffic figures show no sign of a turn-around, with a further 9.8% ...
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Delta takes a stake in French carrier and boosts 777 orders
Delta Air Lines is to take a 34% stake in French regional carrier Proteus Airlines, gaining it a foothold in the increasingly active French regional-airline market. This is the first time that a US major has taken a share of a French airline, and follows the recent codesharing ...
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FAA improves engine inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration hopes to halve the number of uncontained engine failures by requiring improved inspection of high-energy rotating components. Enhanced inspection procedures will be introduced in the first quarter of 1998, beginning with the "highest-priority" components - large fan hubs - says Jay Pardee, manager of the ...
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FAT will use 757-200s on domestic routes
Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT), Taiwan's largest and most profitable domestic airline, will deploy its recently ordered Boeing 757-200s, mainly on domestic trunk routes. The airline placed an order in early November for five 757-200s, with options on a further five (Flight International, 11-18 November). An airline source ...
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Jet Airways begins 737 fleet expansion
Jet Airways has introduced the first of four new Boeing 737-400s which it ordered in late 1996 as part of a major $375 million contract for ten aircraft, including Next Generation 737s. The Mumbai-based airline also leases 15 737s, including four 737-300s, ten -400s and one -500. Lessors ...
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Routes
++ Air France and Crossair have signed a commercial agreement for flights between Paris and Basle/Mulhouse, Berne and Lugano. The deal covers codesharing and reciprocal-seating arrangements under which Crossair, which has withdrawn from the Basle-Paris route, will buy seats on four of the five daily Air France services. In return, ...
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Unions withdraw opposition to Airbus A319 order at Sabena
An offer by Swissair to contract maintenance to Sabena Technics, should the Belgian airline order Airbus narrowbodies rather than Boeing 737-700s, seems to have dampened unions' opposition to a decision in favour of the European consortium. A presentation of the Airbus A319 was made to Sabena and union ...
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Saudis negotiate loans to clear Boeing delivery jam
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Saudi Arabian Airlines is negotiating a Government-guaranteed loan of $4.33 billion to remove the financial problems which have delayed delivery of an initial batch of aircraft in an order for 61 Boeings, the first of which was ready in August. The $7.5 billion ...
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Sirocco Tu-204 has successful first flight
The first Tupolev Tu-204 freighter destined for Sirocco Aerospace International has flown, as preparations are made to fly the first Tu-204-300. The company's Rolls-Royce RB.211-535E4-powered Tu-204-120C had its 2h maiden flight on 10 November from Ulyanov East Airport, where manufacturer Aviastar is based. Tupolev Tu-204 programme ...
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Mesa Air orders more Canadair
The Mesa Air Group has ordered another 16 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ) after signing a new marketing deal which will allow the regional carrier to operate the 50-seat aircraft as part of its US Airways Express operations. The latest $350 million deal follows Mesa's order for 16 ...
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Workshop
++ Sabena Technics has concluded three significant third-party maintenance deals covering Boeing and Airbus types. The contracts include A-checks on three Air Holland Boeing 737-300s and two Boeing 757s, and C-checks on the carrier's 737-300s during the next four years. The contract is worth Bfr108 million ($3 million). Transavia has ...
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Ryanair leads in mixed low-cost results
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A mixed set of financial results from Debonair, Ryanair and Virgin Express - their first since seeking stock-market listings earlier this year - has left analysts looking for signs of a shake-out in Europe's low-cost airline market. Veteran low-cost challenger Ryanair posted a robust ...
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Ambitious SALE adds two new partners
Following an injection of new capital, Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) claims that it is on course to take its place among the world's three largest leasors by the year 2000, building a portfolio of 100 aircraft with its US joint owner, Boullioun Aviation Services. The claim follows ...
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Schwarzenegger muscles in on SIA aircraft-sale plans-
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE US film star Arnold Schwarzenegger has invested in the sale and leaseback of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 747-400, worth $130 million, in what is being seen as part of a wider move by the carrier to lessen its exposure on aircraft ownership. SIA ...
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Dassault nears Netjets contract
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Dassault Aviation has joined the rush for orders from the burgeoning fractional- ownership market by agreeing a deal with Executive Jet Aviation to supply up to 24 Falcon 2000 business jets for its Netjets programme. The French aircraft manufacturer has not ...
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FedEx opens talks in hunt for Fokker F27 successor
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FedEx is talking to Saab Aircraft, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Ayres about developing a turboprop-powered, all-cargo aircraft to replace its fleet of 36 Fokker F27 freighters, says chairman Frederick Smith. IAI and FedEx are known to be discussing the development of a ...
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UK helps R-R pay for new
The UK government is to provide Rolls-Royce with £200 million ($330 million) of funding over four years to enable the UK manufacturer to launch three variants of its Trent turbofan. R-R says that the Government will receive a commercial return which is based on sales of the three engine derivatives. ...
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Procurement puzzle
Douglas Barrie/LONDON It is a case of in one door and out the other as far as the aspirations of Northrop Grumman and the US Government of selling Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) technology into Europe are concerned - back into the UK, but out of ...
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Swissair and Lufthansa pick new A340 models
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie is set to secure more key launch orders from European airlines for its new A340-500/600 following decisions by Swissair and Lufthansa to select the new models to replace their 747 "Classics". Firm orders are expected to be signed with Airbus ...