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Airbus aids new A320 training in Singapore
Airbus Industrie is to assist Asia-Pacific Training & Simulation (APTS) to establish a new A320 simulator training capability in Singapore, in an effort to improve support for the growing number of regional operators of the aircraft. Singapore-based APTS has ordered a single A320 full-flight simulator from Reflectone, equipped with ...
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Six Star Alliance Airlines to form cargo partnership
Six airlines already in the Star Alliance have agreed to extend their partnership by forming a global cargo alliance. The move follows a two-day meeting in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, of the carriers involved. Air Canada Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo, Thai Airways International, United Airlines Worldwide Cargo and Varig Brazil ...
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Cathay Pacific plans staff cuts and disposal of 747-200s
Cathay Pacific Airways is drawing up plans to axe up to 15% of its ground staff across the network and dispose of seven Boeing 747-200s, in the face of declining profi ts and traffic figures. A senior source at Cathay says that the airline's Hong Kong-based general managers and ...
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BA drops B/E Aerospace as IFE supplier
British Airways is to ditch B/E Aerospace as its in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware supplier and is expected to announce a tie-up with Hughes-Avicom International around 15 December. The contract could have eventually been worth around $225 million to B/E Aerospace. The UK carrier decided to re-evaluate its IFE programme ...
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Major Latin American carriers close in on short-haul orders
Major airlines in Brazil, Chile, Columbia, El Salvador and Panama are expected to finalise big short-haul fleet orders soon. Combined orders and options for over 100 aircraft are expected from the carriers. Copa Panama is close to finalising an order to replace its entire fleet, which consists of 11 ...
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Airbus gives the go ahead for A340 offspring
Max Kingsley-Jones and Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Airbus Industrie is working at top speed to fly the first Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340-600 in January 2001, following board approval for the full launch of the $2.9 billion A340-500/600 programme. The European consortium says that it holds some 100 commitments, from seven ...
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Sempati to revitalise fleet with ex-United 737s
The owners of Sempati Air Transport are to acquire 26 Boeing 737-200s from United Airlines, in an effort to revitalise the financially struggling Indonesian carrier. Asean Marketing Investment (AMI) has reached an agreement with United Airlines to purchase the surplus 737s for use by the Indonesian regional carrier. AMI ...
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Varig converts 737 orders to create Next Generation fleet
Guy Norris/RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian flag carrier Varig is converting outstanding orders for 14 Boeing 737-300s into Next Generation -700 and -800 models and may eventually buy up to 32 aircraft as part of plans to increase the operational flexibility of its fleet. The bulk of the initial ...
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Air 2000 to expand long-haul operations with 767-300
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air 2000 is set to become a genuine long-haul airline in 1999 following the signing of a lease deal for delivery of its first dedicated widebodies in the form of the Boeing 767-300ER. The charter airline, which is based at Luton in the UK, has signed ...
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Challenge launches Omega DC-10 freighter programme
Challenge launches Omega DC-10 freighter programme Challenge Air Cargo is set to be the launch customer for the Omega Air-backed McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 freighter-conversion programme, with the acquisition of up to five aircraft, starting in 1998. According to company president Bill Spohrer, the Miami-based regional freight operator is ...
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Boeing plans to push up 777-200 weight
Boeing is planning a further incremental increase in the 777-200IGW (increased gross weight)'s maximum take-off weight (MTOW), in an effort to meet improved range and payload performance requirements from Air France, which is already a customer, and potential client Qantas. The proposed new weight offering would increase the MTOW ...
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British Airways outlines short-haul fleet details
British Airways has confirmed some details of its planned tender for new aircraft, revealing that it will issue a formal request for proposals (RFP) to Airbus Industrie and Boeing early in 1998 for at least 50 120- to 160-seat aircraft. The airline confirms that it is in discussions with ...
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Bedek aims to convert twinjets and seeks co-operation with Boeing
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is looking to move into the market to convert Boeing twinjets to freighters, and wants to work with the US manufacturer. Boeing is known to be looking at the setting up of an after-market 767 freighter-conversion line alongside that of the ...
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Garuda stands by DC-10 pilot
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia Airlines has indicated that it will contest any charges of criminal manslaughter which may be brought against one of its pilots, who is blamed by a recent Japanese report for the 1996 fatal crash of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 at Fukuoka Airport. Three Japanese passengers were ...
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Iberia hopes pay deal will clear way for 727 replacement order
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Iberia is optimistic that it will complete contract negotiations with staff shortly, enabling an order for Airbus Industrie or Boeing narrowbodies to be finalised early in 1998. The airline says that it is evaluating the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800 to replace its 28 Boeing 727-200s, ...
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ING sells A300s to fund updated portfolio
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The equipment-leasing division of Dutch financial institution ING is disposing of the Airbus A300B4s in its portfolio to fund an expansion of newer aircraft for its operating-lease business. ING Lease International Equipment Management (IEM) has sold eight of its 12 ex-Eastern Airlines A300B4-200s to A300 freighter-leasing ...
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Lufthansa board clears plans for long-range fleet expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa's supervisory board has cleared plans to expand the airline's long-range fleet with a launch order for the Airbus A340-600, plus additional Boeing 747-400s. The order, worth at least DM3.6 billion ($2 billion), is for ten stretched A340-600s and five 747-400s. It means that Lufthansa's long-range ...
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Marketplace
++ Aeromar has placed orders with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for two more ATR 42-500s, plus four options, for delivery during 1998. The airline already flies eight ATR 42s, including two -500s. ++ Sun-Air has introduced the first of two secondhand British Aerospace ATPs on lease from BAe Asset Management ...
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IATA establishes N Korean trials
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has invited five Asian and US carriers to participate in flight trials through North Korea's Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), following the installation of a new direct-communications landline to South Korea. A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400 freighter, en route from Anchorage to ...
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Tarom A310 crash pilot was 'incapacitated'
Pilot incapacitation, combined with a mechanical fault, caused the Tarom Romanian Airlines Airbus Industrie A310-300 crash which killed all 60 people on board, according to investigators in Bucharest. Lack of aircrew response to an extreme nose-down attitude, which developed during the climb shortly after take-off from Bucharest, has led ...