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Cannon expands on superalloys
CANNON-MUSKEGON is investing almost $5 million to expand its capability to develop and produce superalloys. Its CMSX single-crystal alloys are used in Allison and Rolls-Royce aero-engines. The Muskegon, Michigan-based company says that a new vacuum induction furnace will increase vacuum-melt capabilities, while a new $1.5 million finishing line ...
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First 737-800s are near to completion
The first three Boeing 737-800s are approaching completion at Renton, Washington. The first example (nearest) is due to join four -700s already in the flight-test programme in July before eventually being delivered to type launch customer Hapag-Lloyd of Germany. A further three -600s will join the programme, beginning early in ...
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Reversal of fortunes
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS Embraer emerged from a successful week at the Paris air show facing the enviable task of having to boost EMB-145 production to match its recent booming sales fortunes. During the show, total firm orders for the Brazilian 50-seat regional jet doubled from 65 to 132, while ...
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Embry-Riddle opens simulation centre
EMBRY-RIDDLE Aeronautical University's Advanced Flight Simulation Centre has opened at its Daytona Beach, Florida, campus, equipped with a Raytheon Beech 1900D full-flight simulator built by FlightSafety International. The centre is a joint venture between Embry-Riddle and FlightSafety, and offers training to airlines as well as to the university's students. ...
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Made for each other?
Joint ventures between Western and Central European airlines have mostly failed. Yet the region still has growth potential, and may prove to be fertile ground for meaningful partnerships AndrzejJeziorski/PRAGUE The irony of watching consecutive presentations on successful alliance strategies from representatives of Air France and Czech ...
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Aircraft news
China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Corporation (CASC) has ordered 20 Airbus A321s and 10 A320s, with deliveries between 1998 and 2000. Sichuan Airlines has confirmed it will take two of the A320s. SilkAir has ordered five A320s and three A319s, with options on 10 more Airbus aircraft, with deliveries ...
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Foiled again
France has failed in its second attempt to persuade Fiji's Air Pacific to switch its order for the Boeing 737-700 to the Airbus A320. Source: Airline Business
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Taiwan loses Express role
As Airbus starts firming up the so-called Asian Express joint venture with China, Taiwanese firms are having to face up to the fact that politics have conspired to exclude them from any participation. The European consortium saw its foothold in China considerably strengthened after a state visit by ...
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Domestic dancing
The surge in new entrants to the Colombian market is over but major challenges remain. David Knibb reviews the progress of the five main players. Nowadays Colombians seem naturally optimistic. The heady days of growth are still a fresh enough memory for few to be willing to predict their airlines ...
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We win together
Profits and a healthy cash balance once seemed impossible goals for Continental Airlines. Having achieved them, chairman and chief executive officer Gordon Bethune has turned his attention to the fight for global market share. Interview by Richard Whitaker Working together worked! So says the banner headline on the front cover ...
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Financial results
The sale of Continental Airlines shares added US$126m to pre-tax income, which was lowered by $24m by a regional airlines strike. Air France made its first net profit since 1989, but Air France Europe lost $93m despite $50.5m in aircraft sales. Future results will be reported jointly after ...
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Hainan steels for home run
Hainan Airlines was set to become the first airline to make its debut on the Chinese capital markets at presstime. Widely viewed as the country's most promising provincial carrier, Hainan was planning to issue a two-phase public offering designed to raise some US$41 million. Hainan has split its ...
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A red flag to a bull?
New scheduled operators Spanair and Air Europa have shaken up Iberia's traditional monopoly in the Spanish domestic market. Lois Jones reports from Madrid and Palma de Mallorca on how competition has prompted the Spanish flag carrier to get its act together. Never be fooled into thinking the Spanish market staid, ...
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Frontier loss grows
Losses at Frontier Airlines doubled, to $12 million, over the latest 1996/7 financial year to March. The three-year-old carrier, based at Denver International, Colorado, hopes that three more Boeing 737-300s, bringing the fleet to 11 by the start of 1998, will help profitability, while talks continue over a possible merger ...
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Landing contract
The new Fairchild Dornier 328-300 regional jet is to be fitted with a Messier-Dowty landing gear. The deal is expected to be worth $70 million to the Anglo-French venture over the life of the programme. Source: Flight International
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CIS certification
The CIS has certificated Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet, the de Havilland Dash 8 series turboprops and the Challenger 604 and 601corporate jets. Source: Flight International
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Airbus waits for orders before committing to growth A340s
Airbus Industrie says that it needs a "significant" number of orders for the new A340-500/600 versions of the A340 before committing to full development and production. Despite that, sales chief John Leahy is "optimistic" that sufficient airlines to justify the $2.5 billion development cost will commit to the ...
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AMR Eagle divides regional-jet order: Embraer wins key deal
AMR Eagle has divided its long-awaited order for regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier, although the Brazilian manufacturer has won the key competition to supply 50-seaters. AMR Eagle will take delivery of the first of 42 firmly ordered EMB-145LRs, powered by the Allison AE3007A1 engine, in February 1998, ...
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Airbus Industrie nets two new customers
Finnair and Brazil's TAM have become new Airbus Industrie customers, with orders for a total of 17 aircraft and options on a further 29. Finnair has chosen the Airbus A319/A320/A321 narrowbody range to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The Finnish carrier will take an ...
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AI(R) and Embraer start talks on joint 70-seat regional-jet
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Embraer are holding talks on the possible joint development of a 70-seat regional jet. The companies have separate projects on the drawing board for regional aircraft, although uncertainties over their viability has been delaying progress towards a launch. Embraer chief executive Mauricio Botelho ...