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Airbus is close to concluding A3XX powerplant agreements
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is working to conclude agreements with the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce, so it can formally offer airlines a choice of power plants for its planned A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliner. The engine manufacturers are expected soon to sign memoranda of ...
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BA ditches plans for British Mediterranean franchise
British Airways has abandoned proposals to operate its services to the Levant under a franchise agreement with British Mediterranean Airways (BMed), and both carriers say that they will continue to serve the Middle Eastern region independently. The two airlines struck a deal to operate joint services to Amman, ...
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Sabena links with Virgin Express for Heathrow route
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Virgin Express is launching scheduled services between Brussels and London Heathrow, in a code-share deal with Sabena under which it will replace the Belgian flag carrier on the route. The low-cost Brussels-based airline launched services on 27 October with nine daily return ...
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Westpac orders 737s and takes options on -700
Western Pacific Airlines (Westpac) has finalised its expected order for new Boeing 737s, with an agreement for up to 12 aircraft, including options on the next-generation -700. The fast-growing, low-cost start-up, which has been in negotiations with Boeing for some months, has now placed a firm contract for ...
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CNS/ATM programmes in Europe
PROGRAMME FOR HARMONISED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN EURO-CONTROL (PHARE) Aimed at demonstrating the feasibility and merits of a future air-to-ground integrated air-traffic-management system in all phases of flight. Now part of Euro-control's European Air Traffic Management System initiative. The last of three demonstrations in 1998 will include ...
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MDC board approves MD-XX for airlines
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is understood to have given board-level approval to its civil-aircraft arm to start offering the MD-XX tri-jet family to airlines. A final board decision was due to be made at a meeting held at St Louis, Missouri, on 25 October attended by MDC president and ...
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Cargo crash
A Boeing 707 freighter operated by Millon Air caught fire and crashed in a densely populated neighbourhood of Manta, Ecuador, on 22 October. At least 22 people were killed and 60 injured when the Miami, Florida-bound jet, loaded with flowers and frozen fish, lost altitude and crashed. The crew of ...
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Asiana engine bidders await decision
Competing power plant manufacturers are hoping for a decision from Asiana Airlines in November on the selection of engines for its planned fleet of 20 Boeing 777-200/300 and 28 Airbus A330-200/300 wide-body aircraft. According to local sources, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are now into the ...
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ANA buys Wicat A320
All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan has become the latest carrier to purchase an Airbus Industrie A320 flight-management and guidance system (FMGS) "free-play" trainer from Wicat Systems. The ANA trainer consists of a cockpit replica with simulated primary-flight and navigation displays, multi-function control/ display unit, flight-control unit, thrust ...
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Satena Dorniers
Colombian airline Satena has ordered three Fairchild Dornier 328-120s to replace its British Aerospace 748s. Source: Flight International
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Cathay retires L-1011
Cathay Pacific has retired the Lockheed TriStar from its fleet after some 21 years of operations. The last revenue service was flown on 15 October between Nagoya and Taipei. The airline has operated 19 TriStars since 1975, and is replacing them with Airbus A330/A340s and Boeing 777s. ...
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Maldives dash
Air Maldives has placed an order for one Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 Series 200, for delivery in November. The carrier has taken an option on an extra Dash 8-200 for delivery in mid-1998. Air Maldives now operates an Airbus A300 and two Fair-child Dornier 228s. ...
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Sextant supplies MMRs
Sextant Avionique is to supply multi-mode receivers (MMRs) for United Airlines' Airbus A319 fleet. The French firm, a co-supplier of MMRs for Airbus with Collins Avionics, is the first MMR supplier for Airbus narrowbodies. Source: Flight International
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British Aerospace McDonnell Douglas
HARRIER II/HARRIER II PLUS The RAF has taken delivery of the Harrier T Mk10 two-seat operational trainer, based on the TAV-8B airframe. A total of 13 of the aircraft have been ordered. McDonnell Douglas is continuing to work on remanufacturing 73 USMC AV-8Bs to the Harrier II Plus ...
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Chengdu Aircraft Industrial
F-7 Pakistan has test-flown the FIAR Scipio radar in an F-7P as part of its upgrade programme for the aircraft. The F-7-II, a considerably upgraded Chinese development of the F-7 (MiG-21F), entered production in the early 1980s and, by 1982, was being exported as the F-7B. ...
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Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
F-16 FIGHTING FALCON Lockheed Martin's F-16 Block 60 proposal remain in the UAE's strike fighter competition, with an announcement now expected by the turn of the year. The last F-16 on order for the USAF will be delivered in 1997, although the service has a stated requirement for ...
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MAPO
MIG-21 FISHBED India has "agreed" an upgrade programme for some 100 of its MiG-21s with MAPO, although it is not known as to whether the programme has actually begun. The package is based on Mikoyan's MiG-21-93 proposal, which includes the Phazotron Kopyo multi-mode lightweight radar. Israel Aircraft Industries ...
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McDonnell Douglas
C-17 GLOBEMASTER III The US DoD and Congress have approved a multi-year procurement for 80 additional C-17s for the USAF. This brings the planned fleet total to 120 aircraft by 2005. The decision followed the successful conclusion of a reliability, maintainability and availability demonstration concluded in August 1995 ...
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Maersk begins overhaul of Estonian Air
Max Kingsley-Jones/BILLUND MAERSK AIR has set about ploughing its airline expertise into Estonian Air, following ratification of its agreement to take a 49% stake in the privatised Baltic carrier. In May, the Danish airline, in partnership with investment consortium Baltic Creco, was chosen by the ...
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Frontier dips
Frontier Airlines is the latest of the US start-ups to warn of a likely dip in its fortunes in the September quarter. The Denver-based carrier says that it expects to post a loss over the three months, blaming sluggish traffic, rising fuel costs and rising lease rates. The loss would ...