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Thais sign on the dotted line for F-18C/Ds
THAILAND HAS SIGNED a US letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) for eight McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18C/D fighters, following agreement on a countertrade deal. The Royal Thai Air Force has ordered four single-seat F-18Cs and four two-seat F-18Ds. The first aircraft will be delivered in October 1999, with ...
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Transavia profits fall as tourism slumps
DUTCH CHARTER carrier Transavia Airlines reports a steep slide in profits for its last financial year, blaming the slump on a stagnant Dutch holiday market and a resultant dip in yields. President Peter Legro, announcing the results at the airline's base in Schiphol Airport, reported that operating profits ...
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Japanese make joint approach to Boeing for 747-X workshare
FIVE OF JAPAN'S principal aerospace manufacturers have joined forces to approach Boeing for a share in developing the proposed growth 747-500/600X. The companies are Japan's three "heavy industries" - Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi - together with ShinMaywa Industries and the smaller Japan Aircraft Manufacturing, or Nippi. Boeing is ...
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UPS passengers
United Parcel Service (UPS) is to go ahead with plans to modify five Boeing 727-100 freighters so that they can be used for weekend passenger charter flights, starting as early as 26 December (Flight International, 15-21 May, P12). The aircraft will seat 113 passengers when configured for charter use. ...
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Transatlantic 767 suffers EFIS failure
THE CREW OF A Martinair Holland Boeing 767-300ER faced blank flight-instrument displays as it approached the US coast on a flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Orlando, Florida, on 28 May. The flight was diverted to Boston and continued with electro-mechanical standby instruments, according to a US National Transportation Safety Board ...
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SALE ties up A320 order
SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is finalising an order for ten Airbus Industrie A320s, to add to its recently purchased start-up fleet of Boeing 777s. SALE, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Boullion Aviation, is understood to be negotiating to take the aircraft from 1998. It ...
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Dufour departs from Snecma
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has left the group after a series of public run-ins with the French Government, including disagreement over plans to privatise the engine maker, and a deterioration in Snecma's valuable relationship with General Electric. Since taking the helm at Snecma in ...
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Tupolev reveals cryoplane proposals
RUSSIAN MANUFACTURER TUPOLEV HAS REVEALED new cryoplane concepts on which it is working as part of its joint activities with Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) in the field of cryogenic fuels. Shown are two proposals for a natural gas-powered Tu-130 LNG convertible cargo/passenger design. The first, known as the "duplane" (above, ...
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Lufthansa demands its 737s back from India's Modiluft
LUFTHANSA HAS terminated its strategic alliance with private Indian carrier Modiluft, and wants to repossess three leased aircraft. The German airline is now discussing an alliance with other Indian carriers. Dieter Heinen, Lufthansa's senior vice-president for Asia Pacific, has taken the "unavoidable decision" after claiming that Modiluft failed ...
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Turks revive F-5 upgrade plan
Tony Gill/VIRGINIA TURKEY IS PREPARING to issue yet another request for proposals (RFP) to upgrade its Northrop F-5A/Bs, following unsuccessful attempts to begin a modernisation programme. An RFP could be issued as early as June for a cockpit update to convert 34 F-5A/Bs into lead-in trainers ...
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Trent-powered A330 given 180min ETOPS
THE ROLLS-ROYCE TRENT 700-powered Airbus Industrie A330-300 has been granted 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) approval by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities. Cathay Pacific Airways plans to use the new approval to begin services with the aircraft from Hong Kong to Australia. Source: Flight International
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Palestine flight
Palestine Airways was due to start operating charter services by mid-May, according to the Middle East Economic Digest. As well as two F50s donated by the Dutch government, the carrier may buy three Dornier 328s. Source: Airline Business
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An oriental approach
Ministry of Transport officials are still smarting from criticism of the latest deregulation initiative in the Japanese domestic market. On the surface, the complaints seem justified as basic fares are set to increase across the board. But a main architect of the plan insists the benefits will come from the ...
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Aircraft news
German carrier Eurowings has ordered three A319s for charter operations. CSA Czech Airlines has ordered 10 Boeing 737-500s, seven of which are subject to reconfirmation. Japan Air System has ordered six more MD-90s plus one option, while Swissair has ordered a further two MD-11s with four ...
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Euro-continent is slow to recover
The long period of expansion for the global economy, which began in the United States five years ago, looks set to pickup momentum again this year and next as the Japanese business machine springs back to life. However, the performance of the industrial countries as a group looks distinctly patchy ...
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UPS closes on Taipei hub
The decisions by United Parcel Service and DHL to launch Asian hubs commit all four of the big express cargo carriers to the Orient. The question now is which of the differing strategies will work and whether they will avoid the bloody shakedown that followed a similar scramble four years ...
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Market-led links are longer lasting
The most successful alliances to date were based on more than just fashion.Producing a comprehensive list of airline alliances can be frustrating. Just as you are outputting the last version of the tables, Northwest announces a deal with Air China. Then, after the tables are finally finished, British Airways announces ...
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Euro majors sweat it out
A block on state aid, job cuts and cash shortages. Just three big headaches that should ensure the managements of the struggling European majors endure a long, hot summer. Olympic Airways has become the first carrier to suffer the ignominy of having a tranche of its state aid ...
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Virgin buys into Europe
With the Virgin Group's takeover of 90 per cent of Euro-Belgian Airlines (EBA), continental Europe is getting its first taste of the US low-fare, short-haul carrier craze. In return, the US management team of Brussels-based Virgin Express is getting its first taste of the vagaries of the European market. ...
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In the end, the safe way is to go-around
Sir - It is obvious, after reading the series of letters on non-precision and precision approaches, that a wide variety of pilots reads Flight International. All approaches, whether precision or not, start from an altitude where obstacle clearance is guaranteed and, from there, on descend towards the airfield ...