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Pakistan K-8 deliveries
The Pakistan air force is to take delivery of a further six Nanchang K-8 Karakorum jet trainers from China. An initial six were handed over in late 1994, for evaluation. The aircraft are among a first production batch of 15 AlliedSignal TFE731-2A-powered K-8s produced by Nanchang Aircraft. Source: ...
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SIA expands 777 options
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has widened its "Y aircraft" evaluation of the Boeing 777 to include the longer range -200 B-market and -300 stretch variants. The 777 is competing against the Airbus Industrie A330/340 for an SIA order for up to 17 aircraft. A final selection was due ...
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Eastern expansion
Vietnam is on the brink of major air-transport growth. Paul Lewis/HANOI THE INDOCHINA region of Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) is emerging from more than four decades of conflict and economic isolation and today represents the last real undeveloped air-transport market in the area. ...
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EJA expands NetJets with European move
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) has launched the long-awaited expansion of its NetJets business-aircraft fractional-ownership programme into Europe. EJA will base four company-owned Cessna Citation S/IIs in Europe, beginning in the fourth quarter of 1995 and will begin selling aircraft shares, in the first quarter of 1996 says, ...
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Ryanair plans to raise Prestwick profile with Stansted schedule
IRISH LOW-COST operator Ryanair is linking its successful Dublin-Glasgow Prestwick flights into a new schedule from Prestwick to London Stansted, to be flown four times daily from 26 October. The move brings to three the number of scheduled destinations served from Prestwick - in its heyday Scotland's premier ...
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Concorde faces up to old age
David Learmount/LONDON UK AND FRENCH authorities will decide in 1996 on the modifications required to keep the Concorde flying beyond 2000. The UK Civil Aviation Authority, has been conducting research in association with its French counterpart, the DGAC, the manufacturers and British Airways on the ...
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Big three airframe builders demand IFE standard
THE WORLD'S three largest airframe builders have joined together to warn the in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry that it has to standardise hardware or face serious consequences. Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) executives shared a stage at the recent World Airline Entertainment Association conference in Amsterdam to give ...
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NTSB starts work on Boeing 737 wake-vortex testing
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is conducting wake-vortex flight-tests as part of its continuing probe of the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 on 8 September 1994, outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The USAir aircraft had passed through an area where a wake vortex created by a Boeing ...
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Two new orders for Fokker 70
A new customer and an existing operator have placed orders for four Fokker 70 regional jets. Vietnam Airlines has confirmed a previously unannounced order for two aircraft as a first step in replacing its 12 Tupolev Tu-134s. Based at Hanoi, the Fokker 70s will be operated in a 79-seat single-class ...
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Independents jockey for position in India
THE LOW PRICE OF FIVE 20-year old Boeing 737-200s being offered for sale by Government-owned Indian Airlines has elicited bids from two independent rivals - NEPC Airlines and Sahara India Airlines. The five aircraft are expected to fetch up to $40 million. NEPC and Sahara have ambitions to ...
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'Big three' plan for FANS as cost benefits emerge
THE BIG THREE aircraft manufacturers estimate that up to 2,500 of today's jet-powered airliners could potentially be equipped with Future Air Navigation System (FANS) datalinks, although they warn that the speed of implementation will hinge on proof of clear cost gains for airline customers. Boeing has led ...
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Laker to cross the Atlantic again
SIR FREDDIE LAKER is to re-enter the transatlantic airline business in a venture backed by Texas oil millionaire Oscar Wyatt. The UK businessman plans to launch Laker Airways on routes from Florida to the UK before the end of this year. Laker has yet to ...
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Uncommon sense
IT MAKES FOR GREAT copy, but does it really make sense for two great business-jet manufacturers to distract attendees with an old-fashioned slinging match at their industry's most important annual event? The Gulfstream V and the Bombardier Global Express, when they enter service, will be far more ...
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Cargo, for cargo's sake
When aviation officials from the US and Japan sit down to negotiate the air services agreement between the two countries at the end of September, it will be the first time that the US negotiates cargo service rights as a stand-alone issue. More than anything, this is the ...
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Aircraft news
Dutch airline Transavia has ordered eight new Boeing 737-800s, with an option for another 12. Egyptair has ordered three Boeing 737-200s as part of its fleet modernisation programme. SAS has placed orders for two additional MD-90s and will take delivery of its first six in the second half ...
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Double maiden
The smallest and last of Airbus' current narrowbody family, the A319, made its maiden flight in August. Embraer flew and rolled out its first civil jet aircraft, the EMB.145, for the first time. Source: Airline Business
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Pride of Argentina
Aerolineas Argentinas is hoping to break even this year, a sign that it could soon cease to be a financial drain on its ailing majority owner Iberia. Sara Guild reports.South America has been the bane of Iberia's expansionist existence since 1990. So it is perhaps a bit of a blow ...
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Chilean combine
A restructured and profitable LanChile has finally taken control of its smaller rival Ladeco, securing access to substantial new markets. Sara Guild reports.Timing is everything. Certainly Sebastian Pinera would say so. The Chilean businessman and senator heads the company which in June sold 16.5 per cent of LanChile to take ...
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A real future
Vasp has seen a return to profits and growth despite having almost shut down three years ago. Wagner Canhedo, the president and CEO of the Brazilian carrier, talks to Mead Jennings about his plans for a new trans-border airline in South America.If anyone were to personify the character of Brazil, ...
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Financial results
Air Canada's growth, opening 10 new routes and introducing seven new jets, caused the net loss. Passenger traffic and capacity rose 14%. Yields decreased 8.1% at Alaska Airlines and 8.3% at Horizon Air. Load factors fell 1.1 points at Alaska and 4.2 points at Horizon. A ...