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Russia/China close to clinching Su-27 deal
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIA HAS VIRTUALLY concluded a $2 billion deal for the sale of Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers to China, which should lead to licence production of the aircraft. The new contract is being prepared in Moscow, ready for Russian president Boris Yeltsin to sign the final ...
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'Freeze JAA rule-making', says IFALPA
THE EUROPEAN JOINT Aviation Authorities (JAA) should be barred from developing or adopting new aviation regulations (JARs) until its status as a European rule-making body has been established, says the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA). The objection follows a European Commission (EC) Transport Directorate working paper ...
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Technology challenge
Making it easy is not part of the latest Branson challenge. Andrew Doyle/LONDON WHEN VIRGIN AIRWAYS chairman Richard Branson and balloon manufacturer Per Lind- strand launch their attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, it will be more than a test of human endurance. The performance of ...
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MDC improves China training
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AIRCRAFT manufacturers are moving to upgrade training for Chinese airlines. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has ordered a Vital ChromaView visual-system from FlightSafety International to upgrade an MD-82 simulator operated by China Northern Airlines. In January, MDC ordered a ChromaView visual to upgrade a China Eastern MD-82 simulator. ...
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Hungary plans to sell further Malev stake
HUNGARY'S privatisation agency plans to sell a further stake in flag carrier Malev this year, although the move could be delayed by uncertainties over the financial future of Alitalia, which already holds a one-third stake in the airline. Alitalia acquired a 30% stake in Malev in 1992 in ...
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Ansett fleet plans defined
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS ANSETT AUSTRALIA has detailed interim plans to increase its widebody fleet to provide a 10% capacity increase on key business routes. The carrier also wants to reduce its fleet from eight to five types, and to retire its Stage 3 Boeing 727s and Fokker ...
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Airbus might sue Boeing over A340
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS threatening to sue Boeing unless the US manufacturer ceases stating that the Airbus A340 cruises at Mach 0.78, which is slower than either the Boeing 747 or 777. According to Airbus senior vice-president John Leahy, consortium chief executive Jean Pierson is writing to Boeing chairman ...
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IAE steps up V2500 campaign
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) is engaged in around 30 active sales campaigns and, in 1996, it hopes to equal or exceed 1995's record sales effort when V2500 orders worth more than $1.6 billion were taken. "We are active right around the Pacific rim in 1996 and we see ...
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Embraer confident about its future
EMBRAER EXPECTS to have launched a finance and leasing operation to support sales of the EMB-120 Brasilia turboprop and EMB-145 regional jet by the time of the first delivery of the latter aircraft late this year. The Brazilian manufacturer is already starting to establish the structure of the ...
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Air UK Leisure set to replace Boeing 737-400 fleet
AIR UK LEISURE is set to order four narrowbody airliners to replace its fleet of seven Boeing 737-400s, which will be withdrawn from service by 30 April. The UK charter carrier says that it has short-listed the 737-800 and Airbus A320/321. Meanwhile, the airline will operate three leased ...
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Dornier orders
Dornier Luftfahrt has won new Dornier 328 orders from customers in France and Italy. Italian start-up regional carrier Minerva has placed two firm orders for delivery in the second quarter, and one option. Dijon-based Proteus has ordered a further two aircraft, which it will fly for Europair from April as ...
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Singapore looks beyond F-16C/Ds
The REPUBLIC OF Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has begun to study its fighter requirement beyond the Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds now on order, with a tentative in-service date for its future combat aircraft planned for between 2005 and 2010. Several European and US manufacturers are keen to address the ...
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Airbus closes on A330-200 sale
AIRBUS CLAIMS to be in final negotiations with Korean Air (KAL) and two other unidentified international carriers to place the first orders for the recently launched A330-200 "shrink". According to Airbus senior vice-president John Leahy, KAL is looking for between 12 and 15 A330-200s, and up to six ...
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Supersonic record
A British Airways Aerospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde (G-BOAD) has recorded the fastest-ever Atlantic crossing by a commercial aircraft, having been flown between New York Kennedy Airport and London Heathrow Airport in 2h, 52min 59s. The flight on 7 February shaved 90s from the previous record, set in April 1990. ...
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Systems & components
Winner: Messier-Bugatti Location: Velizy, France Achievement: Head-up display for first 737 Category IIIB certification SEXTANT AVIONIQUE'S head-up flight-display system (HFDS) allowed L'A‚ropostale to become the world's first carrier to gain certification for Category IIIB operation of Boeing 737-300s, in September 1995. The judges ...
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DASA wants Airbus to scale down large-aircraft plans
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE partner Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) wants the consortium to drop its A3XX 500- to 650-plus-passenger aircraft study in favour of a 400- to 550-seat aircraft to rival new stretched variants of the Boeing 747 now under study. The DASA move comes in the wake of recent bruising ...
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Boeing nears launch order for 747 stretch 747
Guy Norris/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines are close to negotiating launch orders with Boeing for the 747-600X, the stretched version of the present 747-400 and the first major derivative of the 747. The airlines will meet Boeing in early April at a crucial meeting ...
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MDC reveals its long-term plan for MD-11 plan
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is in the final stages of defining two new versions of the MD-11, which will enable the company to compete head-to-head with Airbus and Boeing in the Boeing 747-100/200 replacement market and the emerging extra-long-range market. "We got to the point that we had to ...
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Air Transport
Winner: Bombardier Regional Aircraft Location: Ontario, Canada Achievement: Helping carriers to exploit the benefits of open skies, with new low-cost, direct air services using the 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet. FROM THE OUTSET, Bombardier designed its 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet to help airlines open up new ...
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Boeing examines longest-range 777 yet
BOEING IS studying an ultra-long-range 777-200 as a possible alternative to the development of the smaller-capacity short-bodied -100X. The study has been prompted by airline demand for an ultra-long-haul aircraft combining the range of the -100X with the higher capacity of the -200. Boeing hopes that the move ...