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Estonia inaugurates London Gatwick service
ESTONIAN AIR has started scheduled services between Estonian capital Tallinn and London. The arrival of the Boeing 737-500 at Gatwick Airport on 2 November marked the first-ever service between the two cities. Four flights a week are operating to London, two of them via Copenhagen. The Estonian national ...
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Fokker 70 jets in
Air France began Fokker 70 services at London City Airport on October 30, using the 79-seat twinjet to replace ATR 42s on flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle. City has been sold by construction group Mowlem to Irish entrepreneur Dermot Desmond for £14.5 million. Source: Flight International
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JAL orders stretched 777-300
JAPAN AIRLINES HAS ordered five stretched Boeing 777-300s in a deal worth $800 million. It already has ten 777-200s on order, with options for a further ten. The first -200 Model will enter service in the second quarter of 1996, with service entry for the stretched -300 planned for 1998. ...
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Canadian airlines fill capacity
CANADIAN AIRLINES' pilots have ratified a new three-year labour agreement which will save the carrier around C$41 million ($30 million) a year. Under the deal, the carrier's 1,200 pilots have accepted a 5% cut in pay in exchange for shares in the airline. The deal was ...
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BA 777 delivery hopes raised
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATION testing of the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 is expected to be completed around 7 November, boosting hopes that the delayed first delivery to British Airways could be made by 15 November. Boeing has been conducting virtual round-the-clock flight tests of WA077, ...
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Caribbean airlines make fleet plans
Graham Warwick/MIAMI NEWLY PRIVATISED Caribbean airlines Air Jamaica and BWIA International Airways are moving ahead with fleet replacements and acquisitions of local regional carriers. Progress was detailed at the SH&E/Airline Business conference on Latin American aviation in Miami, Florida, held on 2-3 November. Air Jamaica has ...
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Atlas conversion
Atlas Air of the USA has awarded Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) a contract to convert ten Boeing 747-200s to freighters over the next 24 months. The first aircraft, an ex-Alitalia -200 Combi, was delivered to HAECO on 1 November, for conversion to a full freighter. Source: Flight ...
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Boeing triumphs in S African contest
BOEING HAS EMERGED as the winner of the South African Airways (SAA) aircraft competition with an order for seven 777-200s and two extra 747-400s. Engines have yet to be selected, says SAA, but the airline has asked for proposals from General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, with ...
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Appointments
Mauricio Botelho has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Embraer. At KLM Cargo, Jan Meurer has been appointed vice president, operations, Enno Osinga is named vice president customer service, and Michael Kimman becomes business systems manager. Sjaak Hofstra becomes operations and marketing director, cargo service centre ...
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The CAA is targeting New Zealand's poor general-aviation safety record
Aviation morale in New Zealand is sky high, with Air New Zealand among the beneficiaries of economic reform Paul Phelan/Auckland To the casual observer, New Zealand may appear to be the poor relation of its neighbour, Australia. Nothing could be further from the truth, particularly in ...
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DASA is being forced to contract again as it struggles to return a profit
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH IT HAS BEEN a bad year for Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). After having hopes of profits dashed by the low dollar exchange rate, leading to a record DM1.6 billion ($1.14 billion) first-half loss, the company has now raised the axe over nearly 9,000 jobs and at least ...
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Airbus should not fuss about 737
Up Tempo Sir - I do not understand Airbus Industrie's concern over the fact that, the Boeing 737 is allowed to be certificated to an older standard. Surely passengers will be so appreciative of the new safety standards to which Airbus aircraft are certificated that they will seek ...
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CIS buys 757s and 767s
Boeing has taken orders for 757s and 767s worth almost $400 million from CIS carriers. Two 767-300ERs and one 757 have been ordered by Uzbekistan Airways, while the National Civil Aviation Authority of Turkmenistan has ordered two 757s. The Turkmenistan carrier already operates a single 757 and three Boeing 737-300s. ...
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SIA warms to 777-100X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES is showing increasing interest in the extra-long-range Boeing 777-100X, and was given detailed briefings with 12 other major carriers on the aircraft during a "brain-storming" session in Seattle at the start of October. Other airlines attending the 777-100X briefing included Cathay Pacific, ...
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Fokker 70 trials nearing completion
Fokker says that completion of flight trials of the Fokker 70 in Granada, Spain, clearing the aircraft for steep descents to airports such as London City is "imminent". European Joint Airworthiness Authorities approval will allow Air France to introduce Fokker 70s now operated by Air Littoral in time for the ...
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EasyJet launches with easy fares
THE EASYJET Airline Company (Flight International, 9-15 August) is to start scheduled services from London Luton Airport on 10 November, with three daily services (two at weekends) to Glasgow, adding similar frequencies to Edinburgh on 24 November. Services will initially be operated by GB Airways with Boeing 737-200s, until EasyJet ...
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Safety spotlight shifts on to loss of control
IN-FLIGHT LOSS of control is now the biggest single killer of airline passengers, replacing controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), according to a recent Boeing analysis of the subject. Boeing's chief engineer for aeroplane safety engineering Paul Russell says that from 1990 to 1994, 1,056 people died in loss-of-control ...
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Safer seats 'too costly' for use
David Learmount/LONDON SEAT-DESIGN CHANGES, which could improve passenger safety, are unlikely to be adopted because of their extra weight, according to a Japanese research agency. The Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) confirms that the changes are effective, but concludes that manufacturers and carriers will ignore them because ...
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Boeing acts on data dispute
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOEING HAS MOVED to resolve a growing dispute, between avionics suppliers and simulator manufacturers, over the data required, to simulate aircraft systems. The manufacturer says that it was forced to intervene by the volume of complaints received from suppliers and airlines. Tom Goldade, ...
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Chinese A320 boost
Airbus Industrie has ordered an A320 flight simulator from Thomson Training and Simulation for use at its new integrated China support centre, under construction at Beijing Capital Airport. The $15 million A320 simulator is the first of two systems planned for the Beijing site. It is scheduled for installation by ...