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Long-range workout
How has the latest long-range A330 performed since its entry into service? Andrew Doyle/ZURICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC In its latest market forecast, Airbus Industrie predicts that 210/250-seaters like the A330-200 will make up one-fifth of the 14,800 new aircraft to be delivered over the next 20 years. The ...
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City Bird moves to short-haul as Branson deal expires
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS City Bird is undertaking a strategic change in direction early next year when the low-cost, long-haul airline begins short-haul charter operations with a fleet of Boeing 737s. The move was signalled when Brussels-based City Bird signed a lease deal with Boullioun Aviation Services for two Boeing ...
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Industry is warned over Wall St
US Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre has warned that Wall St demands for strong quarterly returns could undermine the long-term health of the defence industry. At the same time, British Aerospace has been elevated to the status of a US company, opening the door to further transatlantic tie-ups. Hamre ...
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KAL boss arrested on tax evasion charges
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE South Korean police have arrested Korean Air (KAL) chairman Cho Yang-Ho on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement. Cho was arrested on 11 November. Prosecutors have reportedly charged him with evading 62.9 billion won ($54 million)of taxes and embezzling billions of won in company funds. ...
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EC faces rethink on safety authority
David Learmount/RIO DE JANEIRO Julian Moxon/PARIS The creation of a European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has virtually been put on hold after a European Commission (EC) working party, looking at the issue, uncovered constitutional problems involving individual member states giving up their aviation rulemaking powers. Its findings have resulted ...
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Tu-334 production set to take off
MAPO aims to reach a production rate of 24 Tupolev Tu-334 twinjets a year by 2007, but will need over $300 million to fund the production programme. It plans to utilise cash earned from its military export contracts to fund the production launch. The Moscow-based production plant was recently ...
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Marketplace
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise has firmed up a commitment for 23 more A320 family aircraft, taking the Singapore Airlines/Boullioun Aviation joint venture's Airbus narrowbody orders to 41. The deal includes 20 A320s and three A321s for delivery between early 2001 and 2008. Engine selections have not been announced. Malaysia Airlines' ...
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RJ makers outline growth plans
Regional Jet manufacturers Embraer, Bombardier and Fairchild Aerospace are pressing on with planned larger 70- to 120-seat programmes, despite uncertainty over industry consolidations, mergers and scope clause limitations in the USA. Embraer plans to start a second phase of subsonic wind tunnel tests on the 70-seat ERJ-170 later this ...
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Routes
British Airways is launching a new three times daily route from London Gatwick to Hanover, operated by franchise partner CityFlyer Express. United Airlines is introducing 20 new daily nonstop flights to key Californian business destinations, including Santa Barbara, Medford, Reno, Palm Springs and San Diego, from its Los Angeles hub. ...
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Mexican crash kills 18
Investigators are searching for evidence in the crash of a TAESA McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on 9 November. The crash happened shortly after the aircraft left Uruapan airport in central Mexico. All 18 people on board, including five crew, were killed when the DC-9-31 (XA-TKN), operating TAESA flight 725, nose-dived into ...
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Workshop
Lease management provider C-S Aviation Services has entered into a five-year tripartite agreement with Air India and Aviation Sales Distribution to perform maintenance on its General Electric CF6-50C2 engines on an exclusive basis. The contract, worth $100 million, stipulates a five-year option to extend the agreement. Air India will perform ...
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Falling down
The boom-bust cycle of airliner production is raising its ugly head again in Seattle, but this time it's not the industry cycle that is ringing the alarm bells around Puget Sound. For although Boeing is set to slash rates by at least 20%, it cannot take solace in the fact ...
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Lack of cable standards bedevils aircraft industry
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI The average single-aisle 150-seat aircraft contains more than 80km of cabling to help meet today's demands for 'touch of a button' cockpit information and user-friendly electronic features. This increase in cabling creates a new set of engineering challenges because 80km of cable weighs around 600kg. In ...
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Emirates turns class into marketable commodity
Mike Martin/DUBAI Emirates will consider taking a stake in other airlines - as it has with SriLankan - but will not rush into new ventures, Emirates chief director Group Services Gary Chapman said at the show. "We will consider opportunities with our feet firmly on the ground," says ...
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US-Italy air accord expected at conference: ATI
Italy and the USA are expected to sign their pending open skies bilateral air agreement during a major conference on 6 and 7 December in Chicago on the future of international aviation. Hosted by the US Department of Transportation, the conference is expected to bring together the transport ministers ...
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Air Canada submits offer: ATI
Air Canada is giving Canadian Airlines' shareholders until 7 December to accept its C$2-per-share bid for its major rival, after mailing the formal offer to the shareholders. The Montreal-based carrier has set up a new company to make the offer. Although the offer is to be funded by Air ...
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Boeing hails China in WTO agreement: ATI
Boeing chairman and CEO Phil Condit is hailing the signing of the agreement that removes US opposition to China joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO), saying it will boost business for US companies. Condit, who serves as chairman of the Task Force on International Trade and Investment, the business ...
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ATR flexes its regional muscles
Little surprise to see Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) here at the airshow (W670) - with 42 aircraft in service and 19 operators in Africa and the Middle East, the company sees Dubai 2000 as the perfect place to do business. ATR is a partnership of Aerospatiale Matra (France) ...
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Marconi HUD system cleared for B737
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Marconi Avionics executives are celebrating being awarded Supplemental Type Certification (STC) by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for full operational use of the HUD 2020 Visual Guidance System (VGS) on Boeing 737-800 aircraft. "The award of STC to Marconi is a major milestone in promoting ...
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Avatar Alliance uses Qatar deal as entrée to Middle East
The region's fastest-growing airline, Qatar Airways, says it will see a significant increase in passenger traffic and cycle counts - good news for suppliers seeking to broaden their customer base in the Middle East. One such who is benefiting from a deal signed here at the show is Avatar ...