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Aloha leases jets
Hawaii's Aloha Airlines has leased two Boeing 737-700s from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) for its first direct services to the mainland USA. AWAS will deliver the 737s to Aloha in November and December, ahead of the February 2000 launch of the new services between Oakland, California and both Honolulu ...
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Aloha Airlines sets its sights on first services to US mainland
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Aloha Airlines plans to start services to the US West Coast next February, marking the first time in the airline's 53-year history that it has ventured away from its Hawaii-based Pacific inter-island network. The new services will include two daily round-trip flights between Hawaii and Oakland, ...
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Win some, lose some
Israel has selected the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 to power 50 Lockheed Martin F-16Is ordered earlier this year. The contract includes industrial co-operation between P&W and Israeli defence companies and is valued at about $220 million. Deliveries begin in 2002. Egypt has meanwhile selected the rival General Electric F110-229 for ...
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Boeing prepares 767-400ER for ambitious flight test effort
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is preparing for a hectic, seven-month test effort for the stretched 767-400ER, which was rolled out from the company's Everett site in Washington on 26 August. The first aircraft, due to make its maiden flight in early October, will fly most of the 850h flight ...
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Boeing jumps ahead in JSF demonstrator race
Boeing has completed structural assembly of the first X-32 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrator aircraft (CDA), stealing a lead on the competing Lockheed Martin X-35. Boeing now hopes to accelerate the start of flight testing. Pratt & Whitney has been asked to bring forward delivery of the first F119-614 ...
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Future unclear as MD-90 TrunkLiner is almost ready to fly
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The first of only two Boeing MD-90-30Ts that will be built under licence in China is nearing completion, but doubts hang over the future of the aircraft and its factory. According to Boeing, flight testing of the first aircraft will start soon, with delivery to Shenzhen ...
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Mind games
Twenty months into one of the most controversial accident investigations of the decade, SilkAir has told the world that a pilot who apparently intended to kill himself and 103 others was "by the best standards of the industry-fit to fly". To put it charitably, this demonstrates a disturbing readiness ...
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Pembroke plans to increase 717 orderbook
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Irish lessor Pembroke Capital is negotiating a large follow-on order for Boeing 717s and hopes to conclude a deal by the end of next month. Boeing has failed to secure an order for the regional twinjet this year. Pembroke chief executive Shane Cooke says his company ...
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Mergers
Turnkey Boeing 737 operator Eastwind Airlines of New Jersey has been put up for sale by owner UM Holdings, with an asking price of $10 million, including its operating certificate. TRW Aeronautical Systems' Lucas Aerospace division has finalised its purchase of German engine systems company Pierburg Luftfahrtgerate Union from Kolbenschmidt ...
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Proven pedigree
Low cost, low noise and low vibration led Eurocopter's design priorities for its AS350B3 Peter Gray/MARIGNANE Eurocopter's AS350B3 has a long pedigree. It is the latest version of a helicopter intended to succeed the popular Alouette and Lama, both of which have established a reputation for high reliability and ...
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Q400 full flight device approved
FlightSafety International has won interim Level C certification from Transport Canada for its Toronto-based Bombardier Q400 full flight simulator - the first approval for the stretched, 70-seat derivative of the de Havilland Dash 8 regional airliner. European certification has also been received and Q400 launch customer SAS Commuter has ...
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Reflectone aims for closer Airbus link
Reflectone has completed delivery of four Airbus A320 full flight simulators, and is discussing a possible closer alliance with the European consortium. Three of the Level D-standard devices have been installed in the new Airbus Training Centre in Miami Springs, Florida, where they will be used to provide flight and ...
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LanChile completes A340 order to update fleet
LanChile has finalised its long-expected order for up to 14 Airbus A340-300s as the Chilean flag carrier prepares to update its long-haul fleet. The deal, revealed exclusively by Flight International in June, is worth almost $2 billion and is understood to include the option to upgrade to larger A340-600s (Flight ...
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Hapag-Lloyd pushes reluctant Airbus on A310 replacement
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH German charter carrier Hapag-Lloyd's effort to replace its Airbus A310s is being frustrated by the reluctance of Airbus and Boeing to commit to developing new short/medium-range widebody types. The airline is one of a growing band of operators, including Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines, that seek A310 ...
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Air Afrique expands with A330-200 lease
Air Afrique has concluded a deal with International Lease Finance for the lease of two Airbus A330-200s, to enable it to upgrade its long-haul operations. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire-based Air Afrique will take the two Pratt & Whitney PW6168-powered aircraft late next year on seven-year leases to operate services from ...
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Boeing-GE 777X deal sparks EC probe into exclusivity
Chris Jasper/LONDON The European Commission (EC) is poised to launch an investigation into airframe-engine exclusivity deals following the sole supplier agreement between Boeing and General Electric on the Seattle giant's planned ultra-long-range 777X. Outgoing EC competition chief Karel Van Miert ordered that a file be opened on exclusivity deals ...
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PAL enters cargo venture talks with Lufthansa
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Struggling Philippine Airlines (PAL) is talking to Lufthansa about a joint cargo service between Manila and Frankfurt, which could mark PAL's return to Europe after a year away. According to PAL, the proposed block space agreement will come into effect on 1 November, with PAL buying ...
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Airports
Brussels Zaventem Airport is planning to spend BFr1 billion ($26 million) to build a new air traffic control tower. This has become necessary because the view of one of the runways from the existing tower will be obstructed when terminal construction work is completed. The new 75m (246ft)-high tower will ...
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Boeing adds Ilyushin engineers to design team for cargo 767
Andrew Doyle/MOSCOW Boeing has signed a contract with the Ilyushin design bureau to bring up to 35 Russian engineers into the design team working on a passenger-to-freighter conversion for the Boeing 767. The Ilyushin employees will work on the project at the Boeing Design Centre (BDC) in Moscow, ...
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Air China takes its first 737-800
Air China has received the first of 11 Boeing 737-800s it has on order. The Chinese flag carrier will operate it on regional services alongside its 19 737-300s. Beijing-based Air China is a major Boeing customer, operating more than 50 examples, including 737s, 747s, 767s and 777s. Hainan Airlines was ...