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Cirrus alters SR20 design after NTSB crash report
Cirrus has altered the design of its single-engined SR20, following the release of findings by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) into the fatal crash on 23 March of the first production aircraft. Safety investigators found signs of interference between the right aileron and the right wing which, they ...
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Bell considers 206 upgrade and ponders plans to modify 412Plus
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Bell is considering improving its 206 helicopter, rather than developing an all-new replacement to compete with the Eurocopter EC120. In the meantime, the company expects to decide before the end of the year on a 412Plus upgrade. "We're looking at enhancements to the 206. We're ...
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Trent 895 cleared
The Rolls-Royce Trent 895, which powers the Boeing 777, has won European Joint Aviation Authorities certification. The 95,000lb-thrust (423kN) engine is the most powerful Trent to be approved. It will enter service in January with British Airways. Source: Flight International
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Paris Order Book
Airbus and Boeing combined sales announced during the Paris Air Show totalled $8.9 billion in firm orders. Airbus' total was for 93 aircraft worth $4 billion and Boeing's was 72 aircraft worth $4.9 billion. International Lease Finance Corp was a big buyer during the show, with an order for 60 ...
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Boeing doubts demand
Boeing is raising further doubts over likely demand for a new airliner in the class above 400 seats. At the Paris air show, Randy Baseler, vice-president marketing, said that Boeing sees only 80 deliveries of such aircraft over the next decade. The number rises to 360 over the next 20 ...
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Regional Certifications
Embraer's smallest regional jet, the 37-seater ERJ-135, has gained Brazilian certification and expects the FAA to follow suit by the time deliveries begin in July, to American Eagle and Continental Express. Bombardier, meanwhile, has gained Canadian certification for its Q400 turboprop, with FAA certification expected in July. Horizon Air is ...
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Northwest Firms Options
Northwest Airlines has converted 30 options on Airbus A320 family aircraft to firm orders. Deliveries will take place between 2002 and 2004 on 18 A319s and 12 A320s. Northwest, which was the US launch customer for the A320 at the Paris air show two years ago, has received 70 of ...
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Routes
KLM/Alitalia's Latin rejig - Alliance partners KLM and Alitalia are reorganising their networks to Latin America. For summer 2000, KLM will replace indirect flights between Amsterdam and Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires with direct services, while dropping its Rio de Janeiro service in favour of Alitalia, which flies there five ...
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Orders pass the peak
Alan Mulally, president of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, conceded at the Paris air show that he expects the value of airliner orders this year to be at only 60-70% of 1998 levels and stay at around that mark in 2000. Initially, confusion reigned as journalists understood him to have ...
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Delta defers 777s as pilots pay protest proves costly
Delta Air Lines has deferred delivery of its remaining Boeing 777s on order and has decided to sell or lease two already in operation. The airline blames an ongoing dispute with its pilots and cites their failure to accept new pay rates and work rules for the aircraft type. ...
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Mexicana to be 'Starlet'
David knibb/ SEATTLE Mexicana is due to launch a new tier of membership within the Star Alliance if, as expected, it signs up as a member of the global grouping this month. According to sources within Star, while the Mexican carrier will behave externally as any other partner, internally ...
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WestJet plans to go public
WestJet, Canada's only successful start-up airline, plans to raise capital and broaden its ownership base with an initial public offering (IPO). The Calgary-based carrier has lodged its draft prospectus with securities commissions in each of Canada's provinces and hopes to launch its IPO in the next few months. ...
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French gamble on growth
Are Air France's fortunes looking up? Strong fourth quarter performance partially compensated for the pilots strike of mid-1998, limiting the damage to a 11% drop in profits. Higher load factors, meanwhile, have been aided by transatlantic codeshares and the its expanding Charles de Gaulle hub. The carrier has ...
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Lack of interest stalls sell-offs
Despite renewed efforts at privatisation, airline sell-offs in the eastern Europe continue to be dogged by a lack of political will and scant interest from Western foreign investors. The Romanian Government is to begin searching for investors to buy a majority stake in its national carrier Tarom. ...
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UK cargo's agenda
As US-UK passenger talks begin, UK cargo carriers are pressurising the USA to include their demands on wetleasing rules in any new bilateral. The British Cargo Alliance (BCAA) points out that US cargo carriers "have a large and profitable business" leasing freighters to airlines such as British Airways - ...
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SAA bid offers no alliance tie
When it first began, the contest to take a 20% stake in South African Airways (SAA) had seemed like a straight choice between the rival global alliances. Yet, as a decision nears, it seems that the contest is leaning in favour of a bid which does not require the carrier ...
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Family matters
Report by Kevin O'toole and Karen Walker IN PARIS The launch of a new family of regional jets and a flurry of orders from European carriers took much of the limelight at the Paris air show. Four regional jet contenders, as well as Airbus and Boeing, now offer 100-seater jets. ...
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surfing for value
Nancy Schwartz and Michael Zea at Mercer Management Consulting in Washington DC Many airlines have begun using the Internet to market and distribute their products, but few have yet made a success of the medium. Internet-related market value has exploded over the past few years, especially in the USA, so ...
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FAA scrutinises repair stations
Rules governing maintenance of US-registered transport aircraft at foreign repair shops are to be tightened, the US Federal Aviation Administration says. The move will affect 525 foreign repair stations. The action follows criticism of the FAA's oversight of repair shops following the May 1996 crash of a ValuJet McDonnell ...