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SPW14 team ups thrust rating
Paul Lewis/Washington DC Pratt & Whitney Canada and joint venture partner Snecma are to increase the thrust rating of the proposed SPW14 turbofan to compete for larger new regional aircraft, including the recently unveiled Embraer ERJ-170 and -190 developments. "We started at 12,000-16,000lb-thrust, but, as time has gone ...
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UPS goes with Pratt & Whitney PW4000
United Parcel Service (UPS) has choses Pratt & Whitney's PW4158 turbofan for its planned fleet of 75 new Airbus A300-600 freighters. It is the engine's first freighter application. The deal, worth up to $3 billion, is P&W's largest single sale of the 2.39m (94in) fan-diameter PW4000 engine series in ...
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America West pulls put of UAL talks
America West has pulled out of talks with potential buyers, including United Airlines (UAL), complaining that the "expressions of interest" received were "highly conditional". Chairman Bill Franke says America West will continue to go it alone as the USA's ninth largest airline, adding that he is confident that the ...
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International plans for Israir
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Domestic Israeli airline hopes to break into the charter business with a "flexible approach" to luring customers Israir, a small Israeli domestic airline, is preparing to go international. After years of operating domestic flights, mainly on the Tel-Aviv-Eilat holiday route, Israir is bracing for its ...
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Maintaining training
Andrew Doyle/FRANKFURT The introduction of new European regulations and the growing power of simulation technology were the hot topics at the Flight International-sponsored Aviation Maintenance Training Conference held on 15-16 February As pressure increases on aircraft maintenance firms to step up the quality of their work at less ...
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AASI is on the brink of Jetcruzer certification
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) hopes to clinch US type certification for its Jetcruzer 500 low-cost corporate turboprop by mid-1999, with first deliveries beginning by year-end. The manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California, was originally due to begin deliveries by the end of 1998, but has suffered substantial delays ...
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Duty free, a few facts
By 1995, global turnover of duty free had reached $21 billion. Europe accounts for half the total - over $13.4 billion a year. Duty free is more important to the UK than to any other European state - in 1995 over 25% of European Union (EU) turnover was in ...
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New addition for Embraer
Despite repeated earlier statements that the 70- and 90-seater markets seemed overcrowded, Embraer says it now plans to enter the fray after "considerable pressure" from customers to extend its regional jet family. But some still remain doubtful about the size of the market. Just days after the Brazilian manufacturer's ...
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Gloves off for Orlando charters
A small airport that has managed to steal a large chunk of the foreign charter business from Orlando International Airport (OIA), including the largest tour operator Air Tours, has forced its larger competitor to lower landing fees and include more passenger-friendly facilities in a $2 billion expansion programme. ...
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Europe's BIG 3
Lufthansa, Air France and Swissair have built their repair and overhaul facilities into some of the most competitive in the world, but profit margins remain slim. Europe cannot claim to be a world leader in many sectors, but when it comes to commercial aircraft and engine maintenance, it is ...
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News in Brief
Singapore signs - Singapore Airlines has signed the contract for up to 10 ultra-long-range Airbus A340-500s, confirming an earlier commitment. Deliveries will be completed by the middle of 2003. Transaer PIA contract - Irish charter airline Transaer has signed a five-year contract with Pakistan International (PIA) under which it ...
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Beijing tightens its belt
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) may have escaped Beijing's directive that requires other agencies to divest their interests in the industries that they regulate, but aviation is not entirely unscathed by the latest belt tightening aimed at boosting China's weak economy and currency. Heading the list ...
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Routes
Japanese codes - Cathay Pacific Airways and Japan Airlines (JAL) are to start codesharing on Hong Kong-Osaka services on 28 March. JAL will also halt its Boeing 767-operated Nagoya-Hong Kong service on 1 April, when it starts codesharing on Cathay's daily service. Meanwhile, All Nippon Airways (ANA) and United Airlines ...
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PAL pays and wins time
Philippine Airlines (PAL) bought more time from its creditors' lawsuit in January with its first payment to lenders since June. The carrier made the $37.9 million payment to fully secured aircraft creditors on 29 January to avoid having 19 aircraft seized. In doing so, it won agreement that there ...
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Guyana sets sell-off date
The government of Guyana is hoping to have handed over control of Guyana Airways Corporation (GAC) by the end of April. The government's privatisation unit says it had set a deadline of 16 February for would-be purchasers to submit proposals and then it was hoping to complete the sale within ...
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Double Standards
Airlines face a growing array of different and often divergent competition rules, as recent transatlantic cases have shown. David Knibb, a former antitrust lawyer, examines the issues. Antitrust authorities are positioning themselves as the new policeman of the world marketplace. And as they do so, they begin to replace the ...
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Ansett greets Star with fleet upgrade
Ansett Australia is upgrading its fleet to include Boeing 747-400s as it prepares for its entry on 28 March into the Star Alliance. In a surprise move, Australia's second carrier says it will lease two 747-400s for five years from new partner Singapore Airlines (SIA), when leases on two ...
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Low cost or bust
Europe's low-cost experiment is in full flow, but are there casualties waiting? Ever since the low-cost formula began to take root in Europe a couple of years ago, industry observers have been waiting keenly for the first start-up to fail. Even the low-cost pioneers themselves have expressed surprise that ...
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Third Party Pressure
The third party maintenance, repair and overhaul business will consolidate further as the dominant companies seek greater economies of scale and airlines turn their attention back to improving costs. If you were asked to name the landmarks of the aircraft maintenance and overhaul industry over the past year, you ...
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Asia faces fallout
The Asian downturn has led to overcapacity in the maintenance market, but there is no sign that the major carriers will let go of their in-house operations. When Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) cut 8% of its workforce at the end of last year, it was seen as an indication ...