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Damage at Frankfurt
An Air India Boeing 747-400 escaped with minimal damage when it touched down short of runway 07R at Frankfurt Main Airport, Germany, but the event seriously damaged the runway's approach lighting and instrument landing system (ILS) localiser antenna. In the 20 January incident, the aircraft got too low on a ...
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Airbus and P&W order reverser modifications for A300/A310s
Airbus Industrie has issued a safety bulletin ordering rewiring modifications and thorough checks of the thrust reverser systems on Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4 and PW4000-powered A300-600 and A310 twinjets, before reactivation of the reversers. The move follows an incident in November when a Korean Air (KAL) A300-600, powered by ...
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SkyWest pursues expansion plans
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC SkyWest Airlines intends to expand its western US regional network further with its newly announced purchase of 25 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 200LRs, while longer-term planning is focused on finding a smaller jet or turboprop replacement for its Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias. "We've grown by 35% over ...
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757-300 wins joint certification
The Boeing 757-300 has been awarded its US Federal Aviation Administration type certificate, production certificate, 180 min extended range twin operations (ETOPS) approval and European Joint Aviation Authorities validation. The flurry of clearances for the Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B-powered version of the aircraft follows a five and a half month flight test ...
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707 re-engining programme gears up for May flight tests
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Omega-led Seven Q Seven will begin proof-of-concept flight-testing of its Boeing 707-300 re-engining programme in May, with certification expected by early next year. The Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 re-engining programme for the 707, first revealed by Flight International in 1997, is being developed by Irish leasing specialist Omega ...
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Boullioun beefs up with Airbus
Boullioun Aviation's order for 30 Airbus A320 family models signals its intent to limit the growth of subsidiary, Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), to widebodies. That was its original plan, but the two lessors strayed from it three years ago. Returning to that plan means Boullioun is ending its exclusive ...
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Continental's Latin push gets weaker
Continental Airlines is finding its push into Latin America hampered by the fact that American Airlines has already secured matches with many of the region's flag carriers. Pickings among the second- and third-tier airlines tend to be much smaller, Continental is discovering. Chile's Avant Airlines is the latest example. ...
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Airlines face lawsuits for pesticide spraying
Airlines are facing new complaints, union trouble and possible lawsuits over pesticide spraying on aircraft. In the USA, two major lawsuits filed by flight attendants in Louisiana and California against pesticide manufacturers claim that many crew members are suffering chronic illness and multiple chemical sensitivity from long term exposure ...
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Southwest bites the Big Apple
It is the news that other US carriers hoped never to hear. Southwest Airlines is about to take a bite out of the Big Apple and begin operating from New York. Analysts and rival airlines have speculated about the possibility for years, but Southwest has deliberately avoided the New ...
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Asian SALES - Singapore Aircraft Leasing Entreprise (SALE) has acquired a new Boeing 777-200 under a sale and leaseback deal with Korean Air. SALE has also delivered the first of two 737-300s to Singapore's SilkAir under a similar arrangement. The second aircraft is scheduled for delivery in April. Fortis ...
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Japanese rejig overseas strategies
Most Asian airlines have concentrated on costs to survive the region's doldrums, but Japan's airlines, facing new low cost domestic rivals, are looking at both international costs and revenues in an effort to boost profits. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have both taken the bold step ...
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SIA halts bid for CAL
Shareholders in Singapore Airlines (SIA) breathed a sigh of relief early in January when the carrier announced that it had withdrawn from discussions to buy shares in Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL). As SIA's share price rose on the news, CAL's fell on concerns that long-running plans for a badly-needed ...
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Privatised Austrian to look east
Austria has revived plans to privatise it flag carrier in a move that will boost its expansion eastwards. The government is to relinquish its majority holding Austrian Airlines after it decided not to participate in a Sch3 billion ($240 million), capital raising programme. The state will remain the largest ...
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easyJet sees black
Privately owned easyJet has finally turned a profit, but the publication of its first set of results has provoked scepticism and speculation that it may soon be up for sale. The carrier's 1998 pre-tax profit of £2.3 million ($3.8 million) on a turnover of £77 million, appears to belie ...
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French ambition
With a pilot deal under its belt, the French national carrier is now moving ahead with a flotation. But a global alliance still escapes the airline, while there are also doubts over its ambitious expansion plans. When in the autumn of 1997 former Air Inter boss, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, was ...
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Express yourself
As Delta Express heads for its third year of operation, not all industry observers share the group's optimism for this experiment in setting up a low-fares, airline-within-an-airline. Passengers on Delta Express aircraft wave dollar notes in the air when they see the flight attendant coming down the aisle. Having ...
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End of an era
After the demise of the Japanese leveraged lease, the markets for tax based aircraft leasing are being shut down one by one. What other sources of funding will replace tax leasing and will they be as cost effective? All good things must come to an end and that time ...
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Little hope of early US-UK open skies
A sceptical but curious US delegation is preparing once again to sit down with UK aviation representatives in mid-February for informal talks on open skies, although the mood in Washington is pessimistic. While the USA now has more than 30 open skies agreements in place around the world, a ...
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A final flurry of orders
Despite the gathering gloom, 1998 turned out to be another bonanza year for jet airliner sales. As the year-end totals rolled in, it became clear that Airbus and Boeing had managed to net the second largest bag of orders on record. That may raise few cheers from an airline industry ...
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Are there dangers in duopoly?
As Airbus again draws closer to Boeing, are there risks from an airliner duopoly? Whatever else the Airbus and Boeing year-end figures may have revealed, there is one fact that remains inescapable. The market for large civil aircraft is now a straight fight between two fairly evenly matched manufacturers. Conventional ...