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Pan Am to set up two centres
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) has won contracts to establish simulator centres for Atlantic Coast Airlines and DHL Airways. PAIFA, which operates a simulator centre in Miami, won a contract earlier this year to build and operate a training centre for FedEx. Under the 10-year agreement with Atlantic ...
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Nimrod progress
The BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 Mk 101 engine for the upgraded British Aerospace Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft has completed altitude testing conducted by the UK Defence Research Agency, including a maximum operational altitude test. The engine will undergo a range of further tests in 1999, with the first flight in ...
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BA chooses to bring A320 training in-house
British Airways is to bring training for its new fleet of Airbus A320s in house, with the airline's Flight Training (BAFT) division finalising the acquisition of its first Airbus simulator. In August, BA selected the A320 family for its future short-haul fleet, placing orders and options for up to ...
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Low cost is key for regional jet, airlines tell Bombardier
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has launched technology cost/benefit studies after the first meeting of its BRJ-X airline advisory council confirmed that potential customers for the 90-seat regional jet are looking for the lowest possible operating cost. The council conducted preliminary talks on fly-by-wire versus conventional flight controls, steel ...
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El Al steers course towards profit and privatisation
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON El Al is on target to record its first profit for two years as it aims to begin its privatisation process by the middle of 1999. The airline is also close to finalising an order for up to five long haul aircraft. The airline's president, Joel ...
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Japan Airlines edges towards oneworld tie-up with BA talks
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Japan Airlines (JAL) is to explore a passenger codeshare agreement and a merger of frequent flier programmes with British Airways as another step towards eventual possible membership of the growing oneworld alliance. According to airline sources in Tokyo, a verbal agreement to hold talks on passenger ...
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Used Lufthansa jets to go to leasing unit
Lufthansa is forming a joint venture with aircraft financing specialist KG Allgemeine Leasing (KGAL) to buy the airline's surplus used aircraft and place them with customers on operating leases. The airline will have a 40% share. The company, German Operating Aircraft Leasing (GOAL), has closed its first transaction with ...
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Marketplace
-C-S Aviation Services has placed five Airbus A300B4 freighters with Grupo TACA, for delivery at the end of this year, plus lease options for two more aircraft. C-S has also placed an A300B4F on a five-year lease with International Cargo Charters of Canada. The airline operates Emery Worldwide services from ...
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PAL creditors to study rescue plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The 9,000-plus creditors of Philippine Airlines (PAL)have been given 15 days to respond to a new rehabilitation plan filed by the airline, after the collapse of rescue talks with other carriers. Despite the withdrawal at the beginning of December of Cathay Pacific Airways from advanced talks, ...
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Rolls-Royce links with Pembroke and GATX for leasing ventures
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce is to transfer its regional jet aircraft and aero-engine leasing activities into a pair of joint venture companies, following the signing of separate deals with Ireland's Pembroke Capital and GATX of the USA. R-R chief executive John Rose says the restructuring of its lease portfolio ...
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Routes
-Jersey European Airways is introducing three daily flights between Edinburgh and Paris for Air France, which will be operated by British Aerospace 146s. -India's Jet Airways will introduce services from Chennai (Madras) to Port Blair in the Andaman Islands from January, using Boeing 737s. -US Airways will begin services with ...
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Banner sells Solair Kellstrom Industries
Banner Aerospace has agreed to sell its Solair subsidiary to Kellstrom Industries. Florida-based Kellstrom will pay $57 million in cash. The agreement gives Banner the opportunity to purchase Kellstrom stock at a set price. The transaction must pass anti-trust hurdles, but is expected to be approved by the end ...
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Brown takes the helm at Bombardier
Robert Brown has been appointed president and chief executive of Bombardier, taking over the roles from Laurent Beaudoin, who will continue as chairman. Brown is currently president of Bombardier Aerospace. Beaudoin says Brown, who joined the Canadian company in 1987, has been promoted "-to ensure my succession at the ...
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USAF considers extra F-16 order
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Air Force has asked Lockheed Martin for pricing on 30 additional Block 50/52 F-16C/Ds to extend domestic production of the fighter to late 2003, while finalising the sale of 25 surplus F-16A/Bs and 20 accompanying upgrade packages to Portugal. According to the manufacturer, ...
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The best yet ?
Dave Higdon/WITCHITA Could ITBE third time lucky for Cessna Aircraft? Might the 206 Stationair be the model that avoids the post-certification problems that plagued the reintroduction of the company's 172 and 182? Flight International was invited to evaluate the revamped, updated and upgraded 206 and given access to ...
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The spectrum challenge
Chris Yates/MANCHESTER The aeronautical community must pool its resources and protect its strategic interests if it is to avoid losing the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in satellite navigation. The threat comes from an Inmarsat-sponsored proposal, currently before the International Telecommunications Union-World Radio Council (ITU-WRC), to share frequencies ...
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Cirrus selects Garmin as Trimble leaves market
Cirrus Design has selected Garmin International to replace Trimble as avionics supplier for its newly certificated SR20 light aircraft. The last-minute change was forced when Trimble announced in September that it planned to exit the general aviation avionics market. Cirrus, based in Duluth, Minnesota, has selected the company's Trimline ...
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Flying wing completes tests
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE Centurion, a 63m (206ft) span flying wing, has completed initial low-altitude flight tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California. The aircraft has since been disassembled and returned to its designer and manufacturer, AeroVironment of Simi Valley, California. There several of its systems ...
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Boeing to revise twin-aisle development strategy
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing Commercial Airplanes is revising its twin-aisle development strategy because of the collapsing Asian market. The board is due to be briefed on the plan by 18 December. Product development cost cuts ordered as a result of the downturn will affect key programmes, including the ...
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Norman drives BBJ into the bunker
Boeing has lost the services of one of its most famous customers for the Boeing Business Jet following a decision by Australian golf star Greg Norman to cancel his order. The move has caused much embarrassment at Boeing as the golfer, known internationally as the Great White Shark, has been ...