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Advanced propulsion under development
French engine and systems manufacturer Snecma has signed a partnership agreement with national research agency Onera, under which the two state-owned entities will develop advanced propulsion technologies. The deal, which aims to formalise the long-term, relationship between the two, will lead to more specific ties on advanced metallic materials ...
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Lockheed Martin switches tactics
Far from throwing in the towel after the US Government counted out its merger with Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin is back in the acquisition ring with a very different prize in its sights. The agreement to acquire US satellite communications service provider Comsat, hard on the heels of forming ...
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First for latest 737
KLM has ordered four Boeing 737-900s for delivery in 2001, becoming the first European customer for Boeing's latest 737 model. SAS has converted recently ordered 737-600s into a minimum of 12 CFM56-7-powered 737-700s and 737-800s. Source: Airline Business
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Routes
Renewed efforts to step up cooperation between Caribbean carriers could start with the joint handling, purchasing and wet leasing of cargo aircraft. The aim is to improve efficiency in one of the most fragmented air transport markets. US regional carrier Aspen Mountain Air is to restructure its route system ...
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Bombardier muscles into 90-seat battle
Bombardier expects to launch a 90-seat regional jet in the next 12 months. The plan not only edges the Canadian manufacturer into the territory of Airbus Industrie and Boeing, but also throws down the gauntlet to Fairchild Dornier, which has its own 90-seat jet ambitions. Bombardier admits that its ...
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FLEET
Varig has signed for four Boeing 777-200s, 10 737-800s, four 737-700s, six 767-300ERs and has placed options for another four 777-200s and 11 737-700s. Another 777 customer is American Airlines, with 15 more 777-200ERs for delivery from March 2000. Package delivery company UPS has ordered 30 Airbus A300F4-600Rs, plus ...
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Eagle eyes all-jet fleet
American Airlines regional subsidiary American Eagle is planning to become an all-jet operation - a declaration that will put pressure on other US regionals to follow suit. American Eagle confirmed at the UK's Farnborough air show in September that it is to buy 75 Embraer RJ-135 37-seat jets. The ...
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Lease for SALE
Dubai-based Emirates has converted one option for an Airbus A330-200, adding to the 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330s it already has on order. The previously announced order for six A340-500s, and options for 10 more, was signed on 8 September. The airline has also said it will lease Singapore Aircraft ...
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Asians climb out of currency crisis
Two of the flag carriers worst hit by the Asian currency collapse - Philippine Airlines and Indonesia's Garuda - have taken vital steps back from the abyss. PAL has resolved key labour problems while Garuda has renegotiated crippling US-dollar aircraft leases and gained government approval to increase domestic fares. ...
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The rouble plays Russian roulette
First it was the crisis in South East Asia. Now it is meltdown in Russia's financial system that is spreading panic in global markets. The lesson from Asia is that what may start with currency collapse swiftly and inevitably translates into damage for the real economy of production, output and ...
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A question of ownership
For all their advantages, global alliances can go only so far while the issue of foreign ownership remains unresolved US and UK negotiators sit down this month to thrash out a new open skies bilateral. They will face a barrage of pressure from anxious onlookers keen to see their interests ...
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British Airways GOes into cut-throat price battleground
Less than five months after British Airways started up its controversial low-cost operation at London Stansted, GO has sparked off what promises to be a cut-throat price war in Europe. The battle began on 7 September, the day before GO launched onto the high density London-Edinburgh route. Determined to face ...
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Russia crisis hits home
A contraction in the Russian airline industry is now almost inevitable, after nearly a month of financial uncertainty left the rouble heavily devalued from its level of mid-August. The devaluation will almost certainly lead to a general economic downturn in Russia with passenger numbers and cargo traffic both dropping off ...
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Swiss face testing times
Swissair certainly has its plate full. While the carrier is making forays into neighbouring Italy competition from lower cost operators is growing at home. After a string of false starts, Swiss World Airways (SWA) has got off the ground at Geneva, following Swissair's decision 16 months ago to move ...
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Braathens raises Swedish stakes
The battle for dominance in Scandinavian skies has taken another twist, with Norway's Braathens taking over Swedish regional Malmo Aviation. The SKr600 million ($74 million) acquisition is the latest in a series of aggressive manoeuvres, redrawing the aviation map of Scandinavia. Braathens has already taken over Transwede (now Braathens Sweden), ...
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West beats Asia retreat
As western carriers continue their retreat from Asia, the region's airlines are starting to fill in some of the gaps. This capacity redeployment by the foreign majors has given Asian alliances a welcome boost. New schedules effective 25 October show a continuing shift of non-Asian capacity out of the ...
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Hercules ends Fine merger
Fine Air and Southern Air Transport have scrubbed merger plans after failing to agree what to do with Southern's Lockheed L-1011 Hercules. The two US second-tier cargo carriers will go their separate ways, even though Miami-based Fine wants to expand its Latin American and Caribbean network. Fine was interested ...
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The price of peace
Airbus and Boeing kicked off the Farnborough air show with modest price rises, giving the first signs of a truce in the cut-throat battle for market share After years of undignified acrimony it seems that the feuding could finally be over. As the aerospace world gathered for the Farnborough air ...
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Hub wars
The big five US interior airports are fighting it out to become the top international gateway in the heart of North America. Patterns of international air service to and from the US are changing. A cluster of airports tucked well inside the continental US are starting to win significant ...
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Orenda Factory
Magellan Aerospace subsidiary Orenda Recip has opened its engine manufacturing plant in Debert, Nova Scotia, where the new 450kW (600hp) OE-600A Vee-8 piston engine will be produced. To date Orenda has received 180 orders for the OE-600A, the first engine is due for delivery by the end of the year. ...