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++ Australia's biggest independently-owned regional carrier, Brisbane-based Flightwest Airlines, will buy at least four 19-seat British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP (enhanced performance) to replace Raytheon Beech King Airs on routes to remote-areas. The airline has also upgraded several regional routes formerly flown by Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias, with the acquisition of a ...
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Malaysia leases 737s to India's Jet Airways
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is reducing its operating fleet of Boeing 737s further by leasing five aircraft to Jet Airways of India. MAS also says it will take delivery of all eight 777 and 747s scheduled for delivery this year. The Malaysian national carrier has reached an agreement to dry-lease ...
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China Southern fails to impress
Financial markets have given a lukewarm welcome to China Southern Airlines' first full set of results, the carrier listed in Hong Kong and New York a year ago. Despite a headline profit improvement, there are concerns over static domestic traffic and plans to lay off capacity. Although the airline's bottom-line ...
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FAA approves cargo 747 conversion fix
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES GATX-Airlog is preparing to "re-enter" the Boeing 747 freighter conversion market after the USFederal Aviation Administration approved company-developed service bulletins (SBs) which will finally allow operators to revive the prospects of several grounded 747Fs. The event marks a major breakthrough for Airlog, which has been ...
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UK industry league reshapes
Kevin O'Toole/London While attention focuses on the place of the UK's major aerospace players within Europe, the second tier of companies have been busy with their own restructuring further down the home league. With most of the annual results now in, there are clear shifts in the UK ...
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Boeing in Russia
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has signed a five year contract, worth up to $200 million, with Russia's Verkhnaya Salda Metallurgi-cal Production Association (VSPMO) for the supply of titanium milled products, beginning in early 1999. The VSPMO is already working on a two year contract to supply titanium ingots to Boeing, ...
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Aircraft News
United Airlines has ordered 20 Airbus A320s and 10 A319s for delivery in 2000-1. Business Express has ordered 20 Embraer RJ.135s plus 40 options, with deliveries starting in October 1999. SkyWest has ordered 20 EMB.120s plus 40 options, for delivery from March 1998. Trans States has ordered two ERJ.145s. ...
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Suppliers
Sabre and Abacus are to form a computer reservations joint venture for Asia-Pacific. Rolls-Royce is setting up a Singapore-based Trent engine overhaul joint venture with Singapore Airlines Engineering Co and Hong Kong Aero Engine Service Ltd (HAESL). British Airways is to equip 100 long-haul aircraft with the Rockwell ...
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Eagle's O'Hares RJs
American Eagle will launch its first regional jet service on 15 May between Chicago's O'Hare International and Cleveland and Cincinnati in Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The regional affiliate of American Airlines will replace turboprop aircraft now used to cover the routes with the 50-seat Embraer RJ-145. The airline will take ...
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Ilyushin freighter efficiency fails to impress Aeroflot director
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The head of Aeroflot has warned that the airline will not increase its orders for the Ilyushin II-96T freighter because the aircraft will not offer competitive operating economics. Speaking at a special gathering of Russia's Federal Aviation Service to review air cargo operations, Valery Okulov, Aeroflot general ...
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ILFC negotiates with Airbus and Boeing for 100-seaters
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing giant International Lease Finance (ILFC) has confirmed negotiations with Airbus Industrie and Boeing over a possible purchase of the 100-seat A319M5 and 717-200. "The 717 is under review by ILFC, as is the A319M5. We're talking, we're considering, but I can't give you any ...
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Tupolev tests end
The US Tupolev Tu-144LL experimental supersonic flight test programme has been completed, with the modified version of Russia's supersonic transport logging almost 39h during 19 fights. Source: Flight International
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European partners agree principles for unity
Europe's four largest aerospace and defence companies have agreed in principle to merging all their assets to form a single, unified aerospace and defence company and have set down guidelines for the merger in a report to the French, German, Spanish and UK governments. The four Airbus partners, Aerospatiale, ...
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Boeing cools on MD-11's future
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has toned down its optimism over the future of the MD-11 and warns that more problems with Next Generation 737 manufacturing might produce additional delivery delays, making a third consecutive quarterly charge a possibility. There are signs that more lay-offs could follow. Production problems left Boeing ...
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Boeing sets 777X launch target
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing says it needs orders for up to 30 777-200Xs before it will consider launching the much delayed ultra long range derivative. "We need 30 aircraft from a couple of airlines and we're all set to go," says product marketing regional director, Dan Olason who ...
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FAA delay hinders airline ACAS efforts in Europe
Emma Kelly/BRUSSELS The delay in US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the latest traffic collision and avoidance system (TCAS II) version equipment is hampering airlines' efforts in meeting European airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS II) requirements, delegates at a recent Eurocontrol conference in Brussels were warned. The European ...
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Armenian begins fleet renewal with Airbus A310
Armenian Airlines has begun the first phase of its fleet modernisation with a deal to lease a secondhand A310-200, which it expects to be the start of move to a large Airbus fleet. The deal, which represents Armenia's acquisition of its first Western-built aircraft, will see a Pratt & ...
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GE90 inspections continue after 777 Heathrow surprise
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric expects borescope inspections of 28 GE90 engines to be completed by 5 April following the failure of a low pressure turbine (LPT) of an engine on a British Airways Boeing 777-200IGW at London Heathrow on 12 March. The incident caused serious disruption at Heathrow ...
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Boeing's longest narrowbody takes shape
Boeing recently joined the front and rear fuselage sections to the wing section of the first Boeing 757-300 on the assembly line at its factory in Renton, Washington. The stretched version of the 757-200 has an overall length of 54.4m, making it the largest single aisle twinjet yet built. The ...