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Strong on caution
Qantas needs to respond quickly to market conditions yet its managing director, James Strong, refuses to be rushed into any major decisions. If he has said it once, he has said it in a dozen ways: 'There's no use charging around the place; you don't just snatch at things ...
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Recipe for reform
Romania's national airline still hopes to attract a western partner, if only the economy would improve. Take one battered old airport, add a few old Russian aircraft, and then throw in years of political instability. Stir with economic collapse, simmer for nine years, and serve with a garnish of ...
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Winds rise in the east
Following the entry of MetroJet, US Airways' long awaited low cost spinoff, the rapidly growing US east coast market is becoming crowded with competitors. From Florida to Maine the story is the same - the US east coast is booming. Airports are growing capacity; airlines are adding frequencies; new ...
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Asia-Pacific
As Asia rocks from the effects of the year-old financial crisis, a new demon is lurking on the horizon in the shape of the year 2000 date change. The big question is whether Asian airlines will fix the millennium bug in time. Estimates of the global cost to make ...
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a nasty bug
The actions being taken to make all systems year 2000 compliant in time for the deadline vary greatly between regions. And while some carriers are busy putting their own house in order, they must ensure that their suppliers follow suit. The millennium bug is already causing some unpleasant stomach ...
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F414 boost
General Electric is working towards increasing by 25% the thrust of the 22,0000lb (98kN) F414-400 turbofan, which is installed on the Boeing F/A-18E/F, to power future versions of the fighter. The first two production engines were delivered in early August. Source: Flight International
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737-600 set for September delivery
Boeing hopes to deliver the first of 41 737-600s to launch customer SAS in September, pending European Joint Aviation Authorities approval, expected by the end of August. The manufacturer received type certification for the -600, the smallest member of the Next Generation (NG) family, on 18 August from the US ...
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Turbulence injures US Airways 737 passengers
Wake turbulence during the cruise phase of a flight is suspected as the cause of an incident which resulted in injuries to passengers during a US Airways Boeing 737-300 flight between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Las Vegas, Nevada, on 7 August. The captain reported the aircraft as acting "-like something ...
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American boosts 777 orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON American Airlines has placed a $2.1 billion order for 15 more Boeing 777-200ERs, boosting its total for the aircraft to 34. The carrier placed an initial order for 777s in November 1996, and selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine. At that time, the airline concluded a ...
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Air Jamaica plan for all-Airbus fleet hit by shortage of aircraft
Graham Warwick/Washington DC Air Jamaica wants to move to an all-Airbus fleet "as soon as possible", to cut costs, but is being stymied by a lack of available aircraft. The Jamaican flag carrier is looking for at least four A320s and one A340, says chief executive Christopher Zacca. ...
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IAI seeks to wrap up FedEx deal with further Airtruck investors
Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Airtruck specialised cargo aircraft has been selected in principle by FedEx to meet its requirement for a Fokker F27 replace- ment. The Israeli company is struggling to meet FedEx's price demands, however, and is seeking additional customers, partners and investors to enable the programme to be ...
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Delta speeds up 727 retirement
Delta Air Lines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 727-200s. The last of the tri-jets are set to leave the fleet in 2005, some three years earlier than previously planned, . The 117 727-200Advs in the mainline fleet and the 14 similar aircraft allocated to Delta Shuttle operations ...
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Gill Air closes on Fokker 100 leases for franchise flights
Gill Air is finalising a deal to acquire three Fokker 100s to enable it to launch jet operations on its Air France franchise routes early next year. The UK regional airline, based in Newcastle, has selected the 100-seat Fokker for its jet requirement over the similarly sized British Aerospace ...
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Ilyushin prepares for Il-96T US approval
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Ilyushin expects the freighter version of the Pratt & Whitney PW2337-powered Il-96, the -96T, to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification by October, but the US engine manufacturer is less optimistic. The Il-96T recently received Russian/CIS certification for operation by CIS airlines, but deliveries cannot begin ...
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Marketplace
Embraer has delivered the first ERJ-145ER to City Airline of Sweden. The new carrier will use the 50-seater on services from Gothenburg to major European destinations. Continental Micronesia will retire its four Boeing 747-200s next April. The aircraft will be replaced with a similar number of McDonnell ...
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One Eleven Stage 3 hushkit begins flight testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON European Aviation and Quiet Technologies have completed initial flight tests of a proof of concept BAC One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit prototype, and are satisfied that the aircraft will meet Stage 3 noise limits. The companies are to continue with development, having also shown that the fuel ...
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Routes
British Airways has started code-sharing on Malév Hungarian Airlines' services between Budapest Ferihegy and London Gatwick. Vietnam Airlines has suspended Hanoi-Seoul services and will stop the Ho Chi Minh City-Seoul route in mid-September. Air Tahiti Nui will launch services in November with three weekly flights ...
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Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce talks given new impetus
Long-running negotiations between Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Rolls-Royce on a Japanese risk sharing stake in the Trent 500 and 8140 turbofans have taken on renewed impetus, with the hope of an agreement being reached in time for the Farnborough air show to be held in early September. KHI ...
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Transaero shake-up may lead to merger
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW A battle for control at Russian airline Transaero has seen the airline's founder, Alexander Pleshakov, ousted, with Aeroflot Russian International Airlines majority shareholder Boris Berezovsky now believed to be have taken control through a share trading deal. There is now speculation that the two airlines could be ...
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Virgin Holidays seeks A320s for new charter operation
Virgin Holidays says that it will outline its plans in the coming weeks for new UK-based charter airline Virgin Sun. The company is believed to be finalising the acquisition of its own dedicated fleet of Airbus A320s to operate alongside aircraft wet-leased from Sabre Airways. Both parties deny industry ...