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BA considers move in low-fare market
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways is studying a move which could see it proceed in the low-fare market against new "no-frills" rivals such as easyJet and Debonair. The airline, which is already seeking to cut costs by £1 billion ($1.7 billion) over the next three years, has ...
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Boeing heads shifting industry league
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Boeing has begun to pull away from its nearest competitors in the league table of USaerospace manufacturers over the first half of 1997. Even without the McDonnell Douglas (MDC)merger, Boeing's sales have leapt by close to 60%due to soaring civil-aircraft sales, and the Rockwell ...
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Business-jet ETOPS: it is better to be safe than to be sorry
Sir - Although I invariably agree with the author's point of view when reading the Flight International Comment page, I feel that, in the article "All at sea" (Flight International, 9-15 July), about extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS), there are some uncharacteristically sweeping statements with which I do not. ...
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Canada plans September SAR helicopter decision
Second-time lucky for the EH101 team? CANADAPLANS to decide in September on the C$600 million ($430 million) purchase of 15 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Bids have been received from Boeing, offering its CH-47 Chinook; Sikorsky, with a variant of its UH-60 Black Hawk called the Maplehawk; Team Cormorant, led by ...
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Czech Airlines plans to launch charter division in early 1998
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Czech Airlines (CSA) is planning to set up a charter subsidiary which will start operating at the beginning of 1998. According to CSA charter department manager Tomas Jandecka, a business plan is now being prepared which should be finished by the middle of this ...
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Diesels spark off Oshkosh interest
New diesel aero-engines attracted intense interest from Oshkosh visitors, with manufacturers promising substantial reductions in operating costs. Teledyne Continental unveiled details of its CSM 283 diesel engine being developed under NASA's General Aviation Propulsion (GAP) programme, Socata displayed the Morane Renault diesel engine intended to power a light-aircraft family based ...
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EC sets out rules for BA and American alliance
Julian Moxon/Paris The European Commission (EC) competition directorate has laid out its position on granting approval to the planned alliance between American Airlines and British Airways. The paper, in which the EC outlines a series of problems it has with the alliance, repeats the call for ...
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EVA secures US partner and now looks to Europe
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways has signed an alliance agreement with an unnamed US carrier as it strives for a similar link in Europe. The US deal, disclosed by EVA president Richard Huang and described as a "full alliance", includes an exchange of frequent-flyer programmes. "All ...
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FAA approves composite repairs
Ian Sheppard/LONDON An aircraft-repair technique developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico together with composites specialists from Textron Systems, has gained initial approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration as an alternative to riveted aluminium. The bonded composite "doubler" is the result of a three-year FAA-sponsored ...
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Funding is released for Brazil's SIVAM
FINANCING for Brazil's SIVAM Amazon-surveillance programme has been released, enabling Raytheon to begin work on the $1.3 billion programme. The US Export Import Bank is providing just over $1 billion of the funds required for the project, with the Swedish export bank Svensk Exportkredit, Raytheon and SIVAM Vendor ...
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Helipro gets 'Shortsky' final assembly under way
Helipro has begun final assembly of the first S-61 Short conversion of the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter to be destined for use on offshore-oil support. A heavylift S-61 Short, which is used mainly for logging work, is already available. The company has delivered six aircraft and has one more on order. ...
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India postpones first light-combat flight
India has put back the first flight of its LCA light combat aircraft until at least the start of 1998. The aircraft was rolled out in November 1995 and has been subjected to a series of delays since. The delay to the 8.5t fighter is thought to be ...
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LHTEC focuses on CTP800 design
Guy Norris/Indianapolis US engine manufacturers AlliedSignal and Allison are completing final-design work on the CTP800 turboprop for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster freighter, following selection of a Hamilton Standard propeller system. The Loadmaster will be powered by twin CTP800s, a turboprop version of the T800 turboshaft, developed ...
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Marketplace
++ Icelandair has signed an agreement with eight financial institutions for the provision of $100 million loan, arranged by HSBC Investment Bank Asia and Landesbank Kiel, to finance two Boeing 757-200s due for delivery in January 1998, and April 1999. ++ The Florida based Aviation Management Support has acquired ten ...
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MHI aims for entry to PW6000 project
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is signalling its interest in joining the proposed Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine programme, which it considers a possible candidate powerplant for a new 90-seat regional jet now under study with Bombardier. The Japanese manufacturer has said that it would like to take a ...
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MHS to cut its Cambodian ties
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Malaysian Helicopters Services (MHS) looks set to pull out of its joint venture with Royal Air Cambodge (RAC), following the new Cambodian Government's decision to establish a joint venture airline with Thailand and open international air services. The Cambodian Government has signed a memorandum ...
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Debonair launch
Debonair, a UK-based low-cost airline, has signed agreements to lease another five British Aerospace BAe 146s. The aircraft, which are to join the fleet from the third quarter of this year, are part of a $12 million investment following the company's public launch on the EASDQ in July, raising $38 ...
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Norwegians will test F-16 missile-warning system
NORWAY IS TO flight-test Northrop Grumman's AAR-54(V) missile-approach warning system on the Lockheed Martin F-16 mid-life update (MLU) aircraft. Data from the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) evaluation will be supplied to Denmark and the Netherlands, both of which are also upgrading F-16s under the MLU programme. ...
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US Airways makes new offer to pilots
US AIRWAYS has made a new contract offer to pilots who are suing the US carrier over tactics used during fruitless bargaining over cost-cutting measures. The airline claims that the proposal would provide pilots with job security while enhancing growth in operations which keep pace with rival airlines. ...
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Workshop
++ British Airways Engineering has sold a major proportion of its surplus spares inventory to European Aviation for an undisclosed sum. All the types in the BA fleet, plus the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, are covered in the deal. ++ Monarch Aircraft Engineering has agreed to carry out C checks for ...