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Sunrock and British Airways place orders with Boeing
Boeing has received an initial order from Irish operating lessor Sunrock Aircraft for seven 737s, worth $250 million, which could lead to a further 13 orders. Based in Dublin, Sunrock is the operating-leasing arm of Japanese institution Nissho Iwai. The initial contract is for two 737-300s and five ...
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Boeing pursues key customers in bid for 777X launch orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Boeing is making amends for its failure to launch its planned 777-200X/300X growth derivatives in time for the Paris air show by refocusing efforts on securing key commitments for the aircraft from Singapore Airlines (SIA) and American Airlines before the beginning of September. The ...
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Brunei's FANS-1-capable 747SP enters service on Royal duties
The first Boeing 747 "Classic" to be upgraded for Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) capability, a 747SP operated by the Brunei royal family, is now in operation. The aircraft was upgraded by Lufthansa Technik, which installed a "hybrid" cockpit with five Honeywell electronic-flight-instrument-system displays. The 747SP is one of several ...
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China Southern Airlines receives first A320 from Airbus
Airbus has handed over the first of 20 A320s to China Southern Airlines, which is also the first A320 family aircraft to be purchased directly from Airbus by a Chinese operator. The 158-seat, International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered A320s will be operated from Guangzhou. Sichuan Airlines also flies the type on ...
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easyJet closes in on 737-300 deal
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON EasyJet expects to finalise an order with Boeing in August for 12 new 737-300s as it works to treble its fleet size by 2000. The Luton, UK-based low-cost airline is also preparing to receive its own Air Operator's Certificate (AOC). According to easyJet chairman ...
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Continental selects Honeywell/Trimble for avionics upgrade
CONTINENTAL Airlines is to upgrade its Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10s with Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 flight-management/ global-positioning systems (FMS/GPS), with an option to retrofit its MDCMD-80s. United Airlines, meanwhile, has cancelled plans to upgrade its 727s with the FMS/GPS, after deciding to retire the aircraft - which ...
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MDC creates Asian leasing joint venture to boost sales
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is hoping to revive flagging sales of its narrowbody-aircraft range, with the planned establishment of a joint-venture leasing company in partnership with Taiwanese interests. Under a letter of intent signed with Taiwan-based Central Leasing, the US manufacturer plans to take a ...
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Air Namibia ponders 747SP replacements
Air Namibia is seeking to acquire a more modern aircraft to replace its Boeing 747SP, a move which it considers vital to its cost-cutting drive to achieve profit. The carrier says that the types under consideration include the Boeing 777 and 747-400, Airbus A340, or "even the McDonnell ...
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SAS Commuter set for turboprop order
SAS Commuter expects to finalise its selection of new turboprop aircraft by early September, to enable it to place orders for up to 30 aircraft. Airline chief executive Ole Pedersen says that the competition is between the Aero International (Regional)(AI(R)) ATR 42/72 and Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 ...
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Major European carriers make losses again
Europe's major international carriers swung back into the red during 1996, having had only one profitable year out of the last seven, say preliminary estimates from the Association of European Airlines (AEA). In its annual review, the AEA says that the early evidence points to a pre-tax loss ...
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Hopes of Alitalia profit rise with March figures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A strong improvement in Alitalia's performance is fuelling optimism that the group could be back in profit this year and that the upturn will ease the way for European Commission (EC) approval for recapitalisation Unofficial figures show that the airline group made a profit ...
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Proposed Lockheed Martin alliance angers IAI workers
Workers at Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)have reacted angrily to Lockheed Martin's discussions over taking a share in the Israeli company, if and when it is privatised. IAI chairman Yanuch Ben-Gal reveals that a high-level meeting between executives from the two companies took place at the start of the ...
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Own goal
The most eagerly awaited statement on the future of the aerospace industry is the one which new French prime minister Lionel Jospin did not make at the end of the Paris air show. Jospin, like the US Government will with the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger, is going to have to decide ...
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Changing the differences
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW In common with all Soviet overhaul sites, Factory N402 at Moscow's Bykovo Airport had specific work allocated to it. Until the early 1990s, it was the overhaul centre for most of the world's ageing Ilyushin Il-18 turboprops. The Factory was also the only centre in the ...
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Bombardier complains
Bombardier is pressing the Canadian Government to file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation, alleging that the Brazilian Government is subsidising sales of the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. Source: Flight International
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Alenia/GEC-Marconi merger nears
Julian Moxon/Paris Italy's Alenia Difensa and the UK's GEC-Marconi are preparing to present details of a joint merger study to their respective Governments. A decision on whether to approve the deal is expected from London and Rome by the end of the month. Prospects for a ...
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Progress will go to aid Mir crew
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Progress M35 unmanned cargo craft is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan around 10 July in the first phase of an operation to restore conditions to near-normal aboard the Russian Mir space station. The launch follows the collision on 25 June ...
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JAA/China harmony
Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and China's civil-aviation authority have signed a memorandum of understanding pledging gradual harmonisation of airworthiness standards. The JAA says that the first area to be covered will be "-regulations and procedures covered in Joint Aviation Requirement No 21, on the certification of aircraft and related ...
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737-800 is favourite in new THY short-haul competition
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing is expected to emerge as the victor in the campaign to supply THY Turkish Airlines with a new fleet of short-haul aircraft, while the decision on medium-capacity aircraft has not been revealed. THY is believed to have selected the next-generation 737-800 over the ...
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Tupolev signs agreement to merge with Aviastar and Aviacro production plants
Alexander Velovich/Moscow Russia's Tupolev design bureau has signed an agreement to merge with its main production plants to create a third large integrated aerospace concern in the country. The agreement is to bring Tupolev together with the Aviastar operation which manufactures the Tu-204 and Antonov An-124 ...