All air transport news – Page 2401
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NTSB pushes for SB
An Airbus Industrie A320 incident in which the rudder pedal operation remained stiff after autopilot disconnect has led the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to call for an April 1997 Airbus service bulletin (SB) to be made compulsory. The NTSB cites a pilot report on a November 1996 Northwest ...
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Fairchild Dornier aims for fly-by-wire on 728JET family
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has requested proposals from avionics suppliers for a fly-by-wire flight control system (FCS) for the 70 seat 728JETand other future members of its proposed regional jet family. According to Earl Robinson, senior vice-president for product development at Fairchild Dornier, a range of solutions , ...
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JAA clears 737-800 to take to the skies
The largest Boeing 737 built to date, the 160-189 seat 737-800, has been cleared to enter service with its European launch customers, following certification by the Joint Aviation Authorities. The new variant gained US Federal Aviation Administration type certification on 13 March. However, service entry was dependent on JAA approval ...
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New airline to resurrect Braniff name at Dallas
Abid to bring back the Braniff name has been launched by Montreal-based Airnomics. Company president Michael Low says his plan differs from two unsuccessful attempts to restart Braniff in that the planned carrier would be based in the original's home town of Dallas, Texas. Low says the plan is ...
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Marketplace
-US cargo carrier Atlas Air has signed a long term contract to operate Boeing 747-200 freighter services for Alitalia, with an ex-Philippine Airlines 747-200F being converted by Boeing. -Stansted, UK based AB Airlines has leased two ex-Jet Airways Boeing 737-300s from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS). -Air Malta has concluded ...
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Routes
-Sabena inaugurated a new service between Brussels and Birmingham on 5 April, and will fly the route four times daily with an Avro RJ85. -Australia and the Solomon Islands have lifted capacity entitlements between Honiara and Australian gateways from three to five weekly services, shared between Solomon Airlines and Qantas. ...
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United wraps up with widebodies purchase
United Airlines has completed its latest round of airliner shopping, with a deal for 23 more Boeing widebodies, worth an estimated $3 billion. The deal, which follows an agreement concluded last month with Airbus for 30 more A320-family aircraft, is the third stage in a four part fleet growth ...
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Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman respond
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have issued an official response to the US Government's anti-trust complaints against their proposed merger, arguing that the deal is necessary if they are to compete with Boeing in military aircraft and Raytheon in defence electronics. The complaint was filed with the court on ...
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Dee Howard sell-off looms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Alenia is considering the sale of part of its US maintenance business, Dee Howard, while the Italian group's Venice-based Aeronavali unit has received a huge order from a leasing company for converting McDonnell Douglas DC-10s into freighters. Maintenance represents around 65% of Dee Howard's annual $100 million sales. ...
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Gulf Air changes its orders to A330-200s
Gulf Air has revised its order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s, with the aircraft now being taken as the smaller longer range -200 rather than the -300 originally specified. Deliveries are due to begin in April 1999 and continue to June 2001. Gulf Air will use the ...
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ICAO recommends plan to balances NOx and CO2 emissions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A modified plan to reduce harmful aero engine emissions has been recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO's Committee of Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has approved a plan which would cut emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) while encouraging development of more fuel-efficient engines ...
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Singaporean F-16D Block 52s reveal Israeli design heritage
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Singapore's latest batch of Lockheed Martin F-16D Block 52 aircraft is believed to be undergoing a modification by Israel, drawing on elements of the Israeli air force's own F-16D Brakeet (Thunderbolt) strike aircraft. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has 20 F-16D Block 52 aircraft on order. ...
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Korean wraps up 737 deal with Boeing/GECAS
Korean Air (KAL) has finalised a series of financially convoluted lease, loan and trade-in deals with Boeing and General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for 35 Next Generation 737s. The agreements entail KAL rolling over its entire fleet of 26 Boeing MD-82/83 and Fokker 100 twinjets. In return, Boeing ...
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Schreiner adds Belgium's EATC to portfolio
Schreiner Luchtvaart-Groep of the Netherlands, which owns Schreiner Airways, has acquired European Aviation Training (EATC) at Brussels Airport through its newly founded Simubel subsidiary. EATC has six flight simulators for the Airbus A310, Boeing 727-100, and 727-200, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and MD-80 and Lockheed Martin C-130. EATC gains 85% ...
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DC-10s go as BA juggles its orders
The fleet of eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10s operated by British Airways (BA) from London Gatwick will be retired from service during 1999, following an order for eight more Boeing 757s and 777s. The airline has also confirmed plans to cancel orders for four 747-400s in favour of three additional ...
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FAA fuel tank explosion concerns now extended to 737s
Potential explosion danger from fuel vapour in Boeing 737 fuel tanks is to be addressed in a new US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD). The proposed AD, affecting 1,140 US-registered and about 1,600 other 737s, specifies all models from the -100 to the -500. It calls for protection ...
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FSI plans two more ERJ-145 simulators
FlightSafety International (FSI) has announced plans to build two additional full flight simulators for the Embraer RJ-145 regional jet. The US company is the official training organisation for the ERJ-145 and has so far completed two simulators. One ERJ-145 simulator has entered service at FSI's Houston, Texas, centre, where ...
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Iberia's engine choice
Iberia has decided to stick with the CFM International CFM56 for its recent order for up to 76 more Airbus A320-family aircraft. The airline concluded the order in February for 50 firm orders and 26 options (nine A319s, 36 A320s and 31 A321s), and decided to hold a new engine ...
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Boeing enters UPS bidding with 767 'Special Freighter'
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELS A "special Freighter"(SF) conversion of the 767-200, along with the MD-10, is being offered by Boeing to UPS for its ongoing McDonnell Douglas DC-8 replacement competition. Boeing is offering these aircraft against freighter conversions of the Airbus Industrie A300B4 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar for the ...
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French cargo carrier secures Brasilias to start freighter operations
Start-up French cargo airline Air Open Sky is preparing to begin operating the first of three Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias which have been configured for quick change (QC) passenger-to-freighter operations. The airline planned to start flying the Brasilias late in 1997 but hit delays due to problems in securing the ...