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US/Japan bilateral deal leads to 106 new flights
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has tentatively awarded six US airlines 106 new weekly flights to Japan from 13 cities in the USA as a result of the liberalised air services agreement signed by the two countries on 14 March. The route awards are expected to become permanent ...
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Mesa holds talks in bid to keep America West codeshare
Mesa Air Group hopes to negotiate a new codeshare agreement with America West Airlines, after being informed that its arrangement to operate as America West Express will be terminated on 2 April. Mesa is already reeling from the termination of United Airlines codeshare agreements, which account for almost half of ...
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Marketplace
-British Airways subsidiary Brymon Airways is to aquire eight more de Havilland Dash 8-300s on lease from Bombardier Aerospace. The new Dash 8Q models will replace some of the airline's existing Dash 8s, and serve new routes. Deliveries will begin in April and continue through to early 1999. -Lufthansa CityLine ...
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Turkish group sets up regional carrier with Avro RJ100s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A new Turkish regional airline will launch services in December, backed by major Turkish conglomerate Park Holdings. The carrier has signed an agreement to purchase five new Avro RJ100s Park, which has divisions trading in energy, textiles and general services, has formed Park Express and recruited ...
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Boeing thinks about Russian production
Boeing is studying the possibility of setting up a production capability in Russia, but says that the potential move is only one part of a much broader relationship being established with the country's airlines and aerospace companies. "We are a global company and we are willing to consider global ...
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GE counts the cost of dropping growth GE90, but still profits
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON General Electric has revealed the cost of abandoning its growth plans for the GE90 turbofan, writing off $275 million. The GE aircraft engine business, buoyed by its growing services arm, still managed to outperform its main rivals in profit margins. GE revealed at the end of last year ...
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Heads roll after massive JAL write-off
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO Further senior management casualties are in prospect at Japan Airlines (JAL) after the airline's announcement that it is to draw on its reserves to the tune of about ´155 billion ($1.2 billion) to write off accumulated losses. The company's president has already agreed to go. The write-offs, which ...
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India's Jet establishes offshore offshoot to pay for 737s
A special offshore company in the Cayman Islands has been set up by growing Indian domestic airline Jet Airways to handle the finance for the 10 Boeing 737s it has on order. The $325 million hire purchase deal, largely underwritten by the US Exim export credit bank, is being arranged ...
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Messier-Bugatti aims to double repair business
Messier-Bugatti aims to double its repair business to achieve annual sales of Fr1 billion ($165 million)over the next five years. This ambition follows the integration of the Dowty Aerospace landing gear maintenance unit into the French company. "We intend to become one of the five world leaders in this ...
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HAECO profit
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) saw its 1997 profits edge down as margins came under pressure and the full impact of Asia's economic crisis began to be felt. Earnings of HK$320 million ($41 million) were down by 5.7%, excluding 1997's exceptional item from its venture with Rolls-Royce. Source: Flight ...
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Honeywell airport buy
In a move to strengthen its new airport systems grouping, Honeywell has acquired Hughey & Phillips, a specialist designer and manufacturer of airport lighting control and monitoring systems. Honeywell already offers a satellite landing and a ground vehicle tracking system through its new division. Source: Flight International
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Definitely maybe
Max Kingsley-Jones/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie may have just allowed its A3XX high capacity airliner programme to slip by almost a year, but it remains committed to the initiative to provide a European alternative to Boeing's long term monopoly of the market. There are hurdles to cross during 1998, however, before Airbus ...
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Widening the franchise
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON When Cityflyer Express first signed up as a British Airways franchisee in the middle of 1993, it was something of an experiment for both carriers. Five years later the formula appears to be working. When BA hosts fifth anniversary celebrations in July, it will do so with nine ...
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Aerostructures wants risk share role in Bell Boeing 609
Aerostructures is negotiating to supply the fuselage of the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor as a risk sharing partner. The Nashville, Tennessee-based company would take over the work from Boeing, which has transferred its stake in the venture to partner Bell Helicopter Textron. Bell is seeking risk sharing partners to ...
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Engine contest begins for A319 shrink
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESEngine makers have started a three way fight to provide the powerplant for Airbus Industrie's proposed shortened 100-seat A319, amid growing indications that the consortium is searching for a sole source supplier. The Airbus study is one option being pursued by the European consortium as it seeks to ...
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Alitalia gears up for renewal of long haul fleet
Alitalia's board has approved the lease of three more Boeing 767s in what is understood to be an interim measure as the carrier develops a full blown competition for a long haul fleet renewal plan. The Airbus A330/ A340 and Boeing 777 families are in the contest. The airline ...
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FAA reviews DC-8 freighter safety
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration has launched a review of McDonnell Douglas DC-8 cargo conversions to determine whether safety concerns exist similar to those it believes affect some Boeing 727 freighter modifications. Reviews of freighter conversions ranging from the Boeing 737 to the Lockheed L-188 Electra ...
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Aerospatiale defines future common Airbus flightdeck
Ian Sheppard TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie partner Aerospatiale has launched a major product improvement programme to develop a retrofittable, "freeflight" ready common flightdeck. Also included will be a switch to flat panel liquid crystal displays. The upgraded Airbus flightdeck will be designed for the A320/ A330/A340 range and future ...
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New Canadian system quietens Dash 8 cabin
Canada's National Research Council (NRC) is seeking an industrial partner with which to complete development of an active cabin-noise control system now under test. The NRC hopes to "commercialise" the technology during a third phase of the development programme, which would include flight tests on a Bombardier de Havilland Dash ...
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Russia gets go-ahead for new communications satellites
Tim Furniss/LONDON European, Japanese and US companies are to assist Russia in building 11 new communications satellites, beginning the replacement of an ageing fleet of spacecraft which have been kept in service for several years longer than planned because of severe budget restraints. The Russian Energia company will ...