All air transport news – Page 2457
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Pacific Aerospace seeks certification for CT4C trainer
PACIFIC AEROSPACE is proceeding with the certification of its turboprop CT4C trainer, in response to what the New Zealand company says has been strong renewed regional interest in its low-cost military trainer. The CT4C, on which considerable certification flying has already been carried out, is powered by an ...
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IAE selected
Egyptair has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 engine to power four Airbus A321s it recently ordered. The aircraft are due for delivery during 1997, and will join seven V2500-powered A320s already in service. Source: Flight International
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Lufthansa criticises 747-X design
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA operations chief executive Klaus Nittinger has criticised recent changes in Boeing's design proposals for its 747-500/600X. "The aircraft has changed so drastically [since November] that it has moved far away from what we would like to see," says Nittinger. Lufthansa was enthusiastic about ...
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MDHS plans to produce MD902 Explorer in 1997
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is to phase out production of the MD900 Explorer in 1997 and replace it with a more advanced version, the MD902. The US company is upgrading the Explorer largely in response to competition from Bell, with its 427, ...
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European regionals grow
Julian Moxon/HANOVER The European Regional Airlines Association (ERA) has good cause to celebrate. In the year since its last annual meeting, the industry has seen strong passenger growth and the beginnings of the long-awaited shake-out among the aircraft manufacturers. The disappearance of Fokker, the sale of ...
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Indonesian firms plan nine new communications satellites
Companies in Indonesia are planning to build up to nine new telecommunications satellites. The Indonesian schemes are part of a recent explosion of interest in space ventures in the Asia Pacific and other fast developing regions of the world. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is to assess bids from ...
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FAA faces TCAS 4 decision
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of the US Federal Aviation Administration's work on the next-generation traffic-alert and collision- avoidance system (TCAS) hangs in the balance as agency officials prepare to present FAA administrator David Hinson with their findings on research into the TCAS 4. Terminating the ...
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American edges to regional goal
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA American Airlines and its pilots union have tentatively agreed a complex formula governing the introduction of regional jets by commuter arm AMR Eagle. The agreement foresees the acquisition of up to 218 45- to 70-seat regional jets by 2009, but limits AMR Eagle to a maximum ...
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Slots of value
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) is keen to overhaul the slot-allocation system at Europe's airports by creating a "market" in which some slots could be traded for money. It is right to be looking for an overhaul but, if it believes that airline services should exist as much for the customer ...
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SBAC
David Marshall has been named director-general of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), of London, UK. Marshall, who formerly worked for UK aerospace company Rolls-Royce and became a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1994, replaces Sir Barry Duxbury, who has retired through ill-health. Source: Flight ...
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Air Liberte wins reprieve in effort to stay airborne
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR LIBERTE has been given six months to implement a survival plan or face bankruptcy. The independent airline is credited with leading the battle to open up the French air market, and was also recently voted the country's most popular carrier The concession was ...
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JAL returns to Thomson Training fold with 767 machine
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has ordered a Boeing 767-300 full-flight simulator from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level D machine will be delivered to JAL's Haneda Airport, Tokyo, training centre in late 1997, along with a desktop flight-management-system trainer produced by TTS. The sales, is welcome news for ...
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Thai orbit
Orbit Flight Training has reached an agreement to operate the new Aero International (Regional) and Thai Airways International's ATR simulator training centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The centre is scheduled to open at the end of 1996 equipped with a single ATR 42/72 full flight simulator, supplied by Orbit's parent, Thomson ...
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MDC angles for F-15E service extension
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) says that a soon-to-be-completed study for the US Air Force will show that the F-15E Strike Eagle's service life, which is certified for 8,000 flight hours, can be extended to 12,000h. A second evaluation is expected to show that the F-15C/D's life can also be lengthened. Retirement ...
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Myanmar leases A320s in face of US trade-sanctions threat
Myanmar Airways International is to acquire Airbus A320s on lease, in the face of threatened US Government trade sanctions being imposed against Myanmar's Yangon regime. The three-year-old joint venture (with Singapore) carrier is understood to be finalising a five-year operating lease with Airbus Industrie for two International Aero ...
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Plans to prolong F28's life gather momentum
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A group of US engineering consultants is discussing the possibility of re-engineing the Fokker F28, to extend the twinjet's operational life with a quieter and more fuel-efficient turbofan. The modification is being offered as an interim solution to meeting stricter airport noise regulations, until new 70-seat ...
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Airline news
British Airways is adding Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon and Glasgow to its London/ Gatwick network. GB Airways will operate on behalf of BA from Gatwick to Faro, Malaga and Oporto. BA is also extending its non-smoking trials from January 1997 to cover 90 per cent of its system-wide seats, ...
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Suppliers
Dallas Airmotive is expanding in Europe with the acquisition of the engine services division of Anglo American Airmotive. The newly formed alliance between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney is to develop the first member of its GP7000 family of engines, the GP7176, for the proposed B747-500X/-600X ...
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Embraer boost
Continental Express has placed 25 firm orders for the EMB-145 regional jet to launch the aircraft in North America. It also placed options on 175 more of the 50-seat aircraft. It will receive four aircraft in December, 16 next year and six more in 1998. With the options the total ...
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Land of the giants
Airlines appear unworried by the domination of Gecas and ILFC but manufacturers certainly are. Doug Cameron assesses current developments in the rapidly maturing operating lease sector. You don't need brains in a bull market. Developments in the operating lease sector over the last year bring, for some, uncomfortable echoes of ...