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Flight sponsor
Pratt & Whitney is to sponsor Linda Finch's World Flight 1997 attempt to recreate Amelia Earhart's 1937 flight around the world. Finch will fly in a restored Lockheed Electra 10E powered by P&W Wasp radial piston engines. Source: Flight International
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Trent 900 partners
Rolls-Royce has asked Kawasaki Heavy Industries to join its planned new Trent 900 engine programme to power the proposed Boeing 747-500/600X growth aircraft. The Japanese manufacturer maintains a close re- lationship with R-R and has a 3% risk-and-revenue sharing interest in existing Trent 700/800 engines. Snecma, a partner with General ...
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Asiana leases
International Lease Finance (ILFC) has leased two new 737-400s to Asiana Airlines of South Korea. The aircraft will be delivered in February and October 1997 on six-year leases and will take the total number of ILFC aircraft operated by Asiana to seven. Source: Flight International
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TWA 757 services
TWA put the first of 20 new 180-seat Boeing 757s into service on 1 August, operating between St Louis, Missouri and Orange County, California. The aircraft is one of three 757s which TWA will take in 1996 on ten-year leases from International Lease Finance (ILFC). Seven more ILFC 757s, plus ...
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Yunnan's Rolls
Yunnan Airlines of China has taken delivery of its first Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Boeing 767-300, becoming only the second operator of the R-R-powered aircraft, after British Airways. The Kunming-based regional carrier ordered three aircraft in January 1995 in exchange for an earlier order for 757s. The second 767, is scheduled for ...
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Powering ahead
Matra Marconi Space has introduced a new high-power satellite bus, the Eurostar 3000. Tim Furniss/LONDON MATRA MARCONI SPACE (MMS) has introduced a new spacecraft bus, the Eurostar 3000, designed to play a leading role in the rapidly emerging Global Information Infrastructure (GII), delivering broadband multimedia, advanced hand-held ...
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Air Nostrum plans for expansion
AIR NOSTRUM may acquire a small fleet of regional-jet aircraft to enable it to expand its European network. The Spanish regional carrier, based in Valencia, flies seven leased Fokker 50s on a network of scheduled routes, within mainland Spain and to the Balearic Islands. Two more Fokker 50s ...
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Airbuses can now predict windshear
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE claims that it is the first manufacturer to deliver aircraft direct from the production line equipped with predictive windshear warning systems. Two A340s recently delivered to Spanish flag carrier Iberia are fitted with AlliedSignal's forward-looking windshear-detection system. A rival system is offered by Rockwell's Collins Air ...
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ValuJet remains in profit despite FAA's grounding
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONRamon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET HAS ended the first half-year in good financial shape, despite its grounding, and appears confident of resuming operations on 23 August. Although the airline was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration shortly after the Florida crash on 11 May, ...
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Canada 3000 looks at long-haul types
CANADA 3000 IS IN the middle of an evaluation process for its future fleet needs, which could see it conclude acquisition agreements for new long-haul aircraft before the end of the year. The Toronto, Canada-based charter carrier operates a fleet of leased Airbus A320s and Boeing 757s on ...
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Taiwanese lessor revealed as MD-90 customer
HWA-HSIA LEASING, a Taiwan-based leasing company, has been named as the previously unidentified buyer of MD-90s revealed in July by McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The first three MD-90s on firm order will be delivered in August, September and October of 1998. Follow-on orders, "contingent on final agreements and approvals ...
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United to dedicate fleet to shuttle division
SHUTTLE BY UNITED, THE US airline's low-cost division set up in October 1994, will operate a dedicated fleet of 45 Boeing 737s from next March. The division's 23 134-seat 737-300s and 22 116-seat 737-500s will have new interior layouts, with galleys replaced by eight economy seats and new galley equipment. ...
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Aiming for the top
Phillipine Airlines is being revamped in a determined effort to polish its tarnished image Paul Lewis/MANILA For many years Phillipine Airlines (PAL) had the reputation of being a carrier with a problem. A series of soap-opera-type shareholder battles for control, a geriatric fleet of aircraft, poor punctuality ...
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New chairman aims to begin rapid shake-up plan at BWIA
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON NEW BWIA International chief executive Gilles Filiatreault is to present to a meeting of the main board on 16 August a new strategy for the Caribbean carrier, just 11 days after his appointment was made public. BWIA announced the elevation of the former ...
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Indian courts resolve Skyline leasing wrangle
Andrew Chuter/LONDON US LEASING COMPANY PLM International has failed in a legal action to have Indian carrier Skyline NEPC, return two Boeing 737-200s, which it has on lease. The Bombay court has ordered the airline to pay arrears, which have accrued from non-payment of leases since late ...
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Business Express attracts interest, despite bankruptcy
SAAB AIRCRAFT, which forced Business Express into bankruptcy court early this year over a $20 million debt, "-has been approached by parties interested in taking over the regional airline", says Michael Magnusson, Saab's senior US-based sales executive. "We are confident that someone will take it over. A couple ...
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Alfa purchase gives Fiat control of Italy's aero-engine business
Julian Moxon/PARIS FIAT HAS acquired the bulk of Alfa Romeo Avio, in a move, which consolidates virtually all of Italy's aero-engine industry within the giant automotive group. The move follows a decision by Italian state-owned aerospace group Finmeccanica to sell its 77.5% stake in the Alfa ...
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Cathay profits, despite tough half-year
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways produced a respectable rise in profits over the first half of the year, despite restrained growth and some pressure on costs. Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO), the Hong Kong carrier's sister company within the Swire Group, saw profits dip again, however. Financial analysts are ...
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Boeing 'flies' first 737-700 wing
THE FIRST WING FOR THE BOEING 737-700 has been transferred from its tooling to the next manufacturing position at Boeing's Renton factory, near Seattle, Washington. Later this year, the No 1 (left) wing structure and its opposite number will be attached to the first 737-700 fuselage, which is being produced ...
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KLM suffers setback as costs increase
KLM has worried financial markets with an unexpectedly poor set of first-quarter figures, revealing a steep rise in costs and further bad news from its cargo operations. Attention has focused on a drop in the Dutch carrier's operating profits, which slumped by half over the quarter to the end of ...